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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1962
Page
2
The record lists grain and barley prices with Wheat at 2.04 in wagon markets and 2.01 down for the same, Mile 1.55 and 1.50, Rye 0 and 1.85, Barley 1.40, with notes unchg or unchanged for several items. A compact price snapshot from local produce channels.
New York AP reports stocks trimmed losses and edged higher in early afternoon trading after sharp declines. The Dow fell to 644.24 at noon, with the AP average down 0.6 and gains seen in Chrysler General Motors IBM and Polaroid, while Du Pont and Houston Lighting eased.
The document lists admissions at St Catherine Hospital including David Baxter George Gropp Myrtle Clare James Brattin Dawn Burns Keith Burns and others. Discharges cover Teresa Burnside Carl Schroeder Pete Vasquez Susan Peoples and more. Births at St Catherine note a daughter for Mr and Mrs William Wasinger with timing and weights. County notices include property deeds oil and gas leases and a driver license suspension for Isadore Saiz.
Rep. J. Floyd Breeding says the White House assured him of a good federal post after his defection from re election. He expected a role in Agriculture or Interior or another familiar department, with earlier offers for Food for Peace assistant director declined. Breeding planned Kansas travel and a December return to meet Agriculture officials for possible appointment.
Swedish journalist Mrs Ann Nystrom of Avesta and her daughter Barbara praised Southwest Kansas during a Garden City visit. They met local Swedes Mrs Dick Leopold and Dr V A Leopold and planned a cross country drive to San Francisco before resuming a world tour. Nystrom, editor of a children’s quarterly, has traveled to the United States three times and across the Atlantic five times. She expects to return home in March after winter ends.
An estimated 650 persons are expected Wednesday for the 29th annual stockholders meeting of Garden City Production Credit. Registration at 10 a.m. at the State Theater, with C. W. Dickhut of Scott City opening the session at 10:30. Dr. Ronald R. Meredith of Wichita will speak after a New York briefing on the U.N. mission. PCA reports will be presented, three officers elected, and lunch tickets issued. Open house follows at the remodeled PCA office near the courthouse.
Washington AP report shows the Communist party of the United States facing trial for refusing to register as a Soviet agent under the 1950 Internal Security Act. Supporters denounce the action as a threat to American democracy. Hall and Davis faced separate indictments as party officers.
Garden City area children continue sending letters to Santa Claus with under two weeks left to place their 1682 Christmas requests. Notes express gifts from Barbie dolls and kitchen sets to teddy bears and toy cars, with several children mentioning moves and family interests.
A 17-year-old Syracuse resident Melvin Valentine was captured after a spree stealing three cars from Garden City and Hutchinson then driving toward Syracuse. He admitted taking the cars and was reported absent without leave from Fort Carson. Garden City police await Syracuse word on dispensation.
The Defense Department said February draft calls total 4000 men and all will be assigned to the Army. Officials expect higher calls to start in March while the Navy Air Force and Marine Corps plan no picks from selective service.
British troops recaptured most of Seria oilfield then moved on a police station housing about nine dozen Europeans believed hostages. Brig. Patterson said no women or children among them. Several Europeans freed, at least six rebels killed, more than a dozen captured, no British deaths reported. Rebels seek independence for Brunei coast regions. Damages to oil fields minimal. Kuala Belait remained under rebel control.
In Garden City a license is issued in Topeka for refusal to take a chemical test. November 15 marks one year for driving while intoxicated. Abate orders list include Boyd Hinton Syracuse and numerous individuals with fines for insufficient funds checks and other infractions. Police bonds posted for Melvin Arthur Trice and others. several individuals cited for no license and faulty brakes. County accident three miles east of Holcomb on US 50 involved a car driven by Beverly McLawthain and a 600-pound steer killed. city accidents included injuries and property damage involving several drivers.
The Power Commission authorized Kansas-Nebraska Natural Gas Co. to build and operate natural gas pipeline facilities costing about 2,425,000 dollars. The expansion is needed to meet growing consumer demand and to boost gas sales to Consumers Cooperative Association for use in a fertilizer plant near Hastings, Nebraska.
Wind and hail premiums rise for Kansas dwellings by 40 cents per $1000 annually. A new $50 deductible applies to future policies, exempting the first $50 of damage, excluding contents. Heavy storm losses have driven some insurers to withdraw from the state.
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