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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1972
Page
8
Gov. Robert Docking says Kansas policy hinges on the 1973 and 1974 sessions. He hints at a possible 1974 bid for the U.S. Senate or a fourth term as governor, stressing taxes, federal aid, and his tax circuit breaker plan to ease property taxes for homeowners.
Gov. Docking repeats proposal for a tax tie that forces revenue consideration before budget measures. He backs a spending lid on state government as a sound business practice and says Kansas will invest more in education, though details of school finance will stay severe until his recommendations to the legislature.
The 1 pm stock tickers list names across many firms including Ford General Electric IBM and Exxon with a Dow Jones Industrial Average around 1026.94 down 3.54 points from prior. Beef futures quotes show Dec Feb and Apr contracts with highs lows and closes in the upper 30s.
Ralph Wayne Nuckles 38 of Ulysses died Wednesday after a long illness at Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital. Born May 31, 1934 in Syracuse he married Deloris Newdeck er July 2 1955 at Clayton New Mexico. Survived by widow two daughters Debra and Cindy two brothers Frank Cole Duane two sisters Marie Wilder Nelda Jamison and his parents Chester and Syracuse. Funeral 10:30 Saturday Phillips Funeral Home Ulysses with Rev Harold Taves officiating burial Syracuse Cemetery. Friends may call Friday. Jim Owens begins his 16th season as head football coach at the University of Washington.
Kansas farmers produced a record 314.90 million bushels of wheat in 1972, surpassing 1971’s mark. Output came from 9.40 million harvested acres at 83.5 bushels per acre, with 61.6 pound test weight and 11.6 percent protein. value near 529 million dollars.
Twelve Finney County students join 100 ambassadors chosen to promote Garden City Community Junior College during Christmas break. Dean Ron Hopkins notes the program ages as a key recruiting tool, with ambassadors visiting high schools December 20 to January 10 and presenting college opportunities, financial aid, and dormitory facilities to civic clubs and organizations.
Anthony Ray Sandoval 21 of Dodge City pled guilty in Finney County Court to possession of marijuana. He was arrested December 8 on a Trailways bus at Garden City terminal where police found three small packets of marijuana near his seat. He received 30 days in jail suspended, six months probation, a $100 fine and $15.40 costs, and was released after paying.
Mike Etrick of 815 N First bound 1530 Life magazine issues from Nov 23 1936 to date. The weekly ritual of reading and studying pictures with his children and grandchildren ends with Life ceasing publication. The collection, once housed at his Garden Press on Fulton, reflects decades of family education and fascination with photography and printing.
Hospital discharge list from St Catherine includes Eddie Burnes Mary Lou Beltran Mrs Maurice Coen Michael Grimes Herbert L Harms Mrs Lee James Mrs Walter Koehn Mrs Louis Munoz Clyde Noggie Aloysius Ohmes and baby Hazel Whitaker Cimarron Mrs Yeadon and baby boy reads like a reader’s notice of patient releases with multiple names and addresses listed.
A series of Wednesday traffic incidents caused major and minor vehicle damage across several blocks including cars and trucks driven by Fern E. Cleveland Fred LeRoy Hemmert Mrs Ponfirio Gareta John Edward Kirchoff Becky Lynn Little Lupe Donne Jennings Carl Henry Pickers Steven M. McNulty Mrs Donald Morris Wheels Inc. A list of court bonds and fines followed for yielding right of way speeding improper parking and other violations with multiple residents named and addresses shown.
In Garden City area a list shows speeding violations in 30, 20 zones with fines, improper parking, driving offenses and dog control incidents. Names include Mrs. Jim L Nyberg, Barbara A Miller, Mrs. Eugene Earle, Edmond Lee Galla way, Fern Cleveland, and others with amounts from $4 to $34. Also notes fines for public nuisance and petty theft. TOPEKA AP Santa Fe Railway announces 1973 capital program totaling about $125 million, including 64 new and 103 rebuilt diesel locomotives and 1,431 new workers and 1,157 rebuilt freight cars costing roughly $72 million. Reed cites plans to modernize welding operations and other major track and bridge projects on main and branch lines.
Garden City Community Junior College trustees voted unanimously to retire jersey number 21 worn by Clyde Russell. The Ft Worth sophomore starred as a 1960s NJCAA All American, leading national rushing yardage as a freshman and second in NJCAA scoring this season. Trustees also noted tuition and enrollment figures and a 3 percent rise in operating costs with a 5 percent faculty raise.
Vernon Wal dren, a sophomore in nuclear engineering, becomes president of the Kansas State University Collegiate 4-H Club for the spring semester. Deanna Underhill of Ulysses is named secretary for the group of former 4-H’ers attending KSU. Also noted is Hawaii’s 1971 football squad setting a school total offense mark of 3,885 yards in 11 games.
A youth dance at the National Guard Armory organized by Wheatland Youth Services Agency aims to support the local youth center at 504 St. John and raise awareness that Wheatlands serves all youth not just those in conflict with the law. The event runs 8 to 11 p.m. with $1.50 admission, music by Freedom Express from Dodge City, and a room naming contest planned with ballots in area schools.
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