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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1965
Page
1
AP reports Kansas City livestock prices with cattle calves steers and heifers mixed, hogs higher, sows up slightly, feeder activity lower, slaughter lambs up. Cattle supply 3 400 calves 150. steers steady, cows active. feeders mixed. Lambs 25 higher. ewes steady.
The 2 p.m. stock quotes from Goffe & Carkener Inc show the Dow Jones industrial average at noon up 2.17 to 60.91. The index closed at a record 961.85 on November 4.
Three Baca County youths died when a cave they were digging collapsed in a bluff near the Cimarron River about 25 miles southeast of Walsh. Victims were brothers Dean Foster 13 George Foster 11 and Ronald Higgins 14. A search party recovered the bodies from the cave as a horse belonging to one boy returned home.
Injured astronaut Lovelace and wife Mary perished when two engine plane crashed into Grizzly Peak canyon near Independence Pass. Pilot Milton Brown survived long enough to help recover bodies. weathered canyon terrain, Believed to have attempted a turn at low altitude before impact. Lovelace contributed to early space program milestones with ASPEN and Mercury project.
NICE France AP British author W Somerset Maugham died early today at his Riviera villa La Mauresque after being brought there unconscious from a Nice hospital He was 91 and suffered a stroke six days ago A career spanning more than a half century included 30 plays 26 novels and 120 short stories His last work Looking Backward appeared in 1962 He gave up fiction in 1953 and in later years faced hearing loss cataracts and memory lapses He died after transfer from the British American Hospital in Nice to Cap Farrar villa Maugham famed for Of Human Bondage Miss Thompson and Rain left a legacy of clear prose and intricate plots He wrote with a fountain pen in the mornings and did not use a typewriter He died with agnostic views unchanged since 1964
Cub Scouts of Pack had their December meeting at the Optimist Building. Allen Tracy, Brian Holder fess, James Huey, and Scott Barnard received Bobcat pins. Wolf Badges went to Ross Finke, Thomas Edington, Randy Sauvain, Douglas Renick, Mark Smith, Billy Holcomb, Steve Neely, and Gary Fry. Bear Badge to Melvin Fry and Lion Badges to Doug Hopes and Nicky Fuerst. Webelos Badge awarded to Kim Spanier. Gold and silver arrow points and denner and assistant denner bars were also awarded by Cubmaster Dorman Diller with Den Chief Steve Coulter. Santa Claus visited after the ceremony.
In Springfield Colorado the body of three year old James Dale Piper was found near Two Buttes Creek about 14 miles from where he and his sister Wilma Elaine 7 were swept away from their father on June 17. The area had remained flooded until October near the Prowers Baca county line.
An attributed Persian proverb admonishes that God judges not by race or birth but by actions toward the land given to all. The quote emphasizes accountability and stewardship as universal tests of virtue and responsibility.
In Finney County District Court an all-male jury denied Venonton worths claim and ruled for defendants George Sprague Doris Sprague and Richard Quint. Judge Ernest M. Vieux presided in Dodge City after Judge Bert Vance was disqualified due to a relative in the case. Damages sought were 513347.15. The two day trial ended with the verdict at 10 42 p.m.
Admissions list at St Catherine includes Ronald Harmon 208 W live Arthur Alexander Ulysses Mrs James Shaver 111 N 11th Douglas John Lynde 1904 N 8th Frank West 2615 C Mrs Raymond Headrick 528 Summit Theodore Finke 1222 Gibson Mrs Robert Johnson Scott City Mrs John King 1607 E Fulton William H Lile Briar Hill Manor Dismissals at St Catherine include Donald Jones Jr 1204 Hattie Mrs Raymond Chappel 2011 N 6th Mrs Rodman Carr Johnson Herman Howard 703 N 4th Mrs Sammy Porter 101114 W Hazel Roger Lee Batchelder 207 N B Births at St Catherine A son to Mr and Mrs Ronald The text lists multiple admissions and dismissals with names and addresses.
Mrs Rebecca Minneman mother of Mrs Victor Harlich died yesterday morning in a Hiawatha hospital after years of ill health. She had spent her life in Fairview Kaw. Funeral set for 2 p m Friday at United Church of Christ Fairview with Meek Mortuary handling arrangements.
Joe Richarz of Leoti died Tuesday at Westerfelt Manor Independence Kansas after cancer illness. He and wife lived 11 years in Twin Falls Idaho and moved with Mrs Richarz and Mrs Long on his return to Kansas. Funeral services by Ford Funeral Coffeyville are planned for tomorrow.
A jury in Clay County Circuit Court convicted 37 year old Robert W. Catshall of manslaughter for a wreck on January 17 near the Pasco Bridge over the Missouri River that killed six people. The jury recommended three months jail and a $100 fine. Catshall said he was driving 55 mph.
Garden City legal notices list fines for speeding from multiple drivers including Ainsworth, Buinan, Sprague, Wissel, Thompson, Shotton, West and Campos Christina, with costs and penalties. Vehicle accidents reported with minor damage across several city blocks. Marriage license issued for Robert J. Gardiner and Janett Louise Gilchrist both of Garden City.
Children request toys and comforts for Christmas noting no chimneys at home. Letters from Christine Stout to Nancy Eastman and others list bikes, dolls, doll houses, toy sets, sewing machines, trains, and dolls. Some mention cookies for Santa and door or window entry.
Manhattan editor Bill Colvin left for Saigon with taped greetings from Manhattan area families of servicemen in Viet Nam. The messages will be played for the troops and Colvin will relay replies home. The project includes a broadcast on Armed Services Radio in Saigon and features greetings from Gov Avery and local leaders.
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