Astronauts Ride Red-Hot Gemini to Earth Garden
Recreation update notes a Civic Center dance for Ruth and senior high students drawing about 300 in, with 75 turned away, and plans to move larger events to Ben Grimsley gym. Weather forecast shows mostly cloudy tonight with teens’ lows and 30s highs, plus sunrise and sunset times.
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Earth
Herman Beringer
Civic Center
Ruce
Pon
Ben Grimsley Gym
Dodge City
Emporia
Garden
Goodland
Hil City
Russell
Salina
Topeka
Wichita
Expert Gemini 6 lands in Atlantic after historic rendezvous
Astro nauts Walter Schirra and Thomas Stafford return to Earth aboard Gemini 6 after a dramatic space meet with Gemini 7. The capsule splashed 12 miles from the carrier Wasp in the Atlantic, closing a milestone rendezvous that boosted the United States toward the moon. The crew recovered aboard the Wasp an hour after splashdown, with both astronauts in good shape and later subjected to medical checks.
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Schirra
Stafford Sf
Community Development Film Shown at Chamber Breakfast
A small turnout at a Chamber of Commerce breakfast watched a film on a Grand Junction Colorado community development project. The film contrasted city problems with results including street widening and downtown beautification. An invitation was extended for Garden City visitors to visit Grand Junction.
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Chamber of Commerce
Grand Junction
Colo
Jerry Huggins
West Slope
Colorado City
Guided Tour in Space Between Gemini Craft
Gemini 6 visited Gemini 7 as tourists on Wednesday at SPACE CENTER Houston. Schirra and Stafford teased the older crew while greeting Borman and Lovell. The two capsules remained nose to nose about 10 feet apart as they photographed and joked, with chatter about gum and beards and a yaw hold for close shots. Early in the flight the crews reported a flap of tape seen outside their window.
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Wasp
Earth
Schirra
Gemini
United States
Moon
Berman
Lovell
Space
Bermuda
Borman
Pacific Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Air Force
Col
Navy
Stafford
Mission Control Center
Houston
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Thomas P. Stafford
Frank Borman
James A. Lovell Jr
Frank
Wally
Bluebeard
Christopher C. Kraft Jr
Gardens City approves portable classrooms for remedial program
Metropolitan Area Planning Commission backed permitting Garden City Unified to use towable portable trailers for a remedial reading program funded under the anti poverty act through the state. Final action rests with the City Commission as planners set setbacks and annual renewal for permits.
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Garden City Unified School District
Metropolitan Area Planning Commission
Tom Saffell
Bill Lewis
City Commission
Plans Finalized For Tour of Roses
The Garden City Telegram announces its second annual Tour of Roses departing Monday December 27 via New Silver Eagle Continental Trailways. 46 passengers with hotel reservations, Rose Parade seats, and Rose Bowl game tickets secured. Sponsors include Bill King and his wife. Mrs Norman Thompson is hostess and tour director. Overnight stops include Carlsbad LaCaverna Hotel Dec 27 El Paso Plaza Motor Hotel Dec 24 Phoenix Sahara Hotel Dec 29 Anaheim Saga Inn Motel Dec 30-Jan 3 Las Vegas Lotus Inn Jan 4-5 Flagstaff Weatherford Hotel Jan 6 Albuquerque Hilton Hotel. Dinner and show at The Sands Las Vegas featuring Jimmy Durante is included.
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Garden City Telegram
Silver Eagle Continental Trailways
Telegram
Fth
Laurel
Rose Parade
Bill King
Norman Thompson
California
LaCaverna
Carlsbad
N. M
Plaza Motor
Vietnam War Big Power Raid Size Up
U S warplanes struck North Vietnam hitting Haiphong area power facilities with a raid on the Vong Bi plant reducing Hanoi power by about a quarter. Thunderchief jets also damaged Haiphong and targeted radar near Bac Long Island and sites around Vinh. Marines fought Viet Cong near Da Nang in Harvest Moon operations as violence rose in Saigon and Nha Be church attack.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
North Viet Nam
Haiphong
Air Force
Vong Bi
Hanoi
Vinh
Death Valley
da Nang
Nha Be
NATO Ministers Weigh China's Nuclear Threat
Paris AP ministers of the Atlantic Alliance agreed to stay in touch on Communist China’s growing nuclear capabilities and related policies. McNamara warned China will be a nuclear threat within five to ten years with missiles and a submarine, while Rusk framed the meeting as productive and Europe at risk from China as from the Soviet Union.
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J. Wilbur Galllart
Yellow Cab
A. J. Belisle
Taylor Plaza
Garden Belle Lumber
Paris
Atlantic Alliance
China
People’s Republic of China
United States
South Viet Nam
Rhodesia
Robert
McNamara
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Red China
Ing
Dean Rusk
NATO
U.S
Europe
Rusk
America
Viet Nam
Paul Martin
Canada
North America
Martin
Peking
Soviet Union
Britain
Way
Netherlands
Western Europe
Washington
Austin Heads Medical Staff at St Catherine Hospital
Dr John C Austin was elected president of the St Catherine Hospital Medical Staff succeeding Dr Robert Fenton who remains on the executive committee. Also elected were Dr John W Turner as vice president and Dr Frank Eichhorn as secretary treasurer. A dinner and morning meeting included consulting members Dr W P Callahan Wichita pathologist and Dr Clair Cavanaugh Great Bend radiologist.
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John C. Austin
St. Catherine Hospital
Robert Fenton
John W. Turner
Frank Eichhorn
W. P. Callahan
Wichita
Clair Cavanaugh
Great Bend
Five Inch Snow Totals Reported In Garden City
Snow totaled five inches across Garden City from two back to back storms with moisture of .08 inch at the station. Wheat remains protected by the cover and the cold snap is easing, though Goodland logged five degrees above. Highs reached 23 in the area yesterday, and clouds linger with more snow possible in parts of the state.
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Garden City
Andy Erhart
Goodland
Garden City retailers extend hours for holidays
Garden City stores will stay open evenings through next Thursday with some until 9 p.m. Starting tonight most shops operate past 5:30 p.m. On Christmas Eve most stores close at the regular 5:30 p.m. closing time. Gus Garden notes the plan is ambitious but aims to help shoppers.
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Garden City
Singing Doctors Parody Album Spurs Medical Society Scholarships
Springfield AP report details the Singing Doctors, a group formed by Dr. James I. Brown and colleagues to perform medical humor parodies. Their albums Borborygmi Placenta Preview Medic Emetics funded Greene County Medical Society scholarships aiding 42 medical students.
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Springfield
Borborygmi
Surfers
Beatles
Singing Nuns
James I. Brown
Greene County Medical Society
Midwest
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