Old Drawer Cleanout Reveals Local Notes and Plans
In a casual column, a district roundup covers Century Refining moving plans, a guard assignment at Arlington Cemetery, a Garden City radio salute, a Christmas luncheon tip, Santa letters, a dam water boast from Corpus Christi, a beef magazine cover twist, road marker efforts in Mennonite country, and Cedar Bluffs membership drive revival. Community figures readers and local events are named, with auditions for a community show set for Sunday.
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Garden City
KAYS
Charles Evans
Scott
Santa Claus
Corpus Christi
Tex
The
Kansas Stockman
Kansas Beef Men’s Monthly
Ex Local Lion Tammy Returns to Kansas City Home
A 6 month old lion cub named Tammy from Garden City, born at Lee Richardson Zoo, now resides with Mr and Mrs Howard Benjamin in Kansas City. Tammy, once raised at a swimming pool nursery by Claude Owens, has been traded through Junction City and joins a pet family including parakeets, dogs, a Siamese cat and three horses. The piece also notes zoo figures and local political ramblings about district redistricting and breeding plans, plus a sidebar on Penny the elephant and Susie.
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Tammy
Garden City
Big City
Lee Richardson’ Zoo
Claude Owens
Howard Benjamin
Kansas City
Kansas City Star
Junction City
The
Benjamins
Norton
Kai
Benjamin
Fisher Elton Carter
Trammy
Kansas
Che’ Hope Jr
Griff
Floyd
Carter
Wint Smith
S. J. Sackett
Penny
Hays
Susie
Wrnter
Cumpus
Sackett
Ivam
Within a Year Moscow Moon Shot Questioned in Senate Hearing
Secretary James H. Douglas told the Senate preparedness subcommittee the Soviet Union may launch a rocket to the moon within three years. He said the Air Force expects intercontinental ballistic missiles to be in operation within two years, and described ongoing work on the Thor missile and a one-mile-per-second airplane step toward a manned satellite.
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Cergy Commission
Douglas
Air Force
James H. Douglas
Soviet Union
Senate
United States
Tion
Claude
Owens
Pin
Thav Aha Noving Silvan
Lyndon, B. Johnson
Sen
Bridges
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Florida
Atlas
Johnson
Thor
Edwards Air Force ‘Base
Calif
Milburn G. ‘Apt
Russia
NATO Europe
NATO Permanent Council
Nikolai Bulganin
NATO
Everett
Mass
Hersch Bergman
Europe
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U.S
Park Chief to Receive 25 Year Pin at Staff Dinner
About 180 employees and guests are expected at the annual city staff dinner at 7 pm. Park Chief will be honored with a 25 year pin next year due to a mixing up of orders. Civic Center director Herman Beringer will present a night of films and local talent. A TV short featuring Garden Lion "Tommy" will be shown among the movies.
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Civic Center
Herman Beringer
Garden An Lion
Tommy
Kansas Fog Shrouds State For Third Straight Day
Kansas remains fogbound for a third day with the weather bureau predicting clearing by early tomorrow. Weatherman Richard Garrett says visibility was restricted across much of the state, hindering air and highway travel. Drizzle and light rain accompanied the fog yesterday, with western Kansas expected to clear this afternoon and eastern Kansas by tomorrow morning. Skies to stay partly cloudy, with little temperature change expected. Highs ranged 41 to 62, and lows 24 to 50 across cities including Russell, Pittsburg, and Goodland.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Richard Garrett
Russell
Pittsburg
Goodland
Christmas Shopping Slow, Garden City Stores Extend Hours
Garden City merchants report slow pre Christmas buying with delays blamed on late harvest and one fewer shopping day this year. Despite the slump stores will stay open two extra nights, extending hours next Friday and Monday to fuel a late rush as shoppers anticipate a strong finish.
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Garden City
Mit
Christmas retail gloom and cautious spending in Garden City
The Telegraph survey finds mixed emotions among merchants and shoppers as cutbacks and unemployment weigh on confidence. Consumers are shopping more carefully, favoring practical gifts over extravagant purchases, with fears about next year’s jobs dampening sentiment across the nation and in major cities.
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Garden City
Jon
Trials Sunday For Operetta
Preliminary tryouts are scheduled next Sunday for A Connecticut Yankee selected as this year’s Fine Arts Association operetta. Dadname 240 wren a]
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Connecticut
Garden City Lights Contest Seeks Wider Participation
Garden City Jaycees announce a second residential Christmas lighting contest open to any resident with decorations visible from the street. Entries may be mailed or called in to the Chamber of Commerce. judging will be by secret committee with top three selected after Christmas. The winner advances to GE contest for a share of $5,000.
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Sputnik
Garden City
The
Jaycees
Paul Parker
Malin Street
Chamber of Commerce
General Electric
Fish and Game Groups Headed Four Special Committees
Four special committee chair men were named to head groups of the Fin ney County Fish Parks and Game association at the Civic Center meeting. Gordon Penny Dean Sauceman Ray Howard and Dr H R Stone were named to lead program conservation membership and legislative duties respectively. Don Jones is the sportsmen's club president as the association launches a membership expansion drive reporting 110 new members to push the roll past 160.
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Finney County Fish, Parks, and, Game Association
Gordon Penny
Dean
Sauceman
Ray Howard
H. R. Stone
Civic Center
Don Jones
Game Association
Atlas Firing Is Successful
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla The Air Force said it successfully launched an Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile today The Atlas traveled several hundred miles and landed in a preselected target area The giant weapon 100 tons of metal and fuel roared skyward from the missile test center at 12 38 p m
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Air Force
Air Force Here
Defense Department
Washington
NY Subways Back to Normal After Eight-Day Strike
Rush-hour service returned to normal as the Motormen's Benevolent Assn ended a walkout after state promises of help. The eight-day stoppage cost the Transit Authority over two million dollars in lost fares. About 1,500 MBA members voted to return to work, following pledges from Mayor Wagner, Gov. Harriman, and legislative leaders for fair treatment.
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New York
Transit Authority
Independent Motormen's Benevolent Assn
Robert F. Wagner
Transport Workers Union
Subway
Reds Beast New Engine Reveals Jet Speed Claim
Soviet test pilot Lt. Col. N. I. Korovishkin told Red Star a new type of engine gives immense capacity for speed. He stated the jet exceeded 1,242.8 mph in tests, surpassing the U.S. Air Force Voodoo record of 1,207.6 mph set recently by Maj. Adrian Drew.
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Moscow
Red Star Today
N. I. Korovishkin
U.S. Air Force
Adrian Drewin
Thieves Break In At Building Site Office
Thieves robbed 75 dollars from a cabinet at the Rhoades Construction Co office at the Georgia Matthews school site 1600 N Main. They pried open a drawer, broke a window to enter, and also damaged a Jones School site office nearby where they left without entering after breaking glass. Investigator Rohleder said they missed 30 dollars in an envelope at the Matthews site.
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Rhoades’ Construction.Co
Georgia Matthews
Main
Jones School
W. Elm
Richard ¢. Rohleder
Matthews
New Sports Editor Coffeyville Journal Names Hicks
Dave Hicks aged 22 formerly of Parsons and Pittsburg has joined the Coffeyville Journal as sports editor succeeding Clyde Walthall who becomes managing editor Hicks will also handle sports announcing for radio station KGG Coffeyville Headighe Sun
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Coffeyville
Dave Hicks
Parsons
Pittsburg
Coffeyville Journal
Clyde Walthall
Hicks
KGG. Nn
Headighe-Sun
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