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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1963
Page
1
Local produce and wagon prices lead as markets show mixed changes. Receipts reach 1,700 cattle and 304 hogs with live cattle and hog values broadly steady to down slightly, and feeder and calf grades displaying varied quoted ranges across steer, heifer, bull, and sow categories.
New York stock market rose after an uncertain opening with Chrysler up about two points and General Motors gaining. Xerox traded heavily before a brief halt as investors awaited stock split approval. Tobacco stocks rallied on expectations of government action while the 60 stock average climbed to around 288. Industrial shares led a broad advance amid renewed investor optimism.
Mrs Alemia Kreutzer 85 longtime Wichita County resident dies after brief illness in Wichita County Hospital She was born March 5 1878 in Marienthal Russia married to John Kreutzer November 16 1897 at Liebenthal Kan Came to Wichita County in 1925 from Rush County Survivors include husband eight daughters four sons two hundred fourteen grandchildren and three great great grandchildren Funeral Wednesday 10 am at St Marys Church Marienthal with Rev Leo S Kelly officiating Burial Marienthal Cemetery Rosary 7 30 pm today Weinmann Funeral Home Leoti
Admissions at St Catherine include Kaiser Perry Robinson Hoyt Egan Dunham Gilchrist Barnes Grauberger Mitchell Hewes Lightner Pilcher Gipson McMillen Myers Bradstreet Gaede Reser and others. Discharges list Dorothy Finley at 617 Gar.
Births at St. Catherine include a son for Thomas Grauberger and a daughter for Gary Bradstreet. Legal notices list warranty deeds for Thrasher, Kells, and Chappel. marriages recorded for Robert Dechant and Janice Waltrip. Local names appear across Garden City and Leopold entries including Mrs. Bowe and Mrs. Myler.
Readable crime style item shows multiple vehicle crashes with names and addresses. Richard Krimmer and Charlies Drussell involved in a two car collision on E Kansas Avenue at 5 55 PM. Also Mrs Edward W Boxter and Perry Bobbitt collide on Cedar Street at 5 13 PM with minor injuries. Hambleton and Car roll collide on Main Street at 3 40 PM with extensive damage. Owen Hreke drives a Pickwn truck and Emil Wegkamp drives a car in separate crash on W Kansas at 9 AM Tuesday with moderate and minor damage.
Local children rush to mail Christmas letters to Santa at the North Pole with ZIP 99701. Submissions include requests for toys such as dolls, toy guns, a Chatty Cathy doll, a desk pegboard set, a Chevy wrecker, a kid’s play kit, and various dolls. Several children mention cookies on Christmas Eve and no chimneys.
A recent list of men who received a yearning for membership in the Knights of Columbus had three names omitted. Also honored last Wednesday night were Lawrence Cy Hahn, John H. Hornigg and Leo A. Strasser.
Rep. Bob Dole testifies before sugar policy staff urging 1966 acreage commitments for two Kansas beet groups. Tri-County Beet Growers Association spans Kit Carson Colorado and Wallace Sherman Counties Kansas, while Southwest Kansas Sugar Beet Council covers 19 counties including Finney, Grant, Seward, Haskell, Hodgeman, and Lane. Testimony highlights irrigation, yields, sugar content, and economic need to support beet processing plants.
West Berlin and East German authorities signed a six day negoti ated agreement to allow about 400 000 West Berliners to cross into East Berlin for Christmas visits marking the first time the wall has been opened for cross border family visits since its construction over two years ago. Permits begin Wednesday at 12 West Berlin points with East German post office officials handling applications. The signing by Korber of the West Berlin city government and East German deputy minister Wendt ends the deadlock, though Willy Brandt refused to sign. Political implications divide observers, with some calling it a technical move and others warning it could fuel East German efforts to isolate West Berlin. West Germans can already travel to East Berlin, unlike West Berliners.
In Garden City Courts, Elvis Weddle of Wichita faces forgery charges with case postponed to December 27. Bond set at 1000 dollars. Driver license suspensions issued for William Burge Jr. from December 6 for 150 days after license eligibility. Clivus Witt pleads not guilty to DUI with hearing adjourned to January and bond 500 dollars. Several fines imposed for traffic offenses and vehicle registration issues. List includes Johnny English, Donald Leiker, Lee Kemper, Thomas Carroll, Richard Hackman, and others with varying fines and costs. Civil matter Shirley Pryor vs Roger Pryor involves child support. Police bond postings and numerous parking violations noted. Arrest of Tommie Francis for drunkenness. Bonds forfeited for several individuals and one driver license revocation for August Lebsack with indefinite period from November 13.
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