Rush on to buy heaters and firewood in deep freeze
Local residents scramble for space heaters electric blankets and kerosene as freezing conditions grip the High Plains. Kerosene shortages ease with deliveries expected. plumbers tackle frozen pipes while firewood runs low but demand stays high. Authorities urge safe kerosene use and vented heating.
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Rush
High Plains
Robinson Oil
Garden City Co-op
Gary Stanfield
Kmart
Gillan
True Value Hardware
Curt Jones
Alco
Foulks
Co-op
East Us50
Allen Shelton
Ward
Brad Botz
Botz
Tatro Plumbing
Dennis George
Quality Plumbing
Three hurt in traffic accidents on Fulton Campus and Main
Three people were treated for minor injuries after two traffic crashes on Fulton and Campus Drive and on Main and Kansas. In the Fulton Campus crash Samuel Clouse Krug and Monty Rieger were involved. a third vehicle was struck at a stop sign. Debbie Ford was injured in the Main and Kansas collision. she was treated and released. Police say the investigation continues.
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Fulton
Campus Drive
St. Catherine Hospital
Vivian J. Krug
Moores
Monty E. Rieger
Windy View Drive
Samuel D. Clouse
Krug
Rieger
Main
Kansas
Debbie Ford
Leoti
Matthew R. Ford
Kansas Avenue
Georgia S. Pitts
City Police urge public to limit calls during blizzard
Garden City Police report 400 weather inquiry calls in eight hours during a late November blizzard, about one every 12 minutes. Capt. Roger Schroeder urges residents to rely on radio and TV for weather updates and to call only in emergencies during disasters.
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Garden City
Roger Schroeder
Schroeder
Telegram Reporter’s Car Fire Damages Chevette
A reporter and long time Telegram columnist Dolores Hope had her 1976 Chevette parked in the Telegram lot at 6th and Laurel when an electrical fault caused a morning fire shortly after 8 o’clock. Fire extinguishers failed and firefighters arrived to extinguish the blaze, totaling at least 1000 dollars in damage.
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Telegram
Dolores Hope
Gillespie
Hope
6Th and
Laurel
Social Security office hours listed for SW Kansas towns
Social Security officials announce office hours for Hugoton Liberal Ulysses Syracuse Scott City Garden City and Dodge City area offices for January February and March 1984. Hours vary per town with a toll free number provided for phone inquiries and prior call advised.
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Southwest
Kansas
Hugoton
Liberal
Ulysses
Syracuse
Scott City
Garden City — City
Dodge City
First St
Social Security
Court orders 30 day hold on school closure in Kansas
Barton County Judge Barry A. Bennington granted a 30 day stay of the order to close Heritage Baptist Temple preschool for operating without a license. He ruled the church failed to prove that licensing avoidance was a genuine religious belief and noted conditions at the school generally met state standards despite corporal punishment.
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Great Bend
Kan
Barton County
Barry A. Bennington
Heritage Baptist Temple
Rick Carter
Carter
Bennington
Kansas
Leoti Meals Center Opens For First Christmas Dinner
Leoti hosts its first Christmas dinner at the Wichita County Senior Citizens center with 104 attendees despite subfreezing cold. Lorene Harvey notes the new facility cost about 75000 dollars and serves about 35 daily meals with volunteer drivers providing five day a week service. The center, moved into its own building south of Wichita County High School, marks a community milestone praised by local leaders and seniors alike.
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Leoti
Wichita County
Harvey
John Glanville
Wichita County Senior Citizens
Wichita
Wichita County High School
Scott City
Garden City Senior Center
Scott City Center
Southwest Area Agency On Aging
John Wilkins
Chet Hockensmith
Chet Lytle
Chet
Southwest Kansas Nutrition Program
Allen McCalle
Dodge City
Strong quake rattles parts of South America center
An early morning earthquake measuring about 7:05 a.m. EST rocked northern Argentina, Paraguay, and southern Brazil. The US Geological Survey located the quake’s center in Santiago Del Estero province, about 525 miles northwest of Buenos Aires. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.
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Golden
Colo
Argentina
Paraguay
Brazil
U.S. Geological Survey
Santiago del Estero
Buenos Aires
Pat Jorgenson
USGS
Flynt Arrives for Court-Ordered Psychiatric Evaluation
Hustler publisher Larry Flynt has been sent to the U.S. Medical Center for Federal Prisoners in Springfield Missouri for court-ordered psychiatric evaluation. Arriving from Los Angeles he faces a flag desecration charge tied to wearing a flag as a diaper during a Los Angeles court appearance and payment of a daily fine.
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Springfield
Hustler Magazine
Larry Flynt
U.S. Medical Center
Missouri
Los Angeles
Flynt
Markets Update Mixed: Cattle And Hogs Rise As Stocks Edge Higher
Early deadline caused trading to be unavailable in some markets. Kansas City cattle and hog prices show gains with feeders and sows up, while Dodge City area feedlot sales report higher steers and heifers amid cold winds. Wall Street trends higher after slower growth signals. Dow up to 1,248.37 as volume nears 46 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
Guebarra Given Life For First Degree Murder
Paul Guebara was sentenced to life in prison for the February murder of his wife Genny in Garden City. Judge Philip C. Vieux denied a request for a new trial and rejected a voluntary manslaughter option, noting no evidence supported the lesser charge.
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Paul Guebara
Philip C. Vieux
25Th Judicial District
Guebara
Randy Grisell
Vieux
Paul Handy
Handy
Garden City
Genny
N. 13Th
Ammonia Leak Forces Street Closures at Dairy
A 150 pound ammonia tank ruptured in the dairy basement causing a vapor risk as firefighters worked to ventilate the area. Police sealed Grant Street from Main to 8th while shops remained open after the incident with temperatures dipping below zero.
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Shelton
Myers
Grant Street
Main
8Th Street
Coffee Ann
Garden City
Truck Bomb Near French Peacekeepers In West Beirut
A truck loaded with explosives exploded near a French military position in Nasra, Beirut, injuring no immediate casualties per state radio. At about the same time a separate blast hit a downtown bar, killing at least three people as tensions rise in the capital.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Beirut Radio
Nasra
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