Garden City Christmas Sales Hit Record Highs
Garden City merchants report the season was the biggest ever for retail, with Alco Books Etc. Weber's Town Shop and J C Penney surpassing previous totals. Shoppers bought high quality, larger items late in December despite warm weather and reduced shopping days.
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Pam Zubeck
North Pole
Santa Claus
America
Garden City
Alco Department Store
Weber's Town Shop
J.C. Penney
Chuck Davis
Davis
Squire Men’s Wear
Ken Rauhut
Rauhut
Weber
Last-minute Christmas Shopping Surges Across U.S.
An Associated Press survey finds shoppers flooding stores before Christmas despite earlier worries of recession and high rates. Retailers from Sears in Kansas City to J C Penney in Greenville report peak days, with Lazarus noting the weekend spike and many stores posting their strongest gains in the final three days.
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Robert Burns
Associated Press
Jack Maddy
Sears
Kansas City
Sally Balanchine
J.C. Penney
Greenville
S.C
Lazarus Department Stores
Columbus
Ohio
Lazarus
Bills and credit ride the postholiday wave
In late 1979 Americans piled up 34.5 billion dollars in revolving credit with December surging to 12.9 billion. The National Association of Federal Credit Unions urges balanced use, listing advantages such as emergencies and sales leverage, and drawbacks including costs, impulse buying, and future earnings constraints.
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National Association of Federal Credit Unions
Association
Russell Welcomes Senators Dole and Specter Homecoming
Russell Kansas hosts Sen Bob Dole and Sen-elect Arlen Specter for a noon to 2 pm informal reception with no speeches. Dole, a Russell native, has long served as a U.S. Senator since 1968 and was Ford’s running mate in 1976. Specter, born in Wichita, moved to Russell in 1942 and later served as Philadelphia district attorney before entering national politics.
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Russell
Kan
Bob Dole
R-Kan
Arlen Specter
R-Pa
Kansas
U.S. Senate
Senate
Dole
Congress
Gerald Ford
Specter
Wichita
Yale
Philadelphia
Roberts to tour First District after oath of office
Congressman-elect Pat Roberts plans a January listening tour across Kansas First District with 28 stops from Jan 7 to Jan 16. He aims to gather grassroots input on issues facing the new Congress, including farm legislation and federal spending, while inviting residents to meet at courthouses and public venues in Dodge City Liberal Ulysses Garden City Scott City and other counties.
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Dodge City
Pat Roberts
U. S. Capitol
Kansas
Roberts
Keith Sebelius
Washington
Congress
First District
Big
First
Southwest Kansas
Lions Club
Dodge House
Military Plaza
Ford
Meade
Clark
Gray
Scott
Lane
Chamber of ‘Commerce
Silver Spur
Districtional Office
Parents may object to examination of school records
In Garden City, parents of Hispanic students in USD 457 may object to the use of their children’s records in a federal lawsuit brought by MACE. Objections must be filed with the U.S. District Court in Wichita by December 31 to refuse consent. otherwise, consent is presumed. Records handling aims to avoid identifying individuals unless the court directs.
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U.S. District Court For Kansas
Patrick F. Kelly
United States District Court
North Market
Wichita
New Year Youth Overnight Set At Garden City Y
Family YMCA offers an all night New Year’s Eve program for grades 1-6 with supervision by Francie Hedge and staff. Activities start 8 p.m. Wednesday with swimming movies games and snacks. breakfast at 8:30 a.m. Thursday. Fees vary by membership from 5 to 12 dollars. Registration due by Dec 30 at the YMCA desk. call 275-9107 with questions.
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Garden City Family Ymca
Francie Hedge
YMCA
Loader Runs Amuck In Lansing Downtown Terror Ride
Police hunt a vandal who stole a huge yellow front end loader and plowed through downtown Lansing. He dumped snow on a new truck, knocked down a tree, hit a bus sign and pole, forced police to retreat as cruisers pursued, then rammed an apartment building and broke a gas line before fleeing on foot.
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Lansing
Mich
Irv Ruby
Hunch Saves Coventry Family From Poison Gas
In Coventry Rhode Island a man’s intuition prompted a visit to his son in law’s home where four relatives were found barely conscious from carbon monoxide. A faulty gas water heater vent filled the house with CO. The family, saved by fresh air and quick action, were treated and released.
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Coventry
R.I
Inlaw
Charles A. Sutcliffe
Raymond Thibodeau
Sutcliffe
Thibodeau
Stanley J. Mrnk
Charlene
Pawtuxet Valley
Kent County Memorial Hospital
Thieves Steal $25 Million In Art From Argentine Museum
In Buenos Aires thieves dropped through a roof hole at the National Fine Arts Museum and stole 16 paintings and nine sculptures valued at 25 million dollars. Officials said many works were French Impressionist pieces by Renoir Cezanne and Degas, with police identifying all items to Interpol to deter resale.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
National Fine Arts Museum
Renoir
Cezanne
Degas
Interpol
Library walks a tale of plastic snakes to scare birds
Librarian Mary Plager hunts downtown for plastic snakes to deter pigeons and starlings that crowd the library sidewalk at Chestnut and 7th. Staff have tried shouting, hose spray, and even police contact. snakes and perhaps plastic owls may be hung in the three trees to urge birds away.
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Donnis Harness
Garden City Telegram
Mary Plager
Chestnut
7Th
Plager
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Les Cline
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Walt Weber
Wayne Vanatta
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Vanatta
Louise Cook
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