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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1963
Page
1
Local weather chatter predicts fair skies possibly turning stormy on New Year s Eve. Town figures show Alaska teacher salaries around 6118 buying power, and Garden City class of 1953 alumni now have 275 children overall. Personal notes recount a Kennedy era cousin in the Gonzales family and a high school reunion with Jay Crook returning unmarried.
The Associated Press reports eleven people were killed in Kansas traffic incidents over the weekend. A fatal head on collision on the Kansas Turnpike claimed several victims including Virgil Inmon and his wife Elva. a Totals include four from Leavenworth and a mournful tally from U.S. 160 near Wellington with Gary Spencer among the dead. Additional fatalities occurred near Pratt and in Missouri, while a separate Buffalo study notes murder as a family affair with 12 percent of 121 murders involving strangers.
West Berlin deputy mayor Henrich Albertz stressed the city’s wish to extend the one day holiday visiting period at the Wall while saying no official moves to renew talks with East Germany have been made. Bonn warned against excessive West German concession as 155000 residents crossed on Sunday, boosting total crossings to 412000 since December 20.
Moscow reports Tass says the Soviet Union will aid Algeria in building an independent economy though no new loans were specified. Russia previously extended a $100 million loan to the Algerian government in September.
Secretary Luther Hodges forecast in a year end outlook that the United States economy will extend about 5 percent in 1964 and prices stay fairly stable. He cited personal income rising toward 2 500 per year per person and a GNP near 600 billion in 1963 with potential to exceed 620 billion if a tax cut is enacted.
Tremendous demand for The Torch Ia Passed delays delivery of the Kennedy assassination volume. The Associated Press prepared in pictures and text, with 1,100,000 copies ordered. Production will take weeks. orders are still being taken at the Telegram office for $2 in advance.
Johnson and Erhard talks yield mutual backing to reduce East-West tensions and explore European economic integration. The Senate votes by late afternoon on a $3 billion foreign aid package after a brief debate, with House approval already in place and key figures predicting passage.
Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders accepted a plan by British Secretary Duncan Sandys to create a neutral zone in Nicosia and allow British patrols under the commander. Archibishop Makarios and Dr Fazil Kutchuk signed the accord, with daily British-chaired meetings to ease tensions. Kutchuk warned partition as the only path to peace, while Greek Cypriots rejected that idea as firefights since December 21 subsided.
Athens AP reports King Paul dissolved the parliament elected on November 3 after major party leaders failed to form a government and refused to work together. He named Ioannis Paraskevopoulos, 63, deputy governor of the Bank of Greece, to lead a caretaker cabinet and oversee the election set for September 16 amid Greek Cypriot tensions.
Taipei Formosa AP reports the Nationalist Chinese commander on Quemoy Island proclaimed a 3-day cease-fire from Dec 31 to Jan 2 to let troops celebrate the new year in the Republic of China. Cease-fires on special occasions occur in this conflict with the Communists shelling from the mainland. No major Communist shelling of the offshore islands occurred in 1963.
A Jacksonville hotel blaze in the Hotel Roosevelt ballroom on a brisk Sunday morning killed 21 and injured 66. The 12 story, 300 room hotel hosted Gator Bowl guests, with most deaths on upper floors from smoke. Donna Axum, Miss America 1964, and chaperone were hospitalized. Officials said fire origin was in the Emerald Room area and ruled no negligence. rescue by fire crews and Navy helicopters saved many guests.
A $36,000 damage suit filed in Finney County District Court names Garden City resident Elizabeth A. Schupp of Riverside California as plaintiff against June Glenn Crotinger Rt. 1 The petition states an automobile crash in downtown Garden City on December 30 19% caused Mrs Schupp injuries and her husband Emory A Schupp who rode as her passenger died January 8 1982 The suit seeks 10133.46 for her injuries and earning loss and 25000 for her husband s death negligence and wrongful death claims.
Nazareth Israel readies for Pope Paul VI the first pope to set foot there since Peter on his 11 hour Israel itinerary. The city with a mixed Christian population including Greek Orthodox Greek Catholics and Roman Catholics hosts Mass at the Grotto of the Annunciation during a 75 minute stop.
A local report describes Gorden Sass Gas Garden as a person prone to breaking items including frogs and currency units, suggesting ongoing property mishaps and unusual behavior a watchdog group may monitor.
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