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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1966
Page
1
AP dispatch from Kansas City covers cattle and hog markets with calf numbers and weight ranges. Hogs report 4,500 head with barrows and gilts in the 100 to 125 weight class and 120 to 190 pounds prices listed. sows and related weights shown with varied bids. Sheep are reported with no price test. prime wooled lambs steady at 22.50 and good wooled ewes around 7.00.
The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials at noon rose 4.18 points to 790.53, reclaiming part of the 12.75 drop from the prior three trading days.
Gray County resident George Meng, 53, remained unconscious and in critical condition at St. Anthony Hospital in Dodge City after a farm accident near Cimarron. He suffered a compound fracture of the top and a head injury when a tractor backing in the yard struck a farm implement. The incident occurred between 2 and 4 p.m. on December 21. Mrs. Meng found him attempting to crawl to the house. She said he had been working with a tractor and well casing for about two hours before the motor died.
Scatty Kenton plans to shoot off fireworks atop Pike's Peak at 14,110 feet then dive into a Colorado Springs lake within 12 hours. The 41 year old Boy Scout executive joined the AdAmAb Club to celebrate the new year with a mountainous climb and ice breakage at Prospect Lake with the Colorado Gypsy Diving Club.
In the North Atlantic, the British vessel Cotswold and the German freighter Hille Oldendorff sped toward the crippled Petrel after a distress beacon. The Petrel, sailing from Stamford to Bermuda with ten aboard, had its mast toppled and radio dead. Coast Guard aircraft helped summon help while attempts to pump water and reach the yawl continued.
The Kansas Oil Mens Assn with federal job training funds launches a 10 week on the job program in Southwest Kansas to train 320 service station driveways salesmen in 1967. Classes run in Garden City Liberal and Dodge City with instructors Hurd and Edmunds guiding 400 hours of training plus 280 hours on the job.
Loren Percival will merge Percival Insurance Agency with Henry Hall Agency Inc on January 1 1967 becoming part owner of the Hall Agency. He will continue preparing all forms of insurance and gain a full time bookkeeper policy writer and stenographer. The Hall Agency is at 116 W Pine one door west of Percival’s current office. Also announced were Internal Revenue Service assistance days at Garden City for federal tax guidance on January 3 6 13 30 and February 3 with hours from 8 am to 12 pm and 1 to 5 pm written inquiries go to the District Director IRS 412 South Main Wichita KS 67202.
A Laotian military court, meeting in Vientiane, sentenced former right wing leader Gen. Phoumi Nosavan in absentia to seven years in prison for desertion. The ruling, passed Dec. 21, was announced by the government as Phoumi, who now resides in Songkhla Thailand, fled Vientiane after a Feb. 3 1965 clash between army units and police amid reports of an attempted coup to regain army control.
Tass reported Luna 13 used a mechanical finger to gather data on the lunar surface and may broadcast a New Year message if power remains. Preliminary data indicate lunar soil density similar to Earth and only low radioactivity, with a grainy, stone-rich surface and few dust particles.
Detroit AP reports a widening policy rift between AFL-CIO officials and its largest affiliate the United Auto Workers. The UAW criticizes the federation for complacency, claiming it fails to fulfill merger aims and urges airing disagreements publicly. Top UAW officers signed the letter targeting AFL-CIO President Meany.
Kansas traffic death log for December 1966 shows 723 fatalities through 9 am Friday. Includes two previously unreported deaths and compares to 665 for the prior year’s period.
Hospital admissions show numerous patients including Catherine Brecheisen Eugene, Mrs Gerald Sheaks, Mark Goss, Darrell Williams, Lolita Fuller, and others from Scott City Holcomb Sublette Wichita Lakin. Dismissals include Kathryn Bender Eunice Kostreva Terry Goodman and Rose Morrell with several more names listed. Traffic accidents reported: Main and Pine moderate damage. 5th and Spruce minor to moderate damage. both involve Rt 1 drivers and local addresses. County case continued for Pete Rowland Sr. destruction of private property. released on own recognizance.
In Washington AP Arthur J. Goldberg outlined a five point U N Security Council defense of Rhodesia sanctions. He rebutted claims of self rule violation and noted Rhodesia as a British territory not a sovereign state. Baltimore first to replace horse drawn trolleys with electric streetcars in 1885.
A major late December snow storm moved into eastern Canada and covered wide areas from the Midwest to New England with cold air. Snow squalls and high winds persisted along the eastern Great Lakes to New England, while the Dakotas Minnesota and northern New England saw snow flumes and cold readings. Temperatures fell below zero in parts of the Midwest and near freezing in the South and West with heavy snow in some Midwest cities and two feet in mountain New England. Rain washed away much of the snow in eastern coastal sections including Boston and Blue Hill Observatory reported 95 mph gale winds. Outside the belt, rain fell in the Far Northwest turning to snow in the northern Rockies. Idaho Utah and western Montana saw 1 to 3 inch accumulations in six hours. Showers along the Texas Gulf Coast contrasted with clear skies across much of the south.
Obituary notices for Mrs Harriet Florence Boise 85 of Garden City with ties to Beaver County Oklahoma, funeral plans by Phillips White Funeral Home. Also memorials for Roger Baldwin Gillett 17 of Amy and Zelma Hamilton 60 of Scott City with survivors and burial details, noting locations in Tribune Amy Scott City and Hot Springs Arkansas.
Christine Hope, senior at Garden City High School, selected by faculty for the Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizenship Contest. She is daughter of Clifford and Mrs. Hopper of 1112 Gillespie and will compete with area students, answering government questions for regional, state, and national awards including a possible $1,000 national scholarship. Leon from Wichita County High School also selected to represent their school.
Two Garden City teenagers Joseph Whitehead and Andrew Allen, both 18, were bound over to Gray County District Court after waiving preliminary hearing on second degree burglary and petty larceny charges. They were arrested December 14 near Copeland after a farmer reported a shed break in. Sheriff Blackmore spotted their car on US 56 and alerted deputies for arrest.
Oil grease and tools were stolen from EF and E Tank Service located one mile west of Garden City on US 50. Thieves entered by removing a window screen and breaking the window. Sheriff reported the value of stolen articles under 59 dollars.
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