Man charged with 20 crimes in Garden City
Garden City man Scott C. Evans, 21, was charged with seven burglary counts, six theft counts, four misdemeanor criminal damage counts, two felony criminal damage counts, and one misdemeanor theft in connection with auto burglaries at the IBP plant on Christmas Eve. Preliminary hearing set for January 5. bond $50,000. Two juveniles also implicated. one male, one female, in juvenile proceedings. Detention hearings held. further arrests sought by Sheriff.
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Scott C. Evans
N. Main
Evans
Grover Craig
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Petty
Hugoton
James M. Gann
Lewis O. Price
Price
Argus
John T. Jones
Jones
Gann
Stevens County
Jim Kuharic
Eclipse Viewer Sees Clouds Spoil Local Totality
Clouds covered the early Thursday lunar eclipse in Southwest Kanaas. Warren Fouse of Garden City Community College observed through a telescope as the moon darkened at 4:58 and began to reappear at 5:29, but cloud cover made the event largely unremarkable.
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Warren Fouse
E. Prospect
Garden City Community College Science
Juco Plans Tuesday Registration at Garden City CC
Garden City Community College will hold spring semester registration on Tuesday January 4 from 8 30 a m to 4 p m and again 7 to 9 p m in the college library.
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Garden City Community College
Many Offices to Close Friday for New Year's Holiday
Federal state county and city offices will close Friday before New Year’s Day except for law enforcement and Garden City Post Office. Finney County sheriff’s office open with reduced staff and closed New Year’s Day. Garden City Police Dept maintains regular staffing. Post office open Friday to 4:30 p.m., closed Saturday. Driver license office closed Friday, reopens Monday 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. No complete tests after 2 p.m. The Garden City Telegram will not publish Saturday.
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Garden City Police Dept
Hal Krents to Keynote Garden City Chamber Banquet
Garden City Area Chamber of Commerce will host Hal Krents as guest speaker at its annual meeting on January 26 in Clifford Hope Auditorium. A review of last year’s activities and officers will occur, followed by Krents remarks and a reception at the Garden City Hilton Inn. Krents, White House consultant on special education, inspired the Broadway play Butterflies Are Free. He is Harvard College and Harvard Law School educated, with advanced law study at Oxford, author of To Race The Wind, and a pioneering expert on the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. He emphasizes humor as a vital coping tool and overcame a stroke that paralyzed his left side. Tickets go on sale after year’s start.
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Harvard College
Harvard Law School
University College
Oxford
England
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Quilts Sought For Finney County Exhibit Feb 1983
Finney County Historical Society seeks quilts from residents for a Feb 20 to Apr 30 1983 exhibit on quilt making history and techniques. Call director Brian Bergheger by Jan 18 at museum number 275 6664 to loan a quilt and join the society. museum hours are daily 2 to 5 p.m.
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Finney County Historical Society
Historical Museum
Brian Bergheger
Bergheger
Gypsum Bank Accepting Donations for Brad Swisher Fund
Gypsum Valley Bank requests donations to the Brad Swisher Fund. Brad Swisher, 25, was injured September 30 in a truck crash near Garden City and spent three weeks in a coma. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Dean Swisher of Gypsum.
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Brad
Dean Swisher
Gypsum
Utility regulators trim Bell rate hike to 10.2 million in Kansas
Kansas Corporation Commission staff urged an 84 percent cut from Southwestern Bell’s 63.5 million proposal, with hearings starting next week in Topeka and special sessions in Kansas City, Wichita, Topeka, and Garden City. If approved, residential rates could rise about 16 percent, while some long distance and equipment charges would increase. Southwestern Bell has 790,000 customers across 177 Kansas communities and 17 officials are scheduled to testify, including Edward Whitacre as the first witness.
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Wichita
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Corporation Commission
Hutchinson
Manhattan
Salina
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Pittsburg
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Reagan optimistic on 1983 arms deal prospects at Geneva
President Reagan, in Palm Springs for a New Year holiday, said U S officials are negotiating in earnest at Geneva and he is a little optimistic about a 1983 arms reduction agreement. White House aides said Brent Scowcroft may head a commission on MX missile deployment.
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U.S
Geneva
White House
Brent Scowcroft
Lawmakers weigh impeachment talk over EPA head Gorsuch
Rep. Elliott Levitas says Congress should consider impeaching Attorney General and U.S. Attorney for refusing to prosecute Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Anne Gorsuch on contempt charges. Levitas, who led contempt proceedings earlier in the month, wrote to House Judiciary Chair Rodino that the refusals cast doubt on their ability to perform their duties.
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House Subcommittee
Congress
U.S
Environmental Protection Agency
Anne Gorsuch
Elliott Levitas
D-Ga
House Judiciary
Peter Rodino
D-N.j
Levitas
Public Works Investigations and Oversight Subcommittee
House
Gorsuch
EPA
Utilities blamed for overbuilding amid rising consumer costs
Washington AP. Environmental Action Foundation accuses utilities of overbuilding 175 plants still under construction or ordered, fueling $9.5 billion in rate increases last year. Edison Electric Institute notes a 2.7 percent drop in peak demand from 1981, with surplus capacity at a high since 1938, while utilities defend reserve margins and cite recession and mild weather for lower consumption.
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The
Environmental Action Foundation
Edison Electric Institute
Utilities
North American Electric Reliability Council
Department of Energy
Richard Braatz
Electric Institute
Markets and Livestock Sales Report
Dow Jones average at 1053.34, down 6.26. In Dodge City Kansas, Western Kansas feedlot sales were slow early, then fairly active after mid morning. Slaughter steers and heifers steady to 50 higher. 7,900 slaughter steers and 5,000 slaughter heifers confirmed Wednesday. Week to date 27,500 head.
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