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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1963
Page
1
Markets list produce prices for eggs grains and livestock. Garden City reports total receipts of 239 cattle and 216 hogs with auction results noting higher feeder calf prices and varied weights and classes. hogs up 50 cents with top at 14.90 and sows and pigs priced accordingly.
An annual Blue Cross Blue Shield District Council meeting for non-group and Farm Bureau subscribers will be held Thursday January 9 at 10 am in Fatima Hall St Catherine Hospital. The session aims to hear subscriber concerns discuss benefits and address recent 1964 rate increases for Farm Bureau and Non-group plans. Public attendance is welcome.
Charles William Whitehead 71 of 503 Taylor died this morning at St. Catherine Hospital after a long illness Born March 24 1892 in Canon City Colorado he lived in Garden City since 1920 coming from Greensburg A retired brick mason He married Myrtle Patec Noy in 1915 Survivors include his widow a son William LaVerne of West Map e a daughter Mrs Paul Ochs of Ulysses three sisters and eight grandchildren Funeral Thursday at 2 30 pm at Phillips-hite Funeral Home chapel with Rev Alvin Houser officiating burial in Valley View Cemetery with graveside rites by the Odd Fellows Lodge
George Wigner Sr. 76, a local farmer and stock man, died Sunday. Funeral services will be Thursday at 9:30 a.m. at St Mary’s Catholic Church with Rev. Clement Goubeaux officiating, burial in Valley View Cemetery. Masary will be at 8 p.m. Wednesday in Garland Funeral Home. Friends may call today and Wednesday from 2 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m.
Phil D Miller 57 former Garden City resident died Sunday in Oakland California. Funeral Wednesday at 10 a.m. at Oakland with graveside service Saturday at 2 p.m. at Valley View Cemetery. Rev J Merion Kadyk to officiate. Friends may call Garland Funeral Home Saturday morning until 11 a.m.
Garden City moves to license bicycles with new plates on January 2. Chief Hal Kana cites traffic hazards from many bikes in business areas and bans on riding on Main Street. Registration runs through March 31 1968 with safety inspections. nonpassing bikes are impounded and licensing funds cover plates seals and forms.
AP diplomatic writer James Hightower reports that Cold War tensions between the USSR and the West are expected to ease in 1964. Johnson administration hopes for stronger East-West disarmament talks and a possible Johnson Khrushchev summit, with possible talks also with de Gaulle. Domestic priorities include civil rights, tax cuts, aid reform, and reorganizing Alliance for Progress in Latin America amid strains in the Atlantic Alliance over Europe, France, and missile fleet issues.
John Irwin, 42, says he went along to prevent harm as federal judge lowers his bail from 50000 to 90000. Irwin admits receiving 48000 in ransom but claims only 3100 spent, buying toys and a gift for his wife. Barry Keenan and Joseph Imsler are co defendants. grand jury to reconvene Thursday.
Admission and discharge notes from St. Catherine list numerous names for admissions and dismissals. Births recorded at St. Catherine include a son born to Dennis Basgali and Paul Holovach at specific times in late December. Property transfers show deeds between McAllister and Sons and Eldon E Newberry, and between Catholic Diocese of Dodge City and Latin American Club with related parcels.
In Garden City area deeds record transfers among Parson, Tabor, Pappas, Frank and Meyer families with multiple lots in Jones Addition and 15 23 22 to 15 24 32 parcels. A batch of fines lists individuals from Ronan Hunt to Rudolph Eichenauer for overlength and speeding with associated costs, plus license suspensions and bonds forfeited.
Secretary Evelyn Lincoln says every JFK paper from senatorial to presidential years was saved and will go to a six million dollar Kennedy Memorial Library at Harvard. The collection will later become U.S. public property under National Archives control. The library will also hold gifts and mementoes from the White House including JFK's rocking chair.
Washington reports two forecasts for 1984 depending on tax cuts. If Kennedy’s $12 billion relief passes soon, output could rise to a 5 percent gain, possibly a record $615 billion, with strong job gains and higher business confidence. Without the tax bill, growth slows in late 1984, though overall output may still exceed 1963. The piece notes unemployment near 5.5 percent, rising government spending, auto and housing prospects, and the uncertain impact of tax policy on momentum.
A 1955 model car driven by William rank Brewer lost control on an ice dip in the 600 block St John and crashed into a telephone pole shortly after midnight. Four occupants Brenda Herrol Stanley Nevins Frederick and Terry Henderson were treated at St Catherine Hospital for bruises and abrasions and released. Brewer faced charges of speeding failure to maintain control and driving on a suspended license.
Mrs C V Pearce dies Monday in Garden City area funeral set for Thursday in Wichita. In Kansas City a car crashed into a utility pole on the Twenty Third Street trafficway killing John Carr 33 and injuring Albert Turner head injury and severed leg. driver Gilbert Avila 26 and passenger Carl Richie 25 escaped with minor injuries.
Sheriff Wendld Meier investigated a Monday night break-in at Hume Fry Co. on east US 50. An undetermined amount of change was stolen from cigarette and candy machines.
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