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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1964
Page
3
Elsie Branden outlines tips for shoppers as the year ends, urging planning to stagger clothing purchases, assess quality by appearance durability and fit, study labels, and understand new FTC belt labeling rules. The piece notes avoiding plastic hangers and airing cleaned garments to prevent damage and odors.
Five members of the Tippens family die when a Rock Island passenger air crashes into their car at a Merritt area crossing seven miles southwest of Elk City Oklahoma. Aly David Tippens 55 Edith 52 Nancy Sue 15 R L Tippens Jr 23 Stella Louis Tippens 15 are killed. Trooper Elmer Williams notes the car did not appear to slow. Surviving Tippens children number four. Oklahoma traffic fatalities reach 782, twenty more than all of 1963.
Agricultural economists Leonard W Schruben and Ruth E Clifton say Kansas sorghum producers will benefit from expanding markets over the next decade. They note high feed use, competitive costs versus Iowa corn, and strong demand from West Coast feeders, with export volumes rising from 85 million to 100 million bushels in recent years.
Tony Oliva of the Minnesota Twins becomes the first Cuban to win a major league batting crown, finishing the season with a .323 average to lead the American League.
Finney farming notes urge winter servicing, irrigation, accounting, tax deadlines, and erosion control. January 1965 Extension Council events include Stag meetings in Pawnee Acres, a sheep and wool school in Meade, and a Crops Stag at the 4-H Building. Foot rot in cattle is warned as a serious winter problem requiring veterinary advice and possible treatment.
The Defense Department said two Army M Sgt William L Siegrist of Stumpy Point North Carolina and Army M Sgt Reina A Pamla of Columbia City Indiana were killed when their patrol was overrun. Two others Pvt Charles E Crafts of North Jay Maine and Sgt Harold G Bennett of Perryville Arkansas were missing and believed captured.
Kenneth Fromm discussed demonstrations at Lincoln Livewires meeting, followed by a Christmas party. Wide Awake members planned Club Day activities, pins awarded to several members, and a Christmas Basket meal. Happy Hustlers club notes include regional and county club days, bronze pins, bake sales, and a ballad-led singalong. Elston Howard's hitting average rose slightly this season.
Judge Beryl R. Johnson refused William J. Zimmer's request for a court appointed attorney. The court found Zimmer not indigent and able to hire his own counsel. Zimmer, a Kansas City Kansas railroad worker, faces kidnapping and murder charges in the 1962 case involving Gladys Johnson of Topeka. The hearing noted the Zimmer household income over $13,000, with $3,000+ in savings, a $10,000 home, and two paid-off cars.
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