New York Waldorf party amid New Year crowds
New Year's Eve at Waldorf Astoria draws $200 to $225 per person for a televised gala while Garden City clubs offer cheaper seating with dancing and noisemakers. Police plan 10 to 14 patrol cars from 11 p.m. to 3 a.m. to deter drunk driving, with expected intoxicated stops rising during the weekend. Local clubs host dances with varied cover charges and breakfast post‑midnight.
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Telegram
New York
Waldorf-Astoria
Garden City
People’s Taxi
Garden City residents plan varied New Year's Eve for 1983
Interviews with Garden City residents reveal mixed plans for New Year's Eve 1983. Some will party with friends and champagne while others stay home to ring in the new year quietly or at belated Christmas gatherings. Several will work or supervise kids while a few aim to sleep early to avoid revelry.
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Sheila Key
Koster
Key
Kirk Day
Stillwater
Okla
Day
Susan Gurnee
Florence
Tim Green
Lincoln
IBP
Brigette
Greg Mann
Chesterfield
Mann
Brad Botz
Longhorn
Liberal
Dodge City
Botz
Chip Maxwell
Arapahoe
Maxwell
Pleads guilty to murder in Hugoton case
In Stevens County District Court, James M. Gann 18 and John T. Jones Jr. 22 both pled guilty to first degree murder in separate pleas. Gann received a life sentence with eligibility for parole after 15 years, while Jones faces the same mandatory term after earlier pleabargain. Sentencing likely in early February.
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Hugoton
Stevens County
James M. Gann
Gann
Texas
John T. Jones Jr
Lewis C. Price
Argus
Kuharic
Wayne Tate
Chris Concannon
Jones
Garden City family injured in US 50 crash west of town
Bradley Halloran 112 was released from St Catherines Hospital after bruises. Tamara Halloran improved from back injury while listed in fair and stable condition. The couple, returning from a Colorado trip, live in Garden City. Driver Robert Miller Jr. of Oklahoma City was uninjured in the head on collision nine miles west of Garden City.
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Bradley Halloran
St. Catherine Hospital
Tamara Halloran
St. Catherine’s
Halloran
Kansas Highway Patrol
US 50
Hillcrest
Robert Miller Jr
Oklahoma City
Hallorans
Colorado
Belmont
KCC Schedules Bell Hearing On Kansas Rate Increase
The Kansas Corporation Commission will hold a public hearing in Garden City on January 20 at 7 p.m. to consider Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. demand for a 63.5 million dollar rate rise in Kansas. If approved as filed, residential basic service would rise to 11.25 dollars monthly and business basic service to 19.65 dollars. The commission favors trimming the request to about 10.2 million and notes a 16 percent potential revenue increase for the company. Public questions will follow, with remarks from KCC staff and Southwestern Bell officials.
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Garden City
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Kansas
KCC
Southwestern Bell
Topeka
Wichita
Kansas City
Domestic Violence Awareness Week Observed in Garden City
Local volunteers run the Family Crisis hotline in Garden City as Domestic Violence Week is recognized. Gov. Carlin urged citizens to support efforts to end home abuse, with Kansas groups promoting prevention, intervention, and research while noting rural areas are affected nationwide. The Garden City hotline logged 190 calls since April 1, 75 percent from battered wives. there is no local shelter for women, with past referrals to Great Bend.
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Garden City
John Carlin
Kansas Association of Domestic Violence
Family Crisis Services
Family Crisis Center
Great Bend
Dell Hayden
Kansas
Hayden
Public meeting on SRS operations set for Jan 4
An open public meeting of the State Department of Social and Rehabilitation Service is scheduled for 9 a.m. Tuesday January 4 at 2701 North 11th Street. The session invites anyone interested in SRS functioning and policy.
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State Department of Social and Rehabilitation Service
SRS
Hijack attempt foiled on United flight 702 in Pittsburgh
An unemployed pilot, Michael James Will, 30, tried to hijack a Chicago to Pittsburgh flight with a bag claimed to hold explosives. He altered course when crew revealed the plane lacked fuel for Washington, D.C. The 71 passengers and six crew landed safely at Greater Pittsburgh International Airport. no injuries were reported.
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Pittsburgh
Michael James Will
Washington, D.C
Will
United Airlines
William Weiner
FBI
Washington
Weiner
Chicago
Grain and market roundup from Garden City and Heinold quotes
Markets report no grain activity Friday from Garden City Co op. Noon quotes list various grains and commodities with scattered gains. Dow Jones index rises to about 1,051, with minor shifts in futures contracts from Chicago Live Beef futures and Wall Street session notes.
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TNO Ee Aisha
Baidvnew Savane
Wall Street
New York
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