25 Feb 1959
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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1959
Page
1
Independence Kansas AP Jay Scovel president of the Kansas Bar Assn questions Gov George Dockings ethics inquiry about a 1955 tax bill and trucking suit. Scovel cites public release of the letter and cites Hoffa money as casting doubt on Dockings sincerity and ethics.
Garden City high school reports 125 students on the first semester honor rolls, with 46 seniors, juniors and sophomores named to the A honor roll. Principal William Jellison released the A and B lists and noted the 5th six weeks honor roll includes senior, junior and sophomore students.
The Gordert City hospital lists admissions including Mrs. Charles Walter 803 Summit, Timothy L. Deaver 702 Pennsylvania, Mrs. Eldon Wagner 801 Ida, Harold Anderson 608 N 9th, Randall Lowry 414 Magnolia, Dolphus Ocker Copeland, Joe F Ward 1906 St John, Karen Amos 411 5th, Mrs Lester Ward Satanta, Mrs Harlan Burrows 209 St John, Mrs Leon Ramsey Jr 908 Sth, Mrs John G Delgado 701 W Fulton. Also noted are a newborn daughter at 4:28 a.m. Tuesday to Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Wagner 801 Ida. Police fines and bonds for mufflers and numerous names appear in the county and city notices along with divorces filed Patricia Reed vs Everett C Reece Jr and Reta Mae Frazer vs Donald Clair Frazer.
First time reserve seating is offered for the Junior College stage production The Man to be staged March 11 at Hope auditorium. Seats are sold at Pil and Clothing Co or the Junior College. Director Bill Brooks announces stars Charles Scott Lakin as the man and Marie Wacker Kendall as the woman he terrorizes with Barbara Baier Holcomb as student director.
The Kansas Senate committee voted to introduce a bill for a mandatory fair trade clause in liquor law. Former ABC director Arthur Herrick warned of an imminent price war as Kansas prices trail eight neighboring states. The bill would require manufacturers to file brand price lists with the ABC director and for retailers to charge in line with those prices.
Roy Campanella's wife denounces the delinquency charges against their 15 year old son as inflated by fame and says the family is targeted. The Jehovah's Witnesses plan a meeting in June after a permit denial in Fort Scott Kansas. The case includes a break in at a drugstore and a street fight incident.
An AP report notes Port au Prince leaders threaten a general strike to topple President Francois Duvalier. Exiled opposition figures Daniel Fignole and Louis Dejoie broadcast messages from Cuba urging action, signaling growing unrest in Haiti as a potential regional crisis.
Newcomers organize in Garden City with 50 supporters at a Luau Inn meeting. Officers elected: Bill Maddox president Bill Brown vice president Mrs Martin Delohery secretary Mrs William Lockwood treasurer and Art and Mrs Fieck directors. Next meeting Friday March 13 at 6 45 p m with dinner. Club to be a social group with six month terms and two year maximum membership. Refs to Chamber of Commerce Women s Division project chair Mrs Mark Kaiser and husband named honorary members.
Montevideo AP reports Alfredo Stroessner, Paraguay's long reigning dictator, fights a war of nerves with church leaders. Priest Ramon Talavera, 35, claims Stroessner's regime brutalizes the populace. Thousands of refugees plot the dictator's overthrow as Paraguay grows more isolated in the region.
A Paraguayan priest exiled after condemning Stroessner’s government has rallied refugees in Uruguay and Argentina to join a crusade against the 44 year dictatorship. He claims religious motives and denounces Communist ties while urging support for his National Liberation Front. Cattle and hog prices from regional markets follow, with figures for slaughter, weights, and head counts in ongoing market coverage.
Death notices reveal Fred Turney era at Gas Service and Lions Club links. Hubert Green former Dighton sales pavilion owner dies after long illness with services in Dighton Methodist Church and Oakley burial plans. Arthur John Higgins 91 longtime Garden City resident dies. survivors listed, rosary and St. Mary's burial at Valley View. Stroessner ascent noted amid Asuncion street life fear and exile talk amid regional anti dictatorship efforts in Cuba and Venezuela.
Lyons police chief L. J. Ankerholz faces suspension after a district judge ordered him kept from office pending ouster proceedings tied to state charges. The attorney general filed the ouster action last week as Ankerholz awaits April term court action. Witnesses described a volatile scene with Haiti and Duvalier era tensions influencing the political climate and a proposed revolution if enemies act.
The Telegram reports a practical course in quality concrete attracting 215 pupils from Southwest Kansas. Jointly sponsored by the Portland Cement Association and the Kansas University extension department, the session featured Portland engineers as instructors with Lloyd E. Peterson coordinating. Attendees traveled up to 100 miles for the 3 hour class over three Tuesdays.
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