New Year Notes From Town And Outlying Slices
An index of local quirks and people. Don and Ann Coward host Swiss visitors over vacations while Claire Alder from Switzerland studies economics at KU and skis miss the sand hills. Other items recount goose hunting luck at Two Buttes, a correction about county holidays, and notes from Lakin and Deerfield communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coward
Don
Ann
Ceylon
Martha Donald
Claire Alder
Switzerland
Silvana Magnani
Heidi
Claire
Templin Hall
Ann Coward
Violence at an Electric Plant Sparks Mass Picketing
In Columbus at the Westinghouse Electric plant about 100 police moved in to break a mass demonstration. A man, Troy Tadlock, 34, died after a beating possibly linked to the protest. At least seven injured and eighty-six arrested, with gates overturned amid chaotic predawn violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Troy Tadlock
Hat Notice Brings A Laugh In Witty Exchange
A witty quip notes that a woman’s sex may not be noticed unless the hat stands out while a leftover is ignored unless it bears Paprika. The line plays on attention and taste in a lighthearted cultural aside.
Jones to Quit School Post Jones to Quit School Post Supt
Supt. J. R. Jones announced he will not seek re election for 1956 57, planning to remain in Garden City and possibly enter private business. He has led the Garden City school system since 1942 and will complete 36 years in education this year. The Board praised his leadership and faithful service and wished him success in future ventures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Jones
Board of Education
Jones
Garden City
Sublette
Charles Schoonover
Coats
Burlingame
Meade
Schoonover
Four Wrecks During Holiday Reported Over New Year
Police logged four motor vehicle incidents during the New Year holidays. At Five Points a two car crash involving Marilee Hudspeth, 15, and Mary Ester Tonkin, 43, caused heavy property damage. Hudspeth’s father was charged with permitting a minor to drive. A Lamar man, Godfrey Geier, was cited for striking an unattended vehicle. Another collision occurred Sunday at Third and Fair involving John Baier and Lester Arnold Stevenson. A final wreck damaged Main and Chestnut when Zeerlin backed into Bennett’s lane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marilee Hudspeth
N. Fifth
Mary Ester Tonkin
Great Bend
Kansas Avenue
Jones and Taylor
Miss Hudspeth
Randell Leemont Hudspeth
Hudspeth
Kansas
Lamar
Colo
Godfrey Raymond Geier
F. D. Conard
N. Main
John George Baier
Holcomb
Lester Arnold Stevenson
Gregory Albert Zeerlin
Gordon Bennett
Baldwin
Zeerlin
Bennett
Sixteen Kansas Counties Declared Drought Disaster Areas
The Agriculture Department designated 16 Kansas counties Butler Decatur Edwards Ellis Gove Graham Kingman Norton Pawnee Phillips Rooks Rush Sedgwick Sheridan Smith and Trego as drought disaster areas. Eligible farmers may obtain livestock feed grains at a reduction of $1 per 100 pounds under the emergency feed program to sustain basic herds, raising the total Kansas counties under the program to 41.
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Washington F
Agriculture Department
Kansas
Butler
Decatur
Edwards
Ellis
Gove
Graham
Kingman
Norton
Pawnee
Phillips
Rooks
Rush
Sedgwick
Sheridan
Smith and Trego
Polio Vaccine Nears Wide Availability This Year
Basil O Connor, head of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, says production of the Salk vaccine is accelerating and may be sufficient this year to inoculate all children up to age 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Basil O'Connor
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Local Rabbit War Nets 1524 Jacks Local Rabbit War Nets 1524 Jacks
Approximately 100 Garden City and Finney County farmers using shotguns hunted south of the Sandhills and killed 1,524 jackrabbits. Over two days the total reached 2,892 with 130 miles south of Garden City at Plymell. Hunters used a shotgun line method from 9:30 am to 4:30 pm. The oyster supper will crown the losing team, and proceeds fund Plymell Community House.
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Plymell
Garden City
Ray Drussell
F. Arthur Stone
Fielding Hands
Clinton Crouse
Jerry Drummond
Ivanhoe Valley Grange
Ronald Scott
Plymell Community House Fund
First Garden City Baby Born At New Year 1956
Steven Ralph Lang, born 18 minutes into 1956 at St. Catherine hospital, is Garden City’s first baby of the year. He weighed seven pounds 13 ounces, with dark hair and strong lungs, lived at 304 North First, and will receive numerous gifts from local merchants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steven Ralph Lang
Garden City
Steven Ralph
Ralph Lang
North
St. Catherine Hospital
Stor
Herb Brady
Gary Edwin
William E. Rasmussen
Sears and
Anthonys
Fidelity State Bank
Steven
Ideal Food Store
Patterson's
Pankhausers
Bakers
Wren Studio
Telegram Commercial
Renick
Mullin’s
Dillon’s
Blossom Shop
Mother’s Hospital
Gardiner's
Gortia Spudia
Punch
Three Harvard Students Die as Sky Chalet Burns
In Mont Tremblant Quebec a ski chalet occupied by Harvard University students caught fire and burned. Three students died while four others escaped. The blaze destroyed the sleeping quarters and authorities investigated the cause.
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Harvard
Sky
Mont Tremblant
Harvard University
Quiet New Year in Garden Citians Holds Few Arrests
Garden Citians kept to tradition as New Year passed with few incidents. Frederick Willis Miller of Holcomb was arrested at 2 10 a.m. for driving while intoxicated and posted 100 bond. Clifford Allen Thon of Healy faced assault and battery charges after his wife Dolores Thon accused him of a Friday night beating. he posted 25 bond. A woman surrendered car keys to police to avoid driving during celebrations, later reclaiming them. The weekend saw the usual number of drunken arrests understated by calm conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden Citians
Frederick Willis Miller
Holcomb
South Main
Miller
Clifford Allen Thon
Healy
Delores Thon
E. Pine
Thon
Nest Egg Prank Returns Cash From Fridge Mixup
In Baltimore Mrs Mary Burns opened her refrigerator and grabbed a chicken package only to discover $1724 in cash inside. Police traced the receipts to poultry shop owner Morris Caplan who stored daily takings in a canvas bag and then a paper sack. Burns had accidentally grabbed the wrong package from the counter.
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Baltimore
Mary Burns
Morris Caplan
Racketeer Joe Adonis Deportation Sparks Outcry
Racketeer Joe Adonis effectively deported himself from the United States today after reportedly arranging his own exit. The move follows years of legal battles and heightened scrutiny of organized crime figures.
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Joe Adonis
New York
United States
Liberal Building Permits Reach Over Two Million
The Liberal city reports 2,415,285 in building permits accumulated to date, with yearly totals exceeding one million since 1947 except 1951 when the total was 716,190. The figures reflect ongoing high activity in local construction and development.
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Liberal
Many Issues For Congress Opens 84th Session
Washington in January 1956 marks the start of the 84th Congress as lawmakers focus on farm programs tax cuts foreign aid and highway building. Democrats press investigations while President Eisenhower recovers from a heart attack and plans to deliver the State of the Union by telephone. The session tests Republican and Democratic collaboration with elections looming for all House members and one third of the Senate. Eisenhower’s second term prospects remain uncertain with no public hint before mid February.
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Washington
Tixlay
House
McCormack
Mass
Congress
Eisenhower
Key West
Fla
Capitol
Senate
White House
New Dog Tags Are on Sale in City Obedience Drive
New dog tags go on sale as city ordinance requires registrations within two months with fees of one dollar for males and spayed females two dollars for unspayed females. After March 1 penalties accrue at fifty cents per month. City Manager Deane P. Wiley registers his beagle Rascal as the first in line. Cocker spaniels, terriers, and bulldogs lead registrations. popular names include Boots Rusty Sport Mickey Rover.
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Deane P. Wiley
Rascal
Boots
Rusty
Sport
Mickey
Rover
Bank Robbery In Richland Narrows On Time-Locked Vault
Georgia Neese Clark Gray former U S treasurer was abducted from her Richland Kansas home by three armed men who forced her to open the Richland State Bank vault. They stole about 1200 dollars and 767 dollars from a grocery but released Gray unharmed. The trio fled in the Gray station wagon, later found abandoned west of Richland.
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Richland, Kas
Georgia Neese Clark Gray
United States
Richland
Gray
Mrs. Gray
Andrew
Family of Four Killed In Plane Crash
A Bloomington family of four perished when their private plane crashed in heavy overcast, catching fire in a plowed field. Victims: Paul E. Ward, 42, a railroad supply salesman. his wife Harriett, 40. and daughters Joan, 14, and Sharon, 8.
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Bloomington
Paul E. Ward
Harriett
Joan
Sharon
War friendship renewed during Kansas Christmas reunion
Garden City resident John Frazier Walters hosts Tae Won Kim, a 22 year old Korean War veteran and Kansas State freshman, for a holiday visit. Kim, a former interpreter and now political science major, explains Korean age counting, Korea’s past, and life in the United States including football’s popularity and women’s attendance at games. He traveled from Seoul after his father’s land reform and reflects on limited car use in Korea and American cars.
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John Frazier
John F. Walters
Walters
Kansas
Tae Won Kim
Kim
Kansas State College
K-State
Korea
Foreign Department
North Korea
Seoul
United States
Garden City
Walters Motor Company
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Tis
University of
Lee Eisner
Harry
John
Two Buttes
Cole
Kisner
B. C. Nash
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Lee Kisner
Deerfield
Andy Hummer
Hummer
Supt
Ralph Lang Boy
U.S
S's
Mla
Dei
Goolland City
Great Benet
Aiberal
Russell
Amarilla
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Clyde Stallsworth
Gordon Cillan
L. J. Heinemann
Grant
Stallsworth
Western Adjustment
Marysville
East Pine
Richland Bank
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