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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1956
Page
2
Mrs. Alfred Himanuel Coyne of Syracuse reported her son was bitten by a dog owned by Evelena Effie Brown of 1308 N Highth. Police ordered the animal penned for 10 days for observation.
Funeral services for Lloyd E. Hett at 2 30 p m Wednesday from the Christian church with Rev James Otis Pearce officiating. A Finney county resident since 1928 he died Monday at his home northeast of Garden City. Burial in Valley View cemetery. Survived by wife Naomi two sons Charles Lloyd and Kenneth Max three brothers August William Milton and two sisters. Born Marion county Nov 17 1899. He was a member of the Christian church.
Funeral services were held this afternoon in Amarillo for Erith Markle Dowd 64 former Garden City resident and seed businessman who died in a Denver hospital after a long illness He was father to Mrs Phil B Wilson and Ralph Dowd Survivors include a sister two brothers four daughters and one son Burial took place at the Slang Cemetery in Amarillo
A truck trailer lost its brakes on Five-Mile Grade about 40 miles north of Los Angeles, crashing into holiday traffic and killing three people. Victims named were William John Thomas 40 of Los Angeles, Charles Lawrence Hoffman 43 of Glendale, and Leonard Leroy Slee 47 of Sylmar. Hoffman and Slee were in one car, Thomas in another. the driver Albert Dale Neil 26 of Caruthers was unhurt.
A Sunday break-in at a junior high school likely by youths netted 12 cents from Principal Abe Hubert s office cash box due to a broken door window. Police reported the incident at 9 45 a m Monday after they found entry from outside and damaged glass in the ground floor office.
New York report says 38 West German officers and enlisted men arrived by plane to study at U S Army schools. They will stay three to six months as the first German soldiers in uniform to come to the United States since World War II.
Weekend traffic deaths set a new three day record for the New Year period with 356 traffic fatalities, 72 in fires and 72 in other causes, totaling 500. Notable losses include Loren James Johnson, 22, of Monrovia, involved in a U S 50 collision in Johnson County, Maynard Wilks, 23, of Wichita, and four others over the two day span.
Demand for CHICAGO wheat spiked as prices jumped to more than two cents, with rye holding firm and several futures posting seasonal highs. Wheat closed up 2 to 2 1/2 percent. corn and soybeans fluctuated. oats were mixed, while open interest and trading volume showed heavier activity from prior sessions.
Kansas City market data show cattle and calves with varied shifts. Slaughter steers and heifers mostly steady to 50 higher. cows steady. bulls and stockers strong to 50 higher. Hogs bid up to 25 higher. lambs steady to firm with prime lambs at 18.00 to 19.25. Prices listed for varios weights and grades.
Twenty one schools enter 52 teams in the fifth annual Garden City High School Tavita-Senet Debate tournament set for Friday and Saturday. A training session for judges is slated 7:30 p m Wednesday in the high school library with Coach Bill Brooks, Neal Logan, and Harvey Hannenan leading a demonstration debate. One hundred judges are needed for the event. Wichita Livestock news follows with cattle, calves, hogs, and sheep market figures unchanged or varied.
A list of recent hospital admitances and discharges in Garden City includes Mrs W R Lang and others at multiple local addresses. Birth notices report three newborns at St Catherine Leopold and Holcomb with weights and times. Police, county brief items cover bond, assault, open bottle charges and deeds, licenses for marriages in the area.
In Doniphan Kansas a ricochet from a .22 rifle, fired at a squirrel, injured two boys. James Peterson 17 from Atchison fired the shot. Don Carroll 10 of St Joseph Missouri was wounded in the arm and Ralph Peterson 15 had a pellet lodged in the buttock. Carroll was hospitalized then reported in good condition. Ralph was released after treatment.
A Californian named Marvin George Ehrlet claimed his packet of checks vanished after he drove away. Police could not determine how far he had traveled before noticing the loss. A deaf mute left $185 in traveler’s checks at Harold’s G6 Service and returned to claim them after Sunday.
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