Weather and car promos mix in small town notes
Timid forecasters warned of snow as a southwest low shapes our weather. Rain arrived with up to an inch of snow forecast by tomorrow, contingent on the low’s path. A press kit arrives for a 1969 model line and 1963 models head to showrooms next month, with 1964s due by mid year. County Attorney Harrison Smith collected five dollars from Mayor Jim Sloan, paid with a copper tubing capsule filled with 500 pennies soldered shut. Bob Wright reportedly owes the same and weighs a cement or molasses casing for the coins.
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Here
Harrison Smith
Jim Sloan
Jim
Harrison
Bob Wright
Illicit Pep Pills Misuse Revealed In Hockerville Case
In Hockerville Oklahoma a local family received a package containing 10,000 illicit pep pills, valued at 2,500 dollars, by mail. Investigators say the senders used a Kansas City Kansas return address and the recipients, unaware victims, notified Ottawa County Sheriff Jim Cunningham. Two men later visited the home seeking the package, prompting police to establish a lookout. the Post Office alerted the family of the shipment which typically comes via Baxter Springs Kansas.
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Hockerville
Okla
Oklahoma
Kansas City
Kan
Jim Cunningham
Ottawa County
Cunningham
Baxter Springs
Tentative remodeling plan for old post office to city
A tentative remodeling plan for the old post office was presented to the City Commission in a joint session with the Garden City Public Library Board. No action was taken as commissioners study financing options and the city manager was directed to begin removing partitions to allow a clear interior view for bids.
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City Commission
Garden City Public Library Board
Howard Blanchard
Jaycees Plan Annual Awards Week in Garden City
Garden City Jaycees announce a week January 21 to 26 dedicated to recognizing local leadership. The Distinguished Service Award honors civic religious and family contributions by a man, last year going to Mitch Geisler former police chief. The representative teacher award went to Mrs. Duane Hays. Nomination details and age requirements are provided, with winners advancing to the state contest.
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Garden City
Jaycees
Mitch Geisler
Duane Hays
Georgia Matthews School
DSA
Garden City Jaycees
Siberian Christians Return to Siberia from Moscow Embassy
Thirty two Siberian Evangelical Christians who sought refuge in the American Embassy in Moscow have boarded a train back to Chernogorsk, with officials stating they will be treated well but not guaranteeing job recovery. The group, six men twelve women and fourteen children, pressed into the embassy alleging religious persecution. The U.S. embassy said the Soviet Foreign Ministry gave assurances, while Washington clarified that foreign missions cannot grant asylum to U.S. citizens.
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Moscow
Siberia
U.S
Soviet Union
Chernogorsk
Washington
U.S. State Department
United States
New Postal Rates And Rules Take Effect Monday
Postmaster Lester Harp announced higher rates for first class, air mail, and post cards with new rules on envelope sizes and shapes. Letters rise to five and eight cents per ounce, one-time penny cards to four cents, and all mail cards to six cents. Postmark by 7:30 p.m. Sunday and Sunday drop-box pickup by 3:30 p.m. impact deadlines. Smaller envelopes under 3 1/2 by 4 1/4 inches and odd shapes will be refused or sent back. Garden City post office cites a 5 percent rise in 1962 receipts to 200,822 dollars. Christmas mail stamp sales rose by about 2,500 dollars year-over-year.
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Lester Harp
Harp
Garden City
Zoning Change Recommended by Planning Commission
The Garden City-Finney County Metropolitan Area Planning Commission recommended rezoning a block west of the Courthouse from U1 to U2 after a hearing. City Manager Deane Wiley noted many homes are multifamily and the change would align zoning with use. The plan goes to the City Commission for final action. The mayor is urged to appoint Bob Jones to the planning commission to replace Ralph Jamison. Jamison remains as county representative, replacing Charles Larson who resigned.
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Garden City-Finney County Metropolitan
City Commission
Bob Jones
Planning Commission
Jones
Ralph Jamison
Jamison
Charles Larson
Weather turns to light snow in northern counties
Weather outlook shows rain changing to light snow across northern counties tonight and spreading over the area. Continued cloudy conditions Saturday with occasional light snow. Lows tonight in the upper 20s, highs Saturday in the 30s. Southerly winds 10 to 20 mph shifting to northerly 15 to 25 mph tonight or early Saturday. Snow expected trace to locally one inch by Saturday. Sunrise 6 47, Akron 53 30, Dodge City 42, Goodland 82 Trace, Salina 2, Topeka 83 30.
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Akron
LaJuute
Dodge City
Emporia
al Garden -City
Goodland
City
Lamar
Russell Ba
Salina
Topeka
Trac
Tshombe bids for talks as U.N. closes on Kolwezi
Katangan President Moise Tshombe signals willingness to negotiate while U.N. combat forces threaten the remnants of his forces at Kolwezi. If talks fail, Tshombe warns of renewed fighting in the bush as Jadotville falls and U.N. troops take control of major ore facilities.
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Leopoldville, the Congo
Moise Tshombe
U.N
Kolwezi
Tshombe
Kolwezi Falls
Adrian Porter
Associated Press
Trish
Jadotville
Katanga
Elisabethville
Thant
Tshomba
Congo
Moisture Falls and Snow Reach Southern Kansas
First moisture of the new year fell in the area with a trace to .07 inch of precipitation on Christmas Day and .05 inch at the waterworks by noon. Airport gage showed .02 inch, with up to an inch of snow forecast for southern Kansas. Overnight low 36, warmest Kansas morning.
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11Th
Santa Fe
Town
Kansas
Dodge City
Concordia
Lawrence
Kalvesta Woman Hurt In Collision Near County Road
A rural Kalvesta resident, Mrs. Twila Henry, 19, was admitted to St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City with facial abrasions after a car truck collision seven miles north of Kalvesta at a county road intersection. She was driven to the hospital by private car and is expected to be released Saturday. the truck driver and accident details were not available at presstime.
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Kalvesta
Twila Henry
St. Catherine Hospital
Garden City
Here
Henry
Truck Fire Endangers 2-Ton Vehicle in Garden City
Garden City's Volunteer Fire Department responded to a blaze at 8th and Chestnut at 5 25 p m Thursday, extinguishing a fire in the seat of a two ton truck owned by Don De Ford of Holcomb.
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Garden City
8Th
Chestnut
Don de. Ford
Holcomb
Garden Sass and the umbrella maker’s sunny day stash
In a rain drenched moment Guy Garden recalls an umbrella manufacturer who saves money now for brighter days ahead. The anecdote links weather to thrift and foresight through one man's fond memory of a practical craftsman.
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Guy Garden
Robinson Quits As Finney Undersheriff. Wicks Named Sheriff
Earl Robinson of Finney County steps down after twenty years in law enforcement. Kenneth Wicks of Garden City Police named as his successor. Robinson served as sheriff in Haskell County, 1957 1959, and undersheriff here since 1947. Wicks, patrolman since 1960, will assume duties Jan. 16. Long promoted to patrolman, Perry hired as dispatcher.
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Earl Robinson
Taylor
Finney
Haskell
Finney County
Robinson
Kenneth Wicks
Garden City
N. 3Rd
Haskell County
Wicks
Barbara Brady
Gerald Murray
Robert Long
Wayne Allen Perry
Ith
Kansas State Tops Kansas In Fulltime Enrollments
Kansas State University leads Kansas colleges with 90 percent of students enrolled full time in fall 1962, followed by KU at 86 percent and Washburn at 58 percent. The Health and Education circular shows fulltime status defined as at least 75 percent of a normal load. Pittsburg State leads state colleges at 92 percent, with Fort Hays 88 percent and Emporia 78 percent.
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Office of Education
Kansas City
Kansas State
Washburn
Wichita
Pittsburg State College
Fort Hays State College
Emporia State College
Guard Unit To Be Enlarged At Garden City
Plans to enlarge the National Guard unit stationed at Garden City were announced by Lt. Charles H. Claar commander Battery A 1st Howitzer Battalion 161st Artillery. The unit is authorized to enlist about 25 men immediately and another 25 soon. New equipment has been ordered and should arrive shortly. A meeting for high school seniors and others will be held at the local Armory Monday night with guardsmen present to answer questions and films of past camps to be shown from 8 pm.
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National Guard
Garden City
Charles H. Claar
Claar
Kansas
Woman Wins Despite Charter in Triadelphia Council
Miss Virginia Kessler, 35, secretary, won a council seat in Triadelphia West Virginia despite a city charter limiting to six able bodied men. She finished fifth in a 15 candidate field for six seats, becoming the town’s first woman on the Municipal Council after an Ohio County Circuit Court order required the council to permit her candidacy.
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Triadelphia
W. Va
Virginia Kessler
Miss Kessler
Ohio County
Welcome Thaw Benefits England Warm Up After Deep Cold
A dripping thaw spread across southern England promising relief from the Christmas deep freeze. Sub-freezing temps linger in western and northern Britain while Hereford shire and Scotland see more snow. Several southern and Midlands counties report all highways passable for the first time since December 26. Internationally, Frankfurt glass, Lille paralyzed by ice, and drifting snow affect Denmark Norway Sweden and Austria with avalanches feared in the Alps.
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London
England
Surrey
Kent
Sussex
Britain
Herefordshire
Scotland
Midlands
Europe
Frankfurt
Rhine
Vienna
Austrial
Alps
Denmark
Lille
France
Calais
Sweden
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Maynard Knief
CPA
Garden Cit Chamber of Commerce
Lowell Craig
Family Booteria
Gene Holloway
Garden National Bank
Country Club
Blanchard
Helen Harp
Bert Vance
Library Board
Deane Wiley
Gardendale
Jaycees Plan
Mr. K
U Thant
William L. Ryan
Red
Peking
Red China
Khrushchev
Peking People’s Daily
Communist Party
Palmiro Togliotti
U.S.S.R
Cuba
China
Russell
Hill City
Kansas State University Agriculture Experiment Station
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