Building Here Second High During 1963 in Garden City
Garden City's 1963 building activity marked the second highest year in 80 years. A total of 336 building permits were issued, valued at $3,368,158.50, with only 1962 and 1948 showing higher totals. The year saw major projects including a $245,000 Continental Inn complex and several church and commercial builds, while 159 new one family homes accounted for $2,129,170 of the total.
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Garden City
Thomas L. Summers
Continental Inn
St. James Lutheran Church
Church of the Nazarene
E. Kansas Plaza
Ogden and Speckman
Masonry Products
Ith and
Spruce
Georgia Matthews School
Finney County Historial Museum
Finnup Park
Garden City Automotive Co
Wedding calamities and editorials mingle in a lively column
A living room chatter recounts a double paced wedding with a late bride and a faulty organ. A church aisle furnace causes the processional to flare as the father vaults the bride’s train. A tearful father and a squeaking organ set a comic tone alongside editorial rules and a Missouri short feature contest.
Free Money Solves Crime Report Leads to Theft Find
A report of a boy giving away money near Emporia High School helped solve a burglary at Lebo barber shop. On New Year’s Eve $800 was stolen. Emporia police detained a 1-year-old youth and another accomplice who admitted entering the shop and taking the cash.
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Emporia
Kan
Lebo
Lela Higgins
Emporia High School
Bhey
Debaters Compete in Two Weekend Tournaments
Garden City High School debaters took part in two tournaments but earned no placements. Emporia team finished 10 wins and 2 losses, missing a speaker point to reach semis and tied Fredonia High for fifth. Great Bend group was 8 and 4 with no placing, El Dorado won, Meade was second, and Liberal and Valley Center tied for third. Coach Nolte noted Newton district debate at Bethel College and a public duel with Ulysses Tuesday at 7 p.m.
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Garden City High School
Emporia
Fredonia High
College High School
Russell
Highland Park
Pittsburg
Great Bend
el Dorado
Meade
Liberal and Valley Center
Dean Nolte
Newton
Bethel College
Ulysses
Nolte
Russell Heads Finney County Wheat Growers
M. L. Russell is elected president of the Finney County Association of Wheat Growers by the board at George Meeker’s home. Meeker resigns as president to join the state board, with Oldweiler as vice president and Wieland as secretary treasurer. The group invites farmer input on farm legislation and programs as they prepare for the National Association of Wheat Growers convention in Amer Na.
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M. L. Russell
Finney County Associaton of
George W. Meeker
Meeker
Kansas Association of Wheat Growers
Finney County
Russell
Franklin Oldweiler
W. K. Wieland
George Meeker
Art Cook
William Turrentine
Victor Haflich
ASCS
National Wheat Growers
Department of Agriculture
Washington
National Association of Wheat Growers
Amer- Na
Civil Rights Issue Tests Johnson Leadership in Congress
Washington AP reports Congress opens with civil rights as a key test for President Johnson's leadership amid a taxed economy and domestic proposals from the State of the Union. The Senate and House face contentious debates on a broad civil rights measure, health care for the aged, tax cuts, and a peace corps plan as conventions loom this summer.
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Washington
Congress
Johnson
Kennedy
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Ession
House Rules Committee
House
Senate Finance Committee
Mansfield
NBC
Ways and Means Committee
Sublette Woman Killed in Sunday Crash Near Here
A Sublette woman, Mrs Edeline Conner 58, was killed and seven others injured in a two car crash four miles southeast of Sublette Sunday. The Conners were en route from church when the accident occurred. Her husband R F Conner 60 is in critical condition at Satanta hospital. The other vehicle’s occupants J C Hammer 45 wife Darlene 28 son Steven 7 and three daughters Rhonda 11 Dorothy 10 and Linda Sue 6 were taken to area hospitals with varying injuries. Authorities said cause not yet determined. Funeral plans announced by Phillips White Funeral Home Garden City. Survivors include two sons Jack R and Donald W. two sisters and two grandsons.
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Sublette
Here
Edeline Conner
Satanta District
R. F. Conner
Satanta Hospital
J.C. Hammer
Haskell
Paul Blackmore
Connex
Phillips-White
Garden City
Plains
Conner
Farthway Revival Center
Jack R
Donald W
Otis Banker
Chester Davis
Missouri
East Berlin Seals Wall Again After Reunions
East Germany closed the Berlin wall ending 17 days of family reunions and farewells as a Christmas cross border period expired. More than a quarter million West Berliners entered the Communist zone for visits under a prior agreement. Many returned with tears, heartbreak, and warnings of ongoing tensions ahead as talks with the Reds loomed.
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Berlin
Berlin Wall
School Board Meets Tonight in Garden City
Garden City Board of Education holds its first session after Christmas at 8 p.m. in the Keller Building. Agenda items include committee reports on future sites for schools and federal aid to colleges, lighting for school buildings, final inspection date for the new senior high gymnasium, and landscaping at the junior high.
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Garden City
Pope Paul Appeals for World Peace
From Bethlehem the Pope urged world leaders to pursue peace and called for Christian unity. He spoke from Bethlehem on Epiphany, urged the Vatican Council's ecumenism, and pressed chiefs of state to back efforts for a just, lasting peace.
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Pope Paul
Bethlehem
Christ
Paul VI
Holy Land
Jerusalem
Athenagoras I
Ateman
Jordan
New Cold Front Aims at Kansas
The report notes fair mild weather across Kansas but a fast moving cold front will bring clouds and colder temperatures by Tuesday. Daytime highs reach the 40s with night lows in the 20s to low 30s and frosty conditions early. Some northern counties may see light snow with no large accumulation expected.
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Topeka
Kansas
Goodland
Pittsburg
Central Plains
NEA Projects Over 21 Billion for Public Education
AP reports the NEA estimates 41.76 million students in U S public schools for 1963 84 with total current expenditures of 18 7 billion. Enrollment by level spans elementary 26 814 754 high 1 907 911 and kindergarten through 12 25 000 unclassified. Per pupil spending averages 455 yearly and teacher salaries rise to 5 863 with top states including New York and California while southern salaries remain lowest.
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Washington
National Education Association
NEA
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Dodge City
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Malvin Nichols
Russell Heads
Finney County Wheat Growers
Gus Garden
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Neer
Hammer
Sublette Community Hospital
Dodge City Hospitals
Trinity Hospital
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Anthony’s Hospital
Rhonda
Sublette Hospital
East Berlin
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Old City
Manger Square
Church of the Nativity
Pope
Uim
St. Catherine
Jesus Christ
John Xxitt
Vatican Ecumenical Council For Christian Unity
Ile Lggourl “Oe
Kangas
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