Fines Sought In New York Transit Strike
In New York the Transit Authority pressed to court for fines tied to the six day transit strike as thousands of vehicles flooded Manhattan. Negotiations at City Hall yielded little progress with leaders describing talks as unproductive while unions defend their workers amid a mounting financial dispute.
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New York Transit
New York
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Manhattan
City Hall
Supreme Court
Henry A. Barnes
Transport Workers Union
Johnson
Harlem
Capote Book Buzz Sparks National Interest and Local Life
Local readers note growing buzz over Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood with Life magazine dedicating 17 pages and multiple photos, while CBS and The New York Times consider interviews as publicity spreads. A New York nightclub brawl over movie rights involving Otto Preminger adds to the tumult surrounding the book. Weather chatter hints at a late January wet moon change, with predictions of more springlike warmth and early signs of bulbs emerging.
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Life Magazine
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Holcomb
Life
New York City
Hollywood
Otto Preminger
Irving Lazar
Preminger
Temperatures Warm Slowly Across Kansas Ahead of Front
Temperatures warmed slowly over Kansas today as a cold front remained a couple days away. Skies were fair with highs in the upper 30s to mid 40s and tonight's lows projected from 25 in the northeast to a few degrees warmer in the southeast. Early readings ranged from 16 at Hill City to 38 at Pittsburg. WALLKILL NY Orange County town approves 1.1 million sewer system after contractor paves over 30 manholes. board awards engineer 200 to survey and uncover them.
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Topeka
Kansay
Hill City
Pittsburg
Wallkill
N.Y
Orange County
Arthur Eustance
Cimarron Couple Found Shot to Death in Home
Cimarron authorities report a husband and wife, Alexander Obholz 58 and Camilla Obholz 55, were found dead from 12 gauge shotgun wounds in their home Sunday night. Coroner ruled death around 4 p.m. with apparent self inflicted shooting by Obholz using a bent coat hanger. Neighbors cited possible depression over a traffic ticket matter. The couple’s home lies behind the Gray County Courthouse. the wife worked for Ficklng Department Store in Dodge City.
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Cimarron
Alexander Obholz
Camilla Obholz
Obholz
Wilma Deeds
Brian Barrett
Ivan Wilson
Nicholz
Gray County
Chris Steinkuehler
Steinkeuhler
Glenn Jackman
Steinkuehler
Armed Services
Ficklng Department Store
Dodge City
Larry Obholz
W. Olive
Garden City
Weather forecast with mild changes and warm trend
The forecast calls for a fair night with little temperature change and light south winds. Tuesday will be fair and warmer with stronger southerly winds from 16 to 29 mph. Highs and lows listed for several cities include Dodge City 23, Wichita 25, Garden City 48, Goodland 49, Hill City 63, and Rusaletl 93 with a 7:59 sunset.
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Questions and Answers on Finney County bond issue
Q and A discuss non resident ownership in Finney County for the Junior College bond proposal. Utilities valued at 11.34 million are mostly owned by out of state firms. Oil and gas produced valued at 5.79 million largely paid by outside companies. Rural real estate 16.56 million with high non resident ownership. Urban real estate potential non resident share not clearly known. Combined non resident share estimated around 23.76 million, about a significant percentage of total taxable valuation. If other non resident property is included, total rises further.
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Finney County
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ALCS
Congress Faces Dollar Decisions in Johnson Year
Congress opened the 89th session facing Vietnam war funding and domestic programs. President Johnson's State of the Union tomorrow will reveal plans for war appropriations and Great Society aims, with lawmakers weighing cuts to antipoverty and Appalachian programs against defense needs.
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Congress
Viet Nam
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89Th
Hoot
Wubert
Humphrey
National Presbyterian Church
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Everett M. Dirksen
City Paved Streets Would Reach From Here to Dodge City
City engineers report 1965 figures for Garden City's streets show 51.72 miles paved and 64.18 open to traffic with 3.44 miles platted but not open. Asphalt, concrete, brick, and partial paving details are given, plus storm sewers, sanitary sewers, sidewalks, and year data on city projects and plans totaling about 29 thousand dollars.
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Dodge City
A. Harold Long
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Fulton
Buff Debaters Tie For Second At Emporia Meet
Garden City Unified High School debaters tied for second with Fredonia in the Sweep stakes at Emporia Saturday while Russell placed first. The overall record was 27 wins and losses. Teams included Bonita Thomas and Ted Gardiner with Sarah Dale and Charles Newcom. Rosemary Selover and Yolande Childers joined Steve Fritz and Blaine Krebs on another 7 win 5 loss squad. At Great Bend debaters placed fourth with Barbara Ramsey and Terry Jones. Ellinwood produced a 5-5 record. Next Friday and Saturday at Hutchinson the district meet will be attended by Bonita Thomas, Ted Gardiner, Sarah Dale, Charles Newcom, Rosemary Selover and Yolande Childers.
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Garden City Unified High School
Fredonia
Emporia
Russell
Bonita Thomas
Ted Gardiner
Sarah Dale
Charles Newcom
Rosemary Selever
Yolande Childers
Steve Fritz
Blaine Krebs
Great Bend
Barbara Ramsey
Terry Jones
Loren
Viet Cong Fortifications Destroyed On Iron Triangle Edge
The large Allied force of more than 8,000 troops, including Australians with U.S. divisions, targeted Viet Cong fortifications 25 miles northwest of Saigon during Operation Crimp. Guerrillas avoided major contact while a significant weapons cache and supplies were captured. Casualties were light for the Allies. 22 Viet Cong killed, 38 captured, and 269 suspects detained. Additional actions near Pleiku destroyed four abandoned camps as air raids continued with 281 strike missions and four U.S. planes lost amid miscellaneous incidents including a Phantom crash and a transport fire at Tay Ninh.
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Saigon
U.S
1St Infantry Division
3Rd Airborne Brigade
U.S. 1St Cavalry Division
Pleiku
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Garden City Jaycees set DSA banquet date
Nominations open for Garden City's Distinguished Service Award honoring a young man for community and family life plus vocational achievements. Banquet planned for Wednesday January 19 at Downing's. Nomination forms available at Chamber of Commerce, Garden City Telegram, or from Jaycee members. Deadline next Saturday. Last year's winner was Vern Holmes of Vern's Upholstery.
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Garden City Telegram
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Larry Hill
W. Pine
Vern Holmes
Vern
Chamber of Commerce to Hold Bond Election Session
Garden City Area Chamber of Commerce sets a 10 a.m. session tomorrow at the Warren Hotel Pioneer Room to discuss the Jan. 18 bond election. The meeting, postponed from this morning, was called by the Chamber's Junior College Committee in response to the funeral of Rev. Urban Hoying of St. Mary's Church.
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Garden City Area
Ulcers Gus Garden Concludes Mountain Climbing Insight
Gus Garden quips that ulcers arise from exaggerating small climbs into mountains, framing the idea as a wry comment on ambition and stress. The remark underscores a caution against overreacting to minor challenges.
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Gus Garden
Remodeling Plans for Garden City Senior High School
Questions and answers outline six remodeling actions for Garden City Senior High School to meet demand. They convert shop areas to a library and class rooms, create teacher and conference offices, convert vocational home making rooms into two science labs and a lecture room, repurpose typing and bookkeeping rooms for regular classrooms, convert the library to a team teaching lecture and demonstration room, and expand the cafeteria to the south with added storage while retaining the kitchen. The project would allow about 1200 students across both buildings, with space for roughly 125 more once the vocational building frees space for the senior high.
Registrations Hit 382 For School Bond Election
City Clerk Charles Peebles announced 382 people registered this week for the January 18 school bond election. About half are new voters while the rest moved since the last election. Most changes come from Ward 4 north of Kansas and east of Main, with 130 in Ward 4, 61 in Ward 5, 51 in Ward 4 of Ward 2, and 48 in Ward 3 of Ward 3. Garden City registrants included.
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Main
Garden City
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