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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1966
Page
1
AP notes cattle and hog futures with hogs 30 to 75 higher, barrows and gilts 1 3 190 245 lb 28.75 20.00, 245 290 lb 289.25 75, sows 300 400 lb 24.25 25.75, 450 600 lb 29.50 24.25. Sheep 300 head with lambs steady. cattle 2,900 with steers 24.78, good 24.00, cows 14.00 15.00, feeder steers 25.00 2.40, calves 27.00 30.00, heifer calves 22.85 25.00.
The Dow Jones industrials at noon rise to 984.74, reported by Gofte & Carkener Inc. The half day stock quotation highlights show the market advancing with the Dow Jones average up on the day.
City commissioners yesterday approved several ordinances on streets and sewers. The measures open and widen streets including Denny from Taylor west and 13th from Olive to the city limits, create sewer districts on N Taylor near Gibson Store and between Janice Lane Center and Melanie Lane Johnson, and authorize related resolutions. Additional actions grant an easement for power lines, permit a concert on Grant Ave, issue a malt beverage license, approve depository contracts, plumbers licenses, and a pipeline license with Santa Fe Railway. March of Dimes fundraiser dates noted for Jan 6 and Saturday in January.
AP Special Correspondent John M. Hightower reports President Johnson’s State of the Union call for possible de escalation with no renewed negotiations. He stresses willingness to withdraw troops once South Vietnam is secured, while urging Hanoi to accept a four point peace plan and join talks. The message aims to split North Vietnam from Red China and push a peace path that could slow hostilities.
Washington AP House action may start next week on President Johnsons request to reimpose excise taxes on cars and phone calls. He wants higher paycheck withholdings and a quicker corporate tax collection, to fund the Vietnam war and domestic programs, with hopes of over 4 billion annually. Congress split, HouseWays and Means favored hearings, while Senate Finance showed probable opposition and Republicans urged cutting domestic programs before any tax hike.
Three extension courses from Kansas State Teachers College Emporia will be offered at Garden City Community Junior College next semester. Registration is next Tuesday at 7 p.m. in Sabine Hall room 202. Courses include Curriculum Development Foundations, Education 415 taught by Elmer Bartlett, Principles of Guidance Honors Educ 521 taught by Kent Wade, and Educational Psychology 480 taught by Abe Hubert.
Wichita braillists who rewrite school books for visually impaired children will speak at the Southwest Kansas Association for the Visually Impaired on Sunday. They will display braille work and invite attendance at 2 40 p.m. in the Amer a Region Building at Dodge.
The Rio de Janeiro region faces 183 deaths from floods and landslides with Petropolis alone contributing to the rise as the city endures a water shortage after a boulder shattered a main line. Authorities warn of continued rain and the need for conservation while volunteers aid evacuations and disease prevention efforts.
In Kurukeshetra India hunters guided a motorboat into a stream used by Hindu pilgrims for ritual bathing to locate a crocodile sighted there. Despite efforts they did not find the reptile. The attempt underscores safety concerns around wildlife in sacred waterways and the challenge of pursuing such creatures in moving water.
Andrew Franklin West 81 died this morning. Funeral at Garland Funeral Chapel with Rev. C. M. Fogleman officiating. Born April 8, 1884 in Johnson County, he homesteaded in Finney County after moving in 1906. Married Fern Wilcox in Garden City on April 4, 1908. Survived by wife, two daughters Wilma Ables and Phyllis Bates, three grandchildren, two great grandchildren. Buried Valley View Cemetery.
Gretchen Larson freshman at Wichita State University receives a School of Music second semester scholarship. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Larson Route 1. Jackie Settles and Tom Wilson, KU sophomores, will sing with the KU Concert Choir in winter concert at University Theater. Jackie is daughter of Mr and Mrs H A Settles 1709 Pinecrest. Tom is son of Mr and Mrs W E Wilson 604 Bancroft.
A beer bottle shattered a plastic dome over a pool owned by Mel Krebs on Rt 1 during the night, tearing a hole in the dome. Finney County sheriff's office files this incident as vandalism. Separately, five storm windows valued at $82 were reported stolen from a Plymell home. Mrs. Francis Schreibvogel reported the theft on Star Route.
Topeka AP Atty Gen Robert C Lonnderholm asks the state Supreme Court to uphold a law requiring review of all movies shown in Kansas after a district judge ruled it unconstitutional. He seeks a temporary restraining order dissolving Beatty's ruling and a stay pending appeal in the case involving the Board of Review versus Columbia Pictures Corp for failing to submit two films.
Manuel Marez aged 16 of Deerfield was sentenced in district court to one year and up to 21 years in the Kansas State Industrial Reformatory on a statutory rape charge. He was granted two years probation with the condition to pay prosecution costs and refrain from further law violations.
MEERAT India campaign aims to curb rodent damage estimated at six percent of food grains in Uttar Pradesh. Officials urge public cooperation to wipe out rats and protect staple supplies across the state.
Admissions list includes Betsy Kay Thompson Lester Ward Janet Bulkley Lyle Lewis Earnest Davis Catry Graves Edwin Rohr Pamela Bartley Antonia Campos Mrs Gracie Warden Larry Ford William Burns Jeffrey Smith Mark Sambranc Mrs Martin Franco and others. Dismissals list includes Herbert Hoyt Mrs Katz Herman Howard Lloyd Heinemann Ella Robson David Duran William Wallace T Warry Cranfill Jesse Martin.
In Garden City Courts county records show suspended sentences for Eugene Lane and Mauro Perez on insufficient funds checks with specific payments due. Also listed are police bonds forfeited for multiple individuals for speeding running red lights and related offenses, plus fines for driving while intoxicated and related violations.
Two Kansas State University debate squads returned from the national tournament at University of Redlands California. Debater Sheryl Etling daughter of Hoy B Etling and Janice Kepley of Ulysses joined, coached by Dr Ted Barnes. USC was the only undefeated team. The senior varsity team Etling Lewis of Russell posted four wins four losses while Kepley Wirling of Overland Park went two and six.
Vice President Hubert Humphrey and Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin held a 110 minute private discussion at the Soviet Embassy in New Delhi, amid Shastri’s funeral duties, with no details released about their Viet Nam talks. Humphrey departed New Delhi for Washington, with stops en route scheduled in Rome and the Azores.
At 2 50 pm Wednesday a parked car owned by Lloyd Gene Herman at 1209 Wallace sustained minor damage in a collision with a car driven by Mrs John Demain of 609 Taylor and with a vehicle owned by Mr and Mrs Hugh Hamlin at 1209 Pinecrest and an unknown vehicle. Time and place of accident unknown.
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