Weather Talk From Local Radio and Streetside Chatter
Police Chief Hal Kane relays a morning traffic on weather conditions with a female Ulysses dispatcher asking a southern station how far snow is falling and confirming ground snow. Coffee Ann owner Tommy Thomas jokes about shoveling as forecasts shift, Ellhu Allman predicts stopping prairie fires, telegram staffer reports a slick 59 miles for a 54 mile trip.
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Hal Kane
Ulysses
Tommy Thomas
Ellhu Allman
Dodge City
Snow Packed Roads Reported Across Kansas
AP dispatch from Topeka notes many Kansas highways remain snow packed or icy. The Kansas Highway Commission reports mid morning conditions as Northeast normal, North Central roads sow packed from near Council Grove to Junction City, South Central mostly snow packed except near Wellington and Winfield, and Southwest all routes snow packed.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kansas Highway Commission
North Central
Council Grove Junction City
South Central
Wellington
Winfield
Cleve Spencer Wins DSA In Garden City
Cleve Spencer a Kansas State Employment Service staffer was named the 1966 Distinguished Service Award winner at Garden City’s bosses night banquet by the Garden City Jaycees at Downing's. Other awards recognized students teachers and Jaycees, with nominees including Dale Berry Kenneth Buck Dick Fankhauser and Duane West.
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Cleve Spencer
Kansas State Employment Service
Garden City
Garden City Jaycees
Downing’s
Sandy Leonard
Joe Weddle
Larry Spikes
Marion Spikes
Garden City High School
DSA
Kathleen McFadden
Georgia Matthews School
Paul Kersey
Kenneth Buck
The
Jaycees
Eucala de Loach
Garfield
Hazel Erickson
Alta Brown
Vern Holmes
Jaycee
Dale Berry
Dick Fankhauser
Duane West
Berry
J.L. Douglas Roofing Co
Lions Club
YMCA
Elks Club
Buck
Ideal Food Store
Community leaders honored for service in Garden City
Clare J. Spencer 35 wins Distinguished Service Award for extensive local work. He chaired Odd Fellows baseball, led Junior Odd Fellows, and engaged with Elks Lodge and Jaycees. Kathleen McFadden teaches second grade, Sandy Leonard and Larry Spikes shine as student awardees. Retiring teachers Hazel Erickson and Euella DeLoach receive praise from Supt. Saffell.
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Clare J. Spencer
Odd Fellows Lodge
Community Congregational Church
Garden City Area Chamber of Commerce
Elks Lodge
Garden City Association For Retarded Children
Jaycees
Quarterback Club
Parent-Teachers Assn
Youth Employment Council
Plains Baseball League
Boy Scouts
Odd Fellows
Men’s Fellowship
Board of
Christian Education
Garden City Asociation For Retarde Children, Inc
Jaycee
Retarded Children Association
PTA Council
Hazel Erickson
Eueala DeLoach
Tom Saffell
Miss DeLoach
Weather Outlook With Snow and Wind Gusts
Snow tonight with northerly winds 10 to 20 mph. Lows in the upper teens. Friday brings more snow and stronger northerly winds 15 to 25 mph with notable drifting. Temperatures rise to the upper teens and low 20s, with an additional three inches of snow expected. sunrise 7 55, sunset 5 64.
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Dodge City
Emporia
Garden City
Goodland
Snow Continues As Garden City Sees Four Inches Ground
Snow continues across Garden City and Southwestern Kansas with three more inches forecast overnight. Snow depth at Garden City Experiment Station measured over 3 inches this morning and another half inch since, while highways traffic remains snowpacked and drifting. In Goodland, a district court time zone change hearing was postponed due to winter storm.
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Garden City
Kansas
Garden City Experiment Station
Andy Erhart
Kansas Highway Patrol
Rockies
Lamar
Colo
Montana
Dakotas
Minnesota
Nebraska
Texas
Arkansas
Mississippi
Louisiana
Goodland
Kan
Dist
William B. Ryan
Norton
Sherman County Commission
Mountain
Central
Garden Sass in the Snow Scooping Campaign Wins
Gus Garden leads a snowy campaign in a local contest, gaining early momentum but facing uncertainty about the ultimate outcome as supporters rally. Garden emphasizes persistence amid challenging conditions and growing community involvement.
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Gus Garden
Johnson Promises Aid for World Birth Control at Truman Center
President Johnson unveiled plans for U S aid on population control and international development as he joined former President Truman to announce the Truman Center for Advancement of Peace in Independence Missouri. He pledged to expand education, health, and food programs, stressing balance between population growth and resources. He named reforms in rural education housing land reform and free elections as vital, and outlined overseas teacher recruitment, disease control, and a new global food aid program.
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Independence
Johnson
South Viet Nam
Harry S. Truman
Truman Center For Advancement of Peace
U.S
Saigon
Nguyen Cao
Viet Nam
Kansas City
Truman Library
Truman Peace Center
Jerusalem
Truman
Earl Warren
Peace Corps
Public
Africa
Asia
Reed Named To AF Academy
Congressman Bob Dole announced Charles Reed, a Gar den City High School senior, as a principal candidate for the United States Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs. Reed, 18, is top GPA student and active in G Club Pep Club Science Club Fellowship of Christian Athletes and multiple sports. Dole also named Ronald Rouse of Liberal as another principal nominee and Garden City resident Tom Sheehy as second alternate.
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Bob Dole
Kansas
Charles Reed
Garden City
United States Air Force Academy
Colorado Springs
Colo
Charles
Ambers Reed Jr
Fellowship of Christian Athletes
Dole
Air Force Academy
Ronald Rouse
Liberal
Garden Cillan
Tom Sheehy
John P. Sheehy
N. 6Th
Commissioners Invite Random Citizens to Meetings
EL DORADO Kansas city commissioners invited citizens at random to attend meetings but for a consecutive week no attendees besides commissioners showed up. TOPEKA Kansas traffic death log reports hours to 7 a.m. Thursday for January with 15 deaths, compared to 26 in 1945.
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EL Dorado, Kan
Topeka
Kansas
No Monkeyshines For This Elephant
Hollywood AP report humorously recounts a publicity stunt by Levenson to open a new apartment house with an elephant Lulu carrying a girl and props. The elephant roamed the block, kicked at flowers, rummaged planter boxes, and drew neighbors from sleep, prompting a bemused comment about leaving drinks.
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Hollywood
Calif
Levenson
Lulu
Scott Larkin
Kathy Lindsay
Nasturtiums
Aspidistras
Miss Lindsay
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Garden City Kiwanis Club
First Methodist Church
Fankhauser
Cash and Carry Lumber Co
Western Kansas Manufacturer's Assn
Garden City Shrine Club
Shrine Patrol
United Fund
Chamber of Commerce
West
Finney County Mental Health Assn
State Jaycee
S Council
Boy Scouts of America
Spencer
OSA
Herman Beringer
Kenneth D. Buck
Hye
Stevens Park
Records and
Agriculture Committee
Jimmy Dorsey
Noah-E-O
Representative
Georgia Matthews
Kansas State Teachers College of Emporia
Kavettes
Key Club
United States
Reed
AF Academy
Telegram
Eugene Brungard
E. Spruce
Seon
Brungardt
Loren Carterman
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