Garden City notes and town updates from Kansas papers
Garden City High School defense coach Dean Nolte celebrated a district Class AA tournament win in Dodge City while awaiting the state meet in Emporia. City Manager Deane Wiley returned to work with an eye patch after a worm infection spread across his forehead. A call goes out for bridge tournament entries and the Chamber of Commerce shares a new column, Chamber Chatter, by Dale Fry. The AP notes a brief warm spell in Kansas before another cold surge, with highs ranging from 44 to 81 and snow in parts of the state.
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Garden City
Dean Nolte
Dodge City
Emporia
Deane Wiley
Deane
Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Richard Garrett
Concordia
Hill City
Pittsburg
Hearings on Rezoning Set for Metropolitan Planning Commission
A Tuesday morning meeting at City Hall will include public hearings on rezoning two sites in Stevens Second Addition from U-2 to U-4. Petitioners are Dr. G. R. Hastings and Dillon Investment Co. Autchinson. A second hearing covers Jets 1 and 2 in Block Four Original Plat from U-2 to U-4, circulated by R. W. and B. J. Lange and Walls, Inc. The Jats lie at 6th and Laurel. The commission will also discuss replatting Holmes Third Addition blocks 15 16 25 and a proposed 50 acre development east of the city limits including annexation sewage disposal school needs street widths and other issues. Commission officers for 1860 will be elected at the session.
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Metropolitan Planning Commission
City Hall
Stevens Second Addition
Dillon’s
G. R. Hastings
Dillon Investment Co., Inc
Autchins
Garden Sass Gas Garden Debaters Triumph Amid Stiff Competition
Garden Sass Gas Garden congratulates the high school debaters while noting several coffeehouse regulars capable of posing strong word challenges. The friendly rivalry hints at upcoming regional contests and keeps the debate scene lively.
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Gas Garden
Ships Tug-of-War to Separate Collided Freighter and Tanker
In the Spithead Channel six ships, four British tugs, battled to separate the American freighter Santa Alicia and the Norwegian tanker Germ from a head-on collision. Fire risk loomed as the 11,000 ton Germ and 6,124 ton Santa Alicia drifted toward shallows under low circling aircraft. Tow operations succeeded before danger grew, with guards, destroyers, and a frigate clearing the path to Southampton.
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Spithead
Southampton
Grace Lines
New York
Oslo
Rightists Hold Out In Algiers Barricaded Clash
In Algiers armed rightists held out behind makeshift barricades as 19 people died and 153 wounded in weekend fighting over de Gaulle policy. Army control tightened with pockets of insurgents nearby and paratroopers patrolling Avenue Pasteur amid censored dispatches. Alain de Serigny, publisher, joined Sunday demonstrations.
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Algiers
Charles de Gaulle
Algeria
Avenue Pasteur
Oran
Constantine
Forum Hill
Echo d‘Alger
Alain de Serigny
Fires Claim More Than Twenty Lives Across Several States
The Associated Press reports fires nationwide killed over 20 people, many children, in incidents from a Manning farm house to Tompkinsville Kentucky and Philadelphia. A gasoline spill ignited a social gathering blaze, while other homes in Dallas and an auto wreck near Hardwick, Vermont, left multiple fatalities and survivor cases.
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Associated Press
Perons
James
Manning
D.C
Tompkinsville
Philadelphia
Dallas
Tex
Hardwick
Spiegel Seeks Democratic Attorney General Nomination
Emporia lawyer Spiegel, 34, announces bid for the Democratic nomination for attorney general. Nieces in 1958 he lost to John Anderson, who may seek a third term. Spiegel cites a 50 50 chance Anderson runs again and notes his past service as Lyon County probate and juvenile judge and Emporia city attorney. Docking’s pardon process ties to Spiegel while Anderson challenges parole authority.
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Topera
Dale’ Spiegel
George Dorking
Spiegel
John Anderson
Anderson
Emporia
John Stice
Wichita
University of Kansas
Lyon County
Strong City
Docking
Drill Bores Way In African Mine
In Coalbrook South Africa a high speed drill advances toward 440 men trapped since Thursday after fresh rockslides blocked the main shaft. Emergency shaft planned to supply food and air as engineers estimate 40 hours to reach the trapped group.
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Coalbrook
South Africa
Clydersdale
Transvaal
Weather Tonight and Tuesday Forecast Fragments
Partly cloudy tonight with northerly winds about 15 to 20 mph and lows near 20. Tuesday turns colder with light snow possible and winds 15 mph. Additional stray place names appear as OCR fragments from Garden City Goodland Hill City Russell Topeka Wichita and others.
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Sunrlee
Dodge City
Emporia
Garden City
Goodland
Hill City
Russell
Ballina
Topeka
Wichita
Emergency Fund Bill Faces Veto
Gov. George Docking announced he will veto a bill to raise Kansas's emergency fund from about 400000 to one million dollars. He cited past spending and warned a true emergency costing a million would trigger a special session. He noted a consolidation plan could add five million to reserves but called it largely bookkeeping.
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Topeka
George Docking
Docking
Eisenhower Defends Foreign Aid and Budget Plan
President Eisenhower rejected criticism of the foreign aid program as ignorance and urged familiarity with the issues. In a breakfast talk to about 1,000 at a downtown hotel he defended a balanced budget for fiscal 1957 starting July 1, urged inflation control, and warned against party-centered delusions.
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Washington
Eisenhower
National Assn. of
United States
City High School Debaters win district title at Dodge City
City High School's debate team edged 19 wins and five losses at the District Class AA tournament in Dodge City to advance to the state meet in Emporia. Debaters Denis Smith Vicki Mercer Winton Hinkle and Kenneth Elliott led the team, with alternates Carolyn Hood and Susan Vance unused. Hutchinson placed second. other state qualifiers from the district included Newton Topeka Port Scott, while Class A winners Ulyases Intoton will compete at Kansas University.
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Iden City
Dodge Ciy
Emporia
Garden City
Denis ‘Smith
Vicki Mercer
Winton Hinkle
Kenneth Elliott
Dodge City
Hutchinson
Smith
Hinkle
Mercer
Carolyn Hood
Susan Vance
Topeka
Newton
Lawrence
Wichita East
Fort Scott
Pittsburg
Botl
Port Scott
Mod Marron
Garden City High School
Dennis Smith
No Missile Gap Seen Through 63 Says Sharp
Washington AP reports Secretary of the Air Force Dudley Sharp argues there is no overall deterrent gap between the United States and the Soviet Union through 1963. He says the key point is a formidable overall posture that would deter any attack, regardless of slight missile count advantages. Sen Saltonstall agrees on some strengths but cautions about overall comparisons amid revised intelligence estimates.
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Washington
Sharp
Soviet Union
United States
Air Force
Dudley C. Sharp
Pentagon
Leverett Sallonstall
R-Mass
Saltonstall
Senate Armed Services Committee
Johnson
Gates
Capitol Hil
U.S
Wreckers Attack One of City's Older Buildings. New Look Coming
A historic Garden City structure at Main and Laurel, home to the Garden Grill and Smoker, is being remodeled into the J.M. McDonald store at an estimated cost of 47000. The building dates to 1885 with a long civic and business history, including past uses as a meat market, grocery, pool hall, and police HQ. Architect R E Cobb oversees complete modernization, set to begin after preliminary checks.
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Doug Tedrow
Garden City
Garden Grill
Main and
Laurel
J.M. McDonald
C.O. Carter
Anthony's
John Bigley
Carter and Fant
J.C. Allen
Carter
Harry Goulding
City Police Department
Block 9
R.E. Cobb
N. Main
J. M. McDonald Co
Earth Dikes Raised to Turn Red-Hot Lava
Honolulu reports Kilauea volcano eruption effects on Hawaii Island. Bulldozers lift dikes to redirect lava as Sunday flow returns to original channel. Lava spills over dikes, scorching four buildings with falling cinders. Kapoho and Kone evacuated. five homes, a church, and a community center lost. Damage unofficially estimated at four million dollars.
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Honolulu
Kilauea
Island
Hawaii
Kapoho
Kone
Narcotics Case Goes to Trial Before Judge Tate
The State versus Roy Virgil Doerfier opens in the January term of District Court for a narcotics theft from Dr. John Turner’s office safe last year. Doerfler, captured in Oklahoma City, was held in Scott City jail awaiting action. Nearly a dozen witnesses were requested by the prosecution.
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Roland Tate
Roy Virgil Doerfier
John Turner
Doesffler
Great Bend
Doerfler
Oklahoma City
Scott City
Earl Robinson
Weather Causes Deaths in State Weather Causes Deaths in State
Kansas weather directly caused eight deaths in 1959 and was a prime factor in 12 highway fatalities. One death was linked to 61 tornadoes statewide. high winds caused two, lightning three. A winter storm caused two more deaths by freezing or exposure. Property damage reached 4.7 million dollars, with 1.28 million in crop losses. A hailstorm hit the Selden area in June.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
A. D. Robb
Selden
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Neil Mclroy
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Senate
Defense
Thomas S. Gates
Office of the Register of Deeds
J.P. Coberdale
Coberdale
AH. Smith
Kendall
Lakin
Syracuse
H.C. Trigg
N.P. Simons
H.C. Trinkle
Harry N. Goulding
Garden City Telegram
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