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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1963
Page
1
A Kansas Telegram recap notes snow forecasts from the AP wire with two inches possible in the southwest and light flurries elsewhere. It also recalls Kansas Day activities, a Sears chair incident, staff illnesses, and a door prize at a local Artificial Breeders meeting with a misfiring camera by Telegram photographer Howard Brock.
Sedalia Missouri residents slowly returned to normal life as heat was restored to homes schools and businesses after a 12 inch natural gas pipeline broke in two places Sunday night. An emergency crew of 300 repaired the line by Monday morning covering 8500 connections and restarting pilot lights. Officials said the job should be finished by noon. This was the first complete community gas failure since the system's 1931 installation.
Mostly cloudy and cold through Wednesday with snow flurries tonight and into Wednesday. Accumulation likely under two inches. Highs near 20 Wednesday, lows around zero to five above. Northerly winds 15 to 20 mph shifting northeast by Wednesday. Sunrise 7:50. Local area forecast for Akron and surrounding cities.
The Kansas Highway Committee recommends a one cent increase in the gasoline tax and higher highway user fees including a 2.50 increase in passenger car registrations. It projects a 15 to 20 year funding plan with gaps to be bridged, rejects ad valorem taxes for township roads, and favors continuing geographic district elections for highway commissioners.
Harvey B. Gantt began his first full day at Clemson College as the sole publicly supported Black student at a white institution in South Carolina. He attended an orientation, joined new students, and faced strict press restrictions while campus security and police maintained calm after his historic enrollment.
County Treasurer Bonnie Zirkel reported Finney County has sold 3100 car tags and 1800 truck tags as of Monday, the same as last year. She noted early sales outpaced 1962 but activity has slowed. February 15 is the final day to buy tags without a 50 cent penalty, with March 1 as the usual enforcement start date for tagless motorists.
BRUSSELS AP Britain failed to secure new terms for Common Market membership as France rejected Britain’s bid amid U S pressure and diplomatic efforts. Five member states remained in agreement Britain should join, but France blocked progress, signaling a shift toward a French led Europe and reduced American British influence.
W E Rudy Rutherford, age 60, longtime Garden City Sears Store No 2081 manager, will retire in two days. A retirement party at Downings featured a This Is Your Life program with early photos, a rocking chair gift, and tributes from Chamber of Commerce, Shriner leaders, and Sears executives.
Gilbert W. Lindsay, 62, appointed to fill an unexpired term, becomes Los Angeles's first Negro city council member. He began 34 years ago scrubbing floors for the Department of Water and Power and has since served as a field deputy for County Supervisor Kenneth Hahn. Lindsay says the rise proves progress in America.
The plan, titled The National Education Improvement Act of 1963, would channel 1.5 billion to states for public school improvements and 1 billion in loans to public and private colleges for facilities. It avoids direct aid to religious schools, proposes grants for libraries and graduate programs, and includes student loan guarantees and work-study for needy students.
An attractive German divorcee Ariane Tebbenjohanns 33 arrives with Boston lawyer F Lee Bailey for parole hearing at Marion correctional institute where Dr Sam Sheppard 39 is serving life for Marilyn Sheppard's 1954 murder. The petition seeks commutation to enable immediate parole. otherwise release not until June 30 1965. Commission official William Ensign says Sheppard will not attend.
A fire at the Ovid Harman property five miles north of Five Points destroyed about 300 in wood concrete forms shortly after 5 p.m. Monday. Garden City volunteers fought the blaze. In Washington, President Kennedy plans to send a farm message to Congress this week, with Speaker John McCormack indicating Thursday as the most likely date.
Boston AP Robert Frost renowned poet and four time Pulitzer winner died at 1 50 a m at Petey Bent Brigham Hospital after heart attack and pulmonary embolism. He faced operations since December 3 and had a late life rise from mill worker to national literary figure.
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