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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1963
Page
1
AP dispatch recalls the 1943 German surrender at Stalingrad and its impact on World War II. Eddy Gilmore revisits Volgograd, recounting Von Paulus, the siege, and the battle’s legacy as Khrushchev’s era reshapes the city’s memory.
Garden sociable column recounts sign photos by Beth Lilley, jokes from Rev Jim Smith of Wichita at a Youth Banquet, a skating anecdote about ice and ankles, and a reminder to enter the Telegram KIAL Bridge Tournament with a $4 per couple fee.
At Clemson College the dining hall reported no incidents during Negro student Harvey B. Gantt’s dinner. Dean Walter Cox said there were no problems and calls to reports of harassment were denied. Gantt arrived Monday and plans to spend the weekend on campus as the first Black student in South Carolina public schooling with whites since Reconstruction. A federal court ordered his admission pending appeal to the Supreme Court.
The United States declared Canada should equip its defense forces with nuclear weapons to counter the Soviet bomber threat and NORAD needs. Ottawa debates and party leaders react as Washington denies diplomatic language and presses for a practical plan amid domestic political strains.
A predawn explosion destroyed an eight-jet B52 bomber on a routine training flight from Walker Air Force Base. Two crewmen died, four survived, with Maj. George Szabo missing presumed dead. Rescue teams spent hours in rugged terrain to reach and evacuate the survivors including Lt. Col. Donald Hayes and Maj. Thomas McBride.
TOPEKA AP The Kansas Supreme Court will allow the current Legislature time to reapportion before ruling on a case brought by four state newspapermen against Secretary of State Paul Shanahan. The court retained jurisdiction to avoid judicial disruption and emphasized the 1963 constitutional duty to reapportion.
Beth Lilley recounts getting lost while taking pictures of street signs in Garden City. She followed a map for Kansas Avenue Fulton and Main, searched for Lake and Allen avenues, and ended up along a Arkansas River dirt path after detouring from Finney County Fairgrounds. She notes odd and even numbering patterns along east west and north south streets.
In Topeka the Kansas Legislature opened fierce clashes over property assessments and school tax levies. The Senate backed bills expanding tax authority affecting Johnson County Topeka Lawrence and Kansas City. the House debated reapportionment and federal court limits. A resolution to amend the federal Constitution to curb federal reapportionment was tentatively approved.
The Garden City Junior College Steering Committee will present the programs at the second general Chamber of Commerce meeting Monday morning at the Warren Hotel. Breakfast starts at 6 50 a m with a report on the college history enrollment and finances and the Kansas Legislature bill to establish the college on a county wide basis. The session ends at 8 a m with Chamber members paying for their meals.
London AP reports winter storms sweep across Europe halting thaw with ice and snow. Rome endures heaviest snow in seven years, with half a foot in hills and minor in city. Ancona roofs collapse. 114 Italy deaths. total European toll near 440. Traffic tied, schools closed, tremors noted.
Communist guerrillas killed a U S Army captain in a coastal mountains clash about 300 miles north of Saigon. He led an adviser unit with about 200 government troops facing a Viet Cong force of equal size. The death raises American fatalities to 55 since the 1961 buildup.
Kansas 1963 direc tories show 53 of 125 House members list farming as their primary occupation while 18 of 40 senators are lawyers. House has 20 lawyers and six farmers in the Senate. The lone woman is Beatrice L. Jacquart. Sen Tom R. Van Sickle is the youngest at 25, while Rep Robert Cram is the session's senior at 75.
The Church of the Brethren invites the public to a groundhog supper at 6 p.m. tonight and notes advance tickets are available.
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