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Newspaper

Garden City Telegram

Location

Garden City, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Jul 01, 1955

Page

2

I See By The Telegram Party Tours Radio Poetry

Mr and Mrs Charles Kraft of Norton visit Garden City to promote a Kansas themed Moons melody series. Mrs Kraft recites poems while Mr Kraft provides background music during a two week radio and TV tour across Colorado New Mexico Texas Nevada and Arizona. Ivan Paul Biernacki enlists in the Navy and trains at Great Lakes. Ivanhoe township population corrected to 292 residents up from last year. A stray horse was rounded up in front of Tamston Apartments after being seen near Garden City.

Charles Kraft Norton Garden City Ivan Paul Biernacki Ilose Biernacki Roule Navy Great Lakes Wees Ivanhoe F. H. Harms Charles Larson Route 1 Tamston Apartments St. John

Convicted Killer Is Executed At Sunrise

Don Jesse Neal, 35, a San Francisco man convicted of fatally shooting Salt Lake City police sergeant Owen Farley after a motel robbery arrest, was executed at POINT OF THE MOUNTAIN Utah. The private-citizen firing squad fired at about 25 feet. About 150 spectators watched. Neal claimed innocence to the end. Wilma Tully, his companion, testified he used a concealed gun. Tully has vanished since trial.

Point OF the Mountain Utah Jesse Neal San Francisco Salt Lake City Owen T. Farley Farley Neal Wilma Tully

One Man Killed in Intercity Viaduct Crash

In Kansas City Kas a motorcycle ride crashed on the Intercity viaduct killing Charles Harlan Reynolds 25 and critically injuring Joseph H. Blascham 32 with multiple fractures and other injuries. The incident left Reynolds dead and Blascham hospitalized in serious condition.

Kansas City Kas Charles Harlan Reynolds Joseph H. Blascham

Former Warden Edmondson Named Douglas County Undersheriff

Charles A. Edmondson a 51 year old native of Lawrence former warden of Kansas State Penitentiary has been appointed Douglas County undersheriff and assumes duties today. He was ousted by Gov. Hall in early June and succeeded by Arthur Hoffman.

Lawrence Charles A. Edmondson Kansas State Douglas County Edmondson Kansas State Penitentiary Fred Hall Arthur Hoffman Oregon State Penitentiary

Missouri Woman Killed In Crash Near Paola

Mrs. Evelyn Silvers of Birmingham, Missouri, died in a two car collision about three miles south of Paola on U S Highway 169. Jerry Silvers, 12, sustained serious injuries and John Hash, 57, Birmingham, was critically injured in the wreck reported late last night.

Paola Kas Evelyn Silvers Birmingham Jerry Silvers John Hash U. S. Highway 169

Hearing on Gas Hike Asked by Cities Service

Cities Service Gas Co. of Oklahoma City will face a federal hearing October 11 to discuss a proposed 12.589 million dollar annual rise in wholesale natural gas rates. The fuel supplier serves utilities in Oklahoma Kansas Missouri and Nebraska.

Cities Service Washington Cities Service Gas Co Oklahoma City Federal Power Commission Oklahoma Kansas Missouri Nebraska

Church Leaders Call For Prayer for Big Four Summit

Geneva reports the World Council of Churches issued a worldwide call to prayer for the Big Four summit in Geneva. General secretary W A Visser t Hooft urged member churches to assemble on July 18, the opening day, or devote time on the preceding Sunday to pray for success.

Geneva Switzerland World Council of Churches Today W. A. Visser't Hooft Council

Stassen Cites Asia as U S Urgent Challenge

Harold E. Stassen told President Eisenhower in his final foreign aid report that the United States must concentrate on building the military and economic strength of free Asian nations. He described it as a major ongoing undertaking requiring persistent effort for years.

Washington Harold E. Stassen United States Eisenhower

Kansas City Grain Prices and Grades Summary

Grain quotes from Kansas City show Wheat at about 4 percent lower in some grades with No 2 hard and dark varieties around 2.08 to 2.66 and No 3 around 2.02 to 2.07. Corn trades around 1.55 to 1.74 per unit with white, yellow, and mixed grades cited. Oats, Milo, Kafir, Rye, Barley, and Soybeans listed with assorted price ranges. Bran and Shorts priced at roughly 35.75 to 36.25 and 45.00 to 45.75 respectively.

New York One Lindh Produce Co Ade Odedade Mary Mieten Allied Atchison Averaneee Garden City Grain Lima Beech Aire Boeing Air Chrysler B. C. Christopher & Co Kansas City du Pont Chicago Mont Ohio St Jos Sears Rock Hutchinson Wich- Sinclair Ila Omaha Enid Salina Socony Ula Ft. Worth Trans Air US Steel Woolworth

Wheat market cautious as harvest outlook firms

Wheat traders shielded by liquidations of weak lines as forecasts point to favorable harvesting weather over the long weekend. Trade expects heavy deliveries at terminals by Tuesday with winter wheat harvest delayed a week or two due to rain and wet grain while next week may bring a peak.

Chicago

Kansas City Livestock Market Report

USDA notes limited offerings in Kansas City with Calves 150 and calves 50 on hand. Hogs totaling about 500 mostly 180 to 240 pounds show 25 lower, barrows and gilts choice 1 to 3 at 180-230 pounds around 19.50 per cwt, choice 2 and 3 at 240-250 pounds 18.75 to 19.25. Sows steady and Sheep around 30 with insufficient numbers for a full test.

Kansas City Livestock Kansas City USDA a_arket

Dixon Yates contract tense move draws White House clash

Senate leader Lyndon Johnson urged delaying federal funds for the Dixon Yates power project after a surprise White House push for a new study. Memphis plans a rival plant, with a 64 million dollar appropriation approved by the House, while TVA and Atomic Energy Commission reviews loom.

Washington Senate Lyndon Johnson Dixon-Yates White House Johnson Congress Texan House Memphis ALC Dixon-Yates Utility Group West Memphis Mississippi River TVA

Witness Refuses Comment On Communist Allegation

MUNICH Germany Hyman Charniak refused to answer a question about belonging to a Communist unit in 1937 40 while at the Brooklyn Eagle He called the charge a smear and said it cannot be wiped out Burdett named him in tests in Washington, Charniak now serves as liaison officer for Radio Free Europe Crusade for Freedom backed by American funds.

Munich Germany Hyman Charniak U. S. Senate Brooklyn Eagle Charniak Crusade For Freedom Radio Free Europe CBS Winston M. Burdett Washington

Former Escort of Princess Wed Mark Bonham Carter to Lady St Just

London reports Mark Bonham Carter, 33, a publishing film director and Princess Margaret escort, married Lady St Just daughter of Conde Nast. The groom, grandson of Lord Asquith, wed amid royal absence as her previous marriage to Lord St Just ended for desertion.

London Princess Margaret Beatx Mark Bonham-Carter Lady St. Just Conde Nast Lord St. Just Bonham-Carter Lord Asquith

Hoover Leaves Federal Job at Age 80 in 1930s Reform Drive

President Hoover steps away from government at age eighty after leading the Hoover Commission which issued nineteen reports with 315 recommendations to shrink the federal establishment. The Moreell panel urged privatizing power assets and TVA restructuring, stirring praise and sharp criticism from rural electric groups.

Tennessee Valley Authority Commission Hoover Morcell National Rural Electrical Cooperative Assn Wall Street

Turtle Creek Admits and Births in Local Notes

Local notices list hospital admissions and discharges, births at St Catherine Leopold and tribune area, naming parents and baby weights. Police briefs cover speeding, forfeit bonds, and a theft at a truckstop with additional break in at arena stall. Federal budget report proposes 565% million for flood control projects including Tut tle Creek in Kansas with construction and planning funds.

Washington Tuttle Creek Kansas Senate Appropriations Committee

French Woman Breaks Jet Plane Speed Record

In Paris officials of the International Aeronautical Federation said Mrs. Jacqueline Auriol, France’s leading woman flier, broke Jacqueline Cochran’s world air speed record for women. The federation would announce the new speed in a few days after Auriol flew a Mystere IV turbojet over Melun airfield near Paris, easily surpassing Cochran’s mark.

Paris International Aeronautical Federation Jacqueline Auriol France Jacqueline Cochran Melun Auriol Federation L. Kinikin Etux John Henry B. Weldon Edwards Calif. Stevens Garden City Wendelin Weill Lee M. Wharton Taylor and Conklings State of

Mass Desertion Near Suez Draws Global Vexation

In Port Said Egypt sixty seven French Foreign Legion veterans from the Indochina war desert in the Suez canal zone. The coast guard rounded up the group including 49 Germans 8 Italians 2 Belgians 2 Spaniards and individuals from the Netherlands Yugoslavia Finland Austria Poland and other stateless or unidentified origins.

Port Said Egypt French Foreign Legion Suez Canal Zone Egyptian Coast Guard Netherlands Yugoslavia Finland Austria Poland

Contracts for housing at radar sites awarded

Kansas City reports that contracts for constructing family housing units at radar sites in Missouri and Kansas were announced by the Central Air Defense Force. Nine units will be built at each site. Hainline Construction Co. of Hutchinson, Kansas, received a $142,310 contract for Hutchinson work.

Kansas City Missouri Kansas Central Air Defense Force Hainline Construction Co Hutchinson Kas

Fire damages chapel at Pittsburg college

A short circuit in an electric organ sparked a blaze on the second floor of the music hall chapel at Kansas State Teachers College in Pittsburg yesterday. Authorities estimated the damage at about $4,000.

Pittsburg Kansas State Teachers College

New KU Theater Director Appointed in Lawrence

Lewin Goff, a Michigan State University faculty member, is named director of the University of Kansas theater and associate professor in speech and drama. Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy announces the appointment.

KU Theater Lawrence Lewin Goff Michigan State University University of Kansas Theater Franklin D. Murphy

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Tully Asia Stassen Budget Bureau Atomic Energy Commission Rowland R. Hughes Sen Kefauver D-Tenn Frank ‘Tobey W. K. Tagram Ark Chamber of Commerce Herbert Hoover Second Hoover Commission Act of Congress Jeaver Cungress Treasury Adm Ben Moreell Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp Pittsburgh Ame Curtis State Highway Division Sixth Division Ike Oimer Turtle Creek Marvin Watson Tribune Mona Behymer Davis Ruth Orendorf Dodge City Alfred Coyne North Thirteenth Manley McNellis Deerfield Donald Waters North Third St. Catherine Budge Warren North Twelfth Leopold Willard Leopold North First Weon Haynes North Fifth Jesse Arteaga W. Fallon Tommy Joe Robertson North Seventh John McKay Miles W. Walnut William M. Stevens G. R. Eberly LadJunta Cole Eberly John Q. Adams E. Laurel Fairgrounds Ellender D-La Army Civil Functions Appropriations Army Engineers Mississippi Niagara Pittsburg College Wap L A T the John Dickerson Chrysler Airtemp Wright Prairie Gas & Equip. Co., Inc N. Fighth Fankhauser Goff Southwest Aero Spray Garden City Dial Garden City Telegram
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