AFS Students Prepare Talent Show After City Tour
Eighty eight American Field Service exchange students aged 16 to 18 arrived in two buses from Wednesday night. They toured Garden City sites including Windsor Hotel Brookoye and Andrew Larson farm after a morning soccer game. A planned buffalo herd visit was canceled due to flood. They will attend a 6:30 picnic in Stevens Park followed by a talent show.
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Garden City
American Field Service
AFS
Pen+rose Stadium
Windsor Hotel
Brookoye
Andrew Larson
Stevens Park
Flood aid volunteers collect goods for area victims
Eta Beta Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi in Ulysses and the local Women’s Division of the Chamber of Commerce organized flood relief for Syracuse, Lakin, Garden City, and Dodge City. They gathered about ten truckloads of clothing, bedding, furniture, food, and household items. Meherun Nahar Khan, a master’s student from East Pakistan, assisted Migrant Health Services with family interviews while staying in town for a short academic placement.
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Ial
Eta Beta
Beta Sigma Phi
Ulysses
Numeroa
Syracuse
Lakin
Garden City
Dodge City
Chamber of Commerce
Ormer VeDor Cafe
AFS
University of California
Meherun Nahar Khan
East
Pakistan
Herb Hahn
Weather forecast for tonight and Friday across cities
Fair and mild night with southerly winds. lows around 70. Friday returns to fair warm weather with southerly winds 15 to 25 mph. Sunrise 6 26. Limitations in reading include several city names and times: Dodge City Goodland Garden City Russell Topeka Wichita.
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Mill, Pree
Dodge City
Hinponis
Garden
Goodland
Tih City
GT OF
Russell
Sultna
Garden Sass Gus Garden Harvest Field Note
Garden's wife comments on ripened wheat in a plain spoken line expressing completion. The informal remark captures rural life and domestic voice in a concise quote about harvest progress.
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Gus Garden
Drive Locations and Plaza Acres Set for Approval
Approval of driveway locations and grade for a new Gibson's Discount Center parking lot came at a Garden City Finney County planning session. The Plaza Acres II subdivision final plat of 16 lots was approved east of North 3rd Street between Fair and Price on a 30 by 660 foot parcel. Planners advised on rezoning for a southeast corner of 3rd and Kansas proposed for a service station, noting nearby residential areas and that rezoning should follow petition process.
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New
Gibson's Discount Center
Garden City-Finney County Metropolitan Area
Plaza Acres JI
N. 3Rd
Fair and
Price
3Rd
Kansas
Kansas Traffic Death Log For June 24 Hours
Topeka Kansas traffic death log for the 24 hours to 9 am Thursday covers the June period. The report notes figures for 195 to 291 comparables in 1984, reflecting fatalities and patterns for the state.
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Topeka
Kansas
Four Youths Hospitalized After Sublette Crash
Four youths from Liberal were treated at Sublette Hospital in fair condition after a car truck collision on US 83 eight miles north of Sublette Wednesday at 4 15 p m. The car driven by Harold Gordon with Glenn brothers aboard failed to pass safely as Faurot truck driver turned left. Gordon was charged with passing within 100 feet of an intersection.
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Sublette
Liberal
Harold Gordon
Timothy Gordon
Tony Gordon
Robert Glenn
Gene Glenn
Gordon
Robert A. Faurot
Faurot
Haskell
Paul Blackmore
Blackmore
Ulysses Youth Dies in Rail Crossing Crash
A 20 year old Sylvester W. Ferguson was killed near Ulysses when his 1930 Model A Ford pickup collided with a Santa Fe Railroad freight train at a county road crossing east of town. He worked as a mechanic for Phifer Motor Co. and was a native of Ashland. The accident occurred about 8:45 pm with no signal at the crossing near the drive-in theatre. his body was taken to Phillips Funeral Home.
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Ulysses
Here
Santa Fe
Sylvester W. Ferguson
Phifer Motor Co
Ashland
Phillips Funeral Home
Jet Breaks Apart on Landing At Municipal Airport
A Continental Airlines 707 skidded off a rain slick runway at Kansas City Municipal Airport and broke into three sections, crashing into a Missouri River dike. Four injured among 60 passengers and 6 crew. no serious injuries. Pilot said more water on the runway than expected. Passengers, including military personnel and Air Force chaplains, escaped via emergency exits. no fire. Crewmembers and survivors described a hard impact and a lengthy landing.
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Wescook Kansas
Moses
Bud Jones
McConnell
Sewage Plant Back in Business in Garden City
Garden City’s sewage treatment plant, down during the flood, is back in operation though sewage is still bypassing the final clarifier. Plant Superintendent Ted Sonnenberg said the plant is functioning and expected to fully resume shortly as water and mud compromised motors and equipment. two operators were marooned for two days.
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Garden City
Ted Sonnenberg
Viet Cong Attack Kills American at Da Nang Air Base
Viet Cong hit Da Nang air base in a hit and run assault killing one American, destroying three planes and damaging three more. U S forces retaliated with strikes on North Vietnam as Marines were landed at Qui Nhon to bolster security.
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Peter Arnett
Saigon
South Viet Nam
da Nang
North Viet Nam
U.S
Qui Nhon
7Th Fleet
Republic of South Viet Nam
Air
Air Force
No Tax Relief on Flood Hit Homes
In Kansas there is no statute to grant tax relief for homes damaged or washed away by floods after January 1. Property taxes are assessed as of Jan. 1, meaning owners must still pay taxes due in December even if flood losses occur later. Officials note sympathy but say the law allows no exemption or adjustment for post assessment damage.
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Topeka
Kansas
Alvin Jones
Jones
Wildcat oil prospecting gets boost from Kansas bill
AP reports House Bill 675 empowers the Kansas Corporation Commission to grant a one year bonus production to discovery wells in new pools and to set rules for wildcat prospecting. A July 23 hearing in Wichita will address the new rule guiding production increases and eligibility timelines.
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Wildcat
Kansas
Kansas Corporation Commission
State Conservation Division
Tor
Weiler
Statiow
Conservation Division
New Boards Meet Tonight
The A-East Unified School Board and Garden City Community Junior College Board of Trustees plan their first official meetings tonight. The unified board meets at 8 p.m. in the Keller Building to elect officers, discuss bond money investment for a new elementary school, and consider a territory transfer petition from Cimarron Unified Board. The Junior College Board meets at the college at 8 p.m. to elect officers and review planned improvements to college facilities.
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A-East Unified School Board
Garden City Community Junior College Board of Trustees
Keller
Cimarron Unified Board
Junior College Board of Trustees
City Declares Holiday in Garden City on Monday
Independence Day falls on a Sunday so Garden City observes the holiday on Monday. City offices county state and federal offices will close. The Post Office runs on Sunday schedule with no regular mail delivery while The Telegram will publish Monday.
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Garden City
Owen Fritz
Garden City Band Plans Friday Night Concert
Garden City Municipal Band will present its weekly concert Friday at 8 p.m. in Stevens Park Band shell. The program features Ernest Gold and Sonny Burke pieces, a trumpet solo by Roger Stoner, and selections including Thundercrest March and The Sound of Music.
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Garden City Municipal Band
Stevens Park
Ernest Gold
Sonny Burke
Roger Stoner
Thundercrest
Jerome Kern
Wildcat
Prospect Park
Exodus
Freedom
Lemon Merensue
Sound of
Hennesey
KNCO Sale Announced To KAKE Radio Group
KAKE Radio and Television, Inc. of Wichita announced the purchase of KNCO Garden City radio station. O. D. Carmichael of Ark Valley Broadcasting Co. said the sale awaits FCC approval and no major personnel changes are planned. KAKE also runs KUPK TV channel 13 with a transmitter near Copeland.
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Garden City
KNCO
Kake Radio and Television, Inc
Wichita
O.D. Carmichael
Ark Valley Broadcasting Co., Inc
Federal Communications Commission
Carmichael
Kake Radio and Television
Kupk-Tv
Copeland
June Moisture Logs Show Wet Start to Summer
Weather notes from Garden City area show June rainfall at 6.80 inches, nearing half the total rainfall for 1964 by month. Six months total reaches 14.56 inches, about three inches shy of annual average. Kalvesta region reports heavier moisture than western parts. resident Mrs. Alvin Lillibridge records 6.30 inches for June, bringing her year-to-date to 12.53 inches.
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Garden City Experiment Station
Town
Garden Guy Baa
Kalvesta
Alvin Lillibridge
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