South African visitors and local beef photo flap tease extended gusts
A letter from South Africa proves a tourism ploy while an American Field Service student arrives tomorrow. The CowBelles present a standing rib roast for Father’s Day publicity, captured in a photo. Ralph Gardiner’s coffee visit ends with a wig reveal from Dorothy Gardiner in Renick.
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South Africa
Johannesburg
Kansas
Katherine Jones
The
CowBelles
Ralph Gardiner
Renick No. 2
Ralph
Dorothy Gardiner
Rockefeller heads to Haiti amid siege in Argentina turmoil
News digest reports Gov. Nelson Rockefeller travels to Haiti for Nixon on a fact finding mission while Argentina declares a state of siege amid terrorism and labor unrest during his visit. Also notes eased Ben Het threat, Nixons tax bill path, Sentinel defense funds dispute, NCAP pushback on reparations, California budget stalemate with Democrats.
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Buenos Aires
Nelson Rockefeller
Haiti
Nixon
Argentina
Garden sass lesson on costs and experience
The saying suggests experience is the best teacher and Gus Garden argues the cost should inform that view. The remark underscores practical wisdom in budgeting and learning through trial.
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Gus Garden
Weather forecast for Garden City area tonight and Wednesday
Tonight scattered thunder storms with lows in upper teens to near 20s and light easterly winds. Wednesday partly cloudy with a few thunder storms and highs in the 60s to 70s, southeast winds around 15 mph. Precipitation chance 50 percent tonight and 30 percent Wednesday. Sunrise 6 26, Sunset 9 08. Gard City area data shows meager readings and locations in Garden City.
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Upper Os
South East
Dodge
Garden City
Land
Bo Hil City
Bloodmobile set to collect 160 pints at cooperative center
The Bloodmobile will open at 9 a.m. tomorrow at the Co op Center with a goal of 160 pints from donors aged 18 to 66. Mrs. Milton Roberts announced the Red Cross program. Doctors on duty include John Turner H M Wiley G H Nelson Jr James A Barnard and Frank Eichhorn. Nurses and aides staff the drive with several volunteers and Boy Scout Troop 108 aiding load and unload efforts. In Miami Beach Felix S Roland was fined 25 dollars for trashing a street and shredding a traffic citation before a Municipal Judge Nesbitt.
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Co. Op Center
Milton Roberts
Red Cross
John Turner
H. M. Wiley
G. H. Nelson Jr
James A. Barnard
Frank Eichhorn
Mmes
Darrell Douglass
Leonard Smith
Miami Beach
Fla
Felix S. Roland
Miami
Alfred F. Nesbitt
Roldan
Future King Installed Amidst Pomp Bombs and Cheer
Charles of Windsor was installed Prince of Wales at Caernarvon Castle amid lavish pageantry and a security siege. Bomb scares and two fatal explosions on Welsh rail lines shadowed the event as crowds and dignitaries filled the town and the queen placed the crown on Charles.
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Caernarvon, Wales
Charles of Windsor
Britain
Charles
Principality of Wales
Duke of Edinburgh
Prince Charles
Wales
Charles Snelt
Prince of Wales
Caernarvon
Cardiff
Edward VIII
Edward II
England
Abergale
Pressure to Extend Income Surtax Passes House
The House narrowly approved a bill to extend the 10 percent income surtax 210-205 after a last minute push by President Nixon and key leaders. The measure now goes to the Senate, with possible three month consideration and potential further extensions, while the tax affair fuels debate on broader reform.
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Washington
Nixon
House
Senate
Congress
Gerald R. Ford
White House
Custom Combine Shortage Slows 1969 Kansas Wheat Harvest
Wet weather produced bumper wheat but delayed cutting leading to a nationwide shortage of custom combines. Kansas reporters note 7000 acres awaiting cutters as storms and prior commitments push back harvest. Farmers aid each other with neighbors sharing machines while yields remain high.
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Kansas
Everett Simmons
Kansas State Employment Service
McPherson
Bunga Corp
Friend
Gano Grain
al Maddux
Finney County
Garden Cifian, Two Former Residents Killed in Crash
A Garden City woman and two former residents died in a mid afternoon two car collision in Los Angeles County California. The deceased are Mrs Bessie Plotner 66 and her brother and sister in law Mr and Mrs Ed Roy both of Van Nuys California. Mrs Plotner clerked at C R Anthony store and was visiting relatives in California. Roy formerly ran a grocery store at Pierceville. The wreck occurred three miles north of Castin on a Bakersfield freeway. Details of the other car’s occupants are unclear. Funeral plans for the Roys are in California. Plotner obituary on page 3.
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Garden City
Los Angeles County
Calif
Bessie Plotner
Ed Roy
van Nuys
Plotner
C. R. Anthony
California
Roy
Pierceville
Dorothy Brock
Castinc
Bakersfield
Ogilvie Move Pushes Illinois Income Tax Plan
Governor Ogilvie planned to sign a state income tax bill that would take effect August 1 if upheld by the Supreme Court. Employers would withhold 2 percent, while corporations pay 4 percent. The House approved the bill 91 to 73 after hours of debate amid claims of potential state surplus.
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Springfield
Richard B. Ogilvie
Supreme Court
House
Illinois
Reagan Refuses Emergency Budget Move In California
California faced a new fiscal year without a state budget as Governor Reagan rejected an emergency 30 day funding bill. Salaries stopped, no authority to pay bills, and a budget fight with Assembly Democrats led by Jesse Unruh. The dispute centers on school aid, tax relief, and reform, with elections looming in 1970.
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Sacramento
Calif
Ronald Reagan
California
Reagan
Assembly Democrats
Jesse M. Unruh
Assembly
Victor Veysey
House
Caspar
Weinberger
Unruh
Frank Lanterman
Senate
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Gerald Hess
George Andersen
Charles Larson
R. L. Ball
Jon Weddle
Jack Barr
M. C. Schrader
W. T. Rooney Jr
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Lee Richardson
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J. F. Goulding
Boy Scout Troop 108
Oratari Typewriter Co., Inc
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GOP
Ford
John W. McCormack
Carl Albert
Ways and Means
Wilbur Mills
D-Ark
Hale Boggs
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