Barney Stancliff Projections Expert Keeps State Theatre Alive
Barney M. Stancliff has spent decades in Kansas City and State Theatre work, starting as a boy in 1918. He joined Commonwealth Company, served in WWII, and since 1958 has worked nightly at the State Theatre, while also maintaining Garden Drive-In equipment. He explains projection, sound, and film handling with practical skill and a philosophy learned from a second grade teacher: do things with your might.
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B. M
Barney) Stancliff
Lawrence
Kansas City
Barney
Commonwealth Company
Kinsley
State Theatre
Main
Garden Drive-In
Alway
Commonwealth Theaters
Nixon signs halt to Indochina action by August 15
President Nixon signs legislation halting all U S military action in Indochina by August 15 while signaling he will seek new war powers if needed to push a Southeast Asia peace. He cites a stable Cambodian settlement as the final goal and vows to request Congress for any further actions later in the year.
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San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
U.S
Indochina
Southeast Asia
Congress
Annual Procrastination Week Delayed by National President
Garden sass notes that Gus Garden announced the week would begin today, but the national president postponed the event to next Monday. The item reflects a light, humorous bulletin on garden clubs and scheduling.
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Gus Garden
City Wins 790 500 EPA Grant for Sewer Project
Garden City secures a 790 500 grant from the Environmental Protection Agency to build a 30 inch interceptor sewer and modernize the sewage treatment plant at a total project cost of 1 1 million. The grant stems from a May 1972 city application following a city survey by Wilson and Co. The project relocates an old interceptor and replaces the shallow dog leg line, with the aim to meet EPA standards for the next two decades.
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Kansas
James Pearson
Robert Dole
Keith Sebelius
Garden City
Environmental Protection Agency
Wilson and Co
Salina
Deane Wiley
Smith Sand Pit
Wiley
Campus Drive
Weather outlook with storms and heat across Kansas
A weather brief notes thunderstorms likely this afternoon into tonight with highs in the 90s and lows in the 60s. Tuesday expected partly sunny and less hot with sunrise at 6 26 and sunset at 9 09. The Kansas highway death log shows 59 fatalities in June, 291 in 1973, and 317 for the comparable 1972 period, with one new fatality reported.
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Dodge City
Simperia ' S
Oth Garden
Goodland
Gi Hill Ci
Withita
Cccce
Topeka
Kan
City Celebration Heralds Independence Day Festivities
Independence Day celebration in Garden City runs from dawn to night with events at Finnup Park and Rainbow Leagueare fields. Activities include horse shoe pitching, Miss Independence Day prelims, baseball by the Legion VFW sponsored Bison, two softball tournaments, a Star Spangled Banner performance, Teeny Miss crown, a veterans speakers program, and a large fireworks show at the Finney County Fairgrounds. Local police and sheriff will enforce traffic flow. Mayor D C Garcia to crown the Teeny Miss. Rick Cheatham will announce, John Stang will speak on Freedom and Independence.
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Bob Brock
Mack Linn
Rick Cheatum
Eddington
John Stang
la Crosse
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Stang
Kansas
America
Fire Department
Harvest Peaks in Garden City Wheat Fire Destroys Trucks
Harvest activity surged in Garden City region with thousands of bushels of wheat harvested as heat dried fields. Fires from the heat burned several trucks and acres, damaging about 200 bushels in one truck and totaling around 10000 dollars in losses across multiple sites including Sublette Holcomb and Leot. Government offices and the post office will close for the July fourth holiday.
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Garden City
Kansas
Sublette
Montezuma
Leot
Art
Harold Jones
Gray County
Neill Mooneyhamm
Marionville
Holcomb
Maxlel
Buster Finneman
Galva
N.D
John Millen
Garden City Department
Oswalt Industries
Rube Crist
U.S
R.W. Messerly
Leroy McRae
McRae
Wichita County
Tom Karney
Dodge City
US 56
Karney
Charles Elson
Ford
Gray Counties
Norval Johnson
Karney Field
Deerfield
Charleston
Pierceville
Lowe
Wolf
Jim Bender
Bill of Fare leads Independence Day events in Garden City
Wednesday schedule lists Cecil Baker Horseshoe Pitching Tourney at Finnup Park from 9 a.m. Preliminary judging for Miss Independence Day candidates at the north side of the city pool at 10 a.m. Baseball at Cleaver and Fansler fields featuresGarden City Legion Two tournaments and Rainbow Girls League Invitational. Garden City Municipal Band concert at Kinney County Fairgrounds at 8 p.m. Crowning of Miss Teeny Independence Day at 9 p.m. Independence Day observance at Finney County Fairgrounds at 9:30 p.m. followed by a controlled fireworks display at 10 p.m.
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Finnup Park
The
Telegram
Southwest
Kansas
Big Pac
Bison
Legion-Vfw
Chint Lightner Pier
Fansler Field
Rainbow Leaguere
Cleaver Field
Finney County Fairgrounds
Sheriff's Office
Garden City
City Swim Pool
Garden City Legion
Cleaver and
Fansler Fields
Garden City Municipal Band
Kinney County Fairgrounds
Dayan Blames Palestinians for Alon Slaying in Maryland
Israel defense minister Moshe Dayan blamed Palestinian terrorists for the shooting death of Israeli envoy Yosef Alon outside his Chevy Chase Maryland home. Alon died from five chest wounds, autopsy cited. His body arrived in Israel aboard a U.S. Air Force jet escorted by Israeli fighters. President Nixon ordered increased security for Washington's diplomatic community.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Moshe Dayan
Yosef Alon
Washington
Alon
U.S. Air Force
Chevy Chase
Cairo
Maryland
Kornbiwn
Kornblum
Nixon
Brent Scowsroft
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Jodiann
News Digest
Fed
David Willams
Wheat Field
Tommy Thomas
Dayan
Lod
FET
el Aviv
Secret Service
Simcha Dinitz
Andrews Air Force Base
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