City electric dept provides 724,544 kW free service
City Manager Deane Wiley told the City Commission that last year the municipally owned electrical department furnished free service valued at about $22,000. Free current supports street lights, downtown white way, Scout houses, Finnup Park fields, tennis courts, pool, library, Civic Center, and more. stadium will be metered. Daily demand nears 9,000 KW as the new plant nears capacity.
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Garden Citions
Deane Wiley
City Commission
Gardendale
Airport
Finnup Park
N. 3Rd
City
Lane County Fair Opens with Opry Acts and Rodeo
Lane County Fair begins in Dighton with Lonzo and Oscar of the Grand Ole Opry and Johnnie Lee Wills headlining Friday night. Swine and sheep judging start Wednesday morning, with 4-H events, parade, rodeo, and livestock sales through Thursday and final day activities ending with the livestock sale and 8 p.m. concert. Lana County kicks off the season as first fair, followed by Scott and Hamilton counties on subsequent dates.
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Fairgrounds
Raymond Ely
Elmer Bryant
Fair Board
Lonzo
Oscar
Grand Ole Opry
Nashville
Tenn
Johnnie Lee Wills
Kathy Perry
Dighton
Lane County
McCombs and Sons
Karen Atterberry
Doug Fuller
Lana County
Scott County
Hamilton County
Lane County 4-H Club Exhibits At County Fair
Lane County 4-H clubs showcase projects at the county fair with judging spread over two days. Exhibits from Goldiggers Sunflowers Aggies Jayhawkers and Eager Beavers feature top ribbons allowing winners to advance to the Hutchinson state fair in September. John Robinson leads the Lane County extension program as agent.
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Dighton
Lane County
Goldiggers
Sunflowers
Healy
Aggies
Amy
Jayhawkers
Shields
Eager Beavers
Springs Creek
John Robinson
Hutchinson
Unpaid 1962 Real Estate Taxes Delinquent
County Treasurer Bonnie Zirkel announced all unpaid 1962 real estate taxes are delinquent. A list of delinquent taxpayers will be published in the Telegram three times in August. Notices were not sent to residents, and those paying before August 1 will not appear on the tax list.
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Bonnie Zirkel
Kansas Traffic Death Log July 1963 Topeka AP
Kansas traffic death log for a 24 hour period ending at 9 am Tuesday July 1963 lists fatal incidents across the state. Data notes include locations and brief identifiers of victims and circumstances reported by the AP.
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Topeka
Kansas
Possible airline service slash threatens Garden City area
A Wichita Eagle report says the Civil Aeronautics Board plans drastic reductions in local airline subsidies, risking loss of service to Garden City and nearby cities including Goodland Hays Great Bend Dodge City and wards Oklahoma towns. Central Airlines serves Garden City with one eastbound and one westbound flight daily.
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Garden City
Civil Aeronautic Board
Wichita Eagle
Goodland
Hays
Great Bend
Dodge City
Oklahoma Cities
Washington
Kennedy
Central Airlines
Actress Sued For $1 Million In Car Crash Case
New York AP reports actress Arlene Francis is sued for 1 million dollars by Joseph Arcos of Brooklyn after his wife Rose Arcos, 34, was killed in a May 26 Long Island auto collision. Arcos and three others were injured.
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New York
Arlene Francis
Brooklyn
State Supreme Court
Joseph Arcos
Rose Arcos
Long Island
Arcos
Nuclear treaty work finished in Moscow talks
The Soviet Union Britain and the United States reportedly finished work on a treaty banning nuclear tests in air space outer space and under water. They may initial it Wednesday after experts left the Spiridonovka Palace following long negotiations.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Britain
United States
Spiridonovka Palace
Khrushchev
U.S
W. Averell Harriman
Kennedy
Congress
Senate
House
Pierre Salinger
Butten
Proposed City Budget Shows Slight Decrease in Tax Levy
The City Commission approved a proposed budget with a 22.91 mill levy, down from 28 mills, aided by a large cash carryover and near $1 million valuation growth. Expenditures call for $549,586 in general operations, with police funding up for four officers and a cruiser. Hearings set for August 14 at 8:30 am in City Hall. publication will follow in the Telegram-Tate.
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A.t
Sognio
U.S. UN
W. Averall Harriman
Lord Hailsham
Britain
Andrei A. Gramyleo
North Atlanta
Bulton Street
Mall
Malton
Tate
Garden City Chamber of Commerce
Algo
Nasser Declares No Unity With Baathist Syria
Cairo AP President Gamal Abdel Nasser says Egypt Iraq and Syria cannot unite while Syria’s Baath Socialist party rules. He denounces the regime as fascist but keeps door open to cooperation with other Baathists. He blames party leadership for attempts to purge pro-Nasser elements.
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Cairo
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Egypt
Iraq
Syria
Ba'ath Socialist Party
Nasser
Faselam
United Arab Republic
Gumhurriya
Tarouk
Salah Bitar
Ba'ath Party
Michel Aflak
Bitar
United Fund campaign dates set in Finney County
Finney County United Fund dates are announced by campaign chairman Henry Hall. The drive opens September and targets a $47,403.25 goal with sections led by Everett Miller advance gifts, George Purnell employe division, Jim Concannon Jr rural section, and Mrs Mike Trick residential drive October 16 to 18. Additional leaders and agencies are listed for allocation and staffing across sections.
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United Fund Board
Henry Hall
Chamber of Commerence
Hall
Everett Miller
George Purnell
Jim Concannon Jr
Garden City
Mra
Mike ‘Trick
N_ Jat
Whch
Leigh Percy
A. M. Fleming
7.M. Neumann
George Voth
Milton Thowmas
Floyd Handa
Dale Gillon
Bill Brown
Geivpla Brown
United Fund
Monica
Puy Scouts
Cera Heal Palay
Mental Health
USC
Salvatog Arout
Kansas Children's Sery
Hime
Red Cross
Three Month Old Found Dead in Car at Dighton
In Dighton a three month old infant, Terry Lynn Pope, was found dead in the back seat of a car by a passerby near downtown. The mother, Mrs. Theodora Henry Pope, was inside a restaurant nearby. An autopsy is pending. the other child, Theodora Lynn Pope Jr, is at Lane County Hospital in satisfactory condition. Funeral services for Terry Lynn were held Monday at Dighton Cemetery with Rev. Clarence Born officiating.
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Dighton
Clinton
Terrylynn Pope
Theodora’ Henry Pope Jr
Theodore Henry Pope
Lane County Hospital
Terry Lynn
Clarence Born
Niles Bersward Funeral Home
Tulga
Okla
Letters Request Dance Permit At City Hall Meeting
Local residents mostly church members submitted over a hundred letters opposing a proposed amendment to allow dancing in taverns with cereal beverage sales. The City Commission will hear the old business item tomorrow at 9:00 a.m. in City Hall along with street project ordinances and notes to finance improvements. A representative from Aras Mental Health Center will discuss Gardendale housing needs.
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City Come Miision
Lown
Kansas
Pat's Drive
Aras Mental Health Center
Gardendale
Kennedy Kept Hope High For Rail Labor Accord
Democratic congressional leaders met with President Kennedy to back his plan to block new rail labor rules and seek ICC approval to avert a strike. They expect quick action but avoid predicting passage before Monday midnight, while unions threaten to strike as rules take effect and Kennedy pushes a two year ICC review that preserves collective bargaining.
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Washington
Democratiie
Kennedy
Congo
Congress
John W. McCormack
Massachusetts
House
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mike Mansfiekd
Montana
Senate
Senate Commerce Committee
John D. Pastore
D-R.l
ICC
Everett M. Dirksen
Mike Mansfield
Dirksen
Farriers
Seat
Commerce Committee
Wirt
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Finney County
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Akron
Maporie
Gardin City
UM Goodland
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Wichita
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Gram
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