Pearson Latters Top Voting in Straw Poll
In Kansas First District straw poll Pearson leads Arn 635 to 614 with 31 of 58 counties counted. Dole leads Breed ing 1 029 to 848 as undecided grows to 358. Saffels trails in governor race, and Carlson and Anderson hold large leads in their races.
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Sea
Jamey Pearson
Ed Am
Kansas
Seward County
Pearson
Arn
Bob Dole
J. Floyd Breeding
Breeding
Dole
Dale Saffels
Garden Citian
George Hart
Saffels
Hart
Haskell
Stevens
Morton
Seward
Frank Carlson
Joe Corpstein
Nortonville Farmer
Carlson
GOP
U.S. Senate
John Anderson
Harvey Crouch
Minneola
Anderson
Cost of Living At New Record
June consumer price index rose to 105.3 base 1957 39 increasing 0.1 percent led by higher food costs and restaurant meals. Fresh fruits surged 9 percent seasonally while grocery prices rose 1 percent and restaurant meals 2.8 percent from a year ago. Overall living costs up 0.8 percent since January with four of six months at record highs. Earnings for factory workers reached a new high as after tax weekly family head of four averaged 25.91 dollars.
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Labor Department
Robert J. Myers
Myer
Myers
New York City
Washington
Kennedy backs Puerto Rico vote on independence or statehood
President Kennedy agrees Puerto Rico should vote on its future status between independence statehood or improving the commonwealth. In a letter delivered by Vice President Johnson Munoz Marin urged lawmakers to let voters decide. Kennedy expressed sympathy with maximizing the commonwealth’s development. The exchange frames the self determination principle amid ongoing debates on Puerto Rico’s status.
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Washington
Kennedy
Puerto Rico
White House
Lyndon B. Johnson
Luis Munoz Marin
Johnson
United States
Naval
San Juan
Munoz
Commonwealth
Congress
Pool Refilling Delays Play At City Pool
The municipal pool, closed Monday and Tuesday for its fortnights refill, remained short on water after a valve leak was found this morning. It will reopen tomorrow afternoon after repairs. Mayor Sloan missed a scheduled airport meeting due to weather and a safety award ceremony will be rescheduled with the governor's office. Local postal changes and the empty old building drew passersby, while Librarian Helen Harp was seen at the site.
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Highway Commission
Topeka
6Th
Pine
7Th
Chestnut
Helen Harp
Large Finney County mortgage fees set record
The Register of Deeds office recorded a $2,000 registration fee for an $800,000 mortgage, billed to W. L. Hartman of Garden City. Clerk Leona Henderson noted this is the largest fee seen after reviewing several years. The loan covered 26 quarters of Finney County land in township 22, range 33.
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Finney County
Register of Deeds Office
W. L. Hartman
Garden City
Register of Deeds
Leona. Henderson
Township
Range
Action on Stevens Park Parking Plan Set for August 8
City Commission scheduled August 8 to decide Stevens Park offstreet parking plan. The proposal previously advanced by the Metropolitan Planning Commission received mixed votes and local concerns over park beautification. Additional city actions included budget ordinance, parking lot layouts, final plats, and street improvements.
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Stevens Park
City Commission
James Cowgill
Thic
Jim Sloan
Harold Fansler
Metropolitan Planning Commission
Howard Blanchard
Planning Commission
Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Chamber Board
Commission 1
Gih and
Pine
Sunview
Irwin Algrim
N. Center
Roy Fankhauser
Fankhauser
Ed Lewis
Certified Public Accountant
Nolan Motor Co
Spruce and
Garden City Ave
8Th and C
Fair South
Godfrey Street
Homewood Addition
Fulton
Santa Fe Railroad
C.H. McAllister and Sons
N. 2Nd
E. Kansas
2Nd
Jaycees seek 18 hole expansion cut by park plat
Garden City Jaycees golf committee members urged city commissioners to enlarge the eastside course from nine to eighteen holes. The Industrial Park plat would reduce No. 5 fairway and No. 1 green, prompting a call to reconsider and request extra area. City Manager noted a 1958 tentative plat but said contact with Jaycees was lacking. Verne Holmes asked water rights under the course in the city name.
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Garden City
Jaycees
Old City Airport
Jayceen’ Golf Committee
Kenneth Sizemore
Jaycee
Jim Sloan
Planning Commission
City Commission
Larry Eves
Deane Wiley
Verne Holmes
Deadline Friday for Kansas primary registration notice
Registration closes Friday at 9 p.m. for the August 7 Kansas primary. City Clerk offices, open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. nights, require proof of six months residency in Kansas and 30 days in the present precinct. Voters may register in person. absentee options exist for out of state or disabled voters. special rules apply to military and overseas voters.
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Kansas
United States
All-Time High for Building in Garden City 1962
Garden City building activity nears $3 million in valuation for the second time in 79 years. July permits total 20 valued at $402,000 with nine above $10,000, including major new structures altering the cityscape. Year totals since 1945 show 1948 a peak of $2.33 million plus several $2 million years, and 1948-527 permits remains a record.
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Bob Greer
Garden City
Garden
Garden City Co-op
Gano
First Baptist Church
Jones and 11Th
Harper Addition
Crown Heights
Briar Hill Manor
Briar Hill
Nard
McAllister
Kansas Plaza
E. Fulton
Garland
N. Main
Squire
N. 6Th
Thant Signals Force as Last Resort Over Katanga Seccession
United Nations Acting Secretary-General U Thant proposed force as a last resort to end Katanga secession. Congo Advisory Committee members discussed the idea while Thant said he does not intend to initiate military action. Tshombe disputed Adoula as central government spokesman amid stalled negotiations and renewed fighting.
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United Nations
N.Y
ILN
Congo
U Thant
Katanga
Thant
London
Pilsabethyile
Tshombe
Cyrille Adoula
Tshomba
Adoula
Babysitters Band Together to Set Employment Rules
Sixteen year old babysitters in Roselle New Jersey formed a non union confederation to draft a six point code for fair employment practices. They list payment, advance notice, repair of TV, limit on extra children, higher pay after noon and after midnight, and fair treatment as for professional babysitters rather than servants.
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Roselle
N.J
Lockwood Village
Adele Macy
Confederation of Babysitters
Miss Macy
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Rooks
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Lane
Grey
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Liberal
Ford County
Dodge City
Telegram
Hodgeman County
Phillips, Rooks
Joseph Polaner
Ken Smith
Polzner
Ann
Corpstein
Crouch
Poizner
Saftels
Gas Garden
Ee Aeernoon
Shrine Circus
Vicki Frazier
Vickie
Mary Frazier
San Francisco
Fairgrounds
Howard Brock
Commission
Reyond
Helen’ Stowell
Wiley
State Employment Service
7Th and Spruce
Southwest Bell Telephone Co
N. 7Th
St. Mary's Church
St. and
Spruce
Davis
Wheatridge Road
Parkwood
N. 8Rd
Alera
Pete LaJunta
Emporia
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Wil City
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