Gar den City pool and park draw visitors amid pride and repairs
Tourists praise the world’s largest outdoor concrete swimming pool in Garden City while locals note civic pride in the park and zoo. City crews sand blast stripes for angle parking, delaying the new parallel stalls. A May–June Kansas magazine feature covers the Three-I Show at Finney County Fairgrounds with 32,000 attendees and 158 exhibitors.
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Rajarks
Finnup Fark
Garden City
Telegram
Kansas
Kansas Industrial Development Commission
Finney County Fairgrounds
Dale Fry
Western Kansas Manufacturers, Inc
Colby
Dodge City
Garden
Malnutrition Cited in Tragic Death of Toddler Terry Pope
Terry Lynn Pope, 3 months, died July 21 in a car on Dighton's main street. Autopsy by Dr. George von Leontod, Lane County coroner, ruled malnutrition. Brother Theo dore Pope Jr., 15 months, released from hospital to travel home with parents Theodore and Mrs. Pope of Clinton Iowa. No charges. death location and time undetermined. initial report from Dudley Carnival worker.
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Dighton
Terry Lynn Pope
George von Leontod
Lane County
Terry Lynn
Theodore Pope Jr
Lane County Hospital
Theodore Pope
Clinton
Iowa
Terry
Pope
Joplin
Pr. von Leonrod
Dodge City
Open House Exhibit Set by Summer School Students
An open house and exhibit will begin at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Garifled School Auditorium. Exhibit will include work by summer school students in all subject areas. The Garden City Summer School Program ends Friday with 130 students enrolled this summer.
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Garifled School
Garden City
Garden Sass Gas Garden Brings Red Nose Shine
A playful garden event features bright sun and a festive red nose on display. Spectators enjoy lighthearted whimsy as participants showcase bold colors and cheerful atmosphere amid sunny conditions.
Rail Union Head Won’t Back Plan
Washington AP Roy E Davidson head of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers tells Congress endorsing Kennedy’s compulsory arbitration plan would cost him his job. He argues the ICC is biased and incapable of fair arbitration while noting progress in talks and the unions’ ongoing dispute over manpower reducing work rules. The Senate committee previously warned unions they can settle the dispute by negotiations.
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Washington
Roy E. Davidson
Congress
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Kennedy
Davidson
House Commerce Committee
ICC
Senate Commerce Committee
Senate Committee
Weekend Rain Brings Heavy Drench Across Southwest Kansas
Good rains during the weekend drenched southwest Kansas, with heavy showers from Garden City south and west. John son Ulysses and Satanta saw cloud bursts up to 4 inches plus, lifting the Cimarron River to its highest level in five years and flooding near Sublette. Station readings ranged from 1.63 to 1.90 inches in several towns, with local totals around 4 inches for July and higher in some areas. Traffic near Syracuse saw four feet Bear Creek runoff and road closures until the water subsided Sunday night. Local gauges reported varied rainfall across Johnson Syracuse Sublette and surrounding farms.
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Kansas
Garden City
Cimarron River
Cimarron Bridge
Sublette
US 83
Ulysses
H. F. McCall
Satanta
Willis Blume
Johnson-Syracuse
Johnson
Bear Creek
Syracuse
Kansas State University Agriculture Experiment Station
Uth
Santa Fe
Telegram Ave
Imperial Weather Station
Leon
Ly &. Gorsuch
Lukin
Anderson Calls For Fee Return in PERA Case
Gov. John Anderson urged Dale Saffels to return attorney fees earned as a legislator and lobbyist amid a Johnson County land dispute for U.S. 69 construction. He said the criticism of Highway Commission chair George Gagel is political and that the case is being reviewed by attorneys.
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Pera
John Anderson
State Highway Commission
George Gagel
Dale Saffels
Saffels
Garden City
Gagel
Johnson County
U. S. 69
Methodist Church
Anderson
Highway Department
Docking
House of Representatives
House
Fom
George Docking
Kansas
Charles Henson
Highway Commission
Bureau of Public Roads
Saffels Fires Return Salvo In Garden City
Dale Saffels counterattacks Gov. John Anderson accusing party double standards and defends fees from Docking era highway work. He notes former legislators aiding lobby efforts and questions George Gagel land dealings near the Stanley Kansas interchange, amid ongoing campaign rhetoric.
Lightning Kills Two in Pennsylvania Sport Event Tragedy
A lightning strike in Pennsylvania killed two people including 15 year old Rita Weirs of Jeannette and 38 year old Oliver Decker of Macungie. Weirs was struck while crossing a field at Shawnee State Park near Bedford. Decker was struck at the Lebanon Valley course near Myerstown. A fellow golfer nearby was stunned.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Rita Weirs
Jeinnette
Shawnee State Park
Bedford
Oliver Decker
Macungie
Lebanon Valley
Myerstown
Decker
France Declines Three-Way Nuclear Test Pact
PARIS AP President Charles de Gaulle said France will not sign the Moscow three power pact to halt above ground, space or underwater nuclear testing. He defended France’s right to develop its own arsenal and called for a general disarmament conference while maintaining NATO and the Atlantic alliance.
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France
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de Gaulle
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Britain
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Repulse
Soviet Union
de Gaully
Trance
Holt
Lne
Clih
Dhattil
Washington
United’ States
Franca
Atlantic Alliance
NATO
Wrance
As Gaulle
Vichy
United State
U S Soldiers Killed in Attack Near DMZ
AP reports near Seoul North Korean forces killed two U N soldiers and wounded another in a dawn ambush south of the demilitarized zone. Col George Creal said the attack targeted three members of the 1st Cavalry Division near Chungyang-Dong with machine guns and grenades from seven positions inside the DMZ.
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Demilitarized Zone
U. N
George Creal
U. N. Command
Reda
U. S. 1St Cavalry Division
Chungyang-Dong
Creel
Body Exhumed Near Ulysses
ULYSSES A man missing three weeks was exhumed Saturday for a shallow grave in a grove ten miles northeast of here. Harold Basler, 44, was identified. His uncle Charles Basler, 63, a bachelor, led officers to the grave and said he buried his nephew after finding him dead in bed. County Attorney Richard Pickler said no charge will be filed unless foul play is proven. A relative, Clyde Baafar, reported the burial site location about 400 feet from the Basler home.
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Ulysses
Here
Harold Basler
Charles Basler
Charles Baslar
Richard Pickler
Clyde Baafer
Couple Escapes Major Injuries In Collision
A Garden City couple escaped serious injuries when their newly purchased 1008 auto was nearly demolished in a two vehicle crash Sunday. Mrs. Harry A Harrs 47 driver and her husband Har ry Haring 53 suffered minor injuries and were treated at St Catherine Hospital before release. Police said the accident occurred about 1207 a m at 16th and Fulton when Harrs car was rear ended by a pickup truck driven by Orson Clarence Nine mir 36 Gardendale Nine mir was charged with driving while intoxicated and no drivers license.
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Garden City
St. Catherine Noapital
Harry A. Harrs
Harry Haring
Mary
6Th
Fulton
Harms
wWily
Delben
Orson Clarence Ninemir
Gardendale
Dumaya
Extensive
Ninemier
Kanke
Typhus Threat and Evacuations in Skopje After Quake
Thousands flee quake shattered Skopje as typhus fears rise. Premier Gruickov says most survivors accounted for, city to be razed and rebuilt on a new site. Belgian couple rescued after 35 hours in rubble. US airman and wife later identified among the dead. Belgrade reports confirm American death.
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Phil Dopoulos
Skopje
Yugoslavia
Wriday
Alexander Grlickov
Macedonian Republic
Grlickov
Ely
Gruckov
Carta
Gruickov
Macedonia
Europe
Germany
Harold Stacy
Gouverneur
N.Y
Geece
Belgrade
Skoyle
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Buster) Adams
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Venzuela
Creole Petroleum Co
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Stanley
Highway 69
Sale Barn
Richard Rohletey
Gale Barn
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Beat Seed Co
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Smallwood Ol Co. 101 N. Ltd
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