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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1960
Page
1
Kansas City AP market data shows cattle at 15.50 to 17.00 for cows, hogs rising to 25 points higher with 190 to 250 lb barrows and gilts at 16.50 to 17.25 and 280 to 400 lb sows at 13.75 to 14.50. Spring slaughter lambs steady to strong with 22.00 to 23.50 for choice and prime. ewes 3.00 to 5.00 steady.
Deaths reported for William Joseph Weiser aged 57 of 1002 North Fourth died at St. Catherine Hospital after a short illness. He married Edna Davis in 1930 and moved to Garden City in 1945 where he worked at the senior high school. Funeral arrangements are set for Saturday at Phillips Chapel with burial in Valley View. Boss Fink, formerly Margaret Meyer Fink, died in a Denver hospital at 54. Survivors include widow Margaret and children Connie, Ross Jr, and Robert D Stockton. Funeral plans listed in Denver and Garden City with graveside services Saturday officiated by Rev. Edward W. Elfert.
NEW YORK AP Broadway shows halted after Actors Equity canceled The Tenth Man prompting producers to file a million dollar damage suit while talks continue. Union action led to a strike, with notices posted for all 22 Broadway theaters as suspensions extend until further word.
In Pomona California two teenage brothers 14 and 12 who had read a book on flying stole a single engine plane and flew it for about ten minutes before crashing in a ground smashing dive near a school a dog died with them. Police said the youths had previously tried to steal a plane at Cable Air Field and were listed as runaways.
Daily hospital admissions and dismissals list names and addresses for Catherine-Carl V Allen, Mrs Frank Leiker, Mrs Robert Quint, Holcomb, Janice Fife, Mrs John Gresty, Mrs Harold Faulconer, Mrs Anna Smith plus a birth at St Catherine to Mr and Mrs Robert Quint. Police notices include bonds posted, fines for drunken driving, vagrancy, dog at large, and multiple forgery sentences in county and state courts.
Merle H. Myers USN hospital corps man first class husband of Gretchen Strauss of Garden City was named Neuropsychiatric Technician of the Month for May at Naval Hospital Bethesda Maryland. Kenneth J. Dilton USN completed a six day Melbourne Australia visit aboard USS Canberra during an around the world goodwill cruise. Gordon J. Goertz Army PFC son of Ervin and Mrs Goertz Star Route completed a month long patrol along the German Czechoslovak border with the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment in Germany.
AP report from Liberal details the death of Fred Reiss, a local wheat farmer. Found Wednesday night four miles east of town, authorities say his heart failure appears likely the cause.
Kansas enjoyed fair skies and mild temperatures with forecasters predicting similar conditions Friday. Thunderstorms were reported in the eastern third of the state, with tornado funnels sighted near Centralia and north of Fort Riley. Egg-sized hail at Onaga and golf-ball hail at Manhattan accompanied strong winds causing building and tree damage in Wamego. Rain totals ranged from .62 to 2.04 inches across Onaga Har rreyville McFarland Emporia Junction City Independence Eureka Kansas City Topeka.
In Havana, the cream of Cuba's air force including jet pilots has been arrested in a purge ordered by Armed Forces Minister Raul Castro. Reports say the move followed discovery of an anti-Communist counter-revolutionary plot among force personnel. At least 16 pilots detained, all long-serving holdsovers from Batista era air force.
brief notice explains how to place selling requests via Telegram Want Ads. Highlights steps to submit items, contact method, and expected response times for buyers and sellers.
Names and actions include Johnny Mason Ortiz DUI $25 and Abel Merick assault sentence. Lawrence Bollinger overloaded truck. marriage licenses Ramon Diaz Villarreal 22 and Hortena Rojas 17. Loyal Carlson 21 and Dixie Lee Wilson 20. district suits filed by Northern Natural Gas and Colorado Interstate Gas against the State Corporation Commission. quiet title suits J T Kerfoot and Beulah Kerfoot vs Gorham. divorce granted Helen Gonzalez vs Rufus Gonzalez with custody of four children. additional divorces filed Alberta Roenfeldt vs Harry Roenfeldt and Teo II Deines vs Margaret Deines.
Lowell L. Novy a senior at Kansan State University School of Veterinary Medicine receives the $50 cash prize and a certificate from the Women’s Auxiliary to the American Veterinary Medical Association for special student contributions. Larry Bryant has ended his association with Phillips Funeral Home and plans are undetermined. Holcomb Consolidated Schools hold their annual meeting Friday at 8 p.m. Donna Brown and Wilbur Ulrich’s terms on the board expire. Ray Quint returns to Walters Motor Co. after his son Mike recovers from burns and skin grafts at St. Francis Hospital Wichita.
The sheriff's office investigates a two-vehicle crash about 7 p.m. Friday on US83, a half mile north of town. A station wagon driven by Paulin Jake Brookover, 1117 Gillespie, collided with a car driven by Beatrice McLinn of Garden City.
AP report from Henry Bradsher notes severe fighting between Tibetan guerrillas and Chinese Communists in south central Tibet near Lhasa with many Chinese killed. Refugees flee into northern Sikkim and Bhutan as tensions rise. monks and Panchen Lama figures are mentioned amid disputed control.
Henry Sullivan, 85, was released from Loganport State Hospital after 63 years in prisons and mental facilities without a declared insanity finding. He sought full acquittal to reclaim his farm and sue for a 1923 railroad death. Officials fear he may soon return to confinement.
Parsons State Hospital outbreak of shigella dysentery has killed one student and sickened 45 to 60 others over several months at Parsons. Officials label it a minor epidemic with 700 patients and 400 staff, noting bed shortages for isolation and similar outbreaks at nearby institutions.
In Zielona Gora police and Roman Catholics clashed as authorities moved to convert a parish hall into a community center. Crowds swelled to about 5,000, rocks were thrown, tear gas used, and injuries and arrests reported. Cardinal Wyszynski conferred with bishops as riots echoed a prior outbreak in Nowa Huta.
Harold Dean King of 408 Magnolia waived preliminary hearing in County Court this morning on a charge of obtaining money by false statement. Bound over to District Court on $1,000 bond for an auto purchase at Nolan Motor Co. King's wife also appeared, charged with writing a closed account check to Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. She was allowed to abate the $24.94 check.
Kansas City AP report says widow Sharon Kinne 23 dating a married man since her husband’s death faces first degree murder charges in the death of Patricia Jones 23 found with four bullet holes. Authorities search for the murder weapon. husband James Kinne 25 shot earlier. daughter 24 may have fired by accident. Police cleared Walter Jones Jr 23 and John Boldizs 21 of guilty knowledge. Kinne refuses lie detector test and statement.
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