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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1962
Page
1
Atlanta mourns after a disaster kills over a hundred who joined an art trip to Europe. Publisher Ralph McGill reflects on faith amid loss and the community's search for why while priests console grieving families and confront the mystery of life and death.
Garden City reports 1.39 inches over three rainy days at Kansas State University gaging station and 1.83 inches at the nearby airport. Rain eased, but cooler temps linger, delaying swimming at the municipal pool. The Earle Bakers helped two lost tourists in Paris and later returned to Sunday School. Pierceville notes an early barley harvest of about 600 bushels before rain halted work, possibly a record for early yields.
Discussion of an institutional insurance program for public schools is expected to occupy much of tonight’s regular monthly meeting. The board meets at 7 30 in the senior high school office. Henry Hall will report on the institutional program. Also on the agenda are school accident and athletic insurance, the Junior College Advisory Committee report, approval of new teacher contracts, and setting a budget session date. Architect Bob Cobb will present the progress report on the new junior and senior high gym.
Atlanta Mayor Ivan Allen arrived in Paris to help identify victims of a catastrophic Air France crash at Orly Field. Officials said he would oversee body identification and transport to Atlanta as investigators probe engine trouble and braking efforts on the Boeing 707.
In Caracas loyal forces said to control Puerto Cabello after a weekend battle to crush a Communist backed revolt against President Betancourt. Casualty estimates range from 100 to 400 killed and up to 1,200 wounded. curfew imposed as fighting continues in the old city and across Venezuela amid sabotage reports and terror incidents.
Two Garden Citians were in separate crashes within a half mile on US 50 west of Dodge City during morning hours. At 1:35 a.m. Victor Woodard 19 of Conkling turned his car over in a north ditch four miles west of Dodge. he was uninjured. At 7:15 a.m. Judy Mai 122 of Chesterfield collided with John P Amerine 53 of Dodge City four miles west of Dodge. Mai escaped injury and Amerine was taken to St Anthony Hospital with minor injuries.
Partly cloudy and warmer through Tuesday with widely scattered thundershowers tonight and again Tuesday night. High today around 85, low tonight near 50, high Tuesday mid to upper 80s. Southerly winds 15 to 25 mph. Sunrise 6 19 Sunset 8 07. City listings show multiple locations across Kansas including Garden City Goodland Salina Topeka Wichita and others with varying temperatures.
Kansas rivers and streams remained mostly full after three days of soaking rains with limited flooding in three areas. The Solomon River overflowed near Beloit and Glasco by about four feet, threatening farm lands, while the Black Vermillion near Frankfurt was expected to crest around 24% feet over flood stage but not reach the town. Arkansas River near Arkansas City also flooded lightly as meteorologist Richard Garrett noted the state is soaked but lacks an imminent large flood unless heavy rains recur. Heaviest rain fell Sunday in the northeast with Hoyt 1.60 inches Holton 1.20 Valley Falls 1.18.
A Scott City woman, Dorothy M. Seevers, 28, is reported in satisfactory condition at St. Catherine Hospital after a car crash on US 50 one mile east of Garden City at 9 20 p m Saturday. Her husband John W. Seevers, 41, was the driver when headlights from an oncoming car blinded him, sending the auto into a ditch. Mrs Seevers suffered a fractured vertebra and is recovering. he was not injured. Damages totaled about 100 dollars to the Seevers car and 150 dollars to Harold D. Stewart’s vehicle parked at the VFW building. The Stewart car, struck while parked, was reported damaged between 9 30 p m Saturday and 1 00 a m Sunday.
A malfunction in the Thor missile tracking system caused an early abort of a high altitude nuclear test above Johnston Island. The warhead fell harmlessly into the Pacific after the launch 15 minutes prior, with officials stating no danger to personnel. A Joint Task Force 8 spokesman said they would analyze the failure before any further test.
Former Secretary of the Navy John Connally won the Texas Democratic runoff, securing the party’s nomination by 26,074 votes over Don Yarborough. Connally’s victory sets up a November clash with Republican Jack Cox as Texas navigates liberal and conservative factions.
Summer band and orchestra classes begin for Garden City junior high and sixth grade students this afternoon. Junior high orchestra meets Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays at 1 p.m. Sixth grade orchestra on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 11 a.m. Junior high orchestra also meets Tuesdays and Thursdays at 2 p.m. Band classes on stage in Clifford Hope Auditorium run 45 minutes. Instructors are Douglass Overland for orchestra and Don Threlkeld for band.
A pleasant morning described as beautiful is spoiled by an unspecified intrusion or disturbance, disrupting the usual tranquility of the scene. No further details are provided about who caused the disruption or the exact nature of the event.
Kansas State alumni and friends are invited to the annual K State summer picnic at Timber Canyon in Scott County State Park on Sunday June 10. A roast beef lunch starts at 1 p.m. Attending are Wildcat coach Doug Weaver alumni secretary Dean Hess and other KSU officials per Stan Fansher. The event welcomes K Staters from Western Kansas.
Wichita attorney Richard Shultz urged Kansas Supreme Court to reverse the 1958 murder convictions and death sentences of Richard Hickock and Perry Smith. He argued juror prejudice, extensive pretrial publicity, lack of venue change, and improper joint trial. The state will argue next, with a decision likely in about a month.
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