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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1960
Page
8
Dr Barbara Moore began her transcontinental hike near Columbia Missouri aiming for a brisk start today after a heavy rain delayed her. She reached a point nine miles east of Columbia Sunday before returning to the city for the night, totaling 31 miles with thousands watching as crowds cheered the progress.
Paris AP reports French songstress Edith Piaf, already frail, is now treated for jaundice with a recurrence of an intestinal condition. The illness may force cancellation of her planned summer tour.
A. L. Wolfe was named head of the state income tax department by revenue director Kirchner. Wolfe, a Fort Scott accountant and Bourbon County treasurer, was Democratic nominee for state treasurer in 1956 and has led the license and bond division since 1957. Edmund Heald will lead the new programming and planning division. Robert Lindsay retired as state income tax chief April 30. William Renick will replace Wolfe as license and bond chief, and George Glick will replace Renick in the services division.
New York AP report says after last week’s Broadway blackout and 22 theaters closed, spokesmen for Actors Equity and the League of New York Theaters hint a settlement may come this week. Informal overtures aim at a pension plan. cost sharing between producers and theater owners under discussion.
A tabulating error corrected Friday raised Sedgwick County's preliminary 1960 census to 342,019, adding 9,927 outside Wichita residents and showing a 49 percent gain since 1950. Wichita's figure stayed at 254,262, marking a 51 percent rise since 1950 and confirming Sedgwick as the state's most populous county.
A historical classified snippet shows multiple auto listings from dealers such as Bartis Motor Company Five Points Motor Company and Millon Motor Company. It details models including a 1958 Chevrolet four door sedan and a 1955 Ford Customline with prices ranging from 445 to 2245 dollars.
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