No Trace of Sought Man Opens Widened Bank Heist Manhunt
A wide search for Duane Pope intensified after a Nebraska bank robbery and the killing of president Andreas Kjeldgaard and two employees at Farmers' State Bank of Big Springs. Pope, 22, is charged in Nebraska with triple murder and a federal bank robbery, with a getaway Buick missing and tips from Salina, Roxbury, and Fort Worth under FBI scrutiny. The victims were buried and the sole survivor, Franken Kjeldgaard, is in Denver hospital.
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Salina
Kan
Kansas
Duane Pope
Nebraska
Farmers' State Bank of
Big Springs
Neb
Pope
Here
Roxbury
Phillip Martin
Martin
Fope
Andreas Kjeldgaard
Glenn Hendrickson
Lois Ann Hothan
Franken Kjeldgaard
Denver
Weather lore and cemetery notices mix in town brief
Notes on the summer heat, a Memorial Day cemetery reminder to remove items at Valley View, and a digressive collection of folklore about weather signs from Eric Sloane. The piece cites local polices and a Dallas trip as context for the sign misreading.
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Valley View
City Commission
Garden City
Dallas
Wagner Files As Candidate for Junior College Board
Louis R. Wagner, owner of Streeter Cleaners in Garden City, filed as a candidate for the Junior College Board of Trustees. A 47 year old resident since 1939, he has run his cleaning business since 1947 after earlier work with Blakemore Bros. Grocery Co. Wagner served on the Lincoln School board for 843 years and is a Dodge City High School graduate who attended Dodge City Junior College. He and his wife live at 1110 N. 7th with three sons Louis, Douglas, Roger and a daughter Lana. He seeks to promote the junior college academically and athletically and broaden the tax base.
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Louis R. Wagner
Streeter Cleaners
Garden City
Junior College Board of Trustees
Blakemore Bros. Grocery Co
Wagner
Lincoln School Board
Dodge City High School
Dodge City Junior College
First Christian Church
Wagners
N. Tth
Louis
Garden City Junior College
Douglas
Roger
Lana
Atl Hope
Wagney
Rain, funnel sighting, and deputy chase across Haskell County
Rain drenched Southwest Kansas towns Monday night with high winds and a reported tornado funnel. Measurements ranged from .25 to .70 inches across Gard en City, Satanta, Sublette, and surrounding areas. Sheriff and deputies pursued the funnel along US 56. it touched ground briefly near the Dale Blair place, then vanished. No injuries reported. Oswaldo Lopez Arellano was sworn in as Honduras constitutional president in 1963.
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Kansas
Garden City
Experiment Station
11Th
Santa Fe
10Th
Jones
Kial
Taylor and Mulberry
Satanta
Helex
Bennie Taton Farm
Sublette
Bill Lazar
Haskell County
Dale Blair Place
Lazar
Paul Blackmore
Subletta
Blackmore
Dave Rinehart
US 56
Tice
Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Oswaldo Lopez Arellano
National Assembly
Lopez
Ramon Villeda Morales
Brief Agenda For Commission Meeting Revealed
A brief agenda issued for tomorrow morning’s City Commission session lists 9 a.m. start in City Hall. The meeting will hear a petition for a sanitary sewer line to Garden Bowl land and Gibson's Discount Center, plus resolutions authorizing the work. Discussion is slated on an ordinance for water improvement revenue bonds with Ray Reed and Hal McCoy of First Securities present.
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City Commission
Ses Hee
Garden Bowl
New Gibson’s
Finney County Mental Health Board Names Committees
The Finney County Mental Health Association board of directors elected committees for the coming year. Members include Lloyd Haag and others across Constitution by-laws elections nominating, Education, Finance, Membership, Volunteer Services, and Professional advisory groups with listed names. The next board meeting is set for September 13.
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Finney County Mental Health Association Board of Directors
Lloyd Haag
Bill Brown
John Riggs
Mal Bertram
Ken Griffin
Ralph Leonard
Kent Wade
George T. Adams
Ruth Walker
Larry Fowler
Ladislado Hernandez
Geraldine Murphy
Urban Hoying
Tony Mesa
Ralph Burkett
Dorsey Rottuck
Lydia Schwabr
Margaret Reimer
Clay Weldon
Wilbur Ulrich
Kenneth Way
Pete Smith Jr
Walter Snell
Horace Brelsford
Paul Schairer
C.M. Fogleman Jr
Frank Eichhorn
James Barnard
Norman Dobbs
Rundell Seeks Trustee Post for Garden City Junior College
Sonny Rundell, 32, of Plymell and Pierceville areas, filed as a candidate for Garden City Junior College Board of Trustees. A Korea War veteran, he farmed in Plymell and Pierceville, attended Kansas Wesleyan and Kansas State, and serves on local church and youth boards. He cites junior colleges as vital for teens and young adults and the high school to university transition.
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Sonny) Rundell
Star Rt
New Garden City Junior College Board of Trustees
Finney County
Pierceville
Wichita
Salina
Kansas Wesleyan University
Kansas State University
Rundell
Garden City
Plymell
U.S. Army
Korea
Brent
Barbara
Beth
Water to be Off Four Hours in City Area
City announces a four hour water shut off due to construction on the new line. Water will be off about 10 p.m. tomorrow and expected back by 2 a.m. Thursday. Affected streets include 4th from Santa Fe to Laurel and Fulton from 4th to 6th, to allow two connections between the old and new lines at 4th and Fulton.
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4Th
Deane Wiley
Santa Fe
Laurel
Fulton
6Th
Garden Sass Celebrates First Doctor-Free Month at Gus Garden
A cheerful note from Gus Garden marks a milestone as residents celebrate a full month without a doctor’s visit. Neighbors report improved spirits, steady routines, and renewed confidence in local health and wellness.
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Gus Garden
You Ain t Seen Nothing Yet Gemini Success Accelerates Space Program
AP dispatch details Gemini 4’s success prompting NASA to accelerate U S man in space program plans. McDivitt White’s four day flight informs future Gemini 5 with Cooper and Conrad aiming for seven days, test of spacewalks and rendezvous, fuel cell power, and moon mission prospects within years.
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Howard Benedict
AP Aerospace
Houston, Tex
Space Agency
U. S
James A. McDivitt
Edward H. White II
Gemini
McDivitt
White
Atlantic Ocean
Cape Kennedy
Gordon Cooper Jr
Charles Conrad Jr
Charles A. Berry
McDigitt and
Cooper
Valery Bykovsky
Apollo
Conrad
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Thomas P. Stafford
Butler Juco Granted Grants For New Construction Projects
Washington AP reports that 39,406,679 in grants and loans were announced by the Office of Education under the higher education facilities act. Funds support 45 colleges and universities for building or remodeling classrooms laboratories and libraries. Grants total 31,511,678 to 61 institutions including Butler County Jr. College El Dorado 525,446 and Missouri Valley College Marshall 235,000 among others.
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Washington
Office of Education
Higher Education Facilities Act
Kansas
Butler County
Westminster College
Fulton
William Woods College
Juco Scholarships Funded by Garden City Board
Garden City Board of Education earmarks about 7500 for 1965 66 athletic scholarships using activity fee revenue and ticket sales. Tuition funds cannot be used. Two of six members absent. four vote yes. Funds cover roughly 7250 next term based on 400 students.
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Garden City Board of Education
Stewart Boone
Richard Bortz
Lloyd Haag
Bill Lewis
Clyde Daniel
Fred Stoeckly
Garden City
Garden City bond vote eyed to relieve classroom shortage
Voters in the Garden City School District will decide a proposed 500000 bond on June 15 to buy land and build a new northeast elementary school. The district faces full classrooms as 71 rooms across five schools are in use and two central libraries must convert to classrooms.
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Garden City
Board of Education
Telegram
Georgia Matthews School
Garfield School
Central Library
Matthews School
Garfield
Matthews
Alta Brown and Jones
Kansas Avenue
Edwin Hooper Seeks Garden City College Trustee Seat
Edwin Hooper, 46, of Garden City, filed as a candidate for the newly formed Garden Trustees. A CPA with Lewis and Hooper, he has taught rural schools and served as a junior college instructor. Hooper cites education advocacy and aims to guide the community college toward a sound, progressive, economical future. He has lived in Garden City since 1948 and holds degrees from Kansas State Teachers College Emporia. He is married with two children and active in Kiwanis, Chamber of Commerce, and local clubs.
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Edwin
Hooper
Pinecrest
Oday
Garden City Junior College Board of Trustees
Board of
Lewis and Hooper
Garden City Junior College
Garden National Bank
National Bank
Garden City
Kansas State Teachers College
Emporia
Ethel
Jimmie
Kstc Emporia
Carla
Kiwanis Club
Chamber of Commerce
The
Methodist Church
Kansas Business Teachers Assoc
Knife and Fork Club
Community Concert Assoc
Delta Pl Epsilon
Joss Files for Trustee Board
Joss, 53, a Finney County farmer living north of Halcomb, filed for Garden City Junior College Board of Trustees yesterday. A Halcomb High School and Garden City Junior College graduate, he serves as township treasurer and has four children, two of whom attend the college. He cited interest in junior college education for local youth.
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Lyle Joss
Halcomb
Garden City Junior College Board of Trustees
Joss
Finney County
Halcomb High School
Garden City Junior College
Jesses
Vera
Myrna
Ava Jean
Holcomb High School
Delma
Jags
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Dodge City
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Berry
Butler Juco Given Grant
Board
Juco
Leroy Hood
Shirley Wolff
Evelyn Chapman
Focal
Darrell Dowden
Fredrick Hamann
Mary E. Dimitt
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Erma Lee Fowler
Jack Scammahorn
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