Garden City front page shows bicycle use and a flood car story
A Garden City scene features a bicycle as a civic symbol amid a flood accident on US 156. A car owned by Robert M. Colby of Ponca City was washed off a farm road and towed with the family rescued. Jean Lohmann and Sophia Seymour head to Phoenix seeking work. Deane Wiley, Garden City city manager, writes on municipally owned gas wells and notes a second well near the pool could become a tourist draw.
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Us-156
Robert M. Colby
Ponca City
Walt
Colbys
Robert
Loren Colby
Leonard Meyers
Meyers
Colby
Noah
Wild West
Jean Lohmann
Sophia Seymour
Phoenix
Ariz
Deane Wiley
Midwest Municipal Utilities
Midwest
Garden City
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Fourth of July Celebration Plans Okayed in Garden City
Garden City approves a full Fourth of July program with events at Lightner field Finnup park and the fairgrounds. Highlights include a doll buggy parade beauty contest kid fun fest baseball softball games a Coke party and a Municipal Band concert ending with a fireworks display. Joe Tennessen of KIUL will host ceremonies.
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Garden City
Doug Crotty Jr
Clint Lightner
Lightnerfield
Civic Center
Joe Tennessen
KIUL
New renting service coming to town from Ned Stormont
Ned Stormont, a local contractor, plans to offer a rental business featuring a large inventory from air compressors and concrete mixers to wheelbarrows and numerous hand tools. The venture signals expansion from his building trade experience to provide varied equipment rentals.
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Ned Stormont
Stormont
Army Specialist Girard Case Before U S District Judge
Lawyers for Army Specialist 3 C Williams Girard go before U S District Judge Joseph C McGarraghy seeking a writ of habeas corpus. They argue he was on duty when the death of a Japanese woman occurred and that US Japan agreements place him under a U S court martial. The Defense Department counters the act was a major departure from duty. President Eisenhower supports handing Girard to Japanese courts.
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Iect
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Defense Department
Robert Dechert
Miami
Eisenhower
United States
Far East
Orient
Naka Sakai
Eldon Voss Injured in Car Crash Near Garden City
Eldon H. Voss of 617 North 11th Garden City was seriously injured when his car hit a bridge railing near here. The insured adjuster regained consciousness at Seoti hospital hours later but remained in serious condition. Police said loss of control or a blowout occurred as he approached a Sand Creek bridge.
Local mother misreads son sweeping kitchen as illness
A mother observes her son sweeping the kitchen and suspects sickness. She later realizes on a second thought that he dropped a pin from his model airplane and cannot find an easier way to locate it.
Father’s Day Gift Ideas Across The Telegram
Father’s Day is next Sunday and The Telegram presents ideas to make the day memorable. A special Father’s Day section and ads spread through today’s issue offer free gift suggestions and tips to celebrate dad without spending a cent.
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Weather Forecast Partly Cloudy With Cooler Temperatures
Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with a slight cool down. Tonight lows upper 50s to low 60s and Wednesday highs in the lower 80s. Northerly winds from 10 to 15 miles per hour tonight and Wednesday.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Franchise plans telemovie system for Garden City
Commonwealth Theaters seeks a 20 year city franchise to run a telemovie service linking home TVs to Hollywood output via coaxial cables. A special building and street rights are needed. Bartlesville as pioneer starts this summer. Other towns up for franchises include Great Bend Manhattan and Lawrence.
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City Commission
Commonwealth Theaters
Shelby Bourne
Hollywood
Bourne
Dan Hopkins
Bartlesville
Ohio
Telemovies
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Manhattan
Lawrence
Hopking
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Civil Aeronautics Administration
Queen Elizabeth to Visit U S in October 1961
The White House announced that Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip will visit October 16 to 21. They begin in Jamestown Virginia to commemorate 1607, then proceed to Washington for three days and York City for a final day, returning to England on October 21.
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Canada
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England
New York
Eisenhower Returns to Office After Illness Signs
President Eisenhower, reportedly nearly recovered from a stomach ailment, spent about an hour and 45 minutes at his desk. He signed a large appropriation bill for State and Justice and the federal judiciary and asked Congress for a $30 000 supplement for the Senate restaurant.
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Circus Sets Town Date In Garden City Tonight
The Al G. Kelley Miller Brothers Circus, the second largest in America, arrives in Garden City tonight with a 65 truck caravan. Pre-show setup at the fairgrounds begins tomorrow morning with the big top rising. Two performances are planned Thursday in Syracuse, matinee at 2 PM and evening show at 8 PM, with gates opening an hour before.
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Syracuse
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Canada Ends 22 Year Liberal New Deal in Election
In Toronto, Prime Minister Louis St Laurent and the Liberal party lose power after 22 years as Conservatives under John Diefenbaker score a pivotal upset. Conservatives hold 110 seats to Liberals 103 in a 265 seat Commons with other seats pending. Socialists and Social Credit refuse coalition but may back a workable Conservative program.
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Canada
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Louis St. Laurent
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El Quartelejo May Rise Again in Scott City Plans
Scott City publisher John Boyer seeks to revive El Quartelejo the buried Indian pueblo at Scott Park as a major tourist draw. He aims to secure land title from the Daughters of the American Revolution and bring Taos Indians to help excavate and live at the site with authentic pottery sales supervised by state authorities. He has contacted the Smithsonian for past excavation records.
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John Boyer
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Taos
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Scott Park
State Fish and Game Commission
Davis Seeks Separate Maintenance From Gary Merrill
Movie star Bette Davis sues her fourth husband actor Gary Merrill for separate maintenance alleging extreme cruelty and grievous mental suffering since their July 28 1950 Juarez Mexico marriage.
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Gary
Bette Davis
Gary Merrill
Juarez
Mexico
Delta Spikes Injures Wrists In Backyard Fall
Delta Spikes, 8, daughter of Mr and Mrs Carlos Spikes of 609 N 1st, fell from a backyard playgym fracturing both wrists. She wears casts on both arms and will keep them for about six weeks.
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Delta Spikes
Delta
Carlos Spikes
Atlas ICBM Launch From Cape Canaveral Reported
Florida observers witness Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile launch from Cape Canaveral at 2 38 p m EST. The missile rose unobtrusively and bright orange flame marked its ascent. A booster jettisoned at about 3500 feet trailed black smoke toward the ocean below.
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Cape Canaveral
Dozen Killed As Train Hits Farm Truck In Colorado
A Santa Fe railroad freight train struck a truck carrying farm field workers west of Vroman near Rocky Ford, Colorado, killing at least 12 people and injuring five or six others taken to a local hospital. The wreck occurred about six miles from Rocky Ford.
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