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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1960
Page
1
Finney County spars with candidates as filing nears deadline. District races loom with four contenders from both parties for the Third District and incumbents facing renomination in the Second District. County offices including sheriff and treasurer attract several filings while some incumbents retire or defer.
Garden City attorney Harrison Smith has filed as a Republican candidate for county attorney, becoming the first GOP candidate to file while incumbent Duane West seeks the Democratic nomination. Smith, a 12 year local lawyer, is active in St. Thomas Episcopal Church Elks Lodge VFW and the American Legion and previously lost to West in the last general election.
Rainfall soughed Garden City area as totals climb past yearly and multi year marks. Reported amounts include 3.87 inches in the past period with station tallies at 10.63 inches year to date, and local gauges ranging from .56 to .93 inches last night. Community totals reach 12 inches for the year, with six day contributions of 2.80 inches. Weather observers note soaking ground and impassable parking hindering an event. Flag Day ceremonies at the Elks Lodge postponed to next week due to parking conditions.
The Weather Bureau warned that persistent rain likely continues in Kansas as a stationary front brings thundershowers for a sixth day. Five inches fell near Colby causing a minor flood, with tornado funnels sighted nearby. Colby and Oberlin reported 3.16 inches of rain and 76 to 81 degree highs, 58 to 70 degree lows, with little temperature change expected through the weekend.
Tonight scattered showers and thunderstorms with the heaviest rainfall in eastern counties. Low near 60, light southerly winds. Sunday partly cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms, high near 80, southerly winds 15 mph. Local observations show mixed readings across stations including Topeka and Hal City.
Garden Sass Gas Garden weighed a run for public office this year but found no friends to urge the decision. The fragment hints at hesitation and social support concerns impacting political ambitions.
More than 150000 protesters roved Tokyo denouncing the United States and Prime Minister Kishi during Eisenhower's visit. Ten thousand radical students besieged Kishi's residence while White House officials traveled toward Alaska. Police posted near Kishi's gate as crowds sang and rallied around Parliament and the American Embassy.
Washington AP The White House reviewed and likely revised Eisenhower's June 1922 Japan tour schedule as press secretary Hagerty decides. Anne Wheaton said details await his decision after a Tokyo visit amid anti Eisenhower protests. No release forthcoming as the tour plan remains unsettled.
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