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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1962
Page
1
Markets list produce items including Extra Large A eggs Large A eggs Medium A eggs B eggs C 1st Grade Cream and Hens. Local wagon prices show wheat at 1.93 Milo 1.60 Rye 0.66 Barley 0.78 with little or no change. County up prices adjust wheat at 1.92 and rye 0.80 barley 1.60 with slight uneha undig notes.
Kansas City market shows calves and steers higher with good demand. Cattle prices: good to choice steers 23.00-25.60, calves and vealers strong. hogs up 25-50 cents, barrows and gilts 13.10-17.25, sows steady. Sheep and lambs rise 25 with good to prime lambs 22.00-24.25, feeders 12.00-14.00.
Robert Peart, 61, former Garden City city manager, was named city administrator of St. Joseph Missouri at a 9600 annual salary. His appointment was approved by the city council Monday night. Peart previously served nearly 40 years in city administration, most recently resigning Garden City in 1954. He will assume the post Monday under the new home rule charter.
Cheryl Marsalis, 17, daughter of Mr and Mrs Tom Marsalis, received a four year renewable music scholarship to the University of Wichita. She will major in piano, live in Grace Wilkie Hall, and attend this fall after passing a proficiency test and graduating from Lakin High School. She previously lived in Garden City and attended Garden City High School.
Morton Phillips assistant dean of Garden City Junior College was elected to the Kansas State Teachers College Alumni Assn board of directors. George Meeker superintendent of schools at Phillipsburg was named president. They assumed office June 1. Mrs Delores R Moore enrolled in the secretarial department at Salt City Business College in Hutchinson.
Admissions list for St Catherine and Leopold includes Nora Waddell Mary Nuirn Ralph Wiley Mark Hoffman Dennis Rae Robinson Charles Rabideau Guy Rhodes and others. Dismissals at St Catherine include Dennig Robinson Noll Casados Whitson Kells and related notices. A birth records a son to Mr and Mrs John Patterson at Ingalls on June 12 at 6 17 am weighing seven pounds eight ounces.
Orders document transfers of property in Norman and Tulsa areas with multiple grantors and grantees, including Miller to Barlow and Morris to Sooby, detailing specific lot, block, and sections. Also notes Cash and Carry Lumber deeds to Robert and Lois Heinrichs, plus speeding fines for Gene Witman, Sam Mizel, and William McCandless.
Garden City entries list Raythony W. Dienst and Ora North cited for improper passing and speeding with small fines. Additional notes include James Michael Purdy and Edmond Lee Galloway with improper muffler fines, plus a drunken vagrancy case and multiple bonds forfeited. A traffic accident in the 100 block of East Chestnut caused moderate damage to Phillip Phillips and no damage to Mrs. Robert Sloan.
Kansas traffic death log records one unreported fatality in the 24 hours ending 9 a.m. Tuesday. The entry compares to a 1961 period with 236 deaths, noting an unexplained late addition for June 1.
Seattle AP report says Dave Beck former Teamsters Union head may face prison after Supreme Court refused to review his conviction on filing false tax returns for 1950 and 1952. He could get up to five years and a 20,000 dollar fine. The high court upheld state charges of embezzling 1800 dollars from union Cadillac sale. Beck, 67, had control over returns. attorney Burdell says he may have to go to prison soon.
A 13 year old, Tommy Biernacki, son of Mr and Mrs Leroy Biernacki, drowned Sunday near Penrose Colorado on the family farm while other siblings swam nearby. Survivors include two sisters and seven brothers with grandparents listed. Funeral set for 9 a.m. Wednesday at St Benedicts Church in Florence Colorado.
Army Specialist Four John E. Southern son of Mrs Lorene T Southern of 1005 Evans participated in Exercise Mesa Drive a joint Army Air Force Training maneuver at Yakima Firing Center during May Southern a radio repairman in the 15th Artillery 34th Signal unit at Fort Lewis entered the Army in September 1958 Aboard USS Intrepid Kenneth 5 Johnson air controlman second class son of Mr and Mrs Cecil Johnson serving aboard the anti submarine warfare support aircraft carrier USS Intrepid a unit which participated in the recovery operations of the Project Mercury orbital space flight May 24 Sailor Is Advanced Melvin IE Walker aviation machinist s mate third class United States Navy was advanced to that rating May 16 while serving at the Naval Air Station New Iberia La Walker is the son of Mr and Mrs John CD Walker 1608 George The air station provides facilities to train naval aviators and is a unit of the Navy s Advanced Air Training Command.
Scott Dillan bound over to Finney County District Court on auto theft charge. Robert Lewis Martin, 18, charged with taking a car from Five Points Motor Co. on Saturday. He waived preliminary hearing in county court. Bond set at 1000 dollars. Committed to county jail.
William Lester Tolbert reports vandals damaged his car, left window broken, right door kicked in, about 3:30 a.m. Sunday while parked at Sherman's Grill west of town. Estimated damage $72.95.
A New Jersey man, Glen Warren Moseley of Atlantic City, is charged with burglary after two failed break-in attempts at local churches. He admitted targeting the Christian Church first and then the Methodist Church, injuring his left leg while breaking a door panel. He was detained at a bus station, treated at St. Catherine Hospital, and jailed before leaving town. Moseley is 6 foot 4 and about 235 pounds.
In Buenos Aires paramedics and 250 doctors aided by leading surgeons fought to save children after a commuter train hit a school bus carrying more than 100 pupils. Forty three dead, eighty one injured as supplies ran short and blood donations surged. The crossing attendant said he lifted barriers and motioned the bus across. train crew questioned.
Imperial area near Garden City reports rainfall figures with Mrs. Carl as observer. May 1962 runoff shows 1.57 inches vs 3.88 inches in May 1961. First 10 days of June add 1.62 inches, six months total 4.71 inches, about three quarters of an inch behind 1961. Annual total 20.66 inches vs normal 18.
President Kennedy and Democratic leaders vow to push tax legislation this session. Sen. Mansfield emphasizes investment credit and withholding tax as essential, countering Sen. Byrd's opposition. aim is Senate action by July. No discussion of medical care plans today.
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