Record Rain Streak Drenches Garden City Area
Almost five inches of rain have fallen this month in Garden City with 12 inches in 43 days, a possible local record. Weather forecaster Elihu Allman says moist conditions will continue across eastern Colorado, aiding crops. Miss Garden City Scholarship Pageant winner Jackie Settles will not attend the Miss Kansas Pageant. she has a $200 scholarship to the University of Kansas. Jaycees faced microphone issues during the pageant but contestants handled the glitches gracefully.
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Bob Goodman
Elihu Allman
Colorado
Dick Patterson
Jaycee
Jackie Settles
University of Kansas
Vaughan
Garden City
Miss Settles
Pratt
Miss Setties
Chicago Welcomes Gemini 4 Crew in City Parade
About 2,500 people greet astronauts James A. McDivitt and Edward H. White II in Chicago for a heroes parade at O’Hare and a City Hall ceremony. Vice President Humphrey, Gov. Kerner, and Mayor Daley attend as 6,500 pupils plan a Q and A session at McCormick Place.
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Chicago
James A. MecDivitt
Edward H. White II
O'Hare International
Hubert H. Humphrey
Otto Kerner
Richard J. Daley
Washington
la Salle Street
City Hall
McDivitt
White
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
George E. Mueller
Pope Attorney Expected to Be Selected Today
A U.S. District Court judge was to appoint an attorney for Duane Pope, accused of a Big Springs Nebraska bank robbery murder spree. The choice suggested is J. Whitfield Moody, former assistant U.S. attorney and Jackson County Legal Aid public defender, with Pope held on 100000 bond ahead of a June 25 preliminary federal hearing. Pope faces possible double prosecution by state and federal courts with death penalty potential in each, after surrendering to Kansas City police.
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Kansas City Co
U.S. District Court
Duane Pope
Big Springs
Neb
John W. Oliver
J. Whitfield Moody
U.S
Pope
Missouri
Moody
Jackson County Legal Aid Committee
F. Russell Millin
McPherson
Kan
Robert Richards
Devel County
Theodore Richling
Omaha
Nebraska
Richling
Kansas City
Dennis
Elle
Roxbury
Kaw
D.W. Bittinger
McPherson College
Dr. Bittinger
Andreas Kjeldgaard
Glen Hendricks
Lois Ann Hothan
Franklin Kieldgaard
Vote Set On Garden City School Bonds And JC Trustees
Finney County voters face two elections with polls open 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Garden City District No 1 voters decide on a four and a half million dollar elementary school bond and elect three junior college trustees. County residents choose six trustees from 13 candidates, with the college board now under a county wide tax base and community college status. Voting sites include city wards and rural schools across Finney County.
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Finney
Garden City
Cit
City
New Junior College Board of Trustees
College
Garden City’ Board of Education
Garden City FFA Chapter Earns National Representation
Garden City High School's Future Farmers of America chapter was chosen with Arkansas City to represent Kansas FFA at the national convention next October. Selection followed activities from the past year by a committee led by Harold Shvif, with Ira Mann Jr. attending the Kansas State University conference. The Garden City group earned state gold emblem status last spring among 27 of 187 statewide chapters. Teachers from 10 schools met at Kansas State to update developments, set next year’s policy, and elect officers for the Kansas Vocational Agriculture Teachers Assn.
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Garden City High School
Future Farmers of America
Kansas Ffa Assn
FFA
Kansas State University
Ira Mann Jr
Voag
Garden City
Arkansas City
Harold Shvif
Kansas State
Kansas Vocational Agriculture Teachers Assn
Bond Election Series inter Type of Building Not Yet Selected
This final Q and A outlines that no definite type of building will be chosen if the $500,000 bond passes. The board seeks the most economical plan, not a monument to individuals, to provide facilities for the best education and address district problems, with decisions resting with voters in Garden City School District.
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Garden City
Board of Education
Communist threat warned in Dominican Republic by Vaughn
Latin American expert Jack Hood Vaughn said a substantial Communist danger remains in the Dominican Republic and could spark a new uprising in many areas. He estimated strength near 5,000, with arms hidden in countryside and leaders in hiding. He noted $20 million in U S aid and said caretaker coalition elections are likely a year to 18 months away.
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Washington
Jack Hood Vaughn
Dominican Republic
Vaughn
inter-American Affairs
ABC
United States
Grim flood story from Sanderson pits boy and family loss
In Sanderson Texas AP reports 12 year old Michael Johnson on a hospital bed recalls a flash flood tearing apart his motel roof as his parents and five siblings were swept away. Officials tally 15 dead 35 injured with 11 missing as recovery and cleanup unfold aided by Red Cross Salvation Army and military units.
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Michael
Paul
Mike
John Wesley Johnson
Sanderson Canyon
Johnson
Terrell County
Bill Cooksey
Sanderson
San Antonio
el Paso
Cooksey
Red Cross
Salvation Army
Severe Flooding Breaks Out in Eastern Kansas
Severe flooding swamped the lower Marais des Cygnes River Valley after weekend rains. Osawatomie to Trading Post areas faced rising waters with La Cygne isolated and some families evacuated. Trading Post reported 3 feet out of banks at 27.06 feet. Topeka area crews deployed as Shunganun Za Creek bankfull rose in South Topeka.
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Kansas
Topeka
Marais Des Cygnes
the Weather Bureau
Osawatomie
la Cygne
Trading Post
Hutchinson
Forbes Air Force Base
Paola
LaCygne
Fort Scott
Pittsburg
Burlington
Maple Hill
Louisburg
Haddam
Abilene
Neosho ‘Rapids
Osage City
Man moves to Currie to run town and business
Kenneth Krueger and his wife Jeannette buy Currie Nevada, a 75 acre town of 50 people, for 85000. They plan to become mayor sheriff fire chief landlord and run the general store service station bar and trailer park while restoring frontier life near Ely's Goshute and Ruby mountains.
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Menlo Park
Calif
Nevada
Kenneth Krueger
San Francisco Bay Area
Currie
Jeannette
Krueger
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co
San Francisco
Curie
Goshute and
Ruby Mountains
U.S. 98
Ely
Kruegers
Suburbia
California
Garden City selects Miss Garden City 1963 in pageant
Jacklyn Jo Settles crowned Miss Garden City of 1963 after winning the second annual Miss Garden City Scholarship Pageant held at Clifford Hope Auditorium. She advances to Miss Kansas at Pratt, with Marilyn Hering Patricia Spomer Judy Vaughan and Carol Cross among the top five.
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Garden City College
Pratt
Miss Settles
Garden Cilian
Marilyn Jane Hering
Henry R. Hering
Rt. 1
Fort Hays
Kansas
Mariner 4 Completes Final Task Before Mars Photos
A 10 minute signal traveled 107 million miles to report Mariner 4’s final task before Mars imaging. The 4575 pound craft adjusted its Canopus sensor as it neared its 325 million mile course, with earthbound signals showing the power drop to five quadrilfions of a watt.
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Pasadena
Calif
Mariner 4
Mars
Canopus
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Earth
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Mariner
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Kathy Archibald
Clifford Hope
Jaycees
Space Twins
Garden City Telegram
Gus
Board of Regents
Friend
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Theoni
Jennie Barker
Holcomb
Pierceville
Plymell
National Guard Armory
Hutchison School
Gardendale
Optimist Club
Bancroft
Clifford Nope
New
Garden Ffa
Richard White
Bunnet
Min
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Trace Emporia
Carden City
Traci Goodlund
Topeka Ai
Wichita
Hill City
Gondland
Chanute
P.A
Peninsula
Jacklyn Jo Settles
Garden Cit
Chamber of Commerce
Jerry Huggins
Earl Brookover
Roland Tate
Arthur Wilson Jr
Morris Jones
Preston Burts Jr
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