Front Street stage drivers fire accidental shot in Dodge City
Story blends local antics with photography notes as a Dodge City stage crew member fires a 22 caliber pistol during a practice, wounding another driver nonfatally in the abdomen. Tourists are invited to Garden City's pool and zoo while a Lamar Colo girl and her horse trek toward Great Bend. Telegram’s Nolan Howell captures a pool photo and reflects on composition.
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Dodge City
Front Street
Garden City
Horse Haven
W. Maple
Grace Courbet
Harvests
Great Bend
Telegram
Nolan Howell
Syracuse
Fire Destroys Farrowing Shed at Mulligan Farm
A farrowing shed on Russell Mulligan’s Garden City area farm was destroyed by fire shortly after 6 p.m. Tuesday. Mrs. Mulligan reported the fire at 6:05 p.m. The blaze consumed the building before the rural fire truck arrived. saddles, equipment, and about 250 dollars of feed were lost. A sow escaped unharmed. Owner L. 4. Heinemann, 906 Davis, owned the shed. Firemen were on scene over an hour. cause undetermined.
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Russell Mulligan
Garden City
Mulligan
L. 4
Heinemann
Davis
Johnson Asks Leaders to Forestall Medicare Abuses
President Johnson urged hospitals to obey civil rights law and health leaders to curb Medicare abuses as the program begins July 1. He warned of crowding and possible overcharging, noted 80 percent of hospitals already pledged compliance, and said action would deter underhanded practices and overbilling. Gardner reported 5,511 hospitals had met the rule.
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Johnson
Washington
White House
American Medical Association
American Hospital Associa
Gardner
War Needs Force Air Service Cut
Major U S airlines curb summer service due to Viet Nam war demands. Accelerated military needs delay new jet deliveries, forcing Eastern Air Lines to temporarily cancel flights as peak travel season begins. Delta, United and others face similar equipment shortages impacting schedules and passenger service.
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New York
Eastern Air Lines
John Shore Seeks 122nd District Seat in Republican Primary
Stanton County farmer and longtime resident John Shore filed as a candidate for the Republican nomination for representative of the 122nd District. Shore, 52, a Kansas Flying Farmers member and former aviation adviser to Governor Avery, cites four counties Morton Stevens Grant and Stanton as his district reach. He and his wife Ione have four children and he serves as Bethel Nazarene Church board member.
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Johnson
John Shore
Stanton County
Dodge City
Shore
Kansas Flying Farmers
Bob Dole
Avery
Aviation Advisory Board
Bethel Nazarene Church
Ione
James Herrick
Kansas
Eugene
Glen
Air Force
Korea
Harold
Clarks
122Nd
Morton, Stevens
Grant and
Stanton
Wheat Harvest Delayed as Wheat Sampling Begins
The report notes wheat sampling starting while harvest is not yet underway across Finney, Gray, and Grant counties. Garden City Co op reports first loads from the sand hills near Charleston with moisture tests ranging from 11.3% to 19%. Officials warn fields ripen unevenly, with some areas 10 days to two weeks away from harvest while others near a week out. Local elevators in Satanta and Ulysses report low yields and high moisture in early cuts, with irrigated wheat lagging behind dryland.
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Charleston
Sandhills
Gray County
Herman Franks
Dryland
Irvin Koehn
Garden City
Ingalls
Arkansas River
Baird
Kansas
Ray Jentzen
M .E. Thompson
R. C. Lyman
W. R. Black
Marion Blair
Angell
McDonald
Satanta
Liberal
Ulysses
Grant
Sullivan Elevator
Clyde Eveleigh
Grant County
Wichita
Archie DeBruce
Sullivan Elevators
DeBruce
Breeding Files For U S Senate Nomination In Kansas
J Floyd Breeding former congressman and USDA employee filed today for the Democratic nomination for the U S Senate at a news conference. He argues Kansas needs him in Congress and claims to be ahead of his opponents with six years in Congress and more in government. Breeding plans a Wichita stop to discuss farm issues.
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Topeka
J. Floyd Breeding
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Kansas
U.S. Senate
Breeding
Senate
Harold &. Herd
Coldwater
Leigh Warner
Cimarron
James B. Pearson
Robert F. Ellsworth
Congress
Department of Agriculture
J. Floyd
Congress of the
Water Pressure Holds Up Despite Heavy Summer Use
Garden City reports stable water pressure this summer with only brief outages. A pump motor burned out after a Sunday storm near the public library but is slated for repair in a couple days. Peak daily use nears 6 million gallons, with the Sid and Mary water tower aiding northeast sections as pumps remain essential.
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Garden City
Deane Wiley
Sid and Mary
Wiley
Red Cross names Finney County chapter officers
E F Ware will head the Finney County Chapter of the American Red Cross for another year. He was re-elected with Dale Marine as vice chairman and Brice Trent as treasurer at a June board meeting. Mrs Gay Cleaver was named secretary succeeding Jimmy Stewart.
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E. F. Ware
Center
Finney County
American Red Cross
Ware
Dale Marine
Brice Trent
Red Cross Board
Gay Cleaver
Jimmy Stewart
Garden Sass Gas Garden Heads to Syracuse for the Girls
Garden Sass Gas Garden announced he would not stay and leaves for Syracuse to visit the girls. The move signals a planned departure from the current location as he pursues time with companions in the city.
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Gas Garden
Syracuse
Water Outage Scheduled Tonight in City West
Water service will be cut off for two hours from 8 to 10 p.m. affecting residents along Fulton north to Chestnut and With from Fulton north to St. John, and St. John from 12th west to Taylor. The outage allows a new main connection at St. John and Taylor.
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Garden City
Ith
Fulton North
Chestnut
St. John
Hoe St. John
12Th West
Taylor
St. John and
History Present Interchange From 1916 Gazette Unearthed
A modern echo from Garden City history as a 1916 Hutchinson Gazette replica reveals debates over U S troops in Mexico and Villa. It notes Finnup Park donation details, WWI context, and era ads, cinema listings, and local economy.
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Bob Greek
Finnup Park
Arkansas River
Garden City
Viet Nam
Joe Arellano
Hattie
Hutchinson Daily Gazette
Pancho Villa
Columbus
New Mexico
Chihuahui
Villa
Sam
Mexico
Sam Poe
Juarez
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Lamar
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Oklahoma
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United Airlines
Washington, D.C
Tennesse
Trans World Airlines
United
TWA
Boeing Co
Douglas Aircraft Corp
Douglas
Pratt & Whitney Division
United Aircraft Corp
Pratt & Whitney
Shere
Ceoler
Lowe
Sunrjee
Gatanta
Les McDonald
McDonald Elevator
Lloyd D. Angell
Seward
Finney County Red Cross
Frederick Finnup
Finnup
Fred Finnup
United States
Kaiser Wilhelm
Germany
Kut el Amara
Mesopotamia
William Marconi
Pawnee County
Larned
Kansas City
Coolidge
the Gazette
Ire Bunting
Billie Burke
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Mary Pickford
Foundling
Mary
Nestell
Hutchingon
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