Garden City approves $500000 bond for new elementary school
Garden City District No 1 voters approve a 500000 bond by 861 to 483 to build a 12 classroom elementary school on the northeast edge of the city near N Center and Kansas. The proposal carries in eight precincts but fails in two. The school will be funded by District 1 residents and join the unified district set for July 1.
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Garden City
N. Center
Kansas
City Hall
Girl Scout Little House
Girl Scout House
Garden City District No. 1
Candidates Lose Election Amid Grins And Snickers
A losing candidate jokes he earned votes as a money lender, Gene Rudd, manager of Security Savings and Loan, comments. The Charles Burch family heads to Pennsylvania with a horse trailer, moving ahead of their van, seeking housing and stabling for their horse.
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Gene Rudd
Security Savings and Loan
Charles Burch
Charles
Great Plains Wheat
Pennsylvania
Water Out for Two Hours Districtwide Line Work Tonight
A new water line on 4th street requires service shutoff for about two hours tonight. Residents from Laurel to Cedar along 4th Street will have no water from 10 pm to midnight. Weather today includes scattered thundershowers, cloudiness, and mild temps with 30 percent area showers. Southeast winds 10 mph, lows near 50s, Thursday showers and thunderstorms possible with warmer highs around 80.
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4Th
Laurel
Cedar
Iunrise
Sunger
Dodge City
Trace Empor
Arden City
Trace Goodland
Hill City
Russell
Salina
Viet Cong ambush near Saigon triggers hospital, air losses
A large Viet Cong force ambushed a government convoy 15 miles southwest of Saigon, reportedly capturing an American adviser and downing a helicopter with one crewman killed and three seriously wounded. An Air Force fighter collision near Pleiku killed one pilot and injured another. an airport bombing injured 46, including 24 Americans. The Saigon airport terminal suffered extensive damage and remained closed until at least Thursday.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Pleiku
United States
Army
Air Force
Navy
Air France
Bloodmobile to Visit Co op Center Thursday for 160 Pint Quota
The Red Cross Bloodmobile will be at the Co op Center Thursday from 9 a.m. to 2 15 p.m. with a 160 pint quota. Groups are scheduled every 15 minutes as more donors are urged to attend. This marks the first time the unit will operate at the Center, previously at the Presbyterian Church. Volunteers include doctors Drs John Austin James Barnard M E Spikes John Turner Gust Nelson and Frank Eichhorn. registered nurses Mrs Leonard Smith Mrs H H Wiley Mrs Leo A Strasser Mrs Gust Nelson Mrs Cecil Pruitt and Mrs Don Williams. nurses aides Mrs Hubert Piland Mrs Al Hinkle Mrs Mike Etrick and Mrs Eugene Ware. bottle label volunteers Mrs Ed Cox Mrs Emil Salyer Mrs Lazar Shorter. registrars Mrs William Bridges Mrs Earl Brookover Mrs Maurice Lindner Mrs Ray Denchfield and Mrs Paul Masoner. hostesses Mrs Walter Wolf Mrs M C Schrader Mrs Frank Schulman and Mrs Everett Miller. Mrs P L Dale leads the canteen with helpers Mrs Louis Strasser Mrs Harold Rowe and Mrs Fred Harms. Co op staff assist with unloading and Northwestern Typewriter Co provides typewriters. Mrs W E Brown is blood chairman.
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Red Cross
Co-op Center
Presbyterian Church
John Austin
James Barnard
M.E. Spikes
John Turner
Gust Nelson
Frank Eichhorn
Leonard Smith
H.H. Wiley
Leo A. Strasser
Cecil Pruitt
Don Williams
Hubert Piland
al Hinkle
Mike Etrick
Eugene Ware
Ed Cox
Emil Salyer
Lazar Shorter
William Bridges
Earl Brookover
Maurice Lindner
Ray Denchfield
Paul Masoner
Walter Wolf
M.C. Schrader
Frank Schulman
Everett Miller
P.L. Dale
Louis Strasser
Harold Rowe
Fred Harms
Co-op
Northwestern Typewriter Co
W.E. Brown
Delmar teen builds two place submarine for Atlantic dives
Luther W. Mitchell Jr., 19, plans a larger fuel pod submarine with a turbo jet propulsion to explore Atlantic wrecks off Cape Henlopen Delaware. He has designed and built most parts, studies electrical engineering at Wal ops Island, and hopes to finish in about a month despite long airport shifts. He cites a dispute with his girlfriend Ivy Shedaker, 17, as motivation.
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Delmar, Md
Mitchell
Walops Island
University of Virginia
Atlantic Ocean
Cape Henlopen
Del
Ivy Shedaker
Teachers to Tour in City
The Kansas Agriculture Business Industry Education tour of Kansas teachers starts in the city at 5 p.m. Forty-one teachers and guides will visit Brookover Feed Yard Windsor Hotel Finnup Park and a picnic with rain contingency at Luau Inn. Tour director Noble Drake says the aim is to show teachers the state's economic potential.
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Kansas Agriculture Business Industry Education
KABIE
Kansas
Brookover
Windsor Hotel
Finnup Park
Luau Inn
Noble Drake
Supreme Court rejects 2 death row appeals in Kan execution
Washington AP report says Justice Byron White denied eight requests to halt the execution set for next Tuesday at the Lansing Kansas Penitentiary. James Douglas Latham and George Ronald York were condemned for the 1961 slaying of Otto Zeigher, a retired worker near Wollece, Kane. Four other appeals were denied on their behalf.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Byron White
James Douglas
Latham
George Ronald York
Lansing
Kan
Varner
Otto Zeigher
Wollece
Kane
Garden City junior college trustees elected for four and two year terms
Three Rural and three City residents won seats on the new Garden City Community Junior College Board of Trustees. Knief led city voters with 936, Rundell carried rural ballots, and the six winners will assume office July 1, taking over college control from the local school board. Total votes 1,538 with turnout higher in city than county.
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Garden City Community Junior College Board of Trustees
C. Maynard Knief
Garden City
Katherine
Taylor) Jones
Holcomb
Pauline
Lloyd) Joyce
Finney County
Sonny) Rundell
Plymell
Pierceville
Jim Concannon Jr
Eminence Rt
College
Jones
Angell Glant
Knief
Rundell
Jaco Board
Pentagon Quietly Handles Speak-Out Demonstration
The Pentagon told 30,000 workers to stay composed as a speakout by the Committee for Non-Violent Action targeted Viet Nam and the Dominican Republic. McNamara planned to meet a committee delegation while security intensified with dozens of plainclothes officers amid a morning distribution of leaflets.
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Washington
Pentagon
Committee For
Viet Nam
Dominican Republic
Robert S. McNamara
Fae
Department
Dutch Port Explosion Kills At Least Ten In Rotterdam
In Rotterdam a Norwegian tanker was gutted by a heavy explosion at the port. Police report at least ten Dutch dead and six others missing, with rescue efforts ongoing and authorities probing the cause.
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Rotterdam
Netherlands
Explosions, Gunfire Follow Tuesday Battle
In Santo Domingo a daylong clash between rebels and U S troops left 21 Dominicans dead and 24 American paratroopers wounded. Mortar fire continued in the rebel sector after a ceasefire, with no confirmed additional fatalities. The exchange prompted blame from the OAS while Col Caamano denounced it as pressure for an undignified settlement.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
U.S
Andre Riviere
Ramon Manuel Montes Arache
Riviere
Organization of American States
OAS
International Safety Zone
Inter-American Force
Hugo Panasco Alvim
Francisco Caamano Deno
Col. Caamano
Caamano
Capello
Ozama River
18 Soldiers Die As Copters Clash At Fort Benning
At Fort Benning, Georgia, two Army assault helicopters collided during a training flight, killing 18 soldiers from the 38th Infantry, 2nd Infantry Division. Four choppers were in formation. the rear pair collided at low altitude. Maj. Gen. Heintges issued condolences as crews searched wreckage and casualties.
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Columbus
Viet Nam
Ft. Benning
John A. Heintges
Infantry Center
Wade Ladue
HUSB
Information Office
Southeast Asia
38Th Infantry
2Nd Infantry
11Th Air Assault Division
Strong Push on Excise Cut in Senate House Conf
Senate leaders push to complete action on a 4.7 billion excise tax cut bill. The Senate passed it 84 to 3 and aims for Johnson’s desk by Friday. Key issues include auto tax relief and timing across stages through 1969 with retroactive provisions to May 15.
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Washington
Senate
Senate House
White House
Russell B. Long
D-La
Johnson
House
Conference Committee
Long
Garden City Experiment Station Field Day This Thursday
The Garden City Experiment Station plans two field sessions Thursday morning at 10 30 a m at the Holcomb irrigation field and afternoon at 1 39 p m at the main station northeast of the city Highlights include Kenneth Snelling irrigation research on weed control and sugar beets seed bed prep for wheat Bill Stegmeler will show Scout Wheat results hybrid wheat plots and other varieties The afternoon covers dryland fertilizer crop residue management rotations tillage on wheat and Max Fogleman will discuss specialty crops and more varieties
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Garden City Experiment Station
Holcomb
Kenneth Snelling
Bill Stegmeler
Garden Sass Man Claims Wife Superior Intelligence
Gus Garden says any man who believes he is smarter than his wife is married to a clever woman. He notes wit and wisdom in partnership, arguing equality and mutual respect strengthen marriage bonds.
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Gus Garden
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Sonny Rundell
Pauline Joyce
Edwin Hooper
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