Fishing boom at Lake McKinney draws crowds and rain-streaked lightning scare
The Telegram notes a weekend rush at Lake McKinney with 63 cars on the dike and anglers crowding rocks as big channel catfish bite near the spillway. Eugene Mason of Deerfield reports three sizeable catches while others fish with crawdads and perch, amid a stormy scene where lightning struck near a house on Telegram Avenue and left a bullet-hole sized burn.
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Lake McKinney
Kearny County
Colorado
McKinney
Eugene Mason
Deerfield
Bob Goodmans
Telegram Ave
Garden City couple found dead in apparent murder suicide
In Garden City, Harley F Kelley, 60, shot ex wife Doro thy S Kelley, 41, then killed himself after slashing wrists. Bodies discovered after 3:30 p.m. Sunday by Undersheriff Kenneth Wicks. Ex wife had lived in basement. couple divorced December 20, 1962. A .22 pistol was found in the bedroom.
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Finney County
Kenneth Wicks
Wicks
Kelley
Richard Rohieder
Rohleder
Jackson Norton
Kelleys
Norton
Anoth
Court Releases Young Man Amid Probationary Charge In Kansas City
Young Jack Young, returned from Tuscon to Garden City to face obtaining goods under false pretenses, was released in Finney County court after a demurrer to state evidence was sustained. County Attorney Harrison Smith said insufficient evidence exists for district court action. Young is held for Topeka officers. A similar charge is lodged in Topeka. The couple’s two children were with Kelley’s brother’s home during the incident. Mrs. Kelley, a waitress at the Old Corral, and Kelley, a Holcomb Schools employee, have a mixed family history with several relatives listed. Funeral arrangements for Mr. Kelley will be announced by Garnand Funeral Home.
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Jack Young
Garden City
Tuscon, Ariz
Finney
Aie
States
Harrison Smith
Young
Topeka
Kelley
Bill Slusher
Indianapolis
Ind
Mae Dunbar
Ben Daniels
Taylor
Mich
Fort Scott
William E. Kelley
N. St
Mike R. Kelley
San Francisco
Calif
Frank Strackeljohn
S. Star Rt
Ralph Raymond
la Mesa
Garnand Funeral Home
Weekend Rain Halts Local Harvest Weekend
Weekend rain brought harvest to a halt across the local area. Showers Saturday night and Sunday afternoon failed to reach Friday afternoon levels, with farmers at Kansas State University noting 0.29 inch from Saturday rain and 0.08 inch from Sunday storm. A reader measured 0.77 inch from the Sunday storm.
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Kansas State University, Agriculture Experiment
Weekend Rain Totals At Local Airport Show Big One Day Downpour
Rainfall piled up across the region with 2.04 inches in one storm at the airport ten miles east, and Cimarron receiving 1.47 inches Saturday. Kalvesta totaled 2.20 inches for June after a .60 inch Friday and a drizzly Saturday, while temperatures hovered from 67 to 80 degrees as overcast skies lingered.
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The
and Santa Fe
Claude Wright
Kalvesta
Cimarron
Ben Gurion resigns as Israel prime minister amid security row
Israel's David Ben Gurion resigns for personal reasons and will quit Parliament while staying as head of a caretaker government until a new cabinet is formed. A government communique says the move is not tied to any state issue amid Parliament criticism over a security case involving German scientists.
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David Ben-Gurion
Israel
Ben Gurion
Ben-Gurion
United Arabepublic
Bengeians
Mapai
Chronker
Pinchas Lavan
Kaypl
Annual Girl Scout Day Camp Begins in Garden City
The Garden City Day Camp opens at Jameson Rane east of the city with 184 Girl Scouts from grades three through six. activities include cooking, hiking, nature study, crafts, songs, and camp skills as older scouts plan an overnight. The event ends Friday evening with a campfire program for families.
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Garden City
Jameson Rane
White Elk Birth at Rich ardson Zoo Adds Rare Specimen
White Elk birth during a rainstorm increases the zoo population. Five of the herd of mixed origin are white, with the new calf among them. Zoo superintendent Claude Qwens leads ongoing breeding efforts. other recent births include a black buck antelope, black hatlow deer, and white fallow deer. A zebra, bison calf, and possible red deer birth are anticipated.
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Nee Richardson Zoo
Lites
Zoo
Claude Qwens
Robberson Ranch
Mustang
Okla
School Board Session Today Eduction Meeting Agenda
Garden City Board of Education meets in regular session at 7:30 p.m. in the high school library. Bids invited for junior high remodeling. Vote on accepting the new junior high building. Discuss equipment for the cafe teria and slimmer work program. Stear reports on unification committee members.
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Garden City Board of Education
Stear
Cold Delays Swim Lessons at Pinnup Park Pool
The 1963 summer series of Red Grass swimming lessons at Pinnup Park’s big pool started late due to chilly weather. Lessons run daily 9 to 11 a.m. Monday through Saturday through late August, with Beth Tedrow directing. Parents urged to supervise children and listen to KIUL radio for weather-related cancellations.
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Pinnup
Park
Beth Yodrow
Tedrow
Mary Owens
KIUL
Una
Police Recover Stolen Vehicles Over Weekend
Garden City police and highway patrolmen recovered two stolen vehicles over the weekend. A 1958 Ford was stolen from James Marl Dougherty at 620 N Main on Saturday evening and found Sunday by Trooper Dick Wider a mile east of the Kearney County dine. A 4 ton Ford pickup was stolen in Syracuse Saturday night and found parked at the Santa Fe Trail depot by Garden City police.
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Garden City
James Marl Dougherty
N. Main
Kearnginney County
Dick Wider
Syracuse
Santa Fe Trail
Dr J De Lucia Named Director Of Health Center
Dr Joseph J De Lucia 42 named director of the Health Center Milwaukee Wisconsin a conguering psychologist with training in job analysis He hails from Jersey City and holds degrees from University of Wlingis St Peters College and Marquette University He previously served as chief clinical psychologist at Modesto State Hospital and taught at Marquette and Illinois He vows to build a strong program for communities Finney Hamilton Greeley Kearny and Grant counties support the center
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Joseph J. de Laiela
de Lucia
Milwaukee
Wis
Kansas
University of Wlingis
St. Peter's College
Jarkey City
Council On Personnel
Amercan Institute of Management
Finney
Hamilton
Greeley
Kearny
Grant
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