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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1962
Page
1
Local market listings show egg sizes from Extra Large to C’s lat with Cream 4 Day and Heavy and Light hens included. Grain prices list Wheat around 1.95 to 1.96, Milo 1.40 to 1.60, Rye 85 to 91, and Barley about 0.80 to 1.65 across coop and cooperative prices.
AP dispatch from Kansas City reports cattle numbers at 1,800 head with calves 50, steers steady to 25 lower, heifers steady, cows steady to 25 lower, and other categories unchanged. Slaughter steer prices 23.00 to 25.50, heifers 22.00 to 25.00, cows 15.50 to 17.00, calves 21.00 to 24.00, feeder prices 41.00 to 25.00 for steers and 19.00 to 22.00 for good heifers, with various calf prices noted. Hogs: 3,200 head, barrows and gilts steady, sows 25 higher. 1-3 190-240 lb barrows/gilts 17.50-18.25, sows 300-400 lb 14.75-15.50.
Eddie Red and John C. Raper were among prospective KU freshmen attending the first of 12 KU Previews in Lawrence. Students take placement tests and meet with faculty advisers about fall enrollment as regular meetings proceed.
The University of Kansas Southwest Kansas Center offers a three hour extension course in Child Psychology starting July 2 at 7 am. It runs 12 sessions from 7 to 10:20 am on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays, completing by August 1. Fee is 8 per credit hour or 24 plus book. Abe Hubert of Garden City Junior High School will teach at the Junior High School. Prerequisite is General Psychology 1 or 51. Enroll by June 29 at 107 W. Fulton or BR 6-5431.
West Berlin police erect sandbag barriers and shelters at exposed points along the Red Wall to shield officers from East German gunfire after a tunnel escape attempt left a border guard killed. East German authorities blame a West Berliner, while the West denies, noting no fatalities among its force.
Seattle AP reports Dave Beck, 68, former Teamsters Union president, begins a five year federal prison term for filing fraudulent tax returns. He will be transferred from Tacoma to McNeil Island and faces a concurrent five year sentence and a $20,000 fine. Beck also faces a pending grand larceny case from a union Cadillac sale.
AP dispatch from Topeka reports scattered thundershowers across Kansas tonight and Thursday afternoon. Tuesday highs ranged 86 to 104 across Goodland to Salina. Rain amounts were generally light, halting wheat harvest in parts, with 0.5 inch reported at Frankfort Rossville Madison and 0.75 to 1 inch in a band from Rawlins to Graham counties.
The ancient scholar Pliny notes the first known use of alum in wound care for ulcers. This historical reference marks an early medical practice and hints at early antiseptic or astringent uses described in classical writings.
Washington senators probing vice in nightclubs heard that teenage girls possibly as young as 15 were recruited for Florida honky tonk venues under promises of stardom but forced into vice. Witnesses from Miami and Tampa included crime officials and guild reps. AGWA officials admitted lax enforcement of contracts to protect entertainers, prompting calls to expel the union from decent unionism.
Filing closed with few contenders for top offices in Kansas, including the governor and two U.S. Senate seats. Incumbent Republicans Rep. William H. Avery and Rep. Robert F. Ellsworth filed, along with Democrat Rob Russell in the Fifth District. Other filings included state treasurer candidate A. J. Kennedy and Prohibition nominees, while Gov. John Anderson seeks reelection and Sen. James B. Pearson runs the short term race.
LANSING Kan AP Marshall Lewis inmate at Kansas Penitentiary stabbed Tuesday while showering in central bath. Lewis serving 1 10 years for second degree forgery from Shawnee County. He in good condition at prison hospital. deputy warden says sixth stabbing in six months. investigation continues.
Daily hospital notices list admissions at St Catherine Ottis Bridges and other names including Elaine Wedel and Mrs Jotn Obholz. dismissals span Ste Catharine to Scott City. births record three new sons to Vincent, Brown, and Eastman families. Traffic accident notes log a Friday 5:05 p.m. collision at 4th and Fulton with minor damages.
Police report from Garden City block details a car driven by Richard Lee Wasinger with no damage, a parked vehicle owned by John Lester Carr with moderate damage, and multiple individuals cited for license or muffler issues. A bail bond and improper check funds are noted with addresses and names including Bill Johnson, Mrs. Joe Morales, Jimmie Munoz, and Floyd Cronin Jr.
Gordon Eugene Halbleib, 19, dies in a one car accident Monday night. Funeral set for Thursday at 4 pm in the First Christian Church with A F Fleming officiating. Burial in Valley View Cemetery. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Lawrene C Halbleib of 1308 Taylor. Garland Funeral Home in charge.
Theodore A. Lorenzen, 21, will be buried in Deerfield Cemetery after a Thursday service at 2 p.m. in Garland Chapel officiated by Kenneth Huckaby. Son of Daye F. and Mrs. Lorenzen of Holcomb, he died in a one car accident Monday night.
August H. Brown father of Mrs. Bob Witman of 2512 North Main died Tuesday in a Larned hospital after a long illness. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
A Garden Citian and two area residents were elected to state and county offices from Sunflower Girl's State Counties at the University of Kansas. Kathy Smith of 1008 N 2nd was elected Clerk of the District Court from Cimarron County. Janet Gunn of Syracuse was elected sheriff of Neosho and Sherre Shaw of Holcomb elected to the House of Representatives from Solomb County.
Deed transfers lot 12 block 2 White Acres subdivision Ev NW SE quarter 12-24-33 to Nick J Spanier and spouse. Marriage licenses issued Tommy J Schwindt and Verna M Woodrow, both residents of Lakin.
Texas Attorney General Will Wilson charged an unnamed former Agriculture Department official with ordering approval of illegal cotton allotment transfers to Billie Lee Estes. A creditor group meets in El Paso to review a salvage plan for Estes’s finances, to be handed to U.S. Judge Thomason if approved.
Farm wage data show the 1961 average monthly earnings at 203 dollars, up three dollars from the prior year. The report notes inclusion of housing costs in the average. The figures illustrate a modest gain in agricultural pay for the year.
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