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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1957
Page
7
John Boyer editor of the Scott City News Chronicle could not edit his paper due to a family illness in Pawnee City Nebraska. The Pawnee City editor Max Martin was sidelined by an eye infection, so Boyer helped publish the Republican there.
Residents of Dighton prepare for a saddie horse show at Lane County Fairgrounds tomorrow. The event, hosted by the Dighton Dudes and Dames, invites participants six years and up with entries due by 4 p.m. Entries include hay races key bending and stake relays and will be judged under Kansas Western Horseman's Association rules.
The Ulysses Chamber of Commerce is compiling data from an industrial survey conducted by Kansas State College to assess the town's activity and future growth. Mrs. Ray Russell handles the confidential questionnaires, with 137 mailed to business firms last week and data to be tabulated.
Scott State park Road oiling operations are set to begin within two weeks after pre-oiling work nears completion. Weather permitting the oiling should be finished in about three weeks with hot, dry conditions helping penetration. Jaycees need about $2,000 more to complete the project, which costs far less than contracting out. A Road Celebration Day is planned once finished.
Mrs Jorothy D Sillers has resigned as the county home economics agent after an executive board vote. Six home demonstration units petition the board for reconsideration, but the petitions were tabled for further study.
A Kansas man named William Schibblehut signed a card at the Kansas State fair for a Colorado Springs construction firm. He recently received a letter of congratulations announcing a plot of ground 40 by 120 feet in a Springs subdivision as the prize. No house, just the lot.
May water usage in Ulysses fell by about one million gallons compared with last May as rain and cool weather reduced consumption. City Clerk Dorothy Jones notes 648 500 gallons used this May versus 1 687 800 gallons last May, with receipts down roughly 1 500 dollars.
A friend plagued by loud snoring fails to heed a doctor's blunt recommendation to sleep in another room, continuing to disrupt household peace and rest.
Montgomery Ward plans closing its Garden City outlet next Wednesday night and will run a small catalog order operation thereafter. About 3 to 4 weeks of work remain for staff, many moving to Ward positions in other cities, with lease issues cited as a likely cause.
President Eisenhower and Japanese Prime Minister Kishi issued a joint communique promising the prompt withdrawal of all U S ground combat forces from Japan. The plan targets a July start with substantial further reductions within a year and contemplates easing nuclear testing and refining the mutual security treaty. The accord signals major shifts in U S military posture in Japan and responsive disarmament steps amid Tokyo talks.
Rev. Paul Davis along with Bill Lang and Vern Grimsley spent a full day cleaning flood debris from the Ellis Community Church. They washed walls and removed water soaked furniture. Damage to the church was estimated at $20,000. Bill Lang is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Lang. Vern Grimsley is the son of Mrs. Ramona Grimsley.
Workmen began preliminary bug spraying in Finnup Park but halted when a late afternoon dust storm swept through the city. Officials expect full citywide spraying to start at the beginning of the week as conditions permit.
A wall of dust and 55 mph northwest winds swept Garden City and western Kansas, hitting Syracuse and Scott City around 4 p.m. Local visibility dropped to under a block, power lines toppled, and traffic halted. A light thunderstorm followed, washing some grime away and causing temporary outages. Gauge readings recorded 0.07 inch at the city rain gauge and small amounts at nearby stations.
Fair and mild tonight and Sunday with a slight rise in temperature Sunday. Low tonight in the mid 50s, Sunday highs in the mid 80s. Light northwesterly winds tonight shifting to southerly tomorrow. Sunrise 5 23, sunset 8 08, relative humidity around 40 percent.
The Red Cross will stop accepting disaster relief applications after tornadoes May 20. It has received 846 applications from Kansas and Missouri families and distributed $665,000 in grants. Thirty two cases remain to be processed, expected to consume most of the remaining 716,190 donated tornado relief fund. Grants ranged from $20 to several thousand with an average of about $1,300 per case.
In dust storm conditions near Garden City and Holcomb two nonfatal crashes occurred late yesterday. Norris and John Miller crashed their trucks 60 miles north of Holcomb causing $500 damage to the Chevrolet and extensive damage to the GMC. A second collision near the Gray Finney county line injured Ralph Oldweiler slightly when his 1955 Dodge struck Marcian Roth’s 1954 Ford, with about $500 damage to the Dodge. No injuries beyond minor bruises and no city accidents reported.
Hamilton county farmers in Syracuse area battle a 1957 mile crop as wind and rain wreck young stands. Many fields will be replanted. some crusted ground broken by rotary hoe, others washed out. Southeast quarters seen the least trouble while dust and desiccation intensify, with 40 percent of seeded land needing reseeding per Leo O'Toole.
The Supreme Court postponed arguments on whether Army Specialist 3C William Girard should be turned over to Japan for manslaughter trial. The delay follows a plea by Attorney General Browerll to act quickly to ease tensions in United States Japan relations. Girard, from Ottawa Illinois, is accused in the January firing range death of a Japanese woman scavenging for scrap metal. He claims the death was an accident.
A Hutchinson storm battered west central Kansas with winds up to 98 mph and heavy hail. One man killed by a truck terminal roof collapse. his wife and son injured. Across the region, fires sparked by downed power lines and shattered windows affected Hutchinson and nearby towns.
Shamrock Oil and Gas Corp reveals plans for a new service station in Garden City at the southeast corner of 8th and Kansas avenue. It will be Shamrock’s first Garden City station, with building plans not disclosed.
The United States will send modern fast jet interceptors to South Korea beginning Monday to counter North Korean air threats. F100 fighters with advanced radar are slated to land at Osan base along with other new jets and light bombers as part of a push to modernize the Korean front. The United States will also supply new equipment to South Korea's 700,000 troops along the defense line, while Pyongyang denounced the armistice and called for a conference of nations concerned with the Korean question.
Mrs J Gallal Kernahan wife of a Van Nuys pastor asks parents to mail 10000 baby photos with back inscriptions urging an end to nuclear weapon tests. She plans to send batches by Aug 6 to Eisenhower Macmillan and Khrushchev, marking Hiroshima’s anniversary.
Major Byron E. Sheppard, a student at the staff and command school, parachuted to safety northeast of St. Joseph after his single engine plane ran out of gas. He suffered a minor ankle injury. His modified L19 training plane was believed crashed nearby and not located early today. He was returning from Fort Leavenworth Sherman Field.
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