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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1962
Page
1
Rain drenched Southwest Kansas in the early evening, cooling sultry temperatures. Wheat cutting sped up before the storm arrived from the west and northwest, affecting local farm activity near Kansas State University agriculture experiments.
Moisture spread across the region as a northwest storm brushed Garden City before 6 30 pm. Lightning struck a Gardendale housing unit damaging cinder blocks and a TV antenna. Power flickered, rainfall varied by location, with totals from .09 to .49 inches, and no hail or injuries reported. A tornado scare arose near Coolidge, Holly, and Hartman, but no buildings were hit. A wheat truck overturned. no injuries.
King Savang Vathang of Laos installs a 19 member coalition cabinet headed by neutralist Prince Souvanna Phouma. Premier Botin Oam and anti Communist ministers resign to make way for a coalition of conservatives neutralists and Pathet Lao. Souphanouvong arrives as deputy premier with seven Pathet Lao and coalition ministers.
In Pointe-A-Pitre a four engine Air France Boeing 707 crashed during a thunderstorm on approach to Rai zet airfield. All 112 aboard perished. The plane struck a hill amid wreckage strewn through jungle and undergrowth. Officials confirmed 102 passengers and 10 crew members among the dead. no Americans aboard.
An unclear comment credits fewer hazards to the evening storms, mentioning Gus Garden and a sense of relief as weather risks ease. The line reads like a fragment from a local column with a casual tone and local names.
The forecast calls for fair to partly cloudy conditions with evening thundershowers and a few severe storms possible. Southerly winds 10 to 20 mph, becoming strong and gusty in storms. Low tonight near 65 with local temperature near Sunridge Galt.
A busload of foreign exchange students will arrive in Garden City tonight for a weekend stay. They will be hosted by local residents and toured to wheat fields, a grain storage plant, and the Experiment Station. Events include swimming at the municipal pool and a Shelter House picnic with host families. Dr. J D Raynesford leads the arrangements for the local chapter.
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