Stocks and livestock market wrap from Chicago and Garden City
Final stocks data show beet futures with mixed highs and closes from 28.80 to 32.05. Dow Jones industrial average at noon stood at 867.96, down 8.20. Garden City Livestock reports 722 cattle and 568 hogs sold, slower trade with steer calves 50 cents lower, feeder cattle active but top quality steers scarce. steer calves 32 to 40, heifers 30 to 35, light yearlings 31 to 39, feeders 32 to 35.50, heifers 30.50 to 32.00, odds 25 to 28.
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Garden City
Events Calendar shows varied activities this week
The schedule lists multiple fitness and recreation events across venues such as Penrose Stadium Memorial Stadium and Finnup Park. Activities include women and men jogs, swim lessons for beginners and advanced, youth swim, yoga style exercises, and a bridge session, spanning Tuesday to Wednesday with times from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eromana
Penrose Stadium
Adeline
Memorial Stadium
Oyighray
Memoria
Ium
Finnup Park
Rebs
Penrowe
Stdium
Counige & Bridge
Jesaons
Hal
Slaughter cattle market shows mixed activity and slower feeder trade
Cattle buyers reported active pigs but fewer slaughter steers sold to establish a trend. Slaughter steers and heifers sold within two weeks total 5 250 head, down from 10 300 head prior period and last year. Feeder trade slow due to harvest with 1 500 head confirmed. Prices ranged with slaughter steers 34.35 to 35.35 per cwt and feeders 33 to 35 for various weight brackets.
Strangest murder hearing era in Old Ulysses history
In 1880 at Old Ulysses Grant Wells was shot by Ed Prather in a saloon dispute over a gambling debt. The coroner and a saloon jury played poker while Wells lingered, and when he died the verdict was justifiable homicide. Frontier justice and expediency shaped the case as recounted by local historians.
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Old Ulysses
Nolan Howell
Ulysses
United States
Grant County
Grant Wells
Ed Prat
Ripley Lables
Hugoton
Kan
Ed_ Prather
Wells
R. R., Wilson
Ethel M. Sears
George Earp
Wyatt Earp
Col. Jackson
Ed Prather
Dodge
Hel
Hoisington
Prather
Well
Ben Morris
Sherman Ferguson
Scon
Bill Tilgeman
Frank Trotman
Quartet Completes 477 Day Trek Across Polar Ice Cap
British explorers led by Wally Herbert return to Portsmouth aboard Endurance after 477 days on Arctic ice. They trekked 3620 miles from Alaska, faced fearless polar bears that attacked and shredded boots, endured temperatures to 45 below, and collected scientific data while declaring the voyage an adventure.
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Portsmouth
England
Endurance
Wally Herbert
Alaska
Blackboard
Kenneth Hedges
Herbert
Roy Koemer
Kent Hamilton heads to Europe for FFA exchange trip
Kent Hamilton of Wichita County, son of Roger Dale Hamilton, joins 27 other Future Farmers of America members for a three month abroad farming experience in Europe. He will live on a 275 acre Danish farm with milk cows and swine, then tour Denmark, Holland, Germany and Sweden. He departs from Dallas for London Copenhagen Hamburg and Zurich, staying with host families and later joins another group for a study tour. Hamilton attends Sterling College and has prior recognition in FFA and 4 H. he expects to return September 15.
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Leoti
Wichita County
Kent Hamilton
Europe
Denmark
Roger Dale Hamilton
Kent
Future Farmers of America
United States
London
Copenhagen
Hamburg
Zurich
Dulles International
Hamilton
Niels Mollers
Omemary
Holland
Germany
Sweden
FFA
National
FFA Center
Alexandria
William Paul Gray
National Ffa
Coleman Harris
Wilson Carnes
National Future Farmer
E. J. Hawkins
Agricul
Tural
Austria
Switzerland
United Kingdom
L. H. Gamage
Seoti
Sterling College
Kan- 59A
Kansas
Washington, D. C
Fifa Sec
New Interfaith Church Groundbreaking in Columbia MD
Representatives from Protestant Catholic and Jewish faiths broke ground Sunday for a new interfaith religious facility in Columbia. The center, costing over 1 million dollars for land, architect, furnishings and fees, will host four worship areas with capacities of 600 350 and two of 70, plus shared office space.
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Columbia, Md
Columbia
Missouri Synod Lutheran
Unitarian Universalist
Clarence Sinclair
Columbia Cooperative Ministry
Ail
Lions Doze Routine Lengthy CatNaps
A historical note reports lions entering long daytime rests with naps that can last up to twenty hours, suggesting unusual rest patterns or a period study of feline behavior.
Hardin Drag Feet on New Ag Program
Agriculture Secretary Clifford Hardin is criticized by Rep. Poage and six committee members during a Dodge City tour for delaying a new farm program. They warn action must occur before year end to allow time for congressional passage and farmer planning, with talks of possible extension and urban votes via food stamp increases.
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Dodge
City
Kan
Clifford Hardin
House Agriculture Committee
Rep. W. R
Poage
D - Tex
Jay 15
Pais
Hardin
Congress
Keith Sebelius
R - Kan
Bill D. Burlison
D-Mo
John W. Zwach
R-Minn
Wilmer D. Mizell
R-N.c
John T. Myers
Ind
Kansas
House
Sebelius
Mass Walkout Threatens Italy Cultural Sites
Rome AP reports a three day government employee strike threatens to shut museums galleries and archaeological sites from the Alps to Sicily. Unions demand higher pay hoping to pressure the government to improve funding for Italy s artistic heritage.
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Rome
Italy
Alps
Sicily
Rome University
Ministries of Treasury, Budget and Finance
Death of Gracie Ethel Odle in Cimarron area
Gracie Ethel Odle 87 died at Good Samaritan Center Dodge City born March 15 1882 Ellsworth County married Rueben Odle March 6 1900 he died 1957 survivors include two sons Francis R Cimarron Clyde R Holly Colo a daughter Ruth Walter Lewis a brother Leon Jenkins Denair Calif 12 grandchildren 15 great grandchildren funeral 2 p m tomorrow United Methodist Church Cimarron Rev Elmer L Brooks burial Cimarron Cemetery
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Vimarron
Gracie Ethel Odle
Good Samaritan Center
Dodge City
Ellsworth
Rueben Odile
Francis R
Cimarron
Clyde R
Holly
Colo
Ruth Walter
Lewis
Leon. Jenkins
United Methodist Church
Elmer L. Brooks
Cimarron Cemetery
Jennesse Hope 93 Dixie resident and nurse dies
Jennesse Hope 93 of 910 N 1st died yesterday at St. Catharine Hospital after a long illness. Born 1875 in Birmingham Iowa she moved to Garden City 1963 from Ottumwa where she lived since 1921. A retired registered nurse she graduated from Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing Chicago 1912. She was a member of Daughters of the American Revolution Elizabeth Rose Chapter Order of the Eastern Star Ottumwa and United Presbyterian Church. Survived by nephew Clifford Hope Sr and two nieces Mildred and Mary Hope. Funeral 2 p.m. tomorrow at First United Presbyterian Church with Rev J Merion Kadyk officiating. Graveside 3:30 p.m. Wednesday Ottumwa Cemetery. Memorials to United Presbyterian Church. Friends may call Phillips White Funeral Home until 11 a.m. tomorrow.
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Ottumwa
Iowa
Miss Hope
Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing
Chicago
Elizabeth Rose
Daughters of the American Revolution
Order For the Eastern Star
United Presbyterian Church
Clifford Hope Sr
Lyle
Mildred Hope
Mary Hope
First United Presbyterian Church
J. Merion Kadyk
Phillips White Funeral Home
Dismissals Listed At St Catherine Hospital
Names of patients and guardians listed for discharge at St Catherine Hospital plus accompanying notes. Includes Raquel Birkis, Darrell Buell, Slvester Collazo, Sandra Dechant, Alex Garcia, Vicki Guillen, William Herrell, Vere Hunt, Gene Jalome, John Burnside, Oscar Downing, Joyce Garza, Frank Heili, Garee Hillery, Gary Skibbe, Martha Ann Whitley, and many others with addresses. Also reports county fines for driving with a suspended license and multiple traffic accidents with minor to moderate damage, plus several marriage licenses and real estate transfers.
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St. Catherine
Racquel Birkis
E. Price
Darrell Buell
Slvester Collazo
Wesley Sandra Dechant
Alex Garcia
Gardendale
Vicki Guillen
William Herrell
S. Star
Vere Hunt
Gene Jalome
Denen
Conkling
Oscar Downing
Deerfield
Joyce Garza
Holcomb
Frank Heili
Spencer Garee Hillery
Scott City
Gary Skibbe
Martha Ann Whitley
N. Main
Wichita State honors spring 1969 dean’s list names
Kansas university report lists area students named to the spring 1969 dean’s and honor lists at Wichita State University. Janeth L. Plett, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Plett, received honors in the College of Fire Arts. Larry Stoppel of Sublette was named from the University College. Traffic death log reports figures for June and the year 1969 with a comparison to 1868 period.
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Honor Toli
Wichita State University
Janeth L. Plett
Joe Plett
Edwards
College of Fire Arta
Larry Stoppel
Winners Are Listed Annual Kids Fishing Derby Draws Crowd
The Garden City Optimist Club hosted the annual Kids Fishing Derby at the new Warren Renick pond four miles southeast of town. A record 207 children participated. top prize went to 12-year-old Richard Heeke for a 2 3 4 pound channel catfish, with other winners including Vernon Butt and Tim Douglass, plus Karen Thiel and Doug Richmond for various prizes.
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Garden City Optimist Club
Warren Renick
Pierceville
Finnup Park
Richard Heeke
Renick Pond
Heeke
Otasco
Vernon Butt
Tim Douglass
Vernon
Gibson’s Discount Center
Tim
Gibson's
Karen Thiel
Western Kansas Sporting Goods
Doug Richmond
Topeka
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Rice
Goffe & Co
Net, Inc
Allied Gup
Bosch Aira Boein
Chrysler
Cale
Interstate
du Pont
el Paso
Haliburton
MarCor Nat
Pan Epl Enney
Sevese
Sears Ates
Telegram
Quartet
Polar
Zereo
Vivian Fuchs
Alec Rose
Freddie Church
North Pole
Hardin Drag Feet On New Ag
Jennesse Hope
Jennesses Hope
St. Catherine Hospital
Navy
Birmingham
T.V
Courts County
Ted L. Adler
Wichita
USSC
Rodney Xirchoff
Ray Brenning
Main
Donald G. Markel
Ingalls
Ronald L. Knoll
Rt. 1
Block E. Fulton
Larry D. Johnston
S. Start
William C. Kort
Legals
Larry C. Davis
Paula Rae’ Ary
J.H. Kel Jer
Ramon Douglas Foltz
Golf. Acres
Robert A. Bradshaw Jr
Ronald G. Hopkins
Holmes
Fleming
J.B Fleming
Julian Omelas
Charles W. Brown
Addison William J. Ulrich
John H. Hotz
Crown Heights
Addi
Clyde Dibbins
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