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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1957
Page
2
Lawrence, Teller, and M. Mills told reporters the United States is advancing hydrogen bomb work. Strauss said fallout from earlier tests has dropped sharply and argued against a moratorium on testing, asserting current tests produce negligible radioactivity and should continue.
A chaotic report traces opposition in the 49th annual conference of state chief executives to Eisenhower designating the 1960 GOP presidential nominee. Maryland and Illinois governors weigh in on Nixon and party leadership amid strategic maneuvering and speculation.
Kansas colleges and universities will receive the second and final payment of Ford Foundation grants to boost faculty salaries. The initial half arrived two years ago. Recipient institutions include Bakery University Baldwin 69100 Bethany Lindsborg 60500 Mount St Scholast Atchison 93500 Ottawa University 51000 St Benedicts Atchison 49000 Southwestern Winfield 65500 and others.
A 10 session guidance course starts Friday at the junior college with meetings Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 1 p.m. taught by Elmer Bartlett. The course offers either residence credit in Introduction to Guidance or Emporia State Teachers College extension credit at senior college level in Principles of Guidance. Fee is $15.
Ben Henshaw, area pioneer and Spanish American War veteran, died at St Catherine hospital aged 89. Born May 15 1868 in Wayne County Indiana he moved to Grant County Kansas in 1885 and plowed the first land there. He worked at Garden City sugar beet factory and served in the Philippines with the 23rd Infantry. Surviving nephews are Herbert Henshaw Herrington Gene Henshaw Pomona Howard Henshaw New Cambridge plus a greatnephew and two great nieces. Funeral tomorrow at 10 am Phillips Chapel officiated by Rev Franklyn Edwards burial Valley View Cemetery. Additional obituary notes Mrs Agnes Price 72 of Garden City died in Denver heart attack while visiting a son burial Valley View Cemetery. She taught in Enid and married Charles Price in 1912. survived by four children Alva and Georgine path of Denver Betty Seattle and Charles Cleveland Ohio, sister Jennie Lewis Kansas Burial. Valley View Cemetery.
Charles Melmith age 76 received funeral services this afternoon at the Methodist church in Lakin, with arrangements reported as Lakin i Services.
Thal editor Kukrit Pramof convicted of ingult. U S Ambassador Max Bishop to appeal. News cites protection for foreign envoys and court actions. In Laklin Kansas, Mr. Smith died at his rural home after 70 years residence. widow Mabel survives with son Raymond, daughter Bernice, and six grandchildren. burial in Laklin cemetery pending.
A Garden City roundup reports a two car collision at Fulton and Hudson injures minor damages. Guadalupe Leal faces a $5 bond for driving on the wrong side, Leonard Young cited for speeding, and Burton Lanam for running a stop light. Marriage licenses issued for Hafield Curry Eminat Notting Barnard. Hospital ad mints list several names. discharges include Barbara Philbrick and Jon Larson. Births recorded at St Catherine and Stewart Boone with two newborn girls.
Melvin Kemp of Garden, Illan, who earned a business administration degree from Washburn University, has relocated with his wife to Pueblo, Colorado. He is employed by Davidson HI, a certified public accounting firm. Melvin is the son of Mrs Gladys Kom and the brother of Mrs Leo Kirk. The Kemp family address is 1710 Moore Avenue.
Take It Easy William Webb, a Pittsburgh graduate, wins a Hunter scholarship covering two semesters at Ft. Hays Kansas State College. The sermon at Marble Collegiate Church by Dr. Polling praises Graham crusade results while local court records show Thornton Lusk bonded on assault charges amid related incidents involving improper driving and drunkenness.
Two Soviet destroyers and an auxiliary tanker navigated the Suez Canal, the first Russian warships through since World War I. Officials said they head for Vladivostok but may linger in the Red Sea amid Middle East tensions. Sailors hailed shore crowds at Port Said as the voyage drew attention.
City manager Deane Wiley announces planned city-wide spraying of insects beginning tomorrow if weather allows. Workmen began operations Friday in Finnup Park but were forced to halt when a duster strike occurred nearby late afternoon.
In Stockholm 16 year old Christina Wennerstrom, sequestered after eloping with Senate page boy Huw Williams of Falls Church, Virginia, and later returning with her mother, faced legal action plans by her father Col. Stig Wennerstrom. The pair could not obtain a marriage license due to their ages, and Williams was fired from his Senate job amid the episode.
Dr. Oris Polk Dellinger, 79, longtime Pittsburg State College faculty member for 38 years, former acting president, first head of biological sciences, later dean, acting president 1940 to 1941, retired 1947, elected to Kansas Senate in 1948.
Buyers in Chicago markets push wheat July futures higher amid Sept delays and weekend rains across Kansas and Oklahoma. Soybeans show mixed to weak action due to government sales and rumor of a large crop. Open interest and receipts listed across multiple U.S. markets, with quotes for corn oats rye and soybeans reflected in price movements.
New York traders saw stocks slide as oils and chemicals led losses and volume neared two million shares for the day. Prices hit session lows with key issues down around four points while tight money lingered, delaying business expansion plans and weighing sentiment. Kansas City cash grain quotes show soybeans at 2.33 to 2.35, corn mixed, and wheat around 2.02 to 2.04 as traders assess the broad weakness.
Canadian Prime Minister John Diefenbaker arrives in London for the Commonwealth Prime Ministers Conference. He advocates expanding trade within the Commonwealth and hopes a conference on the topic could be held in Ottawa, aiming to strengthen Ottawa’s spring slaughter and overall trade ties.
Kansas City cattle and calves show uneven trends with cows, slaughter calves and feeders varying. Fed steers and heifers range from about 16 to 23.50 per hundredweight, with cows, bulls, yearlings, and stock calves in similar fluctuating bands.
A Moscow radio broadcast claims Hungary's workers overwhelmingly supported the Soviet action in crushing the fall revolt. It condemns the U N report as false and asserts the working people stayed and fought with the Soviet army, disputing UN conclusions of massive intervention.
Dr Gust H Nelson suffered a compression fracture of a vertebra after slipping on stairs near his home at 3rd and Hazel about midnight Saturday. He will be confined to St Catherine's hospital for at least 10 days and likely away from office work for three to four weeks. In Milan Italy four Italian youths fell to their deaths on Mount Griga, an Alpine peak, after one slipped, tipping the group.
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