Telegram prints photo miscue and weather note
A Modoc girl Miss Louetta Wilken had her bathing beauty photo cropped below the knees due to a typesetting error. The Telegram explains printing margins and jokes about shifting the published temperature time from 1:30 to 2:00 to help readers gauge heat and sell air conditioners.
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Louetta Wilken
Garden City
Miss Wilken
Telegram
Weather Bureau
Congress
Goly
City to review old matters including sewage plant funds
City Manager Deane Wiley will report on the city's application for federal funds to build a sewage disposal plant and on the plan to press Continental Air Lines not to suspend service to Dodge City, Garden City, and La Junta, Colorado, at tomorrow morning's meeting.
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Deane Wiley
Continental Air Lines
Dodge City
Garden City
le Junta
Colo
Four Scouts To Jamboree From Garden City
Four Scouts from Garden City Robert Werner James Wells Michael Keller and Dennis Myers depart July 3 for the fourth National Boy Scout Jamboree at Valley Forge Pennsylvania July 12 2018 They are part of Santa Fe Trail council Troop 15 with 37 boys and three adult leaders representing 2100 Cubs Scouts and Explorers The jamboree encampment will house two acres with self supported facilities and a crowd expected exceeding 50 000 Scouts Explorers and leaders Scoutmaster is Harry Donart with assistants Scott Agnew and Ken Hutchinson.
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Gard City
Robert Werner
James Wells
Michael Keller
Dennis Myers
Valley Forge
Sorial
Robert
Ronald Werner
James
Russell Wells
Michael
Harold Keller
Dennis
John Myers
Garden City
Harry Donart
Johnson
Santa Fe
Scott Agnew
Liberal
Ken Hutchinson
Dodge City
Holden Held Over Contempt Charge Releases After Five Days
Former county attorney Holden was released after serving five days for contempt of court. His attorney, John Eling, said Holden received a 130 day sentence with 25 days suspended by Gun County District Court. The case grew from a Gray County school audit where Holden was disqualified and cited for actions tied to newspaper advertisements. A bank robbery note mentions Modoc near Scott City with two suspects described as aged 30s to 80s and a younger man around 20, both wearing dark glasses.
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Holden
John Eling
Kinsley
Gun County
Gray County
Antamas Af Aletoind Ament
Modoc
Scott City
Still Seek Modoc Bank Holdup Men
Law officers continued the hunt for two pistol wielding men who robbed the Modoc State Bank of 752 dollars just before noon yesterday. Cashier Raymond Salyer, locked in the bank vault for nearly an hour, aided identification efforts from descriptions. A pre arranged roadblock network was used after Scott County sheriff Robert Brittan notified authorities about the robbery. The getaway car was an old model Chevrolet with Scott County or Illinois plates. The roadblock was lifted late yesterday afternoon.
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Modoc State Bank
Raymond Salyer
Robert Brittan
Scott,county
Scott County
Illinois
Four Injured In Accident Involving Bank and Cars
Four injured when two cars collided at a county road intersection yesterday evening. Bank employee was alone during a daytime incident. intruders released the man, then locked him in the vault but he was freed. Police say injuries to four people were not life threatening.
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Salyer
Alvis Earle Cleere
Jenny
St. Catident
Arlo Warrington
Leo M. Schmid
Clifford
Leighton Fairbairn
Kansas State Colleges
Reeve Animal Hospital
Fairbairn
Kinsley
Garden City
Air Force
Check Source of Influenza
Berkeley health officials work to identify influenza outbreaks affecting about 90 people in Davis and San Diego. State director Dr. Malcolm Merrill notes uncertainty over links to the Orient epidemic and mentions suspected plots against the government. Navy reports a tapering siege with 15 to 20 daily cases at San Diego Naval Training Center.
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Berkeley
Calif
California
Department of Health
Davis
San Diego
Malcolm M. Merrill
Orient
Merrill
A. C. Holt
Mexico
Costa Rice
Bureau Of!twas
Navy
Garden City Jaycees Win National Recognition
The Garden City Jaycees received national honors at a Milwaukee convention, earning top national award for their sports scrapbook and projects. More than 2,500 entries from Jaycee chapters across the United States competed, with Garden City highlighted for its sports program and community efforts compiled by a local committee led by Joe Tennes and including Jerry Schults.
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Garden City
Kansas
Milwaukee
Wis
Ydaycee
United States
Hawaii
Alaska
Gar‘me
Den
Giman Committee
Joe Tennes
Jerry Schults
Roadblock plan in southwest Kansas proves quick response
In Modoc city a bank robbery triggered swift action from policemen, troopers, and sheriffs across 19 southwestern Kansas counties. The staged roadblock system, requiring rapid, coordinated calls, began within minutes but failed to locate the robbers. Local officials credited the plan’s timing and full deployment for future successes.
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Kansas
Modoc City
Mitchel Geisler
Colonel Admits Lesser Offenses
Col. John C. Nickerson Jr. was found guilty of permitting secret documents to reach unauthorized persons. He pleaded guilty to 15 counts of violating army regulations amid a pending possible 90 year sentence and dishonorable discharge. The case stems from his bid to influence defense policy on missile development by sharing data with congressmen editors and industry sources.
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Huntsville
Ala
Army
John C. Nickerson Jr
Minu
Tes
Nickerson
West Point
Charles E. Wilson
Nickeron
Wilson
Cortiny
Guatemala Says Attack Beaten Back By Regime
Guatemala reports repelling a rebel assault on the coastal airstrip near San Jose on the Pacific coast. Police say three attackers were killed and many subversives captured as exiled groups abroad were named in the alleged conspiracy linked to former president Jacobo Arbenz and predecessor Arevalo.
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Guatemala
Presidenarios Castillo Armas
San Jose
Guatemala City
Jacobo Arbent
Castillo de
Juan ‘Jose Arevalo
Garden Sass and Domestic Help in Nara Time
A matron explains why finding domestic help in Nara is hard as many girls do housework the way she operates rather than the way she desires.
Mighty Coot at Williamsburg Governors Chilly on State Financing
At Williamsburg the 49th Governors Conference opened with a focus on state financing. Daniel L. Rupp, nine, was injured when he fell from a bicycle after being struck by a car, receiving treatment at St Catharines Hospital. The meeting featured Eisenhower’s push for federal tax reductions and a proposal for a joint federal state task force to study duplication and state control.
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Williamsburg
Eisenhower
Daniel L. Rupp
Carshim
John S. Wright
Senhower
Bob Hood
Wright
John Street
Taylor
Daniel
Rupp
St. John
Eastland Idea Draws Protest Over Court Reform Proposal
Senator Eastland and Senator Johnston demand a constitutional amendment to require Senate approval of Supreme Court justices every four years. House members Andrews and Mason push impeachment moves against all justices. The debate follows court rulings against segregation and recent contempt convictions in anti communist investigations.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Senate
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Senate Judiciary Committee
Olin D. Johnston
D-Sc
Eastland
Andrews
D-Ala
Mason
R-Iii
House
America
Johnston
Congress
Senate Internal Security
House Committee On Un-American Activites
Weather forecast note with scattered storms
Weather observations indicate a chance of scattered thunderstorms Wednesday with little temperature change. Highs near 80 degrees and a low around 60 with sunset about 8 20 p m. Report includes city readings from Great Bend Liberal and Pratta Haskell.
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Contana
Jarden
Dod
Great Bend
Liberal
Husell & Prattaaaa
Hard Feelings After a Swap Bring Gunfire
In Terre Haute Indiana a gun battle between a photographer and Thomas Whitaker 47 ended in the deaths of Alma Martin 38 and her son Jack 10. Stuart Martin 49 the photographer was wounded and his stepdaughter Regina Whitaker 9 was seriously injured. Whitaker fled after possibly being struck by flying glass while entering the home at 245 am as police search a wooded area south of Terre Haute for him.
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Terre Haute
Ind
West Terre Haute
Thomas Whitaker
Whitaker
Alma Martin
Jack Whitaker
Stuart Martin
Terute
Evansville
Union Hospital
Regina Whitaker
Martin
Aid Whitaker
Martins
Barbara Calhoun Faces Possible Blindness After Eye Surgery
Barbara Calhoun, a sixth grader from Washington Grade School, undergoes a critical eye operation in Oklahoma City as glaucoma threatens her sight. Doctors express limited hope. Barbara and her mother plan for a possible loss of vision while preparing for her upcoming junior high year with support from friends and a seeing eye dog mentor.
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Barbara Calhoun
Barbara
G. D. Calhoun
Oklahoma ‘City
Dara
Barware
Washington Grade
Alva Hospital
Calhoun
Carr Evans
Enid
U.S. Aide Dallam Leaves Hungary Amid Expulsion
Col Welwyn F. Dallam the U.S. air attache departed Budapest by car with his wife for Vienna after Hungary expelled him. The State Department denied charges but said he would leave as demanded. Dallam had been slated to depart by summer’s end.
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Hungary
Budapest
Welwyn F.dallam
U.S
Vienna
State Department
Dallam
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