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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1962
Page
8
Weather notes show scattered rain across the area Tuesday afternoon with no reported damage or hail. Heavy showers hit Ingalls and Cimarron with up to three inches in spots, while Garden City saw about an inch and Scott City less.
Columnist Hal Boyle notes the skinny side of remarks that fat people tire of hearing while local officials swap duties. Mitch Geisler shifts to Chamber of Commerce secretary as window peeping and mailer errors draw laughs. Community contests invite youth to win wire puzzle prizes in the Telegram’s features.
Garden City area weather reports show scattered rainfall from 0.07 to 3.00 inches, with Cimarron and Ulysses recording notable totals. Neighboring towns like Ingalls and Scott City logged variable amounts as heavy downpours impacted crops and waterworks. In Memphis, a bride-to-be Alberta Nestor, 23, was arrested for forging checks to pay for a trousseau, postponing her wedding.
Senate investigators heard that the Agriculture Department had advance warning on Billie Sol Estes cotton acreage deals in 1960 and that farm aid officials later approved all contested deals. Paul Kamerick testified Washington did not halt the schemes, calling the department a bureaucratic jungle needing overhaul. Freeman was to testify as the Estes affair widened.
The 1963 wheat marketing quota referendum is scheduled for July 24 as Secretary Freeman set a 55 million acre allotment. National average support would be at least $1.82 per bushel, about 75 percent of parity, with possible increases if July 1 1963 parity and supply data warrant. The 1963-64 forecast shows a tight supply, with 166 percent of normal, and 2.4 billion bushels projected for the 1962-63 year alongside record highs in earlier years. Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Nebraska face 1964 acreage reductions under the emergency program.
Immediate solutions to Garden City water problems were proposed today to the City Commission. Proposals include improving the Taylor Street well with a 14 inch liner at about 195 feet to seal off hard water strata and possible pump work after cleaning. A new Finnup Park well is under study with a test potential of 1000 gallons per minute, cost about 5980 plus 2647 for pump unit. Lawmakers want a state water-right decision before funding more wells. Also delayed was a $25,000 Lundblade damages claim tied to a power line.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration announced a potential six orbit manned flight later this summer with astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr as pilot. The plan hinges on technical factors and fuel for reentry with Cooper as backup. launch from Cape Canaveral and landing near Midway Island expected if six orbits occur.
The City Commission and Humane Society representatives discussed possible sites for a new animal shelter. Options included near the old armory by the fairgrounds or at the sewerage treatment plant southeast of town. The group urged contacting the county commission to explore cooperation and site ideas.
Washington AP The House Agriculture Committee rewrote parts of a substitute farm bill on Tuesday tightening provisions but delaying final decisions. The panel moved toward current law rather than the more centralized new program backed by Kennedy but rejected by the House last week. A preliminary step would wipe out the 1958 feed grain plan backed by former Agriculture Secretary Benson, a program Democrats blame for higher surpluses.
In Oran, western Algeria, SAO leaders reportedly signal a halt to sabotage as the city nears independence. Unconfirmed reports say ex General Gardy fled with aides. Laffont urges residents to avoid further suffering. No fresh violence. telephone lines recovering. a waterfront oil-tank fire closed the port for 48 hours.
Sgt. Alvin C. York, the Medal of Honor winner, was to enter a Nashville hospital for prostate surgery after recent internal bleeding treatment. Dr. Guy C. Pinkley said the operation is not serious and York should return to his Pal Mall, Tennessee home within a week to ten days.
Garden City's Fourth of July events include a horseshoe pitching championship at Finnup Park one week away. Organizer Cecil Baker and Harold Kitch expect at least 82 entries with contestants from multiple towns including Goodland and Hutchinson. Matches begin at 10 am next Wednesday, best two of three to 20 points, with a loser's bracket ensuring four games per entrant. No entry fee. trophies for top three and loser's bracket winner.
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