County Tops $55 Million In Finney County valuations
Finney County's 1963 assessed value reaches $55,614,635, up $2,903,824 from 1962. Six of seven townships report gains led by Garden City township at $7,751,088. Garfield township shows the only decline. Real estate and other valuations breakdown show real estate at $28,198,720 and royalty interests at $7,457,080.
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Finney County
Jane Collins
Finney
Garden City
Holcomb
Garden City Township
Garfield
Ivanhoe
Pierceville
Pleasant Valley
Sherlock
Terry
Garfield Township
Piercevile
Cicadas Return as Summer Roar Nears
Entomologist Les DePew warns cicadas, not locusts, will soon fill trees with their chorus, signaling a hot season ahead. The Telegram notes a 1/4 mill election misprint, pool repairs delay, and Deer at Lee Richardson Zoo as locals adapt to summer life and family milestones at the park and pool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Les DePew
Rights order pits Kentucky against governor in segregation move
In Frankfort a legal showdown loomed as Gov. Bert Combs issued an executive order ending segregation in all state licensed businesses and professions. Attorney Jack M. Lowery Jr. called it unconstitutional while civil rights leaders praised it. The order, to take effect within two months, targets motels restaurants and taverns and may face Supreme Court review. Julius Rather called it the most all encompassing state proclamation.
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Frankfort
Bert Combs
Jack M. Lowery Jr
Louisville Tavern Operators Association
U.S
Combs
Julius Rather
Supreme Court
Rather
Riders to Take 0 Mile Trek in Dodge City Days
Horseback riders from Garden City Calf Roping Club will journey 15 to 29 miles on a two day ride along the Arkansas River from Garden City to Dodge City as part of the Cowboy Capital's Dodge City Days July 18 to 20. They depart Wednesday morning, camp at Cimarron Crossing Park, and end with a parade down Wyatt Earp Blvd. in mid afternoon Thursday.
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Arkansas River
Garden City
Dodge City
Cowboy Capital
Gardens
Cimarron
Cimarron Crossing Park
Dodge
Wyatt Earp Blvd
Dean Hart
Reporter Tours Quiet Finney County Jail
A visiting reporter describes Sheriff Wendle Meier guiding a tour of the Finney County Jail, noting an unusually empty facility with two juveniles in the women's section and a federal prisoner arrival planned for noon. The piece discusses openness of jail access and praise for cleanliness, housing, and upkeep, reflecting on public access to the jail.
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Wendle Meier
Meier
Kansas County
Ben
Wichita Boeing Workers To Receive Back Wages
About 10 000 Boeing Wichita employees will receive roughly 2 million dollars in retroactive pay under a new three year contract. Checks will vary from 1.5 to 2.40 dollars per hour of overtime earned, according to Machinists Local 70 leader R C Schaffer.
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Wichita
Boeing Co
R. C. Schaffer
Machinists Local 70
Garden Sass and Gus Ride to Dodge City
A fragmented line hints at Garden Sass and Gus joining horse riders heading to Dodge City. The note suggests eating provisions on a mantle for several days. No additional context or names present.
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Gus
Dodge City
Government Sets New Standards on Employment
Wheat harvest moves north as region reports slow progress and high yields. Parden City Co-op elevators have logged over one million bushels with varying weights from 53 to 64 pounds per bushel. Irrigated wheat averaging 58 pounds, dryland 20 bushels max, moisture improving below 12 percent. Harvest completion estimates range from 74 to 85 percent across multiple towns as grain moved to Gluxton City and Hutchinson.
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Parden City Co-op
al Tauscher
Co-op
Pierceville
Charleston
Tarvest
Deerfield
Faul Iy
Gluxton City
Hutchinson
Garden Ciy
Wolfe Elevators
Tauscher
TH. i. Meng
Charleson
Hefarma
Gray County
Taurcher
Garden City
Joe Ackley
Gang Elevator
Western Terminal
Pete Ratzlaf
Western
Lou Anderson
Anderson Grain Co
Iranian Student Here Next Year In High School
Garden City High School will welcome an Iranian student next term. Misa Sohrabi, 16, from Tehran, will join the Russell Wells family at 002 N. 12th and enroll as a senior. She aims to be an engineer and has studied at Avarm High School for Girls in Tehran. She has three sisters and a brother, speaks English for six years, and enjoys tennis, swimming, and volleyball.
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Garden City High School
Mise Nahid Sotyobs
Avarm High School
Teheran
Nance
Solvayn
Garden City
Kennedy Visits Irish Towns
President Kennedy makes a sentimental visit to Dunganstown and other Irish towns, touring the birthplace of his great grandfather. He sees the Kennedy homestead, receives a warm welcome from about a quarter million people, and enjoys a tea with cousin Mary Ryan.
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Dublin
Kennedy
Las
Dunganstown
Patrick Kennedy
United States
Mary Ryan
Htt
Hyang
Jack
John Kennedy
U.S
Matthew McCloskey
Sean
John
Shawn
Two Special Stamps In Honor of Refugees
Taipre Formosa The Nationalist Chinese government sells two stamps for the first anniversary of refugees arriving from Red China after the Hong Kong exodus. Stamp designs by P C Lee from the Hong Kong Tiger Standard show a girl crying on learning of return to Communists and a refugee carrying his son while dragging his tearful wife.
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Taipre
Formosa
Red China
Hong Kong
P. C. Lee
Associated Bross
China
River Group to Meet in Lamar
A special meeting of the Arkansas River Compact Administration will be held in Lamar Colorado on Tuesday July 0 to discuss a Clay Creek reservoir Arkansas tributary and the John Martin Reservoir operations. The agenda includes the interim corps report on the food control project near Las Animas and the budget for the fiscal year July 1 15 to June 30 15.
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Lamar
Colo
Arkansay River Compact Administration
Prowers County
ARCA
Clay Creek
Arkansas
U. S. Corps of Engineers
Las Animas
Cal
John Martin
Arkansas River
Las Ani Mas
Parked Car Sustains Extensive Damage After Collision
A car owned by Mrs. Baye Hannablum on Main Street in Syracuse was severely damaged after a trailer hauling a combine platform collided with it near the Santa Fe crossing. The trailer, pulled by an Oklahoma-registered truck, broke free due to a missing safety chain attachment. no injuries or further damage to the platform or trailer were reported.
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Syracuse
Baye Hahhbhaum
Main St
Santa Fe
Hannablum
Oklahoma
Hamilton County
Band Concert Here Friday at Stevens Park
Fourth free summer band concert of the season scheduled at Stevens Park Friday. The program stars Ak Dopa under director Robert Anderson. Tribute to the Trombones opens, followed by Dancing Caballero and Ballet for Young Americans. Excursion in Laudewivel, Folk Song Suite, and more. National anthem closes.
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Stevens Park
Ak Dopa
Robert Anderson
Don Keller
Harry Taftingle
Ralph Hermann
Alay
Lauweivel
Paul Yoder
Ralph Vaughn Williams
Leroy Anderson
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Kentucky
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Garden City Rotary Club
Morris Jones
Howard P. Woertendyke
Charles Vaughn
John Walters
Stan Fansher
Robert Fenton
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Carden City
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Lowe
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Ee Wirtz
Robert S. Kennedy
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Tale
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Lindsay
Weel
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