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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1966
Page
1
A broad rain event spread across southwest Kansas Saturday night into Sunday, with totals up to 3 inches in spots. Measurements from towns and stations show varying rainfall, from light sprinkles to heavy downpours, halting harvest progress in several counties and lifting yields in some dry areas.
A Saturday evening tornado formed south of Garden City in the Sandhills near Fielding Hands’s farm, about three miles south of Plymell. Hands and his three sons sheltered as the funnel touched ground, moving north then east, lifting dirt but causing no structural damage.
Residents awoke to stiff necks from cloud watching and a dramatic display of lightning over the weekend. A low flying jet propelled helicopter sparked city intrigue during noon hours with no official explanation from FAA or police. Water will be shut off tonight for Une tein from to 10.
Two to three tornado funnels were seen Saturday south of town. Francis Schreibvogel recorded 1.75 inches of rain with another .80 inches later. Mrs. Jim Waller reported a tornado and police responded with a sky watch. A windmill and several structures sustained damage as fences and wire were torn out nearby.
Jackie E Smith Jr. 16 died Sunday when ditch sides collapsed while he worked on a pipeline project near Miles City Montana. He was the son of Jack and the late active Garden City family. funeral planned at Community Church with burial Valley View Cemetery. survivors include parents sister Prudence and grandparents Lorena Yount and Roy Yount. Weather highs around 98 and lows near 80 with isolated showers tonight and Tue.
An official Soviet parliamentary delegation led by First Deputy Premier Dmitry Polyansky started a 10 day official visit in Canada. The visit follows a Moscow decision to place a record order for wheat from Canada.
The Board of Education of Unified School District 457 will meet at 7 p.m. Monday in the Garden City High School library. The meeting follows a quorum failure at the prior meeting. Items include contracts, contract releases, salaries for the superintendent's secretary and the superintendent of buildings and grounds, and bills. Also discussion includes the Plymell kindergarten situation, major vehicle repairs, and continuing contract law.
Gus Garden quips that when two pessimists meet they don’t shake hands but merely their beads, a wry line capturing a mood of wary gifts and folded smiles. The joke plays on unexpected imagery to lampoon dour outlooks.
Garden City outlines July Fourth events starting with a Soap Box Derby at 9 a.m. on N. 3rd St and a 10 a.m. horseshoe contest in Finnup Park. A noon bell ring, 7:30 p.m. municipal band concert, flag raising, and a 8:45 p.m. fireworks display are planned at Finney County Fairgrounds, followed by an Elks Legion baseball tournament weekend ending Monday night.
Meredith told a large Jackson rally that the system of white supremacy will reign no longer and warned that Governor and others will pay attention to the Negro. The march began June 5 in Memphis and ended at the Capitol with King praising the effort as a major demonstration for freedom in Mississippi.
Independent Missouri AP report states Robert B. DePugh, acting national chairman, announces a new ultra-conservative Patriotic party to hold a national convention in Independence on July 23. He says 400 to 500 invitees aim to form a united front against communism and unite conservative groups under one banner while continuing leadership of the Minutemen secretive group. The party will pursue surface political action with a strong underground, and no candidates will be named this year.
Elton Fay debuts an eight article GI Guide series in the Telegram addressing draft odds volunteering boot camp overseas service education training reserve options commissions and women in the armed forces. The first piece appears Wednesday and readers may order the unabridged Fay booklet for $1.
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