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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1962
Page
4
CAPPY BICK describes a party game where players cut red hearts into pieces then exchange and reassemble them. Each round lasts one minute with a rightward pass, scoring by who first reassembles a heart. Extra cuts improve difficulty. guests should bring scissors.
Washington AP reports a 19 gun salute and four ruffles by the Army band as Secretary Elvis J. Stahr bids farewell at Ft Myer Virginia. A 3rd Infantry battle group paraded in review. Cyrus Vance General Lyman Lemnitzer and General George Decker attended. Stahr heads to Indiana University as resignation takes effect Saturday.
A faulty transformer in the Fort Randall Dam switchboard caused six of eight 40,000 kilowatt generators to go out. Brig. Gen. Robert F. Seedlock said that plus a failed voltage regulator transformer at the North Omaha plant, interconnected with Fort Randall, triggered a blackout over 300,000 square miles for minutes to over two hours. Protections shut down sources as overloads spread. Nebraska Iowa and parts of Kansas South Dakota were affected. Corrections have been made to prevent a repeat.
The world without the bomb conference ended with calls for strict controls on cheating in any disarmament treaty. About 130 delegates from the United States Europe Asia Africa and the Western Hemisphere attended the week long conference.
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