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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1969
Page
8
Livestock receipts at Garden City Friday were light due to harvest, with a slow market and steady prices for steer and heifer calves. Cow prices slipped 50 cents, hogs active with top $28.95, and Kansas City trading showed mixed cattle, calves, and feeder prices across weight ranges.
Final stock quotes from Goffe and Carkener Inc show Chicago live beef futures with August and October prices, highs lows and closes. Dow Jones industrial average at noon up 3.30 to 873.06.
The army said commandos struck Suhaj near Cairo destroying most installations and rupturing power lines after crossing the Gulf of Suez. A Tel Aviv blast injured ten as a stolen Israeli jeep packed with explosives exploded near the entertainment strip. Palestinian Assifa guerrillas claimed responsibility for the Jordan valley blast. Israeli warplanes attacked a guerrilla position in Jordan, with no casualties reported on the Israeli side.
Four bombs exploded in Seattle on Sunday, two explosives and two firebombs in separate areas. One blast wrecked the first floor of the University of Washington administration building. Police linked two bombings. no injuries reported. The final blast hit a paint store near midnight, using a bomb concealed in a cut exhaust pipe. John Cyra, owner, said the device was in a plywood window cover after a prior firebomb damaged it three weeks earlier.
Ralph Old, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lynnder Old of 801 Harding, will attend the 17th West Texas Music Camp at West Texas State University in Canyon from July 13 to 25. Camp director is Dr. John K. Green, dean of the university’s school of fine arts. Enrollment for the camp stands at 865 students from 81 towns across Texas and neighboring states.
Three county road machines were heavily vandalized over the weekend on River Road and Jennie Barker Road. A tractor, dirt mixer, and a maintainer suffered broken glass, wiring, bent levers, deflated tires, and missing parts. No damage estimate was given, but the sheriff expected it to run into hundreds of dollars.
Paul Garnand, 18, of 901 Theron, drove a 1960 model car about midnight on a heavily rutted road ten miles southeast of the city. A flat left rear tire ignited, he tried to smother it with dirt, then left to seek help. The fire spread to the gas tank and destroyed the vehicle.
Mrs. Edythe B Wood 65 died unexpectedly at her home 608 Cedar Saturday evening from an apparent heart attack Born March 6 1904 in Bergman Ark she was married to Charles C Wood who preceded her in death May 13 1965 She moved to Garden City from Denver three years ago She was a Southern Baptist Church member Survivors include daughter Mrs Jacqueline Near two sisters Mrs Minnie J York and Mrs Odel M Rickman two brothers C S Jones and John S Jones two grandchildren and one great granddaughter Funeral 2 pm Tuesday at Garland Funeral Chapel Rev Lester Myers officiating Burial Valley View Cemetery Friends may call at Garland Funeral Home until service time
Two adults Leon C Mercado 18 and Robert Arellano 19 and a male juvenile were sentenced in Finney County for malicious destruction of property from a gang fight. Mercado and Arellano were jailed three weekends plus costs and restitution after a car vandalism incident at Pine and Stevens Park. The juvenile must work 30 days for the county road department. Authorities say other youths involved remain at large and may face charges.
Plymouth resident Terry Hite, 22, was piloting a single engine plane when it clipped power lines during a low pass over his parents home. The aircraft crashed in the front yard, a neighbor pulled Hite from the burning wreckage, and he suffered a broken arm and cuts.
Mrs May P McDonald 91 Coldwater died Saturday at Comanche County Hospital after a long illness. The funeral was this afternoon at Hatfield Funeral Home with Rev Bernard Plumb officiating. Born January 1 1878 Amarillo Texas she owned farming and ranching land in Comanche County and had lived in Coldwater since 1894. She belonged to Coldwater Methodist Church. Survivors include sister Mrs Mattie Stevenson Garden City and brothers Bud McDonald Coldwater Fred McDonald Tahlequah Oklahoma. Burial was at Brown Hill Cemetery Coldwater.
In New London Connecticut the Coast Guard Academy welcomes 439 new cadets on Monday, the largest entering class in its history. The class arrives more than two months before typical college freshmen, bringing total cadets to over 800 for the first time.
A report notes a Saturday 5 11 p m collision in the 200 block of 6th Street with drivers Frederick L Brenna owner of 1010 Davis and Bob McKain of 1110 E Chestnut and a passenger Mrs Herman J Howare 703 N ath. Damage levels range from moderate to minor among involved parties.
The YMCA releases a dense weekly calendar listing multiple fitness and swim sessions across venues such as Memorial Stadium Krebs pool and Finnup Park pool. Notable items include Men’s run for your life at 7 am midweek, youth and beginner swim classes, advanced sessions, and various walking and exercise programs in the evenings.
Washington AP reports Benny the Thai pigtail monkey is thriving in orbit after launch from Cape Kennedy aboard a Delta rocket. The mild animal munches pellets and drinks water while completing task cycles triggered by shocks. Bonny passes behavioral tests as sensors in brain and organs aid medical guidelines for future long term spaceflight.
A list of patients discharged from St Catherine on Saturday includes Lou Ann Clark Pierce ville Michael Derryberry 1910 C Lester M Mosby Pierce Steven Mayo Rt 1 Arabia Rogers Cimarron Edwin Rogers 1407 A Mary Whatley 1207 Hattie At St Catherine Sundey A E Alexander Ulysses Gladys Campbell Lak Mamie Fye 606 N 2nd Orvin Page 614 Garden City Ave Raymond Sandoval 1208 Gibson.
Marriage licenses listed for Samuel Daryl Hamill and Linda Mae Burns in Garden City and other couples. Warranty deeds transferring lots and halves in multiple additions to named buyers. Quitclaim and executors deed transfers noted with parcel descriptions and dates. Telegram Want Ads advertise buying or selling help.
Garden City sponsors urge boys and girls to join a planned Twilight camp running July 7 to 25 at the State game preserve south of the Arkansas River. Director George Walsted, YMCA and Scouts volunteers, and 4-H staff lead activities from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. weekdays. Final registrations and a $3 fee are due Friday. 100 campers targeted though only around 100 have signed up so far.
In New Orleans Clyde Decoux stopped to help a distressed driver causing a theft. A man and woman robbed him of $185 and forced him to drive to the Orleans Jefferson parish line before fleeing in Decoux’s car.
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