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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1966
Page
1
Astronaut David Scott will perform a spacewalk in mid March aboard Gemini 8 with Neil Armstrong to test a lightweight power tool designed to minimize reactive torque. The 10 minute tool use, part of a three day mission, aims to develop field toolkits for future space maintenance.
Cattle receipts total 114 head with choice steers mostly 0 to 75 cents higher, selling 26.50 to 27.25. Good to low choice steers 25.30 to 26.25, standard and low good 22.50 to 24.50. Heifers up 25 to 50 cents with choice 25.50 to 26.30, good to low choice 24.75 to 25.50. Hog and sheep runs in Kansas City steady to lower with hogs 1-3 25.25 to 27.15 and lambs 27.25 to 28.75.
The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials at noon stood at 937.41, up by .78 points from the previous close. Investors watched market activity as shares across sectors traded cautiously amid ongoing economic signals.
Abe Hubert was re elected chairman Tuesday morning at the city recreation commission reorganization session held at the Warren Hotel. Reb Wright was elected vice chairman, with Virgil Craig, the Rev. Malcolm Bertraxs, and Bob Greer completing the five member commission. Deaver will continue as relief secretary. Herman Beringer is long serving on the staff.
Extensive testing of experimental rations will highlight the annual Lamb Feeders Day at the Garden City Experiment Station Friday starting 1 15 p m. Carl S Menzies a Kansas State sheep researcher discusses 1945 66 test results. About 650 lambs were used in this 32nd year of feeding trials with rations including urea as cottonseed meal replacement irrigated wheat pasture drilled in wheat stubble irrigated alfalfa pastures and dehydrated sorghum stubble pellets. Dr Homer K Caley Extension veterinarian will discuss internal vasites during the program. Some lambs have been marketed while the rest are open for inspection.
Dallas resident George W. Jernigan Jr., 34, was found shot to death in his car three miles west of Garden City on US 50. Officials said the death appeared self-inflicted with a pistol found near the body. Jernigan, on parole from Leavenworth for bank robbery, left Dallas Friday and was discovered during a routine check by Kansas Highway Patrol.
Sarah Dale, daughter of Dr and Mrs J E Dale of Warner Terrace, won the local contest and was among 15 district winners delivering original orations on the Constitution in Pratt. Rich Hutchinson of Hutchinson will represent the district in the regional contest at Hays. Dale, a Garden City High School senior, attended Pratt with her mother and Mack Linn. The Pratt event grew from three contestants in 1963 to 17 entries this year, though two were sidelined by illness.
Graveside services for Charles Boes 83 formerly of Garden City will be Friday at 10 a.m. Valley View Cemetery Riverside Calf Rev Alvin E Houser to lead. Boes a 55 year Finney County stockman born August 14 1882 in Sterling survived by wife Lillie daughter Helen Faeth son James sister Bessie Bressler five grandchildren and one great grandchild. Also graveside services for Prudence E Good 95 Boulder Colo formerly Cimarron at Cimarron Cemetery. Mrs Good died Sunday in Boulder born May 18 1890 at Cimarron married Roscoe Good December 21 1908 in Cimarron. Surviving Ruth Good Grace Speckman Donald and three grandchildren.
Washington AP reports 40 per cent silver Kennedy half dollars are expected to begin circulating within two weeks. Treasury assistant secretary Robert A. Wallace says the mint aims to release them in a week or two to replace older 90 per cent silver coins that have vanished or become keepsakes. The Kennedy half dollar is slated as coin of the realm for at least two years amid high demand from vending and change use.
Mary Morrow aged 86 died at Briar Hill Manor after a lingering illness. Born March 31, 1882, she married John Morrow in 1906 at Buffalo Missouri. Survived by four daughters Ethel De Camp Pat Kells Naomi Glotta Oddrie Hoyt, a son Ernest Morrow, 14 grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements by Dunsworth Funeral Home in Dodge City.
Clifford R. Hope Jr., a Garden City attorney and former Pearson staff member, was named district chairman and a member of Sen. James B. Pearson's state campaign committee as Pearson seeks re election to the U S Senate.
Topeka AP report shows a 24 hour traffic death log through 9 am Wednesday for March, with a 95 death count in a comparable 1965 period. The brief notes Kansas traffic fatalities and daily totals for the reporting period.
AP dispatch from Washington reports Senate Fulbright proposing neutralization of all Southeast Asia. U S officials doubt feasibility, citing China’s refusal to talk and fear of provoking stronger red opposition. They note Peking’s policy may shift with reversals and warn against unintended consequences.
A notice lists recent admissions at St. Catherine and several area facilities. Names include Carol Jean Willbanks Scott City Theodore R Finke 1222 Gib aon Ada M Watkins 918 Pershing Raymond Harold Smith Lakin Sandra Lynn Stanley Dighton and others such as Mrs Kenneth Mulligan Healy Mrs Lawrence G Miller Holcomb Kathy Candida Stroud Burnside Dr Ronald J Roth Holcomb Mrs Kenneth Snodgrass Pierceville George W Metz 703 Hardy Mrs John Reed Dighton Frances F Hipp Friend Al Fross S Star Rt Anna M Putnam Downs William Walter Herman Hol Mrs Guy E McCombs Lakin Mrs Aubrey Whitehurst 200 W Edwards Manuel Hernandez Pennsylvania Sanita Vadine Clark Ingalls.
Havana AP report says two Cuban Army majors Rolando Cubela and Ramont Guin were arrested on counter-revolutionary activity charges tied to the CIA. Cubela, physician and former director of Fajardo Hospital, led Castro guerrillas in the Escambray before Castro’s rise. The Interior Ministry announced the arrests Tuesday night.
A break-in at East Seed Co. 102 S. Ltd. led to the theft of a coffee pot candy and a small amount of cash. Police reports note entry by breaking a window in a door and the incident occurred around 8 a.m.
Garden City notices list dismissals for several residents and births including a daughter to Manuel B Hernandez at 201 Pennsylvania at 1 41 p.m. weighing 6 pounds 12 ounces and a son to Kenneth Mulligan in Healy at 10 58 a.m. weighing 6 pounds 1 ounce. Also a birth to John Reed in Dighton at 2 16 p.m. weighing 6 pounds 4 ounces. County reports a suspended sentence for Darrell Woods of Cimarron involving an insufficient funds charge. payment of 13 25 and 13 55 in fees required.
A Tuesday night incident at 9 18 p m occurred in the 800 block North 3rd involving a parked vehicle owned by Josephine C Yardley of 904 North 3rd and a car driven by Maurice Lee Shepherd of 812 North 7th. Both vehicles sustained minor damage and no injuries are reported.
Walter Weber announced the purchase of the Town Shop women's fashion store at Main and Pine from Ynez Dillon. Weber, a 25 year veteran of C R Anthony's, will rename the firm Weber's Town Shop and retain existing lines with added merchandise, remodeling the rear office into selling space. Two saleswomen, Winona Watkins and Irene Davis, will stay on.
Finney County 4-H members earned 13 blue ribbons from 17 entries at Regional 4-H Day in Cimarron. Winners included Nancy Brown and Randy Linville in junior demonstrations, Kahy York and Wanda Largent in senior demonstrations, Peggy Pitts and the Beacon Roosters in music, and Millie Thomas with others in project talks. Joe Lefort performed a reading. Peggy Stoner and Margaret Crouse earned ribbons in music.
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