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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1968
Page
1
Market activity remained strong with steady to firm cattle price moves. Wheat at 1.90, Mile 1.75, Barley 0.82. total receipts 1,892 cattle and 438 hogs. Steers and calves sold in wide ranges, cows steady to slightly lower, hogs 70c down with top near 19.10. Kansas City brief shows prime and choice ranges for cattle hogs and sheep.
The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials stood at 836.40, down 4.04 points. Quotations provided by GoHe & Corkener Inc via the Telegram.
London AP reports Lord Snowdon wore a vivid brown long coat with white stripes and a green and orange shirt at Heathrow before Caribbean vacation. Critics called it daring and shocking, with mixed praise for the regency gangster vibe.
Labor unrest hits Garden City and Scott City as pickets target the dormitory and student union complex at Garden City Community Junior College and a $6 million gas plant job near Scott City. A worker was beaten at a union meeting. no hospitalization reported. Police seek a suspected masked black sedan driver.
A farm couple from Marienthal, Rudolph and Mrs. Heuszil, were seriously injured Saturday in a one car wreck one half mile north of Garden City on US 83. The 74 year old driver swerved to avoid a truck and the car rolled onto its top. Both were thrown from the vehicle and hospitalized at St Catherine. They were reported to be coming along as well as could be expected.
Janell Bennett of Garden City High School is the January Distributive Education student of the month. She works as a clerk and bookkeeper at Merrill-Collins Implement Co. since September, chosen by the advisory committee with John Metheney as chairman.
NEW YORK AP The president's Commission on Civil Disorders calls for 300000 jobs for hard core unemployed this year. William Adams of the Greater Cleveland Growth Association says the goal can be reached with training at minimal levels. Detroit firms report ongoing hiring programs and businesses pledge cooperation while Newark and other riot cities weigh the feasibility of the target.
Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman will lead an 11 day Far East trade mission of about six people plus wives in April. The trip, criticized as a boondoggle, is defended as boosting American farm exports worth millions. Members include lawmakers governors farm leaders and trade officials. per diem is 18 for official members while wives pay own expenses but travel free. Senator Williams questioned the trip amid balance of payments concerns.
Max Burnett Dighton and James Dyck Syracuse students at Ft Hays State College have begun participation in the Honors Program for the spring semester. Selected students are invited based on academic record and faculty recommendation to challenge outstanding intellectual ability and study independently with peers.
Patchy oil reached up to 30 yards inland at luxury hotels as the Liberian flagged Ocean Eagle broke in two near San Juan Bay. Coast Guard and Navy sprayed emulsifiers while crews evacuated 35 Greek sailors. The spill comes from a six million gallon cargo of Venezuelan crude en route to a Caribbean refinery.
Cub Scouts of Pack I held their Blue-Gold Banquet on February 14. Webelos den opened the ceremony with den chiefs leading the closing. Dens 2 3 4 7 and 8 performed skits. Bill Brady received his Webelos badge from cubmaster Dorman Dilley and joined Boy Scout Troop 1 under Scoutmaster Gene Griggs. Wolf badges went to Jody Bennett Mark Dunbar and Kenneth Haverfield. Bear badges for Optimist Club members went to Raymond Diller Charley Thomas Ricky Partin Bruce Briggs Don Hurtt Danny Hurd Philip Hurd Johnnie Peterson Jr and David Mills. Mrs Elza Caldwell was honored as an early den mother. J R Near Optimist Club president recognized all den mothers and committee members. Committeeman Eugene Quakenbush announced others and den chiefs were commended.
March week events list for YMCA include Women's Exercise, Painting, Swimming, Guitar, Ceramics, Bridge, Knitting with times across Monday to Thursday at various venues. A stargazing note identifies the Great Bear and Little Bear as Ursa Major and Ursa Minor.
Knights of Columbus 2795 sponsored Blue and Gold Banquet for Cub Pack 61 at St Marys Center. Neil Austin MC. Den 2 opened and closed. dens 1-5 performed. Webelos Den presented. Leaders include Raymond Quint and Jim Keller. Bobcat and Wolf badges, Bear badge, pins, and denner awards were given. den mothers received corsages.
Hospital dismissals listed for St. Catherine on Saturday and Sunday include Arnold Davis Holcomt Mrs James Duncan Mrs Neville Dunnan John Humphreys Mrs Josie Rodriguez Mrs Harold Rowe Gordon Carlisle Mrs Pete Garcia Mrs Robert Gardiner and others with multiple addresses. Traffic accidents Sunday evening near Garden City on US 50 and in town caused extensive vehicle damage. a grass fire reported northwest of Garden City. Kansas traffic death log notes two days of data ending Monday morning with March 1968 figures shown.
Civic Center schedules an Old Timers gathering Friday at 4 p m. The notice includes a note that Tabu is a word meaning hidden and originated in Polynesia.
Funeral held for Mollie Ann Foley 90 who died Saturday afternoon. Born March 27 1877 she married Thomas Foley January 18 1895 at Bacone Okla. She came to Greeley County in 1913 and was a Presbyterian. Survived by three daughters Mrs Burt Leslie Tribune Mrs Lora Esley Colorado Springs and Mrs Anna Bare Ordway. three sons Mahlon George both of St Francis and Fred Colorado Springs. 14 grandchildren and 41 great grandchildren. Former sheriff undersheriff and mayor of Ulysses, he served in Kansas House of Representatives starting 1936. Phillips Mortuary Ulysses in charge of arrangements.
Funeral for 75 year old Ulys ses congressman Walter H Ford will be held at 2 p m tomorrow at First Methodist Church officiated by Rev Leslie Toburen with burial at Ulysses Cemetery Ford died Friday at the University of Kansas Medical Center after a heart attack at the Jayhawk Hotel in Topeka Thursday
William A. James, 86, of Shields, died Friday night at Grissel Memorial Hospital Ransom after a lengthy illness. Burial was at Shields Cemetery. Born May 30, 1881 in Salem Nebraska he married Ella Eaton Feh in 1924 at Healy. A retired farmer he had lived in Shields since 1904 and was a member of Shields Methodist Church. Surviving are his widow three sons Elden Dighton a sister Mrs Zella Gaertner and six grandchildren.
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