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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1968
Page
6
The report covers stock quotes and the Dow Jones average at noon, with futures quotes from Gofte & Carkener Inc. and a detailed Garden City Livestock sale showing cattle calves feeders heifers and cow prices, plus a Topeka traffic death log for the latest reporting period.
Esther James, widow and defamation plaintiff in the Adam Clayton Powell case, asks Manhattan Supreme Court to revoke Powell's two week parole for contempt. Powell, back in Harlem after Bahamas exile, urged calm yet warned of potential youth-led clashes, while King urged nonviolence at Abyssinian Church.
A private 7 am breakfast in the Combine Room at Wheat Lands Restaurant will feature Norton attorney Keith Sebelius seeking the Republican nomination for Congress from Kansas 1st District with local supporters in attendance. Eugene Sonnenberg of the city’s sewage treatment plant was honored by the Kansas Water Pollution Control Assn. for state exam certification. Rick Lucas of Lakin was elected president of Alpha Kappa Psi at KU for 1968. Larry Ward of KU law school was named Kansas Law Review case note editor. Talent Unlimited, KU students, performed for Fort Riley troops. the group includes Jacki Settles.
Patricia Dunagan joins Migrant Health Services Southwest Kansas as the new public health educator at the 217 N. 7th office. A Bethany College graduate with a music degree, she is daughter of Roy and (Mrs.) Dunagan of Syracuse and directs the First Baptist Church choir.
Kansas City market notes show cattle calves and heifers mainly steady to higher with choice and prime grades reaching 27.25 for cattle and 26.00 for heifers. Feeder steers 28.00 to 29.00. cows 17.50 to 19.00. hogs mostly steady to 25 lower with barrows and gilts 13.17 to 19.25. sows 15.00 to 17.25. Sheep: spring lambs up 25 with choice and prime at 25.00 to 25.50 and 28.25 to 50 for higher grades.
Larry P. Davis announces the appointment of J. Dennis Murray as supervising psychiatric social worker for the Area Mental Health Center. Murray, a Family Counselling Center psychotherapist in Atlanta, will join in late April and work at the Dodge City branch after orientation. He holds degrees from Sterling College and the University of Oklahoma, has worked at Colorado State Hospital Pueblo Central State Hospital Norman and El Reno Federal Prison, is a Burrton native, married to LeVeta Joan Kimberly, with two children, Joe Scott and Jon Stuart, and will reside in Dodge City.
Mrs. Phil Van Doren was elected president of the Garden City Area PTA Council for 1968 69. Sister Mary Catherine was named vice president, Mrs. William R. Smith secretary, and Doug Tedrow treasurer. A Lib eral workshop on Teen Age Smoking and Children s Emotional Health was announced for April 9 at the high school cafeteria. An organizational meeting for Jennie Wilson School PTA Unit and a regional conference in Dodge City were announced. A demonstration library plan by Unified District 457 earmarks 14000 for books and media. Next council meeting at Jennie Wilson School on May 15 at 2 pm.
James M Concannon III of Garden City will chair the Jurisprudence and Legislation Committee at the first International Demolay Congress in Washington D C from March 29 to April 3. Delegates from 2 states and 12 foreign countries attend as changes to statutes and new programs are considered. Kansas delegates include William C Rapp of Wichita on the Miscellaneous Awards Committee. Concannon is a KU student and son of James M Concannon Jr.
Social Security Scene features Volney Johnson answering reader questions. Topics include late enrollment penalties, children's benefits on disability, and 1968 earnings affecting benefits. A outreach session will be held in the Garden City courthouse basement next Tuesday from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
University of Kansas Extension Service offers a four evening workshop Basic Principles of Super vision in Garden City. Director Carl G. Seashore will conduct the course with 16 hours of instruction, hosted with Garden City Community Junior College in room 203, Calkins Hall. First meeting April 22 at 7 p.m. Registration via KU Extension Center Box 653.
Word has been received of the death in San Diego California of W W Lewis formerly of Garden City. He ran the Lewis Planing Mill then located where the Schreiber Motor Company body shop now sits and left Garden City about 1920. His widow May Baldwin survives with daughter Mrs Dorothy Shotwell of Santa Maria California.
Mrs Elizabeth H ONeal 92 died yesterday at Helmwood Rest Home. Funeral at 2 pm tomorrow at the Methodist Church Tribune with burial in Greeley County Cemetery. Born July 18 1875 Street er Tl married Frank Douglas ONeal Aug 18 1891 Syracuse. Survived by two daughters Edna Kutler Tribune Doris Estes India Calif. brother C E Schaffer Houston. nine grandchildren. 16 great grandchildren. 1 great great grandchild. Weinmann Price Funeral Home Scot in charge.
Verner Williams, Garden City High School counselor, joins 35 Kansas and Iowa counselors flying from Stewart Air Force Base to West Point. The tour, partly expense-paid, aims to prepare counselors to guide freshmen and sophomores toward West Point applications. Also traveling is Clint Humbolt of Dodge City.
Clarence Schneiderwind, 25, sentenced in Circuit Court to four years, protested being called a professional burglar by the prosecutor, saying he had been caught every time. He argued he could not be a professional criminal.
Sunday afternoon winners honored in City Recreation Department sponsored kite derbies aided by Garden City Jaycees. Final event April 7 will award trophies to series champions. Boys and girls named for best and smallest kites, youngest flyers, and top high-fliers with detailed results.
Kansas State University junior Sharrie Snell daughter of Mr and Mrs Walter W Snell of 1102 Pershing is among 17 coeds named by living groups as candidates for KSU rodeo queen She represents Alpha Chi Omega and will compete first in horsemanship with five finalists then face interviews The queen will be crowned during the National Inter Collegiate Rodeo Association Rodeo at K State on April 19 Snell is majoring in sociology and is a member of Royal Purple staff University Choir and Madrigal Singers.
Dents from Garden City and Pierceville took part in Harlequinade at KSU, a musical comedy of skits presented Friday and Saturday nights. Participants include Joan Kleysteuber, daughter of Leo and Mrs. Kleysteuber of 1017 N. 2nd, a junior elementary education major. Patrick Harmon, son of Theron and Mrs. Harmon of 910 Lyle, a junior business administration major and Phi Delta Theta member. and Sue Beach, daughter of Gerald Beach of Pierceville, a junior elementary education major and Alpha Delta Pi member.
In Los Angeles AP reports U S commissioner James L Goddard says the LSD problem is as middle class as a patio cookout He cites affluence and ignorance leading youths to tamper with drugs during a University of Southern California luncheon remarks by Goddard at USC address the spread of drug abuse among students and the public health concern
A list of discharge announcements from St. Catherine Hospital includes Darla Baier Ralph Belknap Edward Bentz Mrs Dwight Bowyer and baby daughter Jeanette Clark Michael Clark Vernon Clark David Fowler Lauren Catherine Hernandez Sharon Hodge Ann Hoyt Mrs Ronald Neuway and baby Scott City John Nusser Mrs Ford Oliver George Parento Arthur Skaggs Mrs Myron Shrader Robert Sroufe Mrs Lee Taylor and baby Hoy Loran Underwood Wallace Nearby Edward s Joe Smith Vivian Yott Rita Leper Pete Rowland Jr Joe Archuleta Jr Tracy Arteaga Santa Courts and more. Also notes police actions including drivers license revocation for Bob G Smith and license suspension for Craig E Moody and a city traffic accident report at 8th and Elm involving Leroy Garman and Kenneth Ray McCarty.
Four Ulysses youths suffered multiple lacerations and abrasions in a Sunday night one car crash 2 1/2 miles south of Ulysses on US 270. Driver Robert Johnson Jr 16 and passengers Danny Henson 15 Darrell Nuckolls 16 and Roderick Lamberson 18 were treated at Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital in satisfactory condition. The wreck occurred at 9 p.m. when the car crossed the center line entered a west ditch struck a field entrance then bounced into the opposite ditch. Henson was ejected from the vehicle.
The Rev. Dr. Sumpter M. Riley Jr. was appointed superintendent of the Lima district, the first Negro to head a Methodist district in Ohio. He said the move offers new opportunities in the integrated church and noted none of the Lima churches is a Negro church. Previously, he led Cory Methodist Church in Cleveland for a decade. Radio Tonga signs on and off daily with the four note bam boo nose flute named to waken gently.
YMCA schedules a busy week with activities at YMCA Hall and local churches. Monday offers Women's Exercise at 6 20 pm. Tuesday features Volleyball and multiple church league games at various gyms. Wednesday includes Women’s Swim and guitar lessons. Thursday lists Bridge and Knitting lessons alongside evening Women’s Exercise with several sessions at YMCA Hall.
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