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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1963
Page
2
Local market notes list eggs and dairy items with assorted sizes and grades. Prices vary by grade with entries for extra large A’s eggs large eggs and cream products. Trade activity includes day cream heavy goods and mixed shelf items from market vendors.
New York AP reports savings and loans show continued strength in a generally higher stock market. The AP 60 average rose 0.5 to 238.1 at noon with industrials up 0.8, rails up 4, and utilities up 0.1 as autos oils and retailers lift market sentiment. Chrysler General Motors Ford and Superior Oil among gainers while AT&T Pfizer Boeing weaken. Dow Jones index up 2.59 at 680.76.
Manuel Urrutia, Cuba’s first president, declared Castro lost and said 90 percent of Cubans resent the regime. He appeared shaky yet healthy upon arrival after years in embassies, planning to seek asylum in Venezuela after joining his family in Miami.
Art Christy of Scott City has been named Engineer of the Month at Kansas State University. A senior in industrial engineering and former department chairman, he was featured in the K State Engineer magazine. Elmer Bryant of Dighton was appointed to the Kansas Wesleyan University Board of Trustees to fill a vacancy caused by Charles W. Corgaut’s death in Wichita.
Mrs Ethel Rarden 43 died Sunday at Trinity Hospital Dodge City after a long illness. Her home was in Copeland she was sister of Dale and Kenneth Marine of Garden City. Funeral at 2 p m Wednesday Copeland Methodist Church with burial in Copeland Cemetery. Emmett Hennigh 60 Garden City insurance man died Monday at St Catherine Hospital after long illness. Born Oct 9 1902 in Kinsley he had been city clerk of Ulysses 18 years before moving to Garden City 12 years ago. Survivors include widow Naomi of Ulysses daughter Doris King of Ulysses father R W of Ulysses brothers Elmer Lawrence of Ulysses and Delos of Lambertville NJ. Funeral Wednesday at Ulysses Methodist Church with Rev Robert Peters officiating Masonic graveside at Ulysses Cemetery Phillips Funeral Home in charge.
Washington AP nations polled in six Asian capitals show 62 percent expect military aggression or subversion from Communist China in the 1960s. The survey of 500 prominent individuals in Manila Tokyo Saigon Singapore Rangoon Bangkok dated 1960 and stamped confidential notes 33 percent think US exerts too much pressure, 19 percent fault China.
Rep. Louis C. Wyman identified four Yugoslav general officers who attended the Army Command and General Staff College at Ft. Leavenworth. He questioned White House clearance and noted additional Yugoslav officers have passed through the program, while a current student and prior attendees are listed. Georgia fire danger rises as 767 wildfires damage forests since March 21 and residents urged to delay burning.
President Kennedy will send a foreign aid message to Congress next Tuesday, as Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield reports after a White House breakfast. Mansfield notes discussion of the Clay report urging tighter aid rules and expects General Lucius D. Clay to testify before committees to clarify differences over the report, while House Speaker John McCormack was absent at today’s briefing due to a friend’s funeral in Boston.
President Kennedy greets French National War College teachers and students at the White House, noting it is harder to split the atom politically than scientifically. He affirms France and the United States stand together in defense of freedom and the West.
Florence Bald, 52, was granted a divorce from her husband Ernest Bald on Monday on the grounds of desertion. The proceeding confirms the couple separated on their wedding day 33 years ago, ending a lengthy marital dispute in London.
Today admissions list includes Mrs Ruben Knight Robert Collina Mrs Marvin Winter and others. Dismissals include Mra Paul Reid Mathias Firestone and several more. At St Catherine a son to Carl Burnett and a daughter to Marvin Winter born March 25. Legals note deeds involving Masonry Products Co Inc and W T Cross Inc with described parcels.
Two young bandits robbed a downtown Kansas City bank of 11297 dollars at 8 40 p m escaping in a get away car. One staged the heist moving swiftly while the other waited at the car. Cash was four bundles placed behind the cashier s counter. The cashier Mrs Louise Alleja said the robber made no threat and the robbery lasted seconds. The get away car was found abandoned five blocks away.
Kansas Senate Education Committee starts study of a controversial school district unification bill drafted by revisor Fred Carman. He warns of legal problems from House amendments and potential rural funding burdens while Sen. Lauren Jones signals possible rejection of two House changes. The plan, aiming for 1–12 district uniformity, follows a 1961 unification law struck down by the Kansas Supreme Court.
New York Mayor Robert Wagner announced publishers of eight daily newspapers accepted terms to end the photoengravers strike. Union leaders seek more time to study the settlement. the agreement would end a 108 day blackout if both sides approve. Other unions have ratified or tentatively agreed to contracts as talks continue.
Garden City land changes include replat of lot 4, block Homewood Addition, and multiple warranty deeds transferring parcels in Crown Heights and C. R. Morris subdivisions. Also court notes list fines, licenses, suspensions, civil suits, and divorces. Traffic incident reports record a two-vehicle collision at Main and Kansas with moderate to minor damage.
In Holy Loch Scotland merchants lament unpaid bills left by American sailors aboard the Polaris submarine depot ship Proteus. Dunoon Traders Association president John Sirling says the locals gave credit during the two year stay and feel misled as the profits and goodwill evaporate. The Proteus departed March 15 after warnings from its commander Captain Raymond Dubois to merchants to write if debts remained. A Navy spokesman in London called the issue detrimental and urged payment, noting the service cannot compel debts. Scottish shopkeepers say they took a risk crediting sailors for the first time.
In Katmandu Nepal an American climber died when a wall of ice buried him at the foot of Everest on a Khumbu glacier. John E Bretten of Jackson Wyoming, 27, was part of a 20 member team with 40 Sherpa porters, who all escaped injury. Recovery failed.
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