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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1955
Page
1
A writer recalls chaperoning a spring junior college prom. After a late dinner with humorous seating mixups, the dance features Joye Shurtz and Herb Brady as a couple while Cal Rowan entertains with a turkey trot. The piece ends on themes of youth, hope, and renewal.
A group of four recitals by Garden City High School orchestra students will be held Tuesday and Wednesday nights in the Little Theater. Two recitals each night, at 7:00 and 8:15, feature 34 players including violinists, violists, and cellists from the orchestra department.
The note suggests consulting a drug store for words not found in a dictionary atlas or encyclopedia. It frames a humorous solution to language gaps by seeking quick help from pharmacists. No specific events, people, or places are cited.
Two year old Roberta Airline Noble daughter of Mr and Mrs Ivan Noble of Hugoton died after a car backed from a curb and rolled over her chest. Dorene Williams 15 was driving the car on a picnic outing. The death marked Stevens County's first traffic fatality since April 1952 and the sixth in Kansas over the weekend.
Eight Southwest Kansas counties Finney Gray Grant Kearny Wichita Lane Ford and Meade send elevator owners managers and employees to a two day wheat kernel analysis school at the fairgrounds 9 am Friday through Saturday Norman Whitehair and C W Pence lead the sessions to teach variety identification by kernel Oscar Norby Finney County farm agent says the event is sponsored by Garden City Cooperative and Finney County extension council. graduation pens and local ads noted.
May Day protests drew tension as Algerian nationalists clashed with police in France injuring 41 and detaining 70. In Moscow Marshal Zhukov reviewed a rain-soaked parade while Zhukov condemned imperialist threats. Mao observed Beijing’s endless parade as Peng Chen urged defenses and liberation for Formosa. Pope Pius XII addressed workers in St Peter's Square calling for social peace and warning against communism.
Bob Emery, former KIUL announcer, will return to Garden City to manage station KGAR. Jay Bennett has run KGAR since Russ Erickson resigned last fall. Emery left Garden City last November for St. Louis and also worked at WREN Topeka before joining Hutchinson KWBW staff. he expects to be here within a week or ten days after visiting over the weekend.
Weather hampered a search for a Navy TW2 trainer missing since Friday. Air Rescue Squadron from March Field led the hunt over Arizona’s rugged terrain near Prescott as crews awaited calmer conditions. The missing crew includes Comdr. Jeremy Morrison and Lt. Wickham. a private plane found safe nearby but no wreckage located 250 miles southwest.
Mrs. Max A. Cohen of Wichita, wife of oil executive, recounts a late night home invasion in Phoenix. Two gunmen blasted a locked bedroom door as she dialed police, one shot missing by inches while her husband returned fire as the intruders fled in a car.
The annual spring concert by the Junior College choir is set for tonight in Ben Grimsley Gymnasium. The program opens with semi classical selections and shifts to a western themed second half titled On The Trail. The Junior College band under Don Nodtvedt assists, with choral direction by Julius Hultquist.
Fred Blackett district court reporter for six years resigns effective May 1 to accept a reporter post in Fort Morgan Colorado. Lillian C Valenzuela replaces him starting May 1 as court reporter. Blackett family plans to move after the school term ends.
In Vienna the United States Britain France and Russia begin talks to end occupation of Austria and draft a long awaited independence treaty. If ministers approve, 69 thousand troops could depart within 90 days after ratification, paving a potential fall exit and signaling future East West diplomacy.
In Hopkinton New York state troopers opened fire on three fugitives hiding in the woods near the town. They killed Frank Talarico Utica 44 and critically wounded Ralph Lashomb Potsdam 29 after surprise attack while the men slept under a pine tree.
Frank Santana, 17, charged with homicide in the fatal shooting of 15 year old William Blankenship Jr., an honor student and football star, after mistaking him for a rival gang member. Eyewitnessed crowd cheered as he was processed by police.
The Elks Lodge 1404 nine man ritualistic team earned third place at the 50th statewide ritualistic contest in Wichita. Lecturing Knight Andrew Ott won all state honors. 14 lodges competed with about 25 lodge members attending the three day convention. Members: McMillan, Garnand, Smith, Ott, Dunn, Heineman, Keniel, Keller, Kuhn.
Bob Gardiner of Garden City Jaycee chapter gained support from Dodge City Liberal and Larned Jaycee chapters for the second district presidency. He will be nominated at the state convention in Hutchinson on May 6 7 and 8. If elected he would also serve as state vice president. A caravan of Jaycees traveled to Dodge City to promote his bid.
The Finney County Red Cross chapter will hold its annual meeting tonight in the Production Credit building at 7:30. Elections will be held for expiring board terms including Dr. John Austin Wayne Johnson D Earl Jones Mrs Andrew Larson and Al Regan. Committee reports will be presented.
A famed five foot horned longhorn, nicknamed Old Earthquake, was found roaming seven miles northwest of Dodge City after escaping a corral. Owner Henry Parkinson plans to move the 9 year old beast to the Dodge City Cowboy World Museum, hoping it will delight visitors and give local kids a chance to see a real longhorn.
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