Civil Defense shelter drill leaves families cold and wary
Two Garden City families spent the weekend in a 365 foot dam tunnel at Cedar Bluff Reservoir as part of a civil defense shelter management course. About 50 participants endured 40 degree damp conditions with crackers and water for sustenance.
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Garden City
Civil Defense
Deane Wiley
Hugh
Billy
Charles Philbrick
Michael
Christine
Barbara
Cedar Bluff Reservoir
Wiley
Philbrick
City Commission
City Hall
Garden City high school band returns from Canon City trip
The Garden City High School band arrived back from a weekend trip to Canon City Colorado around 1 am. Director Bob Anderson said they all had a ball and some members got sunburn sightseeing at the Royal Gorge. City Manager Deane Wiley shared crackers memories linking to World War II rations.
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Garden City High School
Canon City
Colo
Bob Anderson
Royal Gorge
Deane Wiley
Charles Philbricks
Teen Survives Niagara Gorge fall in dramatic rescue
George Lawrence, 15, fell halfway down a 200 foot gorge near Niagara Falls Ontario. Fire crews lowered rescuers by rope and lifted him to safety in a basket. He survived with injuries including a removed spleen, head and facial cuts and a bruised back.
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Niagara Falls
Ont
Niagara River
George Lawrence
Ken Goodman
Lawrence
James Lawrence
Methodist General Conference confronts race question turmoil
At the 1964 General Conference in Pittsburgh Methodist leaders debated the stance on civil disobedience within limited and carefully circumscribed bounds. Integrationists pressed for voluntary gradual church integration and stronger measures. Demonstrators held vigils and kneel-ins protesting slow action on merging Negro and white conferences.
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Pittsburgh
General Conference of the
Methodist Church
G. Ross Freeman
Atlanta
Freeman
Modernistice Civic Arena
Eighty Children Hurt as Escalator Jam Plagues Stadium
Baltimore officials await a report after an escalator jam at Memorial Stadium injures 35 children and kills one before a Orioles Indians game. Most of the 40 injured were recovering from surgery. 11 remain hospitalized, with seven expected to stay a week. Annette Costantini, 14, was found dead near the escalator as 20 000 safety patrol members attended as guests. A metal barrier directed riders to a narrow exit while witnesses described riders moving in threes and fours.
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Baltimore
Memorial Stadium
Baltimore Orioles
Cleveland Indians
Annette Costantini
Maryland
Orioles
Hall Named But Receives No Votes at California GOP Meet
Former Kansas Governor Fred Hall nominated for UROC backing in Bakersfield California but netted no votes. The United Republicans of California endorsed Barry Goldwater for president and pledged support to Senate contenders Lee Kaiser and George Murphy.
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Bakersfield
Calif
Kansas
Fred Hall
Los Angeles
U.S. Senate
United Republicans of California
Hall
UROC
GOP
Barry Goldwater
Lee Kaiser
George Murphy
Senate
Scott City Spring Concert Showcases Band Soloists
The Scott Community High School Band hosts its annual spring concert in the high school auditorium at 8 p.m. Tickets are sold at the door. Featured pieces include a cornet trio with Dick Crist Terry Harper and Vicki Finkenbinder performing Buglers Holiday, and David Van Pelt on Sols de Concours. Other selections include Semper Fidelis Stars and Stripes Forever Lawrence of Arabia William Tell Chant and Jubilee World's Fair March Elephant and the Fly Symphony No. 5 Finale conducted by Vernon Dietz.
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Scott City
Scott Community High School
Dick Crist
Terry Harper
Vicki Finkenbinder
Buglers
David van Pelt
Vernon Dietz
Vehicles Are Checked in Saturday Safety Lane
Garden City Police Chief Hal Kane reports 507 vehicles passed through two safety check lanes with 60 displaying defective rear lights. Other defects included 16 head lights, 4 defective brakes, 10 exhaust systems, 13 inoperative horns, 18 broken or cracked glass, 1 defective windshield wiper, and 3 unsafe tires. A second lane will be conducted next Saturday by local agencies and groups.
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Garden City
Hal Kane
Chester Violence Continues Over School Desegregation
In Chester Pennsylvania demonstrators protest segregated and unequal schools as 63,000 residents confront a crisis labeled the Birmingham of the North. Mayor Gorbey defends equal law enforcement while leaders clash over de facto segregation and busing options amid persistent unrest.
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Chester
Birmingham
James Farmer
Congress of Racial Equality
James T. Gorbey
William Penn
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Frances P. Donahoe
Charles Long
Transport strike sparks riots in Santo Domingo
In Santo Domingo a transport drivers strike led to violence as police failed to stop demonstrations. Crowds burned tires and dumped refuse while authorities declared the strike illegal and linked it to the ruling junta. Military and civilian leaders held separate talks amid ongoing unrest.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Juan Bosch
Donald Reid Cabral
Manuel Tavares Espaillat
Ramon Caceres Troncoso
Rgent
Show of Force by U.S. in Saigon After Terrorist Attack
The U.S. Navy destroyer Lyman K. Swenson arrived in Saigon on an apparent show of force after terrorists caused a 28 foot hole in the aircraft transport Card. Eight Americans and a Vietnamese were wounded in a Saturday grenade attack near the dock as Saigon remained tense with patrols downtown. The Card is being refloated and repaired while authorities brace for further attacks during May.
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Vet Nam
U.S
Lyman K. Swenson
Navy
Swenson
C. C. Hartigan Jr
7Th Fleet
Hector Dittamo
West Paterson
N.J
Henry Cabot Lodge
Pfc
Joseph G. Gustafson
Bayfield
Wis
John Arnett
Louisville
Ireneo Mayo
Philippines
Sodrang
Mekong Delta
United States
No Weather Change Seen in Kansas This Weekend
AP reports warm sticky weather continues in Kansas with a stalled front over the Central Plains creating an unstable area. Only a few showers observed in eastern Kansas and no general rainfall expected. temperatures range 70s to 80s with lows in the 30s to 60s across the state and highs Sunday in the 70s to 90s.
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Topeka
Kansas
Central Plains
United States
Goodland
Wichita
Emporia
Olathe
School Board Meets Tonight in Garden City
Garden City Board of Education meets in regular session at 7 30 p m in the Keller Building offices. The agenda includes a summer theater workshop, summer work crews, contracts for new teachers, a future high school evaluation team meeting, building inspections dates, and a City Recreation Commission request to use the new stadium in June for the Ko share Indian Dancers from La Junta Colorado.
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Garden City Board of Education
City Recreation Commission
la Junta
Colo
Keller Building
Garden Sass A Class Reunion Behind the Curtain
Gus Garden jokes that a class reunion is where people gather to see who is falling apart, hinting at faded glory and shared pasts.
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Gus Garden
Wallace Eyes Northern Votes in Indiana Bid
Wallace campaigns in Indiana as he seeks Northern support against the Johnson civil rights bill. He faces Gov. Welsh and three rivals in the Democratic presidential primary with 51 first-ballot votes at stake. Republican Goldwater leads a four-man field for Indiana’s 32 first-ballot GOP votes.
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George C. Wallace
Alabama
Matthew E. Welsh
Johnson
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Harold E. Stassen
Philadelphia
Goldwater
Associated Press
Delaware
Michigan
Wyoming
Ohio
District of Columbia
Alaska
Nevada
Texas
Henry Cabot Lodge
Spring Pop Concert Set by Garden City Bands
Garden City High School Band and the junior high Blue and Gold bands will perform at Clifford Hope Auditorium on Wednesday at 8 p.m. The junior band plays The Thunderer March Oh What A Beautiful Morning Valse Suite from Es plana and Youll Never Walk Alone.
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Garden City
Clifford Hope Auditorium
Robert Anderson
Espana
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