Not enough air traffic delays Central routes
Washington today notified several cities including this one that they fail to meet the minimum five passengers per day for scheduled service. Dodge City and Goodland also receive notices. Central Airlines seeks to serve Garren and Dodge via a single airport. A TV network promotes May programs while summer weather signs appear.
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Civil Aeronautics Board Washington Today
Central Airlines
Dodge City
Goodland
Central
Garren
Dodge
Juco Seminar Readings At Garden City Junior College
A student seminar at Garden City Community Junior College will be held Monday at 2 p.m. in Room 202 Sabin Hall. Outstanding papers by student authors from all college areas will be read, followed by discussion. Selections were made by two students and two faculty members. The public is invited.
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Garden City Community Junior College
Sabin
Mrs. Henderson Files for Office in Finney County
Leona Henderson of Finney County register of deeds filed today for re election as a Democrat. Now serving her third term, she taught elementary school seven years in Gray and Finney counties and is the first to file for nomination on the Democratic ballot for the August 2 primary. She attends First Methodist Church and resides with her daughter Sandra, 13, at all, 3rd, while son Keith, 19, is married and stationed with the US Air Force in Amarillo, Texas.
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Leona Henderson
Finney County
Register of Deeds
Henderson
Gray
Finney
First Methodist Church
Sandra
Keith
US Air Force
Amarillo
Tex
Hobby Show Plans Made for Senior Citizens Event
Annual Sen ior Citizens Hobby Show plans include 50 exhibitors last year and new participants this year. The event Saturday May 14 opens at 9 a.m. in the former Dickinson Building just north of Fidelity State Bank with a pre exhibit setup on Friday. Exhibits feature embroidery, quilts, afghans, bouquets, paintings, glassware, clocks, guns, wood carving, rocks, and more. Open to Finney County residents 55 or over. sales allowed with contact numbers for information. Partly cloudy and mild tonight with lows near 50. Friday forecast partly cloudy and warm.
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Dickinson
Fidelity State Bank
Finney County
J.D. Adams
Walter Wolf
Mae Leeper
Edith Bennie
Injured Woman Taken To Wichita After Highway Crash
Edith Calhoun 42, Garden City, suffered severe facial lacerations and fractures when her car was hit by a trailer after a passing maneuver on US 83 north of Garden City. She was transported to Wesley Hospital in Wichita in serious condition. Her driver Melven Johnson 70, in good condition, sustained a fractured collar bone and other injuries. The tractor trailer driver Eldon Newberry was uninjured. Local witnesses and Edward Shaw aided until patrol arrival.
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Garden City
Wichita
Wesley Hospital
St. Catherine Hospital
Edith Calhoun
Melven Johnson
W. Fulton
Kansas Highway Patrol
Gary Harkness
Johnson
Eldon
Newberry
Joe Meyer
Holcomb
Kansas City
Moman
Edward F. Shaw
Highway Patrol
Dighton Girl Remains Poor After Fire
Seven month old Donna Fletcher remained in poor condition at the Shriner's Burns Institute in Boston after sustaining burns in a home fire at Dighton on April 26. Surgeons grafted skin to the burned areas to reduce the burned region from 45 percent to 25 percent. Donna's older sister Virginia Lynn died in the blaze that destroyed their home, and Kansas Shriners arranged air transport for the baby to Boston on April 28 for treatment.
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Donna Fletcher
Dighton
Shriner’s Burns Institute
Boston
Donna
Virginia Lynn
Kansas Shriners
Treasury chief says tax hike possible to curb inflation
Secretary Henry Fowler said the Johnson administration will not hesitate to seek higher taxes if needed to combat inflation, though no pattern for an across the board increase has formed. He spoke at the Loeb Awards luncheon amid debate sparked by Federal Reserve Chairman Martin and wage price inflation fears.
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New York
Fowler
University of Connecticut Loeb Awards
William McChesney Martin Jr
Federal Reserve Board
Martin
Treasury
Gardner Ackley
Council of Economic Advisers
Johnson
White House
International Savings Banks Congress
Johnson orders 15 percent wheat allotment hike
President Johnson directs Agriculture Secretary Freeman to raise the 1967 wheat acreage allotment by 15 percent, adding 7.7 million acres to reach 59.3 million. The move follows strong export demand and voluntary farmer reductions, with analysts estimating a $100 million to $150 million income rise for wheat farmers. Senator Carlson welcomed the increase to meet global exports.
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Washington
Johnson
Orville L. Freeman
White House
Garden City Junior College Trustees Discuss Bonds and Jobs
The Garden City Community Junior College board discussed bond pricing for a new campus, options on east city property, and a 60 day extension. They approved hiring a full time English and journalism instructor, tire purchases after four failures since last fall, reviewed nursing business and drama speech applications, and backed an employee annuity plan. Gus Garden notes a fine line between spring fever and laziness.
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Garden City
Junor College
Hal McCoy
1St Securities Trust Co
Wichita
L.C. Crouch
Crouch
Gus Garden
McNamara faces Senate clash over surplus gear
Washington AP Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara contends that surplus military equipment is being discarded, while Senate subcommittee chair Sen. Ernest Gruening charges the Pentagon with giving away usable gear to foreign aid. The hearings focus on Air Force surplus practices amid Viet Nam concerns. Gruening argues retrieved gear aids American forces. Simpson asks why newer gear isn’t provided and why used surplus is sent abroad. In London, the Times abandons front-page ads for news with a new women's page and gossip column.
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Washington
Robert S. McNamara
Capitol Hill
Senate
Pentagon
Ernest Gruening
Alaska
Defense Department
South Viet Nam
Gruening
Viet Nam
Milward L. Simpson
Rwyo
London
Times of London
The
Times
Kansas Wheat allotment rises 1.4 million acres in 15% increase
Kansas wheat acreage is set to grow by 1 425 000 acres to 10.9 million for the year, Kansas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service head J B K Pallesen says. Drought and frost hit the 1966 crop but remaining harvest area exceeds the state allotment. plantings may rise about 15 percent next fall to about 12.7 million, the largest since 1951.
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Topeka
Kansas
J. BK. Pallesen
Kansas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Pallesen
Washington
John Ortman Dies at 76 Longtime Garden City sugar plant supervisor
John Ortman 76 of 603 N 3rd died at St Catherine Hospital. A Grand Junction, Colorado migrant, he arrived in 1906 to help build Garden City’s sugar beet plant and served as mechanical supervisor from 1918 to 1960. After retirement he repaired clocks and remained active. Survivors include wife Grace Burrill Ortman, daughters Helen Zerull and Virginis Lester, sisters Katherine Puls and Roberta Nesmith, and sister-in-law, with services by Garnand Funeral Home.
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John Ortman
St. Catherine Hospital
Garden City
Grand Junction
Colo
Wheatland Electric
Buffalo, N.Y
Grace Burrill
Levelland
Tex
Presbyterian Church
Old Timers Club
Ortman
Big Plant
Helen Zerull
Minneapolis
Minn
Virginis Lester
Wichita
Katherine Puls
Robert NeSmith
Frank Stowell
Bausning
Calif
Garnand Funeral Home
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Congress
U.S
Southeast Asia
London Times
Harvey Monroe
Floyd Proberts
N. Main
Wayne
Proberts
Mickey
Brenda
Maj
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Wichite
Army Reserve Center
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