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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1961
Page
1
Satanta hosts its 20th annual Satanta Day with Kiowa and pioneer mingling in a 10 30 a m parade themed One Hundred Years Along the Santa Fe Trail featuring 104 bands floats and riding clubs led by John Anderson and Beverly Weber.
President Kennedy and top foreign scientists sent birthday wishes to Theodore von Karman in Washington as he marked his 80th birthday with a large gathering. Edward Teller read the President’s letter praising his contributions to national security and science. A cabin built by Robert Scott’s expedition in 1901 remains standing in the Antarctic.
Washington AP report covers Mia Conger of Iola Kansas testifying before the House Agriculture Committee. She, a dairy farmer and grandmother, argues farmers need government programs to adjust supply and demand and criticizes split views among farm group leaders. She runs 226 Holstein cows while husband Carl works as a conservation agent.
Hospital admissions list at St Catherine and Leopold area includes Herbert Jacques Oswalt Henrich John Ozyp Mrs Nicholas Hernandez and others with addresses in Garden City Lakin Deerfield Ellis and Holcomb. Births recorded at St Catherine include a girl to Robert and Goodrich and a girl to Lewis Thornton with times and weights.
California trucker Emil Joseph Gerard reported a theft of his billfold and about 260 dollars during a 5 am stop in the Five Points area. Gerard, owner of the truck, slept while his driving partner William Mathes Nearing ate breakfast. The incident occurred as the semi truck and trailer were parked en route back to California.
Kiwanis Club inducted Stan Simpson head of the Garden City Co op farm supplies division and Milton Thomas an agricultural representative of Fidelity State Bank at yesterday's luncheon. Vert Dick and Warren A Maitbie left the club on age and relocation. Visitors included Art Adams Kansas District governor and Kenneth M Lyon Wichita banker. A film titled The Master Plan highlighted the meeting with an escapee from Hungary detailing Communist aims.
Kansas City AP reports cattle offerings light with 200 calves and 100 sheep on offer. Hogs show 2,400 head with barrows/gilts 200-240 lb at 16.50 to 17.25 and sows 270-400 lb at 14.50 to 15.00, reflects modest trading activity across cattle and hog classes.
G M Battin former manager of the Ideal Food Store promoted to vice president and general manager of the Ideal Division of ACF Wrigley Stores Inc. Ideal Division head quarters in Liberal. Revenul Duryea to assume Battin’s former post as assistant division manager. Duryea led service operations. Tom Wortham named to a similar post with the Oklahoma Division.
Life magazine photographer Andrew St. George, from Dobbs Ferry New York, was beaten by about 15 students and others at a pro-Cuba meeting in Montevideo. His cameras were damaged and some film taken but he sustained no serious injuries. He filed protests with the Foreign Ministry and police chief as about 400 attendees debated Cuba. Shouting and fists erupted as anti Castro students were expelled.
Grand opening of the Palmer Jewelry store at 404 N Main ran from yesterday through Saturday. Partners Ray Palmer and Don Linenberger launched the business in the former Singer Sewing Machine building, with Palmer relocating from a block away and Linenberger coming from Patterson Jewelry. The Ideal Division operates 28 AGF Wrigley stores across Kansas Oklahoma and Texas.
Bob Townsend, agent for Union Central Life Insurance Co., and Mrs. Townsend left for a three day trip to Western Hall Lodge at Sequoyah State Park, Oklahoma. The Kansas City agency earned the Jerome Clark award for the fourth straight year for sales volume and ranks third in the nation.
AL Woods, formerly of Argunia, was named real estate manager for the L J Heinemann agency this week. He plans to move his family here later this month including wife Nancy daughter Debbie 5 and son Gary 1. He has been in sales and is a former coach and teacher. he holds a bachelor’s degree from Northwestern Oklahoma and pursued a master’s at Wichita University.
A new Golden Eagle Continental Trailways bus will be on display from 3 to 3 30 p m Saturday at Pine and Main. The bus features hostesses special accommodations and many new innovations in buses. Public inspection is allowed.
Former vice president Richard Nixon limped off a San Francisco plane and addressed reporters with humor about a sore knee. He will play in an invitational member guest golf tournament at Pebble Beach, paired with Charles de Young Thierrot, editor and publisher of the San Francisco Chronicle.
Indonesia’s Merapi eruption killed ten people and injured seventeen as about 90,000 villagers fled steaming lava earlier this week. Government crews continued rescue and evacuation efforts across affected districts with authorities warning of ongoing danger.
Police confirmed saboteurs wrecked a plant producing radio equipment for the West German armed forces in Munich. Officials say political motives seem likely, with the attack prompting authorities to probe for the responsible group.
County ASC chairman C A Schoof explains a 1961 price support limit based on farm assigned normal yield and the 1961 feed grain acreage. Eligible producers receive price support on corn and grain sorghum and other feed grains, with at least 20 percent reduction to base acreage and possible diversion payments via negotiable certificates.
The Khmer people who lived in Southeast Asia over 500 years ago built an extensive network of canals basins and reservoirs showcasing advanced hydraulic engineering.
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