Wheat program explained in 1984 proposal details
An ASCS and Extension Council Education Series concluded with about 75 attendees at Garden City Co op Center. Downtain outlined how a yes vote on May 21 affects penalties, quotas, and land use, noting penalties on excess wheat and diverted acreage rules, and that a defeat leaves allotments at half parity with no diversion payments.
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Finney Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation County Committee
Garden City Co-op Center
ASCS
Extension Council
M. M. Downtain
O. A. Schopf
ASC County Committee
Downtain
Diary of Garden City Shrine Club Cancelled Circus
A local note reports the Garden City Shrine Club canceled this summer’s Shrine Circus due to a scheduling hitch. Rudy Rutherford led the project, promising a return next summer. The piece reflects on newsroom life and the journalist’s craft with a humorous, candid tone.
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Garden City Shrine Club
County Fairy
Rudy Rutherford
Shriners
Dominican To Withdraw Border Forces
A peace mission from the Organization of American States arrived to review the Haitian Dominican crisis as the Dominican Republic announced troop withdrawal from the border. Duvalier’s controversial bid for a second term looms with his inauguration set for May 22, while opposition leaders and refugees worry of further violence.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Organization of American States
Haiti
Duvalier
Port Au Prince
Juan Bosch
Ryan
Polio Clinic Vaccinations Reach High Turnout in Finney County
Type 11 oral polio vaccine given to 9 407 persons during and after the recent clinic. Final figures from the Finney County Medical Society and Polio Chapter show record turnout at multiple clinics, with totals of 8 883 in April and 10 128 on December 2 for Type bE and 10 889 for Type HH in January. Dean and Nelson praised volunteers and community support, noting a 25 cent charge funded expenses and a projected surplus used to buy equipment for logapedies centers and to pay remaining bills.
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Finney County Medical Society
Irene
Nelson
Dean
Money County Medical Society
Garden City
Othem
Former Sublette Resident Drowns in Colorado Reservoir
Ralph DeFrease, 51, a former Sublette resident, drowned yesterday morning in Bonny Reservoir in eastern Colorado. He owned a cabin on the lake and was boating at the time of the accident. Surviving relatives include his widow Jimmy, a son Ralph 11, a daughter Mrs. Charles Farnsworth of Derby Colorado, a brother Harold De Freese of Vinzant, and two sisters Mrs. Myrtle Yount of Sublette and Lola DeFreese of Cheyenne Wyoming. Three brothers had preceded him in death.
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Sublette
Ralph DeFrease
Bonny Reservoir
Colorado
Burlington
Colo
Garden City
Jimmy
Ralph
Charles Farnsworth
Derby
Cola
Harold DeFreese
Vinzant
Myrtle Yount
Lola DeFreese
Cheyenne
Wyo
Special election date pending for 1.4 mill levy
County commissioners reviewed plans with the Gardens City Junior College steering committee and the school board in a special session to call a countywide special election. The measure would levy 1.5 mills countywide, raise about $80,000, and add to the 5 mill levy for School District No. 1. Officials aim to hold the vote before July 1 to include funds in the next budget.
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Gardens City
Garden City
Police Suspect Shotgun in Coin-Op Murder Case
Kansas City police found a shotgun that may have been used in the murder of coin machine distributor H C Jack Kennedy during a Kansas City robbery Thursday night. The gun was recovered Monday under the front seat of a stolen Wichita car, later found in Kansas City. Kennedy, 53, was shot after witnessing the Caras tavern robbery and was taken to a restroom by two men.
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Kansas City
Wichita
Kan
H.C
Jack) Kennedy
Garden Sass Gas Garden figures in orbit tale
Astronaut Cooper has twiddled his thumbs enough times to carry him around the earth at least once. The quirky note frames a lighthearted space caper with whimsical vibes and a nod to epic travel.
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Cooper
Garden City High picks Larry Watkins as student council president
Larry Watkins elected president of Garden City High School Student Council for 1963 64 term. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Glenn Watkins at 612 NM 4th.
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Garden City High School
Larry Watkins
Glenn Watkins
Injuries Fatal To Local Man In Car Crash
Kevin Johnson Henderson, 58, of 1810 W Kannyns Ave, died after a one car crash on US 158 near Garden City. He suffered a skull fracture and facial lacerations from the April 8 wreck and had been hospitalized, dies en route to Wichita for specialized care. The ninth traffic death in Finney County this five month period. Henderson left a Great Bend visit, apparently slept at the wheel, the car left the highway, rolled, and he was thrown. Surviving is a son in the U S Navy. Funeral arrangements are pending return of the body from Wichita.
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Kevin Johnson Henderson
W. Kannyns Ave
Henderson
St. Catherine Hospital
Wichita
Finney County
US 158
Garden City
Great Tend
Tronderson
San
U. S. Navy
Tutchinson
Withila
Tome
Radar Delay Scrubs Cooper Flight From Bermuda
Cape Canaveral AP says astronaut L Gordon Cooper weathered a Bermuda radar failure delaying his 22 orbit mission. The radar issue halted countdown minutes before launch. officials planned a Wednesday retry between 8 and 10 am MST if repairs succeed.
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Min
L. Gordon Cooper
Bermuda
Cooper
Ad Walter ©. Williams
Project Mercury
Tle
Apne
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