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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1964
Page
7
Campfire notes recount a Future Farmers of America banquet with plates piled high, a dog union protest over a temporary fire hydrant removal, and a week of letters to the editor including a call for Sunday crackdown on bootleggers. The piece blends humor with civic observations.
Police marked signs designating a truck parking zone on the block north of Kansas Avenue between Kansas and Jones. Earl Pile of Earl's OK 66 Service had requested truck parking for the short block between Kansas and Jones. The commission clarified the lane is for the north block with parallel truck parking and no passenger car parking.
Five people die when an F105 fighter jet from Nellis Air Force Base crashes into a Las Vegas housing development. The blaze destroys seven dwellings as residents and schoolchildren nearby remain unharmed. Eyewitness accounts describe a nose up strike and a massive heat wave amid the disaster.
The Revolutionary Recovery Movement says exiles attacked the Pilan port and sugar mill in eastern Cuba with sea and hill forces, capturing Pilan for three hours and burning the mill. Castro acknowledged the attack, asserting it came from sea, while U.S. denials followed.
Mostly cloudy and mild tonight with scattered showers. Lows in upper 50s to lower 60s. Southerly winds 15 to 25 mph. Friday partly cloudy with more showers or storms. Highs in the 80s. Southerly winds 20 to 30 mph. Sunrise 5 34 Sunset 7 45.
Temperatures rose across Kansas with southeasterly winds. Highs ranged from about 80 in the east to 90 in the southwest, while lows eased to 55 to 60. A trace of rain appeared in Dodge City with light showers near Wichita and in western Kansas likely later today.
Kansas traffic death log for 24 hours to 9 a.m. Thursday shows May 29 fatalities for 1964 with an included previously unreported fatality from the prior Friday. The report references a comparable 1963 period.
County Treasurer Donna Bradford reminded residents that June 20 is the deadline to pay the last half of 1963 personal property and real estate taxes without a penalty. She urges payment before the final days leading to the due date.
Kansas school boards P T A and teachers associations urge voters to support district unification as 93 of 105 counties already approved plans. Throckmorton says reforms could cut districts from 1700 to about 270 while promising no wholesale school closures.
The NEA reports that while national teacher pay has nearly doubled since 1950-51 to an average of $5,963, it remains far behind most professionals. Secondary teachers average $6,214 and elementary $5,797, with starting salaries in large cities about $7,400.
Edinburg Texas residents faced jitters as 10 to 20 rattlesnakes wandered near local schools after 25 to 35 were released as a joke. A massive hunt killed 15. police, firemen, and volunteers searched into the night with 150 people involved. Police Chief Leroy Easton warned for student safety. Schools and Miller’s nearby home were affected.
Gov. John Anderson appointed Milford Grassberger of Roeland Park to the Kansas Highway Commission to replace George W. Gagel. Grassberger, a Roeland Park mayor and long-time city councilmember, will serve a two year term. He is married with two children.
The Kansas Young Democrat Convention will be held in Topeka Friday Saturday and Sunday announced by Ralph Hiett president of the Shawnee County young Democrats.
Kenneth Henderson was named the Garden City High School FFA Honorary Farmer for 1964 at the 42nd annual banquet. Star Farmer John Hammond, Star Green Hand Steven Stone, and DeKalb Award winner David Lightner were announced with other honors distributed among chapter members. Dr. Duane Acker spoke on agricultural management, and Warren Hod continued chapter activities with school and community leaders in attendance.
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