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Garden City Telegram

Location

Garden City, Kansas, United States of America

Date

May 15, 1961

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Farewell Ode To Kathryn Sughrue From Garden Club

A poem by Beth Jarmer honors Kathryn Sughrue Rt. 1, Home Economics Agent, moving away after six years of 4-H and HDU work. The verse thanks her for guidance in upholstery and sewing, notes her leadership and kindness, and wishes happiness for her family led by Herbert Tim and John with the hoped for blessing of the two K’s meeting.

Beth Cyril) Jarmer Rt. 1 Finney County Kathryn Sugh‘rue Civic Center

Arts and Crafts Exhibit At GCHS Wednesday

Garden City High School hosts an annual arts and crafts show on Wednesday. Display areas include the art studio and corridors with 26 copper plate etchings by Woody Crumbo loaned from Taos and El Paso. A dirt and water painting by 87 year old Hattie Norton from Buffalo Oklahoma is loaned. The event features multiple media and crafts with mats silver smithing ceramics enamel ing leather work and a sale by advanced students. The exhibition runs 2 30 to 5 pm and 7 to 10 pm with free admission.

Garden City High School Woody Crumbo Taos N.M el Paso Tex Hattie Norton Buffalo Oklo Rose Marie Curtis Brown Oklahoma Herman Beringer Said

Twisters Erupt in Storm Belt Across Midwest and South

The Associated Press reports multiple tornadoes and damaging winds across eastern Minnesota to eastern Louisiana. Nine injured in Illinois, one in Wisconsin, widespread property damage, and flood impacts in Illinois and Indiana. Heavy snow falls in Wyoming and Colorado precede the storms. National Guardsmen deployed in flood areas as rivers fall.

Associated Press Minnesota Wisconsin Illinois Missouri Arkansas Louisiana Colorado Wyoming Cheyenne Wyo Laramie Denver Mississippi River Hannibal Peoria Ilinois Waseca Castor Pacahontas Stuttgart Holly Grove Ark Iinois Indiana

George Coffin Award Added By Authors Club

The Kansas Authors Club announced the George W. Coffin Award is added to its annual contest. The award honors G. W. Coffin, a Council Grove businessman and former legislator who wrote articles and a Santa Fe Trail book. The essay topic is Why Our Representative From of Government is Best, with a trophy and cash prizes.

Topeka Kansas Authors Club George W. Coffin G. W. Coffin Council Grove Kansas

Band Concert Set Tonight at Garden City Auditoriumm

Band students from Garden City's grade, junior high, and senior high schools perform tonight at 8 in Clifford Hope Auditorium under the direction of Don Threlkeld and Bueford Roper. After the concert, the annual meeting of the Music Boosters includes officer elections and other business items on the agenda.

Garden City Clifford Hope Don Threlkeld Bueford Roper

Dighton Man Killed in Crash

A Dighton man 53 year old Guy Keen was killed and passenger Leonard Burnett 52 was hospitalized after a 1948 panel truck went off Highway K23 north of Dighton. Keen died at Lane County Hospital from a broken back and other injuries. Burnett suffered broken ribs but was not believed to be seriously hurt. The crash occurred about 1 PM while returning from fishing and overturned three times, stopping 68 feet from the start of the upset. Sheriff Cecil Doris investigated. Funeral arrangements by Niles Funeral Home of Dighton.

Dighton Here Guy Keen State Highway Dept Lane County Hospital Leonard Burnett Lane County Cecil Doris Smoky Hill River Doris Keen Niles Funeral Home of

City Manager Attends School

Deane P. Wiley received a certificate Friday at Chicago ending the second annual Advanced Management Training Program for city managers. The week long event, sponsored by the International City Managers Assn and the University of Chicago Center for Programs in Government Administration, drew 61 managers from 30 states, Canada, Germany and Norway. Subjects covered policy making, city planning, motivation, decision making and delegation. Each attendee earned a $90 University of Chicago scholarship funded by the Ford Foundation. Wiley returned over the weekend.

Deane P. Wiley Chicago International City Managers’ Assn Center University of Chicago Canada Germany Norway Ford Foundation Wiley

Kennedy Khrushchev meeting eyed in Palm Beach

Reports from Palm Beach indicate a Kennedy Khrushchev conference on nuclear tests Laos and cold war issues could occur soon with possible sites in Stockholm or Vienna. No firm decision yet but talks and careful diplomacy continue as Washington seeks progress on East West arms talks and Laos.

Palm Bisach Fla Laos Palm Beach Pierre Salinger White House Kennedy

Soviets Seek French Help to Halt Nuclear Tests

In Geneva the Soviet government warned it may resume testing nuclear and hydrogen weapons unless the United States Britain and France halt French tests. Soviet delegate Semyon Tsarapkin urged U S negotiator Arthur Dean and British Sir Michael Wright to deliver the message to their governments. He asserted France tests impede a worldwide test ban and accused Paris of conducting tests for the two Western powers under moratorium.

Geneva United States Britain France Semyon K. Tsarapkin Soviet Union Tsarapkin U.S Arthur H. Dean Michael Wright

May cold snap dips to 39 at airport station

The thermometer fell to 39 degrees at 3 and 4 a.m. today at the airport weather station ten miles east of town, not setting records. Historical May lows at Kansas State University’s northeast agriculture station date back to 1908, with 27 degrees recurring in 1909 1917 1945 and 1946. Last May’s low was 34 on May 11, while 1940 remains the warmest May low at 46. The station’s Saturday night low reached 33, and last night’s low was 38.

Airport Kansas State University Agriculture Experiment Station

Pittsburg State Awards News Work Winners

Linda Hays of Osawatomie won the F. W. Brinkerhoff editorial award for best editorial in the Pittsburg State College newspaper and received it over the weekend. Oscar Chiang from Formosa won the Bennett award for best feature in the paper during the year.

Pittsburg Eas Linda Hays Osawatomie F. W. Brinkerhoff Pittsburg State College Oscar Chaing Formosa

Boy Hit by Car Near Fulton and Second

A six year old Alta Brown kindergartner Ruben Hernandez of 706 E Fulton was struck by a westbound car while crossing Fulton and Second en route to a grocery store. He was taken to hospital with injuries. The driver Artin Swank a junior college student from Lakin sustained facial injuries and other wounds.

Alta Brown Kin Lakin St. Catherine Hospital

Shock of Cooper’s Death Marks Hollywood Legend’s Passing

The body of Gary Cooper lay in a Beverly Hills mortuary chapel as world leaders and film figures paid tribute to the star. Rosary tonight, funeral at Church of the Good Shepherd, mourners include Veronica Cooper Maria and Catholic rites noted. International reactions praised his strength and heroism. tributes from Pope John XXIII, Tokyo Shimbun, Washington Post, The London Times, Cannes, and others flowed. Cooper, who died after a long cancer battle at 60, was survived by his wife and daughter with services planned at Holy Cross Cemetery follow church rites. He had converted to Catholicism in 4359.

Hollywood Gary Cooper Church of the Good Shepherd Beverly Hills Cooper British Broadcasting Corp Tokyo Shombun Washington Post London Times France Sover Paris Humanite America Rome L'Anita Borba Rex Kennamer Arthur Holy Cross Cemetery

Laos Conference Accepts Three Delegations as Observers

The United States agrees to attend an international Laos conference with three rival Laotian delegations listed as observers rather than representatives. Britain and France brokered a neutral wording while Kennedy weighs the risk of breakdown over recognition. The aim is to test Soviet willingness for a neutral Laos while Laos itself debates a possible neutral government.

Geneva United States Laos Kennedy Boun Oum Pathet Lao Souvanna Phouma Reds Lord Home Maurice Couve de Murville Khrushchev

Kennedy Nominates Stephansky as Ambassador to Bolivia

President Kennedy formally nominates Ben S. Stephansky a career foreign service officer to be ambassador to Bolivia. The nomination was sent to the Senate for confirmation.

Washington Kennedy Ben S. Stephansky Foreign Service Bolivia Senate

Weather Tonight and Tuesday Forecast Slated

Tonight be fair with near zero lows and tight southerly winds. Tuesday turns partly cloudy and warmer as southeast winds rise to 25 mph with highs in the 80s. Precipitation data lists Dodge City Emporia 63, Goodland, Salina, Topeka, Wichita with scattered traces.

Dodge City Emporia Carden City Goodland

Freedom Riders Beaten In Racial Test In Alabama

In Birmingham and Anniston Alabama a firebomb destroyed a bus carrying CORE members as they tested color barriers in bus stations. Thirteen people were hospitalized for smoke inhalation and injuries from pipes and strikes by white militants. no arrests were reported. The riders, eight white and eight Negro, vowed to continue their journey through the South.

Birmingham Ala Freedom Riders Alabama Washington Anniston Congress of Racial Equality South Atlanta Greyhound Trailways Georgia Line Ell M. Cowling

Five Are Killed Over Weekend In Kansas Traffic

Five persons died in Kansas traffic accidents over the weekend with four deaths in the Wichita area. Olive Duesing of Spearville was killed Saturday evening in a two car collision on US 56 east of Dodge City. Don Berry and his wife Louisa of Wichita died Sunday when their car hit a northbound Rocket passenger train near Wichita. Two young Wichita men, Jerry Schaeffer and Paul Messier, were killed Friday night when a speeding car left the Riverside area roadway. Messier was a Navy enlisted man visiting Wichita.

Kansas Wichita Olive Duesing Spearville Marshall K. Moore Kinsley Dodge City Moore Don E. Berry Louisa Rock Island Riverside Jerry Schaeffer Paul Messier New York City

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