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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1958
Page
1
A civilian military junta in Paris established a revolutionary government for Algeria today. It demands the return of General Charles de Gaulle to lead the French government and references the recent setup here last week.
Rev Urban Iffert C P S arrives this week from Center Ville Iowa to serve as chaplain at St Catherine hospital succeeding Rev John Spaat. Iffert ordained 1938 has taught at Brunnerdale seminary Canton Ohio and led parish groups in Tennessee Louisiana. In Algeria a French government of public safety is to be installed under Gen de Gaulle as committee members Massu and Cherif Sideara push to keep Algeria tied to France, Salan remains titular commander in chief while Paris officials warn they will run their own show.
John Studer, 30, was killed in a one car crash south of Goodland on highway K-27. Illinois University students travelling in another car reported the vehicle missed a curve and rolled over five times, ejecting Studer. State troopers called the cause a mystery as witnesses described a test of a straight, level blacktop.
Eight killed and sixty one wounded as National Guard troops quell a student strike in Panama City. Students barricade streets, stores close, and violence escalates though Canal Zone authorities keep the trouble near the capital.
Edith Walker died at St Catherine Hospital at age 78. Funeral services will be tomorrow at 10 30 a m in Phillips Chapel with Rev Leonard Cowan of the Methodist church officiating. Burial will be in Valley View cemetery where local residents will gather.
Don Johnson was elected president of the Garden City Numismatic Club at an organizational meeting at the Civic Center. Burrill Loving and Mrs Emma Thompson will serve as secretary treasurer. A. E. Rudd Dallap Enslow Kenneth A. Marine join the membership committee. Ray Breithaupt Burrill Loving Paul Cook form the coin approval panel. Twenty members are listed so far with meetings on the first and third Thursdays. Next meeting is in June.
Federal agencies moved to implement emergency rules to prevent collisions between military jet trainers and civilian aircraft. President Eisenhower unveiled a five point program designed to speed air safety reform within three months after talks with House Appropriations subcommittee members.
Jet planes must file flight plans with the Civil Aeronautics Administration. Jet trainer pilots must avoid civilian airways during smoking proficiency flights. Operational flights must use civilian airways under rules. The Missionary Sisters of Christ run the hospital aiding Indians on the Anaham reserve north of Vancouver. Senior high students Le Less Smid and Charlotte Grace Gooden are graduating May 28. A iris show opens at 1 p.m. tomorrow at the Civic Center with about 1200 exhibits in three classes. Firefighters battled a blaze in Garder City with no equipment in the waiting area. one child was saved. Sister Mary of the Cross and others were flown to Williams Lake for treatment.
Shoppers in Chicago complain of higher meat costs yet continue buying as the American Meat Institute confirms a yearlong rise in pork and beef prices. Locals report pork loin and round steak near 50 to 89 cents a pound, while other cities vary. In a separate fire at the Anaham Indian reserve hospital, twelve children died and several were injured when a blaze hit a frame building housing a Catholic hospital.
Mexico City hosts a major visitor surge as the Western United States convention group, about 2,200 people, prepares a parade to start May 31. Families and shiners join the event, signaling one of the year’s largest tourist influxes.
Dodge City fourth graders from Girl Scout troop 42 toured the Telegraph plant in Garden City yesterday. Leaders Mrs. T. R. McKinley Mrs. Glen Randall and Mrs. Lee Hampton accompanied the group which visited Windsor hotel Finney park zoo Gardiner Dairy and the courthouse after a Scout breakfast with local hosts.
A six pound eleven ounce baby boy was born in Santa Monica California to actor Robert Stack and his wife former actress Rosemarie Bowe. The couple welcomed their child with news confirming the birth and family happiness.
In Finney County Kansas probate court executors G Perry and C C Linley seek permission to sell SE 1/4 of Section 10 Township 21 South Range 30 West to pay admin costs and legacies. Defendants must answer by June 2, 1958. Stella Stewart estate appoints John Burnside as executor with probate letters issued May 13 1958, creditors and heirs must respond within nine months.
Entries list speeding charges for Mr Mac Rogers Mrs Dorcel Rogers and James Dunagan with $15 fines. John George Zubeck of Deerfield posts $100 bond for driving while intoxicated. Emil Gust Barden cited for improper left turn with $16. John Gatlin and Ralph A Keathouse cited for running stop signs with $15 and $1 fines respectively.
In Garden City Mrs Lester Ward Satanta Mrs Robert Butler 611 Conk ling Mrs Susan Baldwin 308 Laurel Mrs George Bagwell Imperial route Nina Anh Van Campen Digd on Ronald L Yates Shields Jerome D Irsik Holcomb Mrs Hubert Winger RFD 1 Ann Marie Schreiber 903 Ther jor Mrs Clifton Hull 1010 N 11th At St Catherine s Mr and Mrs Barry Draeger 110 W Kansas Ave son 8 pounds 6 ounces 111 p m yesterday Mr and Mrs Elmer R Smith 309 Emerson twins son 6 pounds 9 ounces 8 03 a m and daughter 6 pounds 6 ounces 8 08 a m Friday
Twin crypts in Arlington Cemetery prepare to receive the bodies of two unknown soldiers from America’s latest wars. The marble plaza awaits final rites as officials confirm the interments.
Washington lawyer W. Martin F. O'Donoghue, longtime Teamsters representative, was named chairman of the federal monitor board overseeing Teamsters Management. The surprise appointment by Judge F. Dickenson Letts comes as rank and file members seek to curb leadership amid ongoing disputes surrounding James R. Hoffa and historic labor conflicts. O'Donoghue serves as general counsel for the plumbers and pipefitters union.
Legals list includes warranty deeds transferring lot 18 block 3 Jones Walker addition from Sara L Johnson to Lavon C Earnest et ux then from Lavon C Earnest et ux to Burl L Johnson lot 17 block 3 Jones Walker addition. Also marriage licenses for Raymond Brown 41 Garden City with Lela L Beckett 48 Garden City Marion J Horton 25 Pierceville and Delores M Gross 18 Garden City.
A hospital admission notice lists patients including Tra Wright at 108 Hamline and Mrs Barry Draeger, WGWW, Kansay Ave, Milton Torres, Halcomb, Willie G. Gerber, George N. Stephens, Pierreville, Mrs Tresmon Miller at 412 Davis.
Eggs A s Large two cents per unit Eggs A s Medium twenty eight cents Eggs B s Large twenty eight cents Eggs B s Medium twenty two cents Eggs Cs were We day cream fifty five cents first grade cream fifty cents Heavy Hen sie Light Hens nine cents Local Market Change from Farmers Elevator Garden City Grain
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