Wheat crop ravaged by green bugs and worms in southwest Kansas
Garden City Telegram reports severe drought and pest damage across Southwest Kansas in 1968. Estimates show 60 to 80 percent of seeded wheat lost or abandoned with many acres plowed under, leaving about 35,000 to 90,000 acres for harvest depending on county. Irrigated land remains the main hope for yields amid widespread destruction.
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O'Dell
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Wore
Grant County
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Finney County
Gordon Per
ASCS
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Andy Erhart
K-State
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Kearny County
Ted Vincent
Greeley County
Lloyd Waldren
Tribune
Hamilton County
Wichita County
Bets on Sun Shine and Car Trouble In Southwest Kansas
A reader notes odd bets on sunny weather in Southwest Kansas, a dropped SEP subscriber tale, and car engine woes blamed on moisture. The letter also cites Sen Robert Kennedy's Des Moines visit and a Burlingon column joking about a Ruth Kennedy and Kennedy’s wealth politics.
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Kansas
Weather Forecast Shows Cloudy Cool With Drizzle
The weather remains cloudy and cool tonight with drizzle and fog and lows around 45 to 50. Light northeast winds. Friday brings considerable cloudiness with little temperature change and highs near 60 with a chance of scattered showers. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Precipitation probability 20 percent tonight and tomorrow. Sunrise 6 23. Sunset 8 50. High uncertainty remains in the tail end of the forecast.
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Hutchinada
Gronouski Resigns as Ambassador to Poland
John A. Gronouski resigns as U S ambassador to Poland and sources say he will join Hubert Humphrey’s campaign for vice president. Gronouski declines to discuss immediate plans and says he will reveal them in due course.
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John A. Gronouski
U.S
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Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
Gronouski
Nine on Family Vacation Among Victims Copter Crash Kills 23
A twin rotor helicopter en route from Disneyland to LAX catastrophically broke apart near Paramount California killing all 23 aboard including nine family members from Ohio on a vacation. Investigators said rotor failure may be the cause after witnesses saw a blade detach before the crash and debris rained over a dairy farm.
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Canton
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Steubenville
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Juco Graduation Former Mayor Bartle to Speak Here
H Roe Bartle former mayor of Kansas City Mo will give the commencement address Monday night to graduates of Garden City Community Junior College The 49th annual commence ment exercise will begin at 8 p m in Clifford Hope Auditorium The public is invited to attend Eighty two students are candidates for degrees this year the largest class ever Bartle served as mayor for eight years until retiring in 1963 He has since been a statesman public speaker and consultant His academic honors include three earned degrees and five honorary degrees He founded the American Humanics Foundation in 1948 to support education for youths pursuing professional youth leadership
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Colorado State University
Robert Loper
Garden City Community Junior College
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Kansas City
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Bartle
American Humanics Foundation
Mann Named Vice Principal at Garden City High
Ira Mann Jr a longtime faculty member since 1983 will become vice principal of Garden City High School in the new vocational building near south of the campus. He will keep part time teaching in vocational agriculture and share duties with other principals as the district adds a second vice principal.
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Garden City
Saffell
Dean Nolte
Charles Hill
Wadera
HemisFair Tour Schedules June Trip With Room Available
Reservations are open for a 10 day HemisFair tour leaving June 1 and returning June 10. Priced at 230 dollars per person double occupancy, the trip includes HemisFair events in San Antonio Six Flags Over Texas in Dallas a Texan ballgame at Houston Astrodome and two Galveston visits. The tour is directed by Mrs. Norman Thompson with optional deep sea fishing and a glass bottom boat ride. A full deposit is required and refundable if the tour is not taken.
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Telegram
San Antonio
Grounding of 42 F111 swing-wing aircraft reported
The Air Force grounded 42 Finn fighter-bombers including five on duty in Thailand until a defective part is repaired. The fleet linked to the controversial $5.3 billion TFX program has suffered crashes in Vietnam and near Nellis. Twelve early models without the faulty part remain airborne.
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Governor to Speak at Goodland Vo-Tech Graduation
Gov. Robert Docking will address the Goodland Vo-Tech school's graduating class on Friday evening. He will also tour the area, lead a parade of Isis Shrine Bodies from Salina, and attend a Democratic dinner meeting. A New York AP report notes Columbia University and other colleges could lose student draft deferments, depending on local draft boards, under 1A rules requiring full-time study toward a degree.
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Salina
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Columbia University
Selective Service
Main Street light project delayed by incorrect mounting arms
Garden City delays 38 of 90 new Main Street light fixtures after discovering mounting arms were not as ordered. City Manager Deane Wiley said fixtures would brighten Main with mercury vapor lamps, but arms causing misalignment halted installation until correct parts arrive.
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St Catherine Hospital Receives Three Year Accreditation
St Catherine Hospital in Garden City has been accredited for three years by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals. The commission audited the hospital’s operations and records, restoring the three year accreditation after last year only a one year term.
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St. Catherine
College Seeks 25 for New Cosmetology Dept at Garden City
Garden City Junior College trustees approved a fall opening for a new Cosmetology Department with equipment purchase and instructor hire. Enrollment is open for 25 students as the campus enhances its vocational offerings, including irrigation study and area vocational-technical school plans. A new head wrestling coach and an assistant football coach were also approved, Barry B. Peck slated to join from East High Wichita.
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Garden City High School
Carl Heinrich
Midwest
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East High
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