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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1981
Page
1
The issue highlights a day teaching sixth grade, mentions named eAFL students on page 4, outlines an umpire's view on little league baseball on page 6, and notes a state track meet with photos and stories on pages 12 and 13.
In Los Angeles AP reports comedian George Jessel died Sunday at UCLA Medical Center from an apparent heart attack. Bob Hope called him one of a kind, noting Jessel’s long show business career and many jokes. Jessel, nicknamed Toastmaster General of the USA by President Truman, was 83.
At Geneva oil ministers report Saudi Arabia ready to lift base price from 32 to 34 in exchange for a price freeze from most OPEC members. Yemen Iran and others resist 36. Saudi minister Yamani says will never adopt 36 base price. A separate New York incident reports a 20 year old University of Colorado student stabbed at the United Nations amid tourism concerns.
A line of thunderstorms dumped nearly 7 inches of rain in Austin washing out homes along Shoal Creek and Town Lake. Nine bodies recovered, four missing including a mother and baby, with multimillion dollar damage and widespread car and dealership losses as residents begin cleanup and request a disaster declaration.
Turkish Airlines DC-9 returning to Istanbul after 41 hours in the airoverpowered hijackers by crew and passengers. Five American bankers and three other foreigners escaped unharmed though five others and two hijackers were wounded. Turkish stewardesses praised brave passengers for saving lives at Burgas airfield.
Donna the mallard captured after weeks eluding rescuers at Sahara Country Club. She was airlifted to a veterinary hospital and had an arrow removed from her breast after being fed drugged bread to secure the capture. Local officials and Humane Society volunteers coordinated the operation.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported Memorial Day weekend crashes near Garden City Larned and Pierceville. A Garden City man, Phillip C. Krug, 26, survived a serious collision near Larned while two Hugoton residents, Verl L. Timken, 31, and James T. Wesley, 26, were airlifted and remained in hospital in serious and good condition respectively. Other injuries included a Datsun roll near Pierceville and a Garden City area crash with a patient admitted to St Catherine’s ICU for observation.
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