Short prayers, long careers and oil talk color community notes
Community chatter covers Rev. Paul Davis short benedictions at graduation, Supt. Hood's morning breakfasts, Century Refining hosted party with Panhandle Eastern officials, and oil and gas insights in Garden City. Guests Elwood Droegemueller, local businessmen, and movers to Liberal noted. Also mentions FBI graduation invite, mail arrivals, and relatives in journalism and magazines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Country Club
Century Refining
Kansas City
Panhandle Eastern
Elwood Droegemueller
Garden City
Three commencements mark diplomas for Juco to high school
Juco graduates received diplomas last night while junior high and high school ceremonies followed. Beth Greathouse and Jerry Wright were named co valedictorians with GPAs of 2.79 and 2.78. Hope Hall hosted 214 ninth graders, with Abe Hubert presenting diplomas to 124 seniors at the 8 pm high school ceremony led by Rotary scholar Judy Mai and Larry Lohmeier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juco
Dwight C. Baird
Trinidad Junor College
Baird
Jaco
Beth Greathouse
Jerry Wright
Beth
Wright
Junior College
Hope Hall
Abe Hubert
Leroy Hood
Julius Hultquist
Loren Crawford
Paul Davis
Robert Gadberry
Fourth National High School
Bank of Wichita
Judy Mai
Larry Lohmeier
Judy
Rotary Club
Kanes State Mallage
Curtis Studio
R. G. Greathouse
N. Main
Charles Schoonover
City Pauses to Observe Memorial Day in Garden City
Garden City slows for Memorial Day with a Valley View Cemetery war dead tribute as the main event. The Finnup Park pool opens for summer, a Ban Johnson Jaycees versus American Legion game at 8 p.m. draws crowds, and city crews prepare for Friday reopening after the holiday. The post office suspends rural deliveries but offers box service 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Catholics mark Ascension Thursday at 9 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden City
Valley View Cemetery
Finnup Park
Ban Johnson Jaycees
American Legion
Morning Paper Schedule and Memorial Day Events
The Telegram will become a morning paper for Memorial Day with the Thursday edition produced before midnight for early delivery. Friday returns to the afternoon schedule with an American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars program at the cemetery at 10:30 a.m. Acy Hall Champlain Refining Valley View worker suffered a broken arm in a separate incident, while a Hallgar collision injured a tractor crossing the highway near Hillsboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign,Warso
Acy Hall
Champlain Refining Valley View
Graesen
Hillsboro
Hallgar
Aita
Hall Suffering Injuries After Tractor Crash on Highway
A tractor pulling hay allegedly veered onto a highway in front of Washington resulting in injuries to Hall who was treated at a hospital and released. President Eisenhower accepted Humphrey’s resignation as Treasury Secretary and named Anderson for Treasury. the timing remains unsettled. Meanwhile, Robert B. Anderson, former deputy secretary, was nominated to the top fiscal post as the White House announced. The report also notes a Memorial Day address to be delivered at the cemetery by Rev. Paul R. Davis with J. D. Adams giving prayer and benediction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Davis
Mark Twain
Walle Wenals
Garden City
Lawrence
Ted
Kansas University
Washington
George M. Humphrey
Sec
the Treasury
Robert B. Anderson
White House
Hall
Garhim
Eisenhower
Iden City
Eugene Ing
Deaver
Senate
Anderson
Navy
Defense
Humphrey
Congress
Paul R. Davis
J. D. Adams
Vfw-American Legion
One Supermarket Plans Return to Sunday Hours
Walls Foodliner in Garden City will resume Sunday openings this weekend after a four week recess. Manager Charles Vaughn says the store will open Sundays from 10 a.m. to p.m. and every weekend, citing public demand. Walls is now the only local supermarket with Sunday hours, as other grocers in Garden City voted to close Sundays except Stoners No 1 Market at Five Points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walls Foodliner
Garden City
Charles Vaughn
Walls
Garden City Grocers Association
Stoner
Garden City Man Gets Jail Sentence at Dodge
Olen McVicker, 28, of Garden City was sentenced to 10 days in jail after pleading guilty to being an accessory in a hit and run in county court. He was arrested north of Minneola after a car he rode in struck Earl Rogers of Fort Dodge and fled the scene. The driver, Elmer Wade of Dodge City, also pleaded guilty and received 10 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodge City
Olen McVicker
McVicker
Minneola
Earl Rogers
Ft. Dodge
Elmer, Wade
Protest near American Embassy over Nevada tests in Tokyo
Nearly 100 Japanese university students marched on the American Embassy in Tokyo carrying banners reading Stop Nevada tests. About thirty Japanese police guarded the embassy driveway with no violence reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Nevada
Scott City park road oiling hopes face funding gaps
Scott City Jaycees report about 3500 in donations for a park road oiling project initially set at 15000. They now aim for about 7500 by trimming 3.2 miles off the plan and rely on state funding, with June as a tentative oiling target. Local officials expect state action but budgets through the coming years may delay completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jaycees
Scott City
Scott County
Jmission
State Park
Scott
Park
Ers
Weather forecast with scattered thundershowers tonight
The Weather Bureau reports generally fair conditions with a few widely scattered thundershowers this evening and tomorrow. Continued mild with overnight low near 60 and high in the 90s on Thursday. South wind light to moderate, shifting with storms. Sunrise 6:25, sunset 7:88 CST observations show highs near 80s and 70s across Garden City, Dodge City, Goodland, Pratt, Amarillo, Denver, Guymont, and Lamar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weather Bureau
Max
Garden City
Dodge City
Goodland
Bert Biles Injured. Wrist Fractures Sideline at Boys State
Bert Biles son of Mr and Mrs Joe Biles of 304 Ballinger suffered fractures to both wrists in a scooter car collision at Walnut and 3rd in Wichita He will attend the Boys State week though both wrists remain in splints The other driver Martha Jane Newell of 1202 Pinecrest reported she did not see the scooter and turned left while the scooter failed to pass before the collision.
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Wichita
Bert Biles
Bert
Joe Biles
Ballinger
Walnut
3Rd
Martha Jane Newell
Pinecrest
Biles
Second Plea Is Rejected In Defense Bill Debate
Washington reports the House rejected for the second time in two days a Republican amendment to boost Army spending. By a 137 to 133 standing vote the chamber denied 400 million for Army research and development, far above the Appropriations Committee 382 million recommendation. The panel cut 244 billion dollars from the bill and yesterday refused extra 80 million for Army maintenance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Howse
Defense Department
Appropriations Committee
Eisenhower
Penal Board Erupts Again Rev Swanson Won't Resign
TOPEKA The Rev Carl A B Swanson of Page City plans to appeal a decision by Democratic members of the State Penal Board that his services as a state parole agent have been severed. In a heated session between board chairman Dan Cain and Republican Robert Turney the Democrats ruled Swanson, who has 22 years on the parole staff, had severed his connection for refusing to report to Wichita on reassignment.
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Topeka
Carl A. B. Swanson
Page City
State Penal Board
Dan Cain
Robert Turney
Swanson
Wichita
Supreme Court
Cain
Turney
Pad
Dale Spiegel
Docking
Swanson denial fuels parole board clash and civil suit
In a Kansas district court dispute, Parole Officer Swanson denies resigning amid clashes with Cain and Turney over job status and transfers. Separately, Richard Harper sues over a May 1955 private pool accident at the Salyers home, seeking $1,542,865 for medical expenses and $150,000 for injuries to the youth, alleging neck fracture and permanent paralysis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cain
Emil Salyer
Swanson
Turney
N. Main
Serted
Taipei Calmer After Rioting
Unauthorized gatherings and demonstrations were banned in Taipei as part of after riots. Nationalist Chinese divisions moved to the outskirts reflecting easing tensions after rioters attacked the U S Embassy and Information Agency following a court martial acquittal of a sergeant who said he shot a Chinese man peeping into his wife’s bathroom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taipei
U.S
U.S. Information ,Agency
Troopers All in Town In Garden City for patrol meeting
Eighteen highway patrol troopers and driver license examiners from the 6th district gathered in Garden City for an all day session. Col Harvey Schmeidmann and Maj A M Scheibner led the review of new laws affecting the patrol and motor carrier divisions. The sixth district covers 23 Southwestern Kansas counties and the Warren hotel hosted the meeting.
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Highway Patrol
Kansas
Garden City
6Th Highway Patrol District
City
Col
Harvey Schmeidemann
Maj
A. M. Scheibner
Topeka
Sixth Highway Patrol Division
Warren Hotel
Finney County 4-H delegates attend state Roundup in Manhattan
Sixteen Finney County 4-H members from 10 clubs traveled to Manhattan for the 4-H Roundup opening today. The four day session runs to June 1 with classes at Kansas State College and program activities for about 1,400 youths. Attendees include Robert Brown Doug McGraw Leon Largent Delinda Billings and others with leader Mrs Wilma Kidwell and agents Kathryn Sughrue Oscar Norby and Don Barnbeck. Music campers join the final session with Verna Mae Warren Benny Oeding Verla Spillman Marcilla Brown and leader Mrs Hadley Kaufman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finney County
Manhattan
Kansas State College
Robert Brown
Doug McGraw
Leon Largent
Delinda Billings
Ther@sa Dater
Shirley Spillman
Judy Baker
M@rlene Wilsom
Peggy McDonald
Viole Adams
Barbara Vanwinkle
Connie Small
Jack Jewell
Wilma Kidwell
Kathryn Sughrue
Oscar Norby
Don Barnbeck
Verna Mae Warren
Benny Oeding
Verla Spillman
Marcilla Brown
Hadley Kaufman
Vandalism Smears High School For Second Night
Police and school officials clean smeared walls and windows after repeated vandalism at the high school. The second night witnesses shoe polish graffiti saying Seniors of 58. Officials plan tighter security around the building.
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Finnap Park
Downing’s
Rotary
Century's Party
Great Bend
Liberal
Garden
The
Power Commission
Mitchel F. Geisler Jr
Toady
FBI National Academy
D.C
Cliff Hope
Clyde Reed
Stuart Awbrey
Iowa
Parsons Sun
Ed Crawford
Virginia Laughlin
Redbook
Andrew Sabine Junior High
Oyamen
A. H. Elland
A&w
Treasury
Dodge
Scott’ Park
Richard Harper
Hugoton
Maxine Harper
Harper
Salyers
Van
Salyer
Jay Crook
Telegram
Monkey Island
Lee Richardson
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