Electrical Storm Deluges Garden City Area With Heavy Lightning
A soaking Garden City storm drenched the area Tuesday night as a 100 strike of lightning and thunder lit the sky. Rain totals ranged from .38 to .84 inches across town and nearby sites, with one reported damaging event: an irrigation pump shed near the by-pass east of town burned after a lightning strike, likely over $2,000 in damage.
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Old fashioned push mowers vs power mowers debate
Readers weigh in on mowing choices amid rainy weather and Memorial Day closures. A die hard favors push mowers citing exercise and quiet operation while noting a dry spell and rain patterns. Memorial Day details: Telegram skips publication. Valley View Cemetery service at 10 a.m. and season pool opens at 1 p.m.
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Cuba Levels Charge at U S
Cuba claims a U S Navy P5B aircraft fired on a Soviet Cuban crew drilling for oil off Cuba's north coast near Cay Frances, 220 miles east of Havana, with no casualties reported in a ministry statement while denouncing U S aggression and warning of consequences. In Kansas a 2 year old boy drowned in Sterling Municipal Lake and a 24 year old man was electrocuted when a pipe touched a power line.
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Charles Ross
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Sterling Municipal Lake
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Glen Yakel
Gerap Iron Company
City Involved In ICC Hearing On Garden City Freight Case
Garden City is at center of an Interstate Commerce Commission hearing in Wichita at 9 30 a m at the Las Sen Hotel. An ICC examiner will probe whether three trucking firms Riss and Co Pacific Tatermountain Express and Missouri Consolidated Freight Ways lacked authority to serve Garden City. Subpoenaed are Mitch Geisler Chamber of Commerce Manager and Bob Gardiner of Gardiner Dairy and Ice Cream Co. Public attendance encouraged as the ICC studies the facts before a decision.
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Pacific Tatermountain Express
Missouri Consolidated Freightways
Chamber of Commerce
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Bob Gardiner
Gardiner Dairy and Ice Cream Co
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Gardiner
Honor Students Stage Close Race at Garden City High
Garden City High School honors four top students with co valedictorians and co salutatorians for the graduating class. Sheryl Etling and Barry Brown share top honors. Cheryl Bentley and Bryce Roderick share salutatorian. High honors go to eight seniors with GPAs above 3.75, and honors to several more in the 3.25 to 3.75 range.
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Telegram
Garden City
Sheryl Etling
Barry Brown
Bryce Roderick
Cheryl Bentley
Hoy Etling
Evans
Charlton M. Brown
Parkwood
Larry Meeker
Sheryl
Larry Mesker
Commencement at Garden City Junior College Honors 80 Graduates
Dr Francis Heller urged graduates to seek understanding over mere knowledge as Gordon Cooper space flight is cited as a key achievement. The ceremony in Clifford Hope Auditorium featured diplomas by Lloyd Haag and honors for Glenda Cleveland Vernon McCart and Paul Ohmes.
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Hailstorm Hits Sublette Area Damaging Plant and Crops
Severe hail from two afternoon storms in Seward County south of Sublette caused extensive property damage totaling thousands. Northern Natural’s compressor and gas line plant near US 83 suffered shattered windows and crops across the region incurred heavy losses. Kismet school reported 125 broken windows. some lines and insulators were damaged, and phone service remained out in parts. Local residents named include Harold Stapleton and Marvin Odgers among others as damage assessments continued.
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John Lightner
Pierceville
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Salter Gains Honor at K U
Lawrence Dean Salter a University of Kansas student from Garden City was named an outstanding senior in the Jayhawker year book among ten seniors and 20 Hilltoppers. His activities include Legislation and Liaison ASC committees, Dean's Advisory Board, Varsity Debate, Owl Society Omicron Delta Kappa, Delta Sigma Rho presidency, Delta Tau Delta, and exchange scholar plans to study political science at Southampton England.
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University of Southampton
England
Sublette Building Has Swaty Back Collapse
McCoy Grain Co grain warehouse at Sublette suffered a roof collapse after grain spilled from an auger during the night. About 4 a.m. the center roof caved in under weight, half a million bushels capacity, structure will be emptied before repairs. Located off Main on USS56 highway.
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McCoy Grain Co
McCoy
Four-way stop at Effingham intersection fails to stop crash
Effingham Illinois AP report says Robert Dirks health and safety commissioner had a four way stop sign installed at the U S Highway 40 Willow Avenue intersection last week as a safety measure A motorist ran through it Tuesday and his car struck Dirks causing $100 damage Dirks was not hurt
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Area Highways Due for Work in Southwest Kansas
A $75,000,000 highway program for the new fiscal year includes $3,000,000 for area projects. Hamilton County gets 16.8 miles on US 210 from Syracuse to the Stanton County line costing $410,000. Haskell County will have 12.4 miles on US 56 near Sublette costing $775,000. Stevens County receives 9.6 miles on US 56 from Moscow to the Seward County line costing $420,000. A $70,000 small project funds 0.3 mile of K-35 in Leoti, Wichita County.
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Hamilton County
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Stanton County
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Sublette
Stevens County
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Leoti
Wichita County
Best Stop Set For Motorists
Holiday motorists passing through Garden City tonight can get coffee and cookies from the Centennial Gals HDU. Booths will line Main and Kansas from 6 to 12 p.m as part of the Safety Stay Awake program with signs guiding drivers to the refreshment stands.
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