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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1972
Page
3
Goodland will host Evangelist David Wilkerson at the Max Jones Fieldhouse on September 24 at 2 p.m. MDT. The famed author of The Cross and the Switchblade speaks to youth about drugs crime alcohol and other escapes from meaning. He is praised for direct talks, apparent care for youth, and strong message content.
In Topeka area, six students and a bus driver suffered minor injuries after two school buses collided in heavy rain. Officials said one bus stopped for a stalled car in an intersection and the other struck it from the rear in a suburban southeast of Topeka.
The September issue of the Interdenominational Tem per Newsletter from the National Council of Churches accuses President Nixon of cold shoulder treatment toward mainline Protestant and Eastern Orthodox leaders. It notes repeated requests to meet him have been rebuffed, with only brief contacts on occasion for White House services, while church leaders press on public moral concerns about the Vietnam War.
Kansas City AP report says John ny Foster aged 46 drowned near the spillway at Lake Jacoma in eastern Jackson County while fishing with two companions. Divers later recovered his body from about 25 feet of water near the spillway.
Chanute Kan Dwight Duke Wallingford retires as area editor of the Chanute Tribune after a 36 year career beginning in 1945 he previously ran the Chanute News 1937 41 and held four years as reporter news editor 12 years managing editor and four as area editor
In a exchange with Pharaoh Moses and Aaron confront him with divine signs. Aaron's rod becomes a serpent that consumes the magicians' rods. The Lord commands Moses to meet Pharaoh by the river and promises the first of ten plagues, turning Egypt's waters to blood and killing the fish. Pharaoh remains unmoved.
Ralph Houk, longtime manager of the New York Yankees, was born in Lawrence Kansas in 1919. He built a notable baseball career as player and skipper, guiding the Yankees in several seasons during his tenure.
Loyalty Month starts this Sunday at the First Christian Church and runs through October 1 to emphasize reuniting the worshiping community after summer vacations. Chi Rho and CYF meet at 6 PM in the educational building for an organizational session. Christian men gather for a prayer breakfast Monday morning in Fellowship Hall with Bill Smith M. E. Glasse and Louis Wagner cooking. Dan Nash directs devotional meditation. Sunshine Girls plan a sack lunch supper Wednesday at 6 PM at the Lawrence Joyce home on Imperial Road with hostesses Janell Beverly Sandra Joyce Lana Wagner giving devotions. miniature golf follows. Mrs. A. M. Fleming hosts the Mary M Mrthas at 1 PM next Thursday with Mrs. Ina Huckstadt Mrs. Bertha Ferguson Mrs. Ruby Olemon and Mrs. C. J. Degendant assisting. Roll call prompts a remembrance of the first day of school. Mrs. Ora Schopf will give devotions.
Southwest Kansas Baptist youths joined about 180 registrants for a Labor Day weekend retreat at Westcliffe Colorado. The program included a rap and Testimony session where participants shared how faith and prayer aided them with family issues and drug addiction. Richard Downs of Albuquerque New Mexico, a former addict, spoke of the misery of addiction. The event was directed by Rev. William H. Travis from Garden City with 31 local participants.
Garden by Community Junior College reports 47 graduates from its first nursing class have passed Kansas state board licensing exams. The director notes over half succeeded on the first try, with July testing in Topeka. Names of passing graduates include Ethel Blackburn Syracuse Ellen Eichhorn 802 MH Ed wards Catherine Elliott Lakin and others.
Kansas City lawyer A. Henry Tager was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for evading 1964 income tax on $31,600 and conspiring to defraud the government. He was convicted June 2 on those charges and acquitted of evading taxes on 1963 income.
Kansas City AP report says 102 public schools closed as maintenance workers and custodians strike. Talks between School Board and Service Employees Local No 12 resume at 5 p.m. after a 1:80 a.m. meeting described as productive. About 68,000 students affected by health and safety concerns from the two week walkout. Union seeks a 10 percent raise. board offers 2.25 percent.
Garden City church list includes St Marys Roman Catholic St Dominics, St James Lutheran, Bethel AME, Fellowship Baptist, Garden Valley Church, Trinity Lutheran, St Thomas Episcopal, Pierceville Federated, Second Baptist, Plymouth United, First Christian, Trinity Wesleyan, Faith Tabernacle, United Presbyterian, Calvary Temple, Church of God in Christ, Church of Jesus Christ Saints, United Pentecostal, Seventh Day Adventist, West Baptist, Brethren churches, Nazarene, Community Church United, Church of the Nazarene and other congregations with service times and contact details.
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