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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1963
Page
1
In Rio de Janeiro AP reports the United States sped food supplies to about 300000 humeles refugees fleeing four days of uncontrolled forest fire turmoil.
Weather forecaster Elihu Allmai and the weather bureau both predict more rain after a weekend of storms. In Parana Brazil fires scorched 54 areas, wrecking coffee crops and displacing about 300000 people. aid from the US and Brazil rushes supplies and Peace Corps teams treat around 500 refugees. Brazil's President Goulart orders $1 million in federal funds to Parana as officials warn the situation could worsen before relief lands.
Ralph Ball of Sterling is named chairman of the Kansas Wheat Commission at the group’s monthly meeting succeeding R. L. Patterson of Oxford who remains a member. Patterson had served as chairman since the commission’s 1957 formation.
Heavy rains drenched areas from Garden City to Satanta and north toward Syracuse, with totals from a quarter to several inches. Reports pin moisture improvements and halted early wheat planting, while several spots recorded near five inches including Belmon t Pershing and Ulysses region.
A mother, Mrs. Maria Cuervo de Prieto, 34, and her five premature quintuplet boys, born almost two months early in Maracaibo, Venezuela, are reported in satisfactory condition. The father, Efren Luis de Prieto, 39, a Creole Petroleum foreman, vows to support the family as doctors monitor the infants in incubators on skimmed milk. Governor Luis Vera Gomoy pledged government help and potential housing, with a baptism performed amid church involvement.
Wallace declared jurisdiction over six royalty rights cases in the Hugoton field area as Brown set Septembers term, while Alabama barred Negro students from Birmingham Mobile and Tuskegee schools. Huntsville school first graders entered, signaling partial desegregation amid police and National Guard tensions.
Kansas zone one pheasant season runs November 9 to 24, zone two from November 9 to December 8. The season dates were set by the Forestry Fish and Game Commission. An earlier report saying November 14 end date was incorrect.
Kendall rancher Claude Hubbard, 28, remains in critical condition at St. Joseph Hospital in Denver after a Thursday fall or throw from a horse. A relative says he has not regained consciousness. He suffers a fractured skull, concussion, broken ribs and lacerations, and was transported by ambulance from Syracuse with his wife and parents at his side.
President Kennedy names John Gronouski 43 of Wisconsin tax commissioner as postmaster general to succeed Ward Day. Gronouski, a Democrat from Madison, has taught at University of Maine and Wayne University and was born in Dunbar Wisconsin on October 28. He will face Senate confirmation with Sidney Bishop acting in the postmaster general role meanwhile.
Garden City hosts annual Malt Festival starting Wednesday at seven with a big night in the square. Thirteen booths in the slowatech area and many shops will stage window-painting contests while bands perform around the downtown area. Local organizations including Chamber of Commerce and the 4H Club will run booths. some stalls will be on Main, Chestnut, and nearby streets. A Wilshire area display features airline schedules by a Pan American stewardess providing travel info.
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