10 Sep 1962
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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1962
Page
1
The town editors discuss the Employee Award contest and remind voters that store owners managers and institution heads are ineligible while staff under officials may be nominated. Nominee names and ballot conventions are explained along with local dental volunteers aiding football programs and a recent weather and farming setback report.
Approximately $120 in change was stolen from a cigarette machine and jukebox at Mulligan's Cafe, a mile west of Garden City on US 50, between 9 p.m. Sunday and 3:30 a.m. today. The Bay service station on the cafe's east side was also broken into, with exact theft amount from the cigarette machine undetermined. Entry to the cafe was gained by prying a window, and the service station was entered by prying open a restroom door.
Gus urges not storing light shirts as summer looms and warns the season will return. The note blends casual garden chatter with forecasted warm weather and wardrobe guidance.
Garden City voters are nominating employees for the Telegram Friendly awards. The list includes MEN employees from Henkle Drilling to Walls IGA and J.C. Penney Co with several banks and firms also mentioned. The contest runs until Sept 29 with ballots available at local banks and the Chamber of Commerce, and mail submissions accepted.
Garden City gears up for the eighth annual Fall Festival with 40 local merchants and civic groups. Stores display new fall lines, windows illuminated noon to 7 pm, and gasped by a carnival atmosphere as booths, dancing, and live bands entertain. Ten organizations host food and games while merchants offer prizes for a window-value guessing contest.
Red China and nationalist forces accuse a U2 reconnaissance flight over the mainland as part of a U.S. spy program. one U2 disappeared on a routine mission while the other reportedly remains in operation after being bought from Lockheed in 1960 with U.S. approval.
Garden City Board of Education meets at 7 30 p m in the senior high library with a 4 p m tour of new junior and senior high gyms under construction Bids due tonight for dirt fill shaping of the east side football field plus sprinkler and infield drainage work plans for spring construction also noted are stadium lighting specifications and project plans.
Garden City prepares for Shrine Road Races on October 6 and 7 at the municipal airport. An expected 75 to 100 race cars will compete as volunteers and local groups organize concessions and souvenirs. The event aims to rival pheasant season crowds, with restaurants and stations planned to stay open overnight for attendees.
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