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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1963
Page
1
KC wholesale market close shows calves and vealers mostly steady to firm. Cattle demand wide with choic e and prime vealers 24.25 to 25.00. hogs mostly lower. sheep steady with prime spring lambs around 19.50 and ewes 4.75 to 6.40.
A brisk rally lifted the market early this afternoon with gains in key stocks. The Associated Press average rose about five points to 220.8, led by industrials and boosts in major names. Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 3.77 points to 742.25 as traders shifted from Monday’s declines.
Washington officials see Canada selling 228 million bushels of wheat to the Soviet Union over 1044 months as the largest commercial wheat transaction in history. The 43 million bushel shipment to Cuba sparked some protest but was not blocked, as U.S. embargoes do not bar food exports. The Kremlin cited bad weather as the crop setback rationale.
Dickson County extension team earned the 4-H progress award at the Kansas State Fair. Tom Orwig and Harry Riot received plaques while Mary Meek was absent. Harvey and Rooks agents placed behind Dickson. Acknowledgments included three $400 scholarships to 4-H club members and 1063 Harry Darby Foundation scholars Janet Patton Paula Rathbun and Jane Adams. Deanna Wallace was named 4-H style queen and Sim Thammeard best grounded boy. Governor’s Day events and a Kansas master farmers dinner were planned.
The Finney County Mental Health Assn. will hold its regular monthly meeting Thursday at the Civic Center. Dr. Joseph Dehiwha, director of the area Mental Health Center, will discuss center activities and future plans. Board members are urged to attend and the public is invited.
Washington AP report says Mrs. John F Kennedy will take a private two week visit to Greece starting October 20. She will join sister and brother in law Prince and Princess Radziwill at a rented house near Athens while she recuperates from the birth and death of her third child.
In Washington, production eased after seven months of gains as industrial output dropped to 125.6 in August, while non farm employment rose modestly by 107,000 to 57.5 million from July. The Fed blamed iron and steel declines and reduced auto production for the dip. Also, U S recognition of Malaysia’s new state was automatic, with Kennedy sending a representative to Kuala Lumpur. A Senate subcommittee approved a fair employment practices bill to end private industry job discrimination. The White House announced a two day conference on mental retardation at Warrenton, Virginia, to discuss federal programs and interagency cooperation.
President Kennedy told 400 White House Conference executives that drastic House cuts to foreign aid threaten export growth and national security. He urged support to restore the aid money, noting most current commitments fund U.S. expenditures and aid could boost exports and jobs. Labor Secretary Wirtz pressed expanding exports to close unemployment and balance of payments gaps, citing 150,000 jobs per $1 billion of exports.
Sen Barry Goldwater told The Associated Press he would back Gov Nelson Rockefeller if he secures the Republican presidential nomination. Rockefeller said it depends on Goldwater strategys stance, noting uncertainty about Goldwaters current positions. Both men emphasized a GOP White House over President Kennedy, during separate interviews.
In Springfield, Magistrate E. A. Barbour dismissed a vagrancy case against a 38 year old traveler. He ruled that a free country allows a man to travel and sleep by the roadside without arrest for vagrancy, noting he cannot understand how sleeping while traveling warrants detention.
Southwest Kansas 4 H members earned many purple and blue ribbons at Hutchinson Kansas State Fair. Winners include Ivy Reed Kearny for Chiffon cakes Marilyn Yost Lane for Baking powder biscuits Martha Miller Gray and Jeanne Hamilton Eichita for Frosted chocolate lager cake Betty Jean Ramsey Scott Nina Lindner Kearny Lane for Suits Joy Lawrence Connie Hanks Lane for White yeast rolls Mary Lou Palmer Finney Peggy Turnett Raina Cramer Lane Jessie Luke Scott Harriet Trussell Kearny Carol Scoggins Gray Linda Beaton Scott County for School dress Basic entomology Kenneth Davis Jr Kearny Kenneth Trout Scott Terry Holovach Haskell Intermediate entomology Betty Davis Donna Davis both Kearny Advanced entomology Tom Yager Scott Five fresh garden vegetables Dick English Gray Jam preservation Sheila Fairleigh Scott In booth divisions Scott Future Farmers of America Roger D. Hamilton adviser took first in western group Home economics extension of home demonstration unit booths Finney County took fourth and Scott County sixth.
Hospital notices list admissions including Mrs O M Patterson and Mrs David Aumiller among many others, with addresses in Garden City and nearby areas. Dismissals and births follow, detailing new arrivals Ason Claunch and Glen Brownlee, plus multiple local patient moves and civic deed records.
At the United Nations General Assembly opening, delegates push for actions on white rule in Africa and Rhodesia. Asian and African nations seek full assembly debate on Buddhist rights in Vietnam, while Kennedy plans a key policy speech. Gromyko to present Soviet stance ahead of the week’s central issues.
Tomorrow is the final day for pupil enrollment in Menninger Bible classes run by United Church Women. Morning sessions start at 9 20 at First Methodist Church and evening sessions at 7 30 at the senior high school. The Eagles Auxiliary hosts a rummage sale Saturday from 9 am to 2 pm at the Eagles Aerie Home 114 N Main, with homemade donuts and coffee. Bring rummage, hangers and sacks to the home Friday.
Rep Carl Vinson of Georgia, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, claims Defense Secretary McNamara seeks to turn servicemen into political agents in the race discrimination fight. Vinson rolls out a bill to make it a court martial offense for military personnel to use McNamara's powers. The Air Force barred its personnel from events promoting discrimination as McNamara had authorized base commanders to close off areas where discrimination persists.
CAPE CANAVERAL Florida AP The Army Pershing missile undergoes rigorous all weather testing to prove its quick strike capability. Tests include extreme cold in the Arctic Alaska hot humid Panama jungles and rough terrain transit before firings at Cape Canaveral. The 400 mile range weapon is slated for Western Europe deployment in 1964.
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