Parole Law Changes Sought Over Commutation Deals
Kansas Attorney General John Anderson Jr reported evidence of conditional fee and escrow arrangements between prisoners, attorneys, and relatives aimed at securing commutations and paroles for money. He noted prior cases, cited a $1500 deal that failed, and emphasized the practice as wrong and contrary to public policy while stopping short of alleging outright sale of pardons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
John Anderson Jr
Anderson
Howard Bentley
Kinsley
Bentley
Fred Hall
Fort Scott
Edward F. Arn
Boys Reformatory
Hutchinson
Bridge prefix added to Garden City phone numbers
Garden City considers dialing prefixes for nationwide reach as Bell plans Bridge 6 for The Telegram number 6 3232 and 1958 start delayed by equipment. Local items note Stewart Boones buying Russ Tutt home, Thompsons selling Bancroft house, Perry enjoying warm Grand Canyon, and a mix up naming Erdene Corley as Erdene Saffels. Ordinance 17-322 bans bicycle riding on business district sidewalks amid Main Street pedestrian hazards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden City
Ma Bell
Maurice Helmick
Stewart Boones
Water Well Enterprises
Russ Tutt
Arthur Thompsons
Joplin
Bancroft
Leigh Perry
Arizona
Grand Canyon
Erdene Corley
Main
Curtis Studier
Jaco
Ken Wicks
Nancy Lee
Weather report with fading temps and 90 mph winds
A weather bulletin notes slowly falling temperatures tonight and tomorrow with southerly winds around 90 mph. Low temperatures in the 60s and high in the 70s Tuesday. Sunrise around 6 34, sunset around 6 87, humidity about 20 percent. Station readings show max and min temperatures and a forecast summary.
Onions Grow in Southwest Kansas new crop milestone
Finney county farmers join Garden City company in harvesting 200 acres of onions marking a new agricultural venture for Southwest Kansas. Spanish laborers harvest and grade onions stored through late autumn, with plans to expand to four crops yearly including beets cantaloupes and tomatoes creating steady work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finney County
Southwest
Kansas
Garden City Co
Larry Lohmeier
GC Company
Feild
H. W. Grimsley
Rocky Ford Onion
Garden City
Grimsley
Texas
Colorado
Idaho
Grimsjey
Garden City Company
October campaign to raise Finney County United Fund
Finney County units launch October fund drive aiming to raise 37584 to support eight agencies including Red Cross Boy Scouts Girl Scouts Legionedics Salvation Army Kansas Children’s Service League Cancer Society and the Safety Council. Campaign leadership includes Dean Davies Dale Gillan Gerald Van Fleet Mrs Everett Miller with planning meetings set through Oct 4 and Oct 22 27, deadline November 13. Mildred Hope oversees news coverage with assistance from Mrs Clifford Hope Jr and Doug Crotty Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finney County United Fund
The
Red Cross
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Legonedics
Salvation Army
Kansas Children's Service League Cancer Society
the Safety Council
Dean Davies
Dale Gillan
Gerald van Fleet
Everett Miller
van Fleet
Ralph Gross
Lynn Russell
Miller
M. M. Higgins
United Fund
Mildred Hope
Clifford Hope Jr
[Lopsided Birth Statistics Highlight September 1956]
In Garden City Kansas in September 1956, 30 births were registered at St. Catherine Hospital per obstetrics supervisor Sister Mary Cornelia. The item notes a gender imbalance with men claiming the date of birth as their own, contrasted by a rising number of girls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden City
Kansas
St. Catherine Hospital
Mary ‘Cornelia
Elevator Destroyed at Belle Plaine in Fire
BELLE PLAINE Kas The Kinslow Grain and Feed Co elevator and two Santa Fe railway work cars were destroyed in a fire last night James Kinslow the owner estimated the loss at 20000 He could not say how much grain remained in the eight year old elevator The cause was not determined
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle Plaine, Kas
Far East Receives Biggest Share Of Foreign Aid
President Eisenhower told Congress that the Far East received almost half of the 1 billion dollars in non military U S foreign aid obligated in fiscal 1958. The report stresses defense against communism and cites defense support as the major use of funds in the region and Europe in prior years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Far East
U.S
United States
Free World
South Korea
China
South
Viet Nam
Europe
Hurricane Heads Toward Coastline
Hurricane Flossy with 100 mph winds neared the northwestern Florida coast after lashed southeastern Louisiana. The 10 am advisory placed its center 80 miles southwest of Pensacola, moving east-northeast toward inland Pensacola to Apalachicola. Evacuations were ordered and residents moved to shelters as authorities warned of dangerous tides and shifting winds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Florida
Louisiana
Weather Bureau
Pensacola
St. Marks
Alabama
Highway Flashlight Reveals Kansan Auto Tragedies
A string of weekend crashes across Kansas left multiple dead and several injured. At least two Salina men died when a car plunged off US 40 near Russell. other collisions near Allen, Lyndon, Wamego, Michigan Valley, and Burlington produced additional fatalities and injuries amid vehicle-truck pileups and bridge strikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell
Kas
Salina
Highway 40
Here
Clyde KE
Turner
Jack R. Robinson
Wamego
Kansas City
U.S. 140
Michael James
Margaret
James
Donald &. White
Kedis
Pauline
Mrs. White
Burlington
Kassi
U.S
Noble Kenney
Dale
Felix Gaines
Topeka
Kenney
Delbert Hemer
City directory project underway in Garden City
Work begins this week with a house to house information survey to list all residents and businesses in Garden City and rural areas. The directory will include a reverse telephone guide and first names and ages of all residents under 18. Mr and Mrs C H Roberts supervise for Rocky Mountain Directory Co Love land Colorado with delivery anticipated early next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ify Garden City
C. H. Roberts
Rocky Mountain Directory Co
Loveland
Colo
Peanut Sale Brings Funds For Underprivileged Kids
On Kid's Day local Kiwanians sold 4000 bags of peanuts across street stands and main street. The sale raised about 475 dollars for an underprivileged children fund funding shoes operations and other essentials. A free 9:30 morning movie at State Theater accompanied the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden Citions
Main Street
State Theater
Glose McDonald's Founder McDonald Dies in Battle Creek
J. M. McDonald founder and chairman of the department store firm bearing his name died in Battle Creek Michigan on Friday. Ray Mayo head of the Garden City store said the firm will close from 2 PM Tuesday. Funeral services will be held in Cortland New York. McDonald founded the firm after retiring in 1931 as vice president of J C Penney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. McDonald
Battle Creek
Mich
Ray Mayo
Garden City
iMr McDonald
Cortland
McDonald
J. C. Penney Co
McDonald's
Haa
Midwest
Forest Fire Burns 12 Hours Near Olathe Kansas
A 12 hour blaze scorched timber and brush in a two mile square area five miles northwest of Olathe along Cedar Creek. About 150 workers including farmers volunteers and personnel from the Olathe Naval Air Station helped fight the fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olathe
Kas
Olathe Naval Air Station
Cedar Creek
McCain to Visit Garden City October 3
A tour led by Dr. James McCain president of Kansas State College will inspect Garden City Experiment Station facilities and the Holcomb irrigation project on October 3. Also attending are Dr. A D Weber dean of agriculture Dr. Glenn Beck director of KS State experiments and Dan Beatty dean of administration. A noon luncheon at the Warren hotel will feature McCain with local civic clubs. The prior evening a Chamber of Commerce dinner and party will be held at the Garden City country club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden City Experiment Station
James McCain
Kansas State College
Holcomb
McCain
A. D. Weber
K- State
Glenn Beck
Kansas State Experimental Stations
Dan Beatty
Warren Hotel
Board of Directors
Agriculture Committee
The
Chamber of Commerce
Mc‘Cain
Garden ‘City Country Club
Manhattan
Garden Sass and Land, Time for Fishing Spree
A quirky note asserts three fourths of the earth is water and one fourth land, claiming the divine plan favors men spending three times as much time fishing as plowing. It blends humor with rural wisdom on man's labor and leisure.
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Annas Whitlow Brown
Relates
John C. Adams and Son
Advance Gifts
Jay- Cees
Doug Crotty, Jr
Belle Plaine
Lyndon
Robert Miller
Vassar
Michigan Valley
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