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Newspaper
Greeley Daily Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1960
Page
9
Windsor and Evans proposed a city water pact for new supplies with details on cost determination and voter approval. The agreement contemplates necessary improvements and potential interim water taps while an agreement is refined and further steps are taken.
Enrollment for the city summer session shows 235 pupils, spanning elementary to senior high levels. Courses include driver education, algebra, reading, and history with location details at Greeley high school and Cameron school, and a registration table at Colorado State College.
A flurry of accidents and thefts fills the brief with several vehicle collisions on Bh Ave north of the river and at 14th Ave and 20th St. Motorists Loyd N Fawcett and others report damage ranging from minor dents to about 40 dollars. A stolen box of horse foals valued at 40 is noted, with police seeking the thief.
District Court entries list Roberson pleading guilty with probation options, Sanchez admitting burglary and grand larceny tied to a 1018 dollar coin collection loss, Knox guilty on a $20 county check, DeBaca trial set for forgery, varied birth announcements from Weld County General Hospital, a Thornton youth pleading innocent to burglary and grand larceny, and a divorce complaint filed by Elizabeth Abivers against Wilbur Abivers with three children named.
A two-car collision at an inter section south of the Greeley Country Club about 7 pm Tuesday injured three residents of Weld County. Gary Wykert, Robert Deason, and Janice Keener suffered bruises and cuts. others from Greeley, Windsor, Johnstown, and nearby towns were treated for injuries at Weld County General Hospital. Police say Wykert’s auto failed to yield as York’s northbound car struck the left side, sending York’s vehicle 70 feet from impact. Wykert’s car sustained major damage. Funeral notices: Cyril J. Ferman, 73, of 416 2241 St, will be at Macy’s drawing room with Linn Grove interment.
A long hospital notice lists admissions and discharges at Weld County General Hospital and Kenton nursing homes. Names include George Dorland Donna Bernhardt Ray Hey Martin Mullins Darian Klausner Pearl Perkins Eloy Mantoya Clemente Daria James Moncrief and many others along with addresses in Kersey Milliken La Salle Exton and Johnstown. The fragmentary OCR shows multiple patients admitted on Tuesday June 24 and others noted as dismissed.
Three Weld County girls were elected to state offices at Columbine Girls State at Colorado Women's College in Denver. Jane Holley of College High School became county coroner, Sharon White was county surveyor, Elaine Biederman was county subveyo of Titan county. A total of 200 delegates participate in the governmental planning session.
Leftist demonstrators in Tokyo failed to reach expected turnout as 45 000 people gathered to oppose the US Japan pact. Protestors chanted Down with Kishi and Dissolve Parliament before clashing with police near the Parliament building and Foreign Ministry, then dispersed by nightfall.
Federal action renames nearly four million acres including 207004 in Weld county as National Grasslands to stabilize management and ensure long term use. Forest Service will administer under permanent status. interior handles oil gas and mineral leases. The Weld lands were purchased in the 1930s to support grassland agriculture, developed since the Soil Conservation Service era and now managed as part of the national forest framework.
The government will pay wool growers 43.2 percent of their 1959 crop sale returns, equating to 4.52 dollars per 10 dollars received from sales in the 1958- marketing year. The program, funded by tariffs on imported wool, aims to boost domestic wool production and also provides 75 cents per hundredweight for producers who sell lambs to offset wool losses.
In Bucharest Khrushchev states the Kremlin will not ditch peaceful coexistence and urges victory of socialist ideas through peaceful competition. He does not name China but signals a response to Peiping’s attacks on Soviet outreach to capitalist nations. The Tass publication carried the speech.
Second Boy Scout camping season opens at Ben Delatour ranch with fourteen troops and over 30 scouts attending. Leaders Ted Burrows and Glenn Andrade head Greeley area troops. visitors night is Wednesday. Six weeks of scouting run at the ranch before moving to Chimney Park camp in Wyoming July 31. Ruth Kane Coffin camp named after Maj. Roy G. Coffin gift.
UNITED NATIONS N Y Argentina told the U N today that Israels attitude on the Adolf Eichmann case had caused the collapse of proposed direct negotiations between the heads of the two governments. Argentina said negotiations would be useless under present circumstances Siatie Amadeo Argentine delegate called on the Security Council to find that Israel had violated Argentina sovereignty when it transferred the former Nazi official last month from Buenos Aires to Israel He also urged the council to call for reparations.
Washington AP reports Rep Edgar Chenoweth a Trinidad Republican seeking a 10th term in the House. He faces a Democratic primary in Colorado Third District with either Fred Belz or Franklin Steward. Belz would be a former opponent, and Steward is from Pueblo. Chenoweth, 63 on Aug 7, has held the seat since 1940 with gaps, and hails from Trinidad.
James VW. Shelton, a Democrat and Weld County party chairman, was reappointed as public trustee for Weld County by Governor Steve McNichols. His new term runs until June 20, 1962, following initial appointment in 1956 by Governor Fd Johnson and a 1958 second term.
Dr. Ernest Hatch Wilkins, father of Mrs. Glen C. Turner of 164 Glenmere Blvd, received honorary citizenship from Araus, Italy. The Oberlin College president emeritus, aged to be 80, was lauded as a foremost Petrarch scholar. honors include future reprint plans of his Prose Letters of Petrarch and a global tribute from romance language leaders. He resides in Newton Centre, Massachusetts, and has held academic posts at Oberlin, Amherst, Harvard, and the University of Chicago.
A wheat field day will be held at the Ray Merien farm four miles south and one mile west of New Raymer at 10 a.m. Friday. Attendees will view an experimental plot with 18 varieties planted. Present will be William G. Stewart state extension agronomist George James Weld County agent Stan Boyes and John Bigham assistant Weld agents. James invites all interested persons to attend.
Zimmermans hold a family reunion as Cadet Alex D. Zimmerman graduates from the Air Force Academy as class leader. Dr. F. Zimmerman and family from Warrenton join in Howell Home visits while Dr. Zimmerman, professor emeritus at CSC, receives care. Cadet Zimmerman trains now at Bartow Air Base in Florida.
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