Garden City Telegram from Garden City, Kansas • Page 3

Wheat Mllo Corn The Markets $1.30 Unchfl $2.00 Unchg $1.25 Unchg stocks i following quota. Horn fumhhtd to HM Allied Sup Am. Cyn. Am Motors Am. Brands Anaconda Enoch Airc Stl Cities Sv Colo Intor l't' 22 27 Du Pont East.

Kod El Paso NG- Ford Gon Bleot trl'll Motors Halliburton JBM Jut. Harv Jnt Pap Mar Oar Nat Dist Nor Nat Pan BPL Penney 3 Phil Pet Proct Gam RCA Santa Fe Ind Sears Sperry Ra Std Oil Ind Sid Oil NJ 74 it Texaco 3534 XJS Steel $2 West Bleot 77 Wool-worth 5IJV4 SSI 33 flOVj! 57 Chicago Live Beef Futoret Feb April June Aug High 30.17 32.70 31.50 30.72 Low 29.87 32.20 31.25 30.50 Close 30.17 32.67 31.50 30.72 DOW JONES AVERAGE Dow Jones average of 30 industrials at 1 p.m. was down 7.60 alt 870.96. SW KANSAS LIVESTOCK Slaughter steers and heifers sold higher through early Wednesday, but trade quiet later with not enough sales confirmed late for a market test. Trade rather slow throughout the period and inquiry on Thursday limited.

Fesdlots are current. Sales confirmed from Friday through Thursday of last week on 9,600 slaughter steers and 2,400 slaughter heifers for a total of 12,000 head compared with 14,300 head last week and 7,400 a year ago. Slaughter steers: Late sales, few loads choice 1075-1100 Ibs. yield grade 2-4 few loads average and high-choice, few prime 1250-1300 Ibs. on Tuesday and early Wednesday when last significant volume sold, average and high-choice, few prime 1050-1150 Ibs.

yield grade 2-4 few 1100 Ibs. choice 1050-1150 Ibs. $32.75 $33; choice with end good Slaughter heifers: On Tuesday, choice 000-975 Ibs. yield grade 2-4 no sales confirmed after Tuesday. Sales FOB feedlot net weights after 4 per cent shrink.

Feeder cattle: Steady. Trade moderately active. Sales confirmed on 7.800 steers and 1,400 heifers for a total of 9,200 head compared with 7.8UO head la.st week and 2,300 a year ago. Feeder Steers: Immediate delivery, few choice 600-(ii5 Ibs $35; 625-725 Ibs. Choice 675 Ibs.

off silage $34; 800 Ibs. $33. March delivery, Choice 650 Ibs. 34 to mostly 34.50; Choice 800 Ibs. off silage 33, choice with and good 800 Ibs.

$32.75. April delivery, choice off silage 725 Ibs. i 800 Ibs. $33. May 1-15 delivery, few choice 500 Ibs 536.25; choice 700 Ibs.

choice off silage 800 $33. June 1-15 delivery, choice 750-800 Ibs. choice 800 Ibs. off silage $33. Oct.

1 delivery, string mixed good and choice 700-725 Ibs. $30. Delivered, immediate to March 15 delivery, few chice i50-575 Ibs. choice 675-775 Ibs. $3334.75.

Feeder heifers: Immediate delivery, choice 700 Ibs. off silage $30.50. May, June and August delivery, choice off silage 700 Ibs. $30. Delivered, immediate delivery, few choice 550 Ibs.

$32.20. Sales FOB weighing point 2-3 per cent shrink or equivalent unless stated otherwise. GARDEN CITY LIVESTOCK Total receipts: 1609 cattle; 376 hogs Steer calves sold from $38 to Heifer calves sold 'rom $32' to $35.50 on a steady market. Few light weights up to $40. Light steer yearlings sold from $36 to $38.50.

Light heifer 'earlings sold from S31 to 33,50. Feeder heifers sold mostly from $29.50 to S32. 'eeder steers sold from $31 to 35.50. Medium kind front $29 $31. Holstein steers sold from $27.50 to $28.25.

Feeder teers in light supply and very ew desirable kind availab.e Cow market was full $1 to 1.50 lower. Most cutter and itility cows selling from $18.50 to $21.10. Some thin canner cows sold from $17 to $18. Springer cows and heifers old from $220 to $240 per head. Pairs sold from $240 to $275 pair.

Bulls sold steady from $24 to 27. Hog market very active, with three buyers present. Top (richer hogs sold from $18,53 to $18.90, with light weights from $15.75, to $18.30. Packing sows sold from $12.50 to $16. Boara from $10 to $10.50.

Stock were selling from $11 to 17.50 per head. Civil Air Patrol To Meet Tomorrow Civil Air Patrol will meet morrow night at 7 in the National Guard Armory. However, a special speaker from Wichita who was to ap- will be unable to attend ijeoause of the snowstorm. Page 3 I'ily Tctogrnm Monday, February 22, 1971 today in Garden Ciry 1l 1 tT 1 j' THE WIND WAS blowing and the snow going yesterday but a few hearty people NEAR ASHLAND AT SCOTT CITY Man Is Arrested In Slaying Case SCOTT CITY Rodger Eugene Jones, 42, truck owner and operator of Scott City, was a'rrested late Sunday afternoon by KBI agents and Scott County sheriff's officers in connection wiitih the fatal shooting of Gary Theodore Seyler, 18, Scott City. Seyler's body was found under a bridge on Colamdo 96 'highway, a half mile west of Brandon in Kiowa County on Feb.

16. Seyler's death was caused by two gunshot wounds in the head, the KBI said. Seyler formerly of Orlaans, had lived in Scott City for about a year. He was employed as a service station attendant. A KBI spokesman declined comment on any particulars in the shooting.

Charges are expected to be filed against Jones today in Kiowa County, Colorado, KBI Jones is befog beld in Scott County jail. His arrest climaxed an intensive investigation by KBI agents, Scott County sheriff's officers, Scott City police, and the Finney County sheriff's office. Bus Trapped; Two Rescue Crews Stalled crews from two directions at noon today were trying to reach a passenger bus believed trapped somewhere between Ashland and Minneola. Both were tem- poiiarily stalled. On board are believed to be just three persons: veteran driver Howard Walker of Oklahoma City and two passengers.

It is the daily Mid-Continent run from Dodge City to Oklahoma City. Nothing has been heard of the vehicle since it left Minneola about 6 a.m. Sunday. A total of 30 hours bad elapsed from then until noon today. The run leaves Dodge City daily at 5 a.m.

and arrives in Oklahoma City at 11:45 a.m. It goes through Minneola, Ashland, and Site. In Oklahoma it foes through Buffalo and Woodward, en route to Oklahoma City. It left Dodge City about on time Sunday morning. By noon today, the two crews were within some six miles of each other.

The bus is believed to be on US160 in that stretch. The area is in Clark County. Deputy Sheriff Jim Foster and one crew of graders and workmen ait noon today had traveled some 19 miles, working south from Minneola. It reached the south junction of US highways 160 and 283, then turned east a quarter-mile on became stuck and stalled. A mammoth snow drift there was six feet deep anid some 100 yards long.

Another crew worked west out of Ashland along US160. It traveled five miles before becoming stuck, also. At noon, Clark County officials were trying to arrange some type of air drop or air rescue. Eatherly Is Among Three Low Bidders Eatherly Contractors Canton City, was among low bidders on three contracts for of the Rural Water District No. 1, Otoe County, Nebraska.

The district is near Nebraska City. Eaitherly bid $317,401 on the distribution contract for 90 miles of pipeline. made it to church. Here, a woman makes a dash for a car at the Trinity Lutheran i Telegram Photo Church, Fleming and OPat's Drive. Worst Since '57 Blizzard The most severe blizzard since the storm of 1957.

That's the way Doug Baker, long-time weather observer for Scott City, termed the weekend storm that paralyzed Southwest Kansas. The 1957 storm, Baker addt- ed, involved considerably more snow and drifting. Baker measured 8 inches of snow with .84 of an inch moisture content. He said drifts ranged up to 5Vz to 6 feet. I By Tvltf ram Shrove Tuesday pancake supper will be served at St.

Thomas Episcopal Church from 5 to 8 tomorrow night. Tickets may be purchased ait the door or from John Pbipps. An crurado clinic, sponsored by the American Cancer society, will he held Wednesday in the Pine Room of the starting at 9:30 a.m. Moderator will be Mrs. William Travis, president of the Finniey County Unit.

1971 goals will be announced. George Smith, Smith Sand Co. Garden City, has been elected to a three-year term a director of the Kansas Aggregate Producers Assn. The group met in Wichita. Ground blizzard conditions at mid-morning hampered city street crews attempting to open streets.

KULY Radio two miles south of Ulysses in Grant County said area received an official 8 inches of snow with most of Ulysses shut down; and farmers-ranchers busy rounding up strayed cattle. Typical of the many helping hand stories was that of Ulysses residents Bob Butler and Lynn Christian who spent much of Sunday transporting Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital employes to and from work. HiaskeU County farmer-rancher Randall Bird and a hired 'hand went out Sunday to round up stray livestock in southeastern Haskell and became lost in the storm. A search pairty directed by the county road department braved the storm and found the two men after a search of several hours duration. KGNO Radio in Dodge City stayed on the air throughout the nigM and, along with the crew of a Santa Fe train, was being credited today with possibly having saved the life of woman motorist stranded 4 west of Wright.

Ford County Civil Defense had ask- ed the station to stay on the air throughout the night and to operate at a full 5,000 watts. Normally, the station cuts back to 1,000 watts at night, going off the air at 11 p.m. One of the messages the station broadcast during the night was one urging stranded motorists to leave their vehicle's dome light on. The unidentified woman motorist was listening to the station, turned on her dome light which was seen by an alert crew of a passing Santa Fe train. The train reported the location of the car and a Civil Defense crew rescued the woman about 4:30 a.m.

alter she had spent more 4 hours in her cold car. Dodge City received about 12 inches of snow with .91 of an inch of moisture. Sataniba's Leroy Hayden estimated snow fall in that Haskell County town to be 9 inches with drifts ait five feet. Sataraba contracts with a con struction firm to totally remove snow from its streets, job which was well under way at mid-morning. "Most businesses are open, although there are not too many people wandering around.

It certainly is not a day for a sidewalk sale," jok- deaths THOUSANDS OF HOMES ARE DESTROYED Of Sunday Twisters FHE ASSOCIATED PRESS "It looked like a thousand area By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Dozens of 'tornadoes tore across the flat lands of the Mississippi River delta Sunday night. Authorities said' today that 74 persons were kilted, hundreds others were injured and thousands of homes and businesses were destroyed. Sixty-eight of the deaths were in Mississippi and the other six in Louisiana. Twisters also hit tWJ cities in east Texas, but no deaths were reported. And another section of the Midwest was hit Sunday with a heavy snowstor.n.

Five persons were filled in Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri and many travelers were stranded, including two lanes of ears more than four-miles long on the Kansas Turnpike. The death toll climbed sharply early today when authorities reported additional victims in LeFlore County and in Inverness, MiM. "It looked like a thousand bels!" exclaimed Willie Young, a railroad employe who survived one of the first tornadoes near Delhi, La. A National Weather Service spokesman at Jackson, said there probably were 40 to 50 tomatoes in the 100-mile line of violent weather that raced across Mississippi alter spawning two twisters In northeast Louisiana. Mississippi officials reported 19 killed in rural LeFlore County, 13 at Inverness, eight at Gary, seven at Delta City, five in rural Humphreys County, three ait Liifctile Yazoo, two at Rome and two Bovina.

The LeFlore deaths included 16 at Puigh City where, a deputy sheriff said, only seven of the 50 houses were left standing. In Louisiana, near Delhi, six persons died when a tornado lifted a frame 'house from its foundation splintered it over wide area. Some of the bodies were found 200 yards from the foundation of the house. Telephone communications were knocked out in some of the hardest hit areas to Mississippi. National Guard units were mobilized in several communities and shelters were being set up for the homeless.

About 50 emergency Red Cross workers were sent to the storm area. Sen. James Easlland, D- laisked President Nixon to declare the srtaicken (region a federal disaster area. A spokesman for the University of Mississippi at Oxford said 40 students were hospitalized after a tornado struck a trailer on the cf the campus. He said 50 trailers were destroyed and 50 others damaged.

Damage ait Inverness, community of about.1,100 persona about 90 miles nr lowest of Jackson, was widespread. Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Smith, Kalvesta, and Larry Voth, son of Mr. and Glean Voth, Garden City, are power mechanics (diesel) students at Liberal Area.

Vocational-Technical School. Names of the 'boys and girls who are the winners of Dipsy Ball puzzles offered in the famous American contest published in the Young Hobby Club department February 3, are: Janet Linenberger, 11, 610 Conklmig; Debbie Weber, 13, 808 N. 5th; Stanley Knoll, 8, Kit. Barbara Thissen, 1ft, 1703 Parkwood, and Kirk Day, 9, and Kelli Day, 7, 1703 Pairk- wood. Pancake Race To Be Staged contestants for the Panoafke Day race, scheduled for tomorrow, may be flippin' and slippim 1 down the course.

"We're going to run the race, no matter how the weather is," decided Liberal's Chamber of Commerce in an emergency -meeting this morning. Otherwise, the race would have to be forfeited to contestants in Olney, England. Al other activities of the annual celebration have been canceled, with the exception of the Mass Flipper celebration, rescheduled for tomorrow might instead of tonight. YMCA John P. Wheeler John P.

Wheeler, tie, 805 N. tain, died unexpectedly at St. Catherine Hospital Saturday of an apparent heart attack. He was owner of the Wheeler Liquor Store, 127 Laurel, and toad been a rural mail carrier for the past 25 years. Mr.

Wheeler was bam July 22, 1904, in Chicago, and married Harriet Nelson June 14. 1943 at Ft. Myers, Fla. He was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church, a fourth degree knight of Knights of Columbus, service officer of American Legion, long-time member of Veterans of Foreign Wars, a member of the Elks.

Moose, and Eagles Lodges, and has served 15 years on the io- cal draft board. Survivors include the widow; two sons, Bill, Mindenmines, and John Chicksands AFB, England; a daughter, Susan, a student at Fort Hays State College; three brothers, Mafchew Wheeler, Oak Park, 111., The Rev. George Wheeler. N.J., and Walter Wheeler, Berwyn, four sisters, Mary Wheeler, Oak Park, Mrs. Maurice Walsh, Mrs.

William Miller, and Mrs. Julia Brakey, all of Chicago; and two grandchildren. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Garnand Funeral Home. ed the Satanta businessman. A spokesman at Colorado Interstate Gas plant IVa west of Lakin in Kearay County said he could only guess ait the snow fall there.

"We bad 3 to 4 inches of snow that blew to Texas or someplace," he said, adding most of US50 ill that area appeared open to traffic. Other snow fall reports from around the region Included 5 to 8 inches at Tribune in Greeley County, six inches at Shields in northern Lane County, 4 to 6 inches at Syracuse in Hamilton County. Area authorities were ''shook up" for a time trying to find a Meade High school bus. The small, 11-passenger school bus was coming back from the state Class AA-A wrestling tourney at Oakley, where two Meade High wrestlers competed. Coach Dave Easterday was the driver.

Also along were the wrestlers, cheerleaders-, and sponsors. The bus left OaMey DISMISSLAS: At St. Catherine Saturday Mrs. Danny Brown. 012 N.

4ih Mrs. Carl Cat-man. X. John R. Jones.

f)lG N. 1st Kelli Diane Lalickcr, 9th Ralph M. TOR Ida NeIHe R. Phillips, 1011. Lvle Mary Frances Shaffer, MI 7 N.

Srd Mrs. Arnold Unruh and baby boy. Copeland Mrs. Irvin Voth, Scott City At St. Catherine Sunday Louise Bedker.

1513 N. 12th Mary Hopie, 910 1st. Accidents City Sunday, 10:14 a.m., 500 block E. Fulton, car driven by Mrs. John Farmer, Re.

1, and pickup track driven hy Charles Lee Patton, Scott City, minor damage to both vehicles. Sunday, 1:03 a.m., 300 block E. Fulton, cars driven by Michael Schiffeltoein, 611 E. Hazel, and James M. Patterson, 1608 W.

Kansas, moderate dlamage to both vehicles. Saturday, 8:30 p.m., 1400 block N. 8th, cars driven by Robert L. Wesley, 1408 N. 8th, and Owen G.

Heeke, 2306 N. 7th, moderate damage to both vehicles. Forensics Team Gains Honors Garden City High forensics squad brought home fifth place this weekend from the Silver and Roses Forensic Tournament at Empsria High School. Fourth place honors were missed by two points. Cited as the largest forensic 3 meet in the state, the Silver and Roses tourney had 40 schools in competition.

First place trophy in duet acting went to the vICHS team of Dale Peters and Karen Meadors for their cutting of "Play it Again, and third place in that division went to the team of Rodney Hoffman amd Quentin Hope. Sixty-six entiles competed in the duet acting division. Rodney HoKman also placed at 9:30 p.m. Saturday and fi- (fifth out of 69 entries in dra nally made it back to Meade nvatic interpretation at 2:30 a.m. Sunday.

The team of Sandy Davis School officials had hoped to and Kevin Settles took fourth get the bus stopped ait either place out of 70 entrants in the duet Scott City or Garden missed contact both places. The final 28 miles from Cimiaiitron south to Meade were the worst, for visibility was nil. But the bus was traveling with the wind there. Pancakes sausage. The bus is radio-equipped so P.M.

St. Thomas Episcopal was within range of "home" i Church, $1.25, children under 7 once it got to Cimarron. 'free. improvised duet acting Next action of the forensics squad will be Saturday at, Oberlin, where Garden Citv is defending champion, John P. Wheeler F.

M. Great-house Funeral services for F. M. (Scotty) Greathouse, 60, Imperial have been rescheduled for 2 p.m. Tuesday at the First United Presbyterian Church, with buriai in Valley View Cemetery.

Mr. Greathouse was killed Friday in a farm mishap at his home. Phillips-White Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Events Calendar MONDAY Attult Open awini, 6 to 7 p.m. Women's exercise at Y1MC3A, 6:90 to 7 p.m.

Open awlm, 7 to 8 P-m. Coed oliiaa, 8 to 9 p.m. TUESDAY Coed fitness at YMOA, 6:45 to 7:30 a.m. Buddy swim, 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Pre-stcliool swim class, 1:30 to 2 p.m. Pi-e-school trwim class, 2 to 2:30 p.m. Juoo uae of pool, 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. Pre-school swim class, 3:30 t.o 4:16 p.m. Beginners oiid fish class.

4:14 to 5 p.m. Advanced beginners and fly- Iiig fish class. 6:15 to 6 p.m. Adult open awlni, 6 to 7 p.m. Swim team, 7 to 8 p.m.

Men's volleyball at junior fcigh gym, 7, 7:45, and 8(30 p.m. WE ARE MOVING MARCH 1ST TO LARGER SPACE TO SERVE YOU BETTER Goffe-Carkener-Blackford Securities Corp. (In Gardtn Clfy 1928) CLYDE DIMfiNS; Mqr. INEZ PHILLIPS AMOS BIONDI YOU ARE INVITED TO THE 4TH ANNUAL THURSDAY NOONS IN LENT Preaching Lunch at Saint Thomas Episcopal Church Corner of Main and Walnut Streets SERVICE. 12:05 12:30 Followed by BUFFET LUNCH at 12:30 in Parish Hall (75c) 1971 THEME The Kingdom In Parables Six Parables of Jesus Describe Kingdom of Sod Maithev- FEBRUARY 25 "PARABLE OF THE PEARL OF GREAT PRICE" The Rev.

Ivar M. Sjellstad Saint James Lutheran Cfiurcfi MARCH 4 "PARABLE OF THE WHEAT AND THE TARES" The Rev. William W. Seybert United Presbyterian Church MARCH 11 "PARABLE OF THt LEAVEN" The Rev. Jon W.

Jones First United Methodist Church MARCH 18 "PARABLE OF THE NET" The Rev. Robert N. Alpers Community Church, United Church of Christ MARCH 25 "PARABLE OF THE HIDDEN TREASURE" The Rt. Rev. Msgr.

George A. Husman Saint Dominic Roman Catholic Church APRIL 1 "PARABLE OF THE MUSTARD SEED" Tha Rev. Fr. John P. Bartholomew The Rev.

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