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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1966
Page
1
Ann Landers drew nearly 1000 attendees at the Garden City Area Chamber of Commerce 78th annual banquet in St Marys Center. She spoke on human relations and life lessons, emphasizing real letters, honest youth, and the value of trouble as a learning tool.
The Sunday Mirror sent Lionel Crane to Garden City to follow up on Truman Capote's In Cold Blood. He praised the town as a prosperous, quiet community with active religion, partial liquor controls, and a 14 000 population. Ann Landers arrived by train, was late, and received a city key from Mayor Cowzill, crafted by Garden City High School students.
A predawn Viet Cong assault on the Victoria Hotel in Saigon killed and wounded Americans and Vietnamese, destroying lower floors, flooding rooms, and injuring 143. Police arrested two motorbike suspects after a truck explosion and a barrage of gunfire.
Emil Joe Nitke a 50 year old farm laborer died after a car struck the scooter he rode eight miles north of Garden City on US 83. The driver Carl Kirby 57 said he did not see the scooter in time. The scooter detached and Nitke was thrown 186 feet. Kirby fled the scene with a damaged sedan. Nitke was Minnesota born and had worked in the Garden City area about four years. This was Finney County’s fourth traffic fatality in 1966. A doctor and his wife arrived after the wreck and Nitke was pronounced dead. The incident occurred shortly before 7 p.m. Thursday.
Weather notes from the Experiment Station report yesterday's high and the 40 degree overnight low with a 45 degree swing. March records loom if temperatures reach 100 in April, with a 1963 high of 91 cited as a near miss. Several recent March days have run hotter than 85.
A Mississippi delegation led by Frank Smith traveled to Washington to press Rep. Adam Clayton Powell and others for action on a $435,000 antipoverty grant. The funds would support a do it yourself homebuilding project for 48 homeless people evicted from plantations near Greenville.
An AP report describes a new comic book titled The Great Society that caricatures President Johnson as Superman with McNamara as Captain Marvelous and Humphrey as the Shadower. It features villains like the Sicko Kid and a scantily clad Mrs Johnson as Wonder Bird and targets foreign and domestic rivals.
The AFL CIO Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen argues the injunction order is illegal while the rail strike disrupts eight lines in 38 states. GM plants halt 13,000 workers, Ford and Chrysler workers face short shifts, and mail movement is strained as unions seek a stay and court action looms.
Washington AP administration sources forecast that President Johnson will withhold spending for new Great Society programs if Congress does not accept cuts in old government programs. He urged that savings come from areas like construction to ease labor and commodity shortages, while Congress may add funds, complicating tax considerations.
Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater returns by popular demand from the Junior College drama department directed by Danny Adams. Limited seating prompted another two-night run at 8 p.m. in the junior college annex. children’s admission reduced to 75 cents.
A reader jokes about starting an annual diet and exercise campaign as a friend hints at a prank. The tone mimics local humor noting April fooling behavior and casual plans.
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