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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1963
Page
4
The local school board bids farewell to Helen Dale and Andy Erhart after years of service. Their replacements step in while they depart following last spring elections and long hours of meetings. Citizens express gratitude for their dedication to public education.
The Garden City Branch Experiment Station seeks 35,000 dollars to match state funds for a 70,000 dollar expansion. Established over 60 years ago by farmers, the station drew 6,000 dollars for irrigation and 320 acres for research. The advisory committee of Southwest Kansas farmers across 26 counties leads the drive amid a tough harvest and upcoming fund campaigns.
New York AP reports Peter Sellers known as Britain's wettest comic actor looks at life with a constant question. He calls humor serious acting and notes his private self is rarely amused. Sellers ranges from duchess to union reader in films and imitates melancholy in comedy.
The interview paints Peter Sellers as self taught and focused on craft. He recalls failed projects and insists success comes from dedication and kindness while rejecting excessive sensationalism. He notes his preference for solitude to concentrate and avoid burnout. The piece mentions his early work, ambitions, and idiosyncratic views on fame and responsibility.
Drew Pearson reports Senator Allen Ellender 73 travels the world on a self styled goodwill mission to Africa. He gathers notes for official senate reports while delivering long winded talks to leaders. The trip ends with three nations banning him amid questions of purpose and value.
Frank Trotman reflects on retiree groups in towns watching youth and trains. He recalls depots as gathering spots and notes modern loitering rules and a Kansas town ordinance. He shares Bill Brown’s plan to place the press front and a spit and whittle bench outside the Telegram building, blocked by Garden City sidewalk rules.
The Aug 6 1963 digest notes Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs in World War II, Oriskany battle in 1777, Napoleon dissolving the Holy Roman Empire in 1806, Sioux land cession in 1889, Gertrude Ederle’s English Channel swim in 1926, Emilie Dionne’s death in 1954, Haymes deportation in 1963, Elliott’s mile record in 1954, and Eisenhower’s moon remark in 1963.
In 1549 Americans brewed 46 cups per pound of coffee, the average now is 63 cups. Studies of meteorites help scientists design reentry shields. A worker honey bee uses a sevenpronged mouth to take up pollen. The back of the dollar bill was redesigned in 1935 with the Great Seal engraved on both sides.
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