School Crisis Alert prompts Kansas teachers to call for funding changes
Kansas teachers declare a school crises alert over reliance on property taxes to fund schools. Bright red signs appear statewide as the Kansas State Teachers Assn urges public support for higher school spending and state aid, arguing inequities in property-poor districts and local tax burdens. The piece notes lawmakers failed to ease local costs and a governor opposed state tax hikes, framing the alert as needed reform rather than teachers’ self interest.
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Kansas
Kansas State Teachers Assn
KSTA
Distaff Side Notes and Garden City Peach Delights
A humorous slice of life and local flavor recounts a group lunch with cookies and a boys versus girls joke, plus travel through the Peach State and Georgia Alabama and Texas peaches. Garden City images feature pears cucumbers and trees with abundant fruit. Scouts and Christmas cards spark thoughts of Santa Fe Trail Campers and Halloween planning in the neighborhood.
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South
Georgia
Alabama
Texas
Garden City
Donald K. Roper
Parkwood
Public Pulse Letter Critiques City Water Program
Ray Dench Field voices frustration over millions spent on the water program while pressure remains erratic. He critiques infrastructure like the tank tennis courts gun range and well lit parking and urges street market spending and press scrutiny near City Hall.
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City Hall
Center
Ray Denchfield
705
5Th
Telegram Publication Rates And Mailing Information
Garden City Telegram lists subscription options including carrier and mail rates for Garden City and surrounding counties. Rates cover local daily delivery, student pricing, and long distance mail, with distinctions for carrier and mail, and placement within Associated Press rights.
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Garden City
Telegram Motor
Two Old Friends of HHH Now Run Against Him
Hubert Humphrey helped launch careers of Eugene McCarthy and George McGovern, who later ran against him for president. The piece tracks their lifelong ties from childhood neighborhoods in Washington and Minnesota to politics, Kennedy backing, and future White House hopes.
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HHH
Washington
Hubert Humphrey
Humphrey
Minneapolis
Democratic Farmer-Labor Party
St. Thomas College
St. Paul
House of Representatives
Senate
Eugéne McCarthy
South Dakota
Congress
Hubert
Chevy Chase
George McGovern
Coquelin Terrace
Frank Lindley
Francis Case
McGovern
Mary Lasker
New York
Dakota Wesleyan University
California
Pierre Salinger
Kennedy
Sen. McGaven
Eugene McCarthy
Bobby Kennedy
McCarthy
Salinger
Sen
Jesse Unruh
Chicago
Unruh
Kennedys
Republicans Try To Steal Show At Miami Convention
Art Buchwald spoofs a Republican National Convention in Miami where press access is disrupted and a three ring circus image develops. Hazlitt Harbinger urges safeguards to keep reporters’ access intact while allowing major figures like Nixon Rockefeller Brinkley Huntley to participate. The piece critiques the crowding of Republicans into the media space and calls for limited caucus access and back seating to protect coverage.
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Miami Beach
Miami
Republican Party
Hazlitt Harbinger
National Political Convention Press Club
Haringer
America
Richard Nixon
Walter Cronkite
Nelson Rockefeller
David Brinkley
Chet Huntley
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Stan Fansher
Partridge
Santa Fe Trail Council
Colorado Hills
Garden City Telegram
Telegram Publishing Company
Associated Pros
Associated Press
Ute
Focal
AP Wa
Dispatches
Finney, Lane, Scott
Wichita
Stealey
Hamilton
Kearny
Grant, Haskell and
Gray
Bill Brown
le Roy Allman
Dehn Frazier
Drew Pearson
GOP
Anagnostopoulos
Greece
Papa” Anagnostopoulos
Sviro T. Agnew
Maryland
Baltimore
AHEPA
American Hellenic Organization
United States
Papa Anagnostopoulos
White House
Art Buchwald
Great Britain
Gibson's
Kroydon
Coleman
Zebco
Tru-Temper Wright
McGill
Taylor
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