Garden City gains national notice on population maldistribution
United Press International features Garden City in a nationwide piece on population imbalance. Photos compare crowded Broadway New York to a deserted Main Street in Garden City, Kansas, highlighting employment as the key to reversing rural stagnation. Local editor questions migration trends while acknowledging openness to new residents and firms.
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Garden City
United Press International
Louis Cassels
UPI
34Th and
Broadway
New York City
Main
Laurel
Kansas
U.S
34Th Street
34Th
New York
Main and
Family debate on birth numbers sparks household demo
A family reflection on population growth and birth control highlights how modern magazines and newspapers shape views. The parents joke about shared bedrooms and guests while replying to children about ideal family size with light counterpoints and practical talk.
Broke at 65 to Riches Colonel Sanders Story
Hal Boyle profiles Colonel Harland Sanders once broke at 65 who built Kentucky Fried Chicken into af million dollar brand. He travels 225000 miles annually as a goodwill ambassador, earned 40,000 a year plus expenses, and has since sold rights for 1 million in the U.S. and 2 million in Canada while expanding into motels and licensing.
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Harland Sanders
Kentucky
Whitehead
Smith Brothers
U.S
Mifftimillionaire
Iim
Kentucky Fried Chicken Corp
Mississippi
Debate over Democratic platform on Vietnam war policy
Vice President Humphrey and Senator McCarthy clash over a peace plank in the Democratic platform. The piece argues the war is the century’s American mistake and urges explicit acknowledgment, noting world reaction and shifting alliances as isolationism grows.
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Washington
Humphrey
Eue
Gene McCarthy
Vietnam
Paris
Ho Chi Minh
Brooklyn
Democratic Party
North Vietnam
Eisenhower
United States
United Nations
San Francisco
New York
Geneva
Truman
Gen
Europe
John Foster Dulles
Republian
Turkey
Iran
Pakistan
Japan
Talk in Chicago concerns escape at Democratic convention
Art Buchwald sketches a jailbreak fantasy at Chicago’s Democratic National Convention with guards, dogs, and a plan to slip past security during Lyndon Johnson’s birthday celebration. Delegates, including Hymie from Idaho and Peoria Pete, propose tunneling, hostages, and a getaway by freight train to Texas as the press and guards loom.
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Chicago
Idaho
San Fernando
Joe
Colorado
Charlie
National Guard
John Bailey
Peoria
Pete
Daley
Johnson
Lyndon
Secret Service
Ohio
Hubert Humphrey
Warden Daley
McGovern
Russians Offer Aid to Czechs and Hungary Warning
The Needlebee notes that Russians are more generous in foreign aid and would run Czech government, and cites Hungary as proof of Soviet readiness to deploy tanks. It recalls Dubcek declining Brezhnev’s invite and hints he fears ending up in Iberia.
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Latin America
Brazil
Moscow
Argentina
Chile
Bolivia
Indian Ocean
Gulf of Persia
Mediterranean
Suez’ Canal
Hungary
Soviet Union
Kker Dubcek
Brezhnev
Russia
Iberia
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Art Buchwald
Garden City Telegram
Telegram Publishing Company
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LeRoy Allman
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Finney
Lane
Scott
Wichita
Greeley
Hamilton
Kearny
Grant
Haskell
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Austin
Tex
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Ais
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Harold Coffin
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