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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1964
Page
9
In a bold defense of civil rights, the editorial denounces Rev Billy Hargis for using religion to target liberal newspapers and incite mob violence against Negroes. It argues constitutional equal rights extend to all citizens regardless of skin color or faith and rejects states rights as a cover for denying rights.
Chester Deiter of San Antonio writes to defend the Garden City Telegram editor for publishing letters from a Texas resident. He condemns any loss of customers but praises the editor’s fairness and unbiased stance as upholding American free speech for all citizens.
Hal Boyle notes that seven in ten American husbands die before their wives and points to five thousand women life insurance agents in the country. The column also shares trivia on power capacity, family names, quotations, exams, and manners of modern life.
Maj. Gen. John F. Franklin arrived in Berlin to assume command, saying Americans will meet aggression with courage and firmness. He takes over Aug. 31 from Maj. Gen. James H. Polk, who is now head of the U.S. 5th Corps in West Germany.
The first industrial plant built exclusively for internal combustion engines opened in Cologne in 1864. Three cars later, N A Otto produced a four stroke gas engine, a forerunner of modern internal combustion engines.
Atlantic City report details a surge in anti Johnson literature from the right. John Birch Society mailing campaigns and bookstores tout Haley's A Texan Looks at Lyndon while figures like J Evetts Haley and Frank McGehee push smear materials and plans for political disruption.
Guest writer Pat Finney cannot produce a column and provides clippings about the new Elks pool rush with 200 adults at the Friday night swim, notes on divers and swimmers. mentions CE distributive education at senior high and offers personal services. Also references four career girls locked up in Larned and comments on cats for adoption.
Newton Kansas AP State Auditor Clay Hedrick fractured an ankle while trout fishing near Camp Guernsey Wyoming on a weekend visit with Kansas National Guard officials. A National Guard plane flew him to Newton Sunday and doctors listed his condition as satisfactory. An unrelated weather note mentions average annual rainfall and snow in arid regions of the United States is about 100000 pounds.
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