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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1964
Page
3
The Garden City Telegram editorial argues that crowded schools require creative fixes beyond new buildings. It notes shifting schedules, temporary classrooms, and using existing spaces such as church facilities or homes. The piece urges mutual aid between schools and churches to ease overflow before construction, suggesting partnerships to educate children.
Donna Munn Helller urges Garden City to form a provisional League of Women Voters after a Thursday editorial suggested the idea. The Kansas League supports local efforts, aiming to register unregistered women and boost voter participation during Women Voters Week September 13 19.
A column contrasts male and female writers and features a male reader’s humor about laundry in wartime. It recollects memories of home chores, a quip about Muriel Humphrey, and a widow who earned a living washing clothes, ending with a note on an automatic washer gift.
The 1960 scene recalls Hubert Humphrey's earlier rebuff of Lyndon Johnson's bid for a Johnson Humphrey ticket to deny Kennedy. Humphrey later gains Johnson's support for vice president, trading earlier optimism about Gene McCarthy for a pivotal role. The piece contrasts their records on arms, civil rights, poverty, and states rights, noting Democratic shift and Republican criticism.
United Nations report from the 1963 Demographic Yearbook estimates global population at about 3.25 billion, with one-fifth living in Red China. The world adds roughly 83 million people annually due to higher birth rates and lower death rates. Central America grows fastest at 2.9 percent yearly. Tokyo remains the largest city at 8,613,000. Ivory Coast has the highest death rate at 93.3 per 1,000. Haiti leads infant mortality at 180.4 per 1,000 live births.
A Southampton University physicist urged sending signals to space if others exist. Dr D M A Mercer proposed unmanned spaceships with computers as a message and exchange platform. The note appears amid Nassau tourism mentions of the Queens Staircase carved by freed slaves.
AAP analysis notes campaign rhetoric risks spiraling into out of control conflict. Goldwater hints at issue focus while his campaign team attacks Johnson on wealth and morality. Burch labels Johnson cynical over riots and calls for a moratorium until after the election. Johnson counters with indirect attacks on Goldwater amid Viet Nam criticism. Humphrey’s nomination sharpens the exchange as both sides brace for a rocky, explosive race ahead.
AP columnist Hal Boyle notes teen marriages have higher divorce risk than marriages where both partners are grown. He cites a study and comments on social topics from Japan’s anti tipping campaign to the income tax and comparing teachers pay. The piece ends with quotes on confidence, mountain sickness, and the Eleanor Roosevelt remark about feeling inferior.
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