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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1969
Page
5
Mild sunny days dampen Christmas shopping yet sugar beet growers hope for a break. Firemen respond to a false car fire and assist at the scene, while local anecdotes include an exchange student misnaming an eggplant and colorful eggs from “Easter hens.” Eskimoese notes from Selawik share community life.
News from Washington reports the first American military draft lottery in 27 years begins tonight in a conference room at Selective Service. Also noted are tax reform votes on depletion allowances, talks with Britain on Common Market membership, continued farm subsidies, moon rock tests, and a Denver teachers contract ending a two week strike.
Middle aged Gus Garden faces a humorous crisis as his growing waistline is attributed to too many dinners and long conversations around the table. Neighbors joke about the ongoing garden project and kitchen chatter fueling the change.
Tommy Keough, 15, clutched a puppy as his parents and brother faced critical injuries after a three-vehicle crash on US 50 near Garden City, Kansas. Paul Schupman, 27, and Doris Keough, 36, were listed in critical but improving condition. Michael and Randy Keough, ages 17 and 10, also injured with Randy needing surgery. Police and ambulance crews evacuated victims to St. Catherine Hospital as investigators worked and traffic was diverted.
The Associated Press reports attorney F. Lee Bailey representing Capt. Ernest Medina states no orders were given to kill civilians during the My Lai assault. Bailey argues Medina issued no such orders and followed caution to avoid harming noncombatants as soldiers recall conflicting testimony from Life magazine feature.
Unified School District 457 plans a 7:30 p.m. board meeting to discuss the disposition of two large brick junior college buildings along with transportation needs building insurance driver education next year’s calendar and a policy on out of district special education students. The session will be in the high school lecture room.
Clayton Crenshaw directs a four night Juco theater run opening Tuesday at Garden City Community Junior College in the Fine Arts Building. Curtain is 8:15 nightly. Tickets cost 1.50 for adults 1 for students 0.50 for children and a family plan available. Phone 276-7611 ext 60 for reservations.
Prize winning photographs by the late James Johnson will be shown this week at the Garden City Telegram. Johnson, son of Mr and Mrs Robert M Johnson, was a Telegram photographer in high school and later a staffer for Wichita Eagle Beacon. He worked for Time Life and other publications. The display, loaned by his parents, will be on the Telegram north wall from 8 am to 6 pm through Friday and 8 am to 5 pm Saturday.
The public is invited to a free concert at Garden City Junior High School tonight. The gold band and the symphony orchestra will perform under band director Robert Brock and orchestra director Martha Potts. The program begins at 7 30 PM in the gymnasium.
The forecast calls for generally fair conditions tonight and Tuesday with a cooler trend on Tuesday. Low temperatures near 30 with highs around 50s.
In Saigon American forces in Vietnam fell to 479,500 as of last Thursday, the lowest in two years, with a weekly drop of about 4,000 and a year end expectation of further withdrawals. Viet Cong attacks eased to a low level amid cyclical patterns, while fighting persisted around Cam Ranh Bay and Mekong Delta clashes. Lt. Gen. Julian Ewell said Long An province remains the only area under real pressure as Viet Cong units withdraw under heavy artillery and air support.
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