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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1968
Page
1
A mixed column of want ads and light commentary quotes from Tommy Thomas. Humorous lines about work, breakfast cereal, college education, vacations, and a playful tease about appetite. Mentions a local cafe Coffee Ann at 120 Grant Ave as a help offer.
A dense TV guide lists programs across multiple networks with show titles and times. Highlights include CBS and NBC news hours, soap operas like As the World Turns and Days of Our Lives, game shows such as The Dating Game and The Newlywed Game, classic series like Gunsmoke and The Twilight Zone, and late night talk with Merv Griffin and Johnny Carson, spanning daytime to late night across Monday to Tuesday.
New York AP report quotes Jean Jacques Servan Schreiber, French author and publisher, saying de Gaulle's successor must achieve economic unity for Europe. He cites de Gaulle's nationalism as a weakness and expresses optimism for post De Gaulle era after his NBC Meet the Press interview.
Washington AP Sen John C Stennis sees an acceptable 1969 settlement in Vietnam though heavy fighting may continue. He notes a realistic need for staying with a military force akin to Korea and says troops could be returned home unless fighting steps up. Stennis, a Mississippi Democrat, is set to chair the Senate Armed Forces Committee in January.
Thomas Glenn Jolley a 24 year old Atlanta man who opposed the Vietnam draft says his stance cost him two jobs this year and threatens his status in the United States after renouncing citizenship in May 1967 to avoid the draft. Federal officials say Jolley re entered illegally and could be deported once a 90 day order arrives. Jolley and his wife describe hardship as employers fire workers named for opposition to the draft and for Jolley to decide whether to appeal or seek relief from migration authorities.
A simple paddle ball game guide by Cappy Dick outlines crafting a paddle from thin wood three inches by fifteen inches with a hole at the wide end for a rubber ball. Thread elastic cord through the ball, knot it, and staple the cord to the paddle. Bounce the ball and aim to pass it through the paddle hole for a score. Tomorrow: directions for making a Bobby Sock purse.
Sea water flooded the unmanned Sea lab capsule during lowering near Long Beach California. An unsealed hatch allowed water to flood the pressurized chamber used to transport aquanauts to a 600 foot deep undersea habitat. Repairs to electrical and communications gear may take three weeks. Five crews of aquanauts will each spend 12 days in the giant capsule near San Clemente Island.
A Garden City Kansas advertisement seeks a man aged 25 to 45 for a manager trainee role in a large corporation. Highlights include a $12 000 to $15 000 potential, proven success despite limited advancement, optional sales experience, group hospital and life insurance, and a monthly incentive bonus. Send resume to Box Y-727 Garden City Telegram. Replies confidential.
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