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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1966
Page
1
Editorials note two Southwest Kansas weeklies ran large headlines on a Farm Land Industries proposed multi million dollar anhydrous ammonia plant near Garden City. A Garden City site is under consideration but officials warn against false hopes amid calendar chaos and media hype.
Local notes report Tom Saffell undergoing back surgery at Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka with a possible return home next week. George Meeker attended a Wheat and Wheat Foods meeting in Chicago. Alvin Dewey and Dr. Russell Maxfield joined a party with Lynda B. Johnson in New York. Crouch will visit Washington DC to seek federal funds for a new college curriculum next year. A stray poodle named Shadow is missing. Barbara LeGate seeks help. The Chamber of Commerce plans a fundraiser film event at State Theater to cover remodeling costs for its new look.
Garden City Telegram lists subscription options for local home delivery at $1.65 monthly paid in advance, 30 cents weekly in other cities, and annual mail rates of $9.00 or $16.00 elsewhere. Rates apply to Finney, Lane, Scott, Wichita, Greeley, Hamilton, Kearny, Grant, Haskell, and Grey counties with carrier or mail service.
Barbara Oringooerfe reflects on early 1900s Christmas shopping in Garden City with price examples from J. M. Dunn store including overcoats at around $20, silk rain coats, silks at 47 34 cents a yard, calico at 6 cents, sewing machines at about $18, and Rayo lamps. The piece contrasts consumer choices with the era’s growing electric lighting and mall nostalgia, urging a relaxed, spirit-filled holiday.
Drew Pearson previews Kansas Governor-elect Robert Docking, a Democrat, detailing his aims to curb conflicts of interest and raise state fund interest to 4 percent. The piece describes Kansas grain scandals linked to William Addington, elevator operators, and audit questions, plus Docking’s background as a banker in Arkansas City and his call for reform while noting broader political shifts.
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