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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1962
Page
4
An open letter from Every Father to drivers urges caution near schools and intersections after recalling a girl who was struck by a car. The author describes heartbreak, a father’s grief, and asks drivers to slow down and watch for children crossing streets.
Citizens criticize aggressive tree trimming in Stevens Park amid Dutch elm disease worries. A forester urged prompt removal of infected trees as spraying proved ineffective, arguing preservation of the park should trump drastic cuts. The note favors saving trees and preserving shade and beauty.
Hal Boyle reports cartoonist Herb Gardner found fame with his first effort, A Thousand Clowns, after quitting ad art and comic drawing. The 27-year-old creator of Nebbish comics wrote the Broadway hit in 244 years in a cheap West Side flat, embracing risk and urging living fully now. Gardner, his wife Rita, and royalty income fund a six room East Side apartment, yet fame hasn’t inflated his ego.
Terms of subscription detail carrier and mail rates for Garden City Kansas and listed counties Finney Lana Scott Wichita Greeley Hamilton Kearny Grant Haskell Gray. Rates vary by delivery method with annual or monthly options and student discounts. Telegram motor carrier delivery required for some cities. Associated Press rights reserved.
Drew Pearson cites Ellender junkets and lengthy official reports funded by taxpayers, noting no timely real Africa insight. The piece quotes Ellender’s 1961 Hong Kong dinner notes and criticizes the usefulness of his trips for national policy while detailing a Minnesota governor election dispute and calls for a Senate probe.
Mr and Mrs Marlin Hawley married Sunday at Republican Kan moved into a rented Kansas City house and found 57 wedding presents missing when they returned from a brief absence including an electric skillet.
The item advertises a Gifford Hill Western song album for Christmas and hints that Rex Morgan M D will marry nurse June Gale in 1963. An adult art class display at Civic Center this weekend features about 30 beginners blending into skilled painters with hours 2 to 5 p.m. Both events reflect local cultural happenings and community involvement.
AP commentary marks 21 years since Pearl Harbor noting progress in space and medicine but rising fear and war. It traces postwar conflicts, arms race, and enduring racial and economic divides, suggesting only tentative moves toward Western European cooperation and broader peace.
WICHITA AP Joe W. Mac Conkey 35 longtime KTVH executive director of news and special events has been named executive secretary to Sen James B Pearson R Kan announced in Washington He will start duties after Christmas A former Wichita Eagle photographer reporter and oil editor MacConkey served in World War II and the Korean War with the U S Army pictorial service.
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