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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1966
Page
1
Ira Travis known as Sante offers visits at Santa's Cottage Stevens Park from 1 to 5 p.m. Thursday Friday and Saturday until Christmas with a 4 p.m. close on Christmas Eve He brings joy to children during this holiday season.
A community column discusses the Chamber of Commerce event props for The Professionals at the State Theatre with casual dress and no gala. It notes mixed feelings about post office window service and school dismissal adjustments for Christmas vacation. Superintendent Tom Saftell remains hospitalized after back surgery, as staff sent well wishes and a humorous gift.
In Gainesville Georgia Batman appears on a write in ballot in a city commissioner race. Howard James and Joseph Stargel each earned 674 votes and a single write in for Batman changed the tally after officials counted the ballots three times. The votes were certified as official.
Kansas highway commissioner J Rex Duwe proposed a 680 million state program funded by a 22 dollar per year vehicle tax increase. The plan aims to deliver a 50 year freeway system within 20 years, addressing underfunding and aging miles. Duwe spoke at a Kansas University conference calling for bond issuance to fast track construction, reduce piecemeal work, and improve safety and mass travel between Chicago and the Southwest. The report also lists Kansas road death tolls and recent figures.
The Weather Bureau forecasts cloudiness and fog with scattered rain in eastern Kansas while the western part stays partly cloudy. A low pressure system from southeast Colorado moves through Kansas bringing heavier rain east tonight, ending by Thursday morning with more rain possible Saturday and Monday.
Secretary of the Navy Paul H. Nitze warned at a Pearl Harbor memorial ceremony in Hawaii that the United States must apply the war’s lessons to Southeast Asia. He stressed deterrence, readiness to enforce treaties, and the need to prevent aggression in Asia while honoring the sacrifices of 2,400 dead and 900 survivors. The event, hosted by the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association, featured all military branches and veterans groups. A sunset service on the USS Arizona Memorial was also planned. The Arizona was decommissioned in 1941 and is now treated like a national cemetery.
President Johnson told reporters in Austin that Vietnam War outlays through next June 30 may exceed earlier budget projections by 9 to 10 billion dollars. He plans a supplemental request to Congress next month to bridge the gap, and he avoided predicting a 1967 tax increase. He noted the new war cost estimate helps inform a tax decision but said no decision has been made yet.
Finney County's United Fund campaign nears close with a total of 53913 dollars, only 1183 short of the 55006 quota. Drive Chairman J Wayne Chambers notes gains could have pushed the drive over the top if all sections matched last year's increases. Rural returns lagged, while employees and residential sections run about the same as a year ago. gains are mainly in advanced gifts. Dodge City Globe reports Dodge drive at about 96 percent of its 48000 quota.
A Miami detective recognized three travelers from Miami and alerted Los Angeles police at the airport. The men were detained on suspicion of robbery after their arrival on a flight from Miami to Los Angeles.
Kansas drivers face higher costs as 1187 insurers raise auto insurance rates by about 9.4 percent for liability and a similar rise for auto damage. The Kansas Insurance Department cites more costly wrecks, with rates varying by vehicle and driver factors. Typical new car rates for common models are listed by county, showing elevated premiums in major cities and counties.
Tonight the Garden City Community Junior College trustees open bids for 2 million dollars in construction bonds for new campus buildings. The meeting at 7:30 p.m. in Kalkins Hall will consider dormitory and student union plans funded by revenue bonds, a campus development progress report, a social science department replacement, a college seal drawing, and publication reviews.
A jack rabbit was reported in the business district this morning with Gus Garden joking the rabbit is doing Christmas hopping. The lighthearted note suggests playful urban wildlife activity and local humor.
Across state capitals and campuses Americans marked the 25th anniversary of Pearl Harbor. Admiral Husband E. Kimmel called the blame for the naval defeat a bum rap as he urged exposure of the Pearl Harbor story while events from New Mexico to Iowa honored chaplains and fallen sailors.
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