Postal cluster plan stirs city worries over mail delivery changes
Editor Fred Brooks notes city commissioners balk at a USPS plan to place centrally located mail boxes in new developments to save fuel. Postmaster Bob Winn defends it as cost and energy efficient, while Duane West and Tony Jewell fear government overreach and legal action may follow. Residents already use curbside boxes on Pawnee Street, prompting questions about the fuss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Postal Service
Bob Winn
City Commission
Duane West
Tony Jewell
West
Postal Service
Pawnee
Garden City
Pawnee St
Distaff Side Christmas Preparations and Family Gifts
On the opening day of December the breadwinner wore a Christmas tree necktie and one nephew in the Navy sent a first Christmas card from the USS Belleau Wood. Tales of loneliness, homecomings, and varied gift lists reveal family rhythms and expectations for the season.
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Navy
Belleau Wood
The Mansfield myth and the make believe pink world
A writer recalls Jayne Mansfield from a 1950s rise through publicity stunts to pink fantasy successes. He contrasts Mansfield’s career with Loni Anderson’s parody and reflects on her driving need for fame, wealth, and spectacle, ending with her death and spared years of grief.
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Jayne Mansfield
Jayne
Loni Anderson
Mansfield
Buddy Adler
20Th Century-Fox
Janet Gaynor
Texas
Shirley Temple
Paul Mansfield
Jayne Marie
Hollywood
California
Paul
Wanda Park Drive
Mickey Hargitay
Hollwood
Sunset Boulevard
Cruise missiles shift global balance of power
Jack Anderson reports Israel, South Africa, and Taiwan plan joint production of strategic cruise missiles capable of delivering nuclear warheads 1,500 miles away. The initiative, kept from public view, could allow attacks from multiple regions, altering the balance of terror and bypassing traditional launch sites.
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Washington
Israel
South Africa
Taiwan
U.S
Soviet Union
Middle East
Peking
China
United States
Britain
Ron McRae
William Edmondson
Indian Ocean
White House
Public Pulse Letter of Thanks for Beef Empire Classic
Kenneth E. Borland thanks Garden City for hosting Arizona Western College during the Beef Empire Classic Bowl on November 23. He praises the Quarterback Club Garden City Community College Beef Empire Days Chamber of Commerce and the community for hospitality organization and smooth execution.
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Garden City
Quarterback Club
Garden City Community College
Beef Empire Days, Inc
Garden City Area Chamber of Commerce
Kansas
Kenneth E. Borland
Finney County United Way drives surpass goal
Grateful for UW support Finney County residents helped push this year’s United Way drive past the 97000 target, with funds distributed to 14 local charities. Thanks to chairmen captains and workers, Finney County will receive the Traveling Trophy from Seward and Ford Counties.
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Finney Countians
United Way
Finney County
Seward
Ford
Bob H. Turner
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Distaff Side
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Gong
Jack Anderson
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Secretary of Health and Human Services
Patricia Harris
FBI
Claude Pepper
D-Fra
William Webster
Select Committee On Aging
Webster
HHS Inspector General
Medifraud
Department of Health and Human Services
Arizonians
Arizona Western College
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