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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1961
Page
2
A letter condemns inflated parts pricing by firms for small machine components. It cites a 6.50 crater lamp listed as a 19 cent auto tail bulb, a $150 press part versus $18 from a local shop, a $60 teletype tape wind gadget versus a $5 alarm clock interior, and similar markups. The writer argues demand is too low to force lower prices and suspects manufacturers count on buyers not seeking substitutes.
A humorous, mixed bag column notes rising costs and nostalgia for earlier turkey days, jokes about fallout shelters and headlines from the Kansas City Star columnist Bill Vaughan. It mentions fashion shifts, Liz Taylor fragrances, and a Kansas high school’s playful S S S day with sneakers and smiles.
Garden City Telegram lists subscription terms for home and outlying areas with weekly carrier and monthly prepaid rates. Regional mail options apply for Finney County and nearby locales including Scott Wichita Greeley Hamilton Kearny Grant, Flaskell and Gray counties with annual rates of 7.60 and 16.00 dollars respectively.
Drew Pearson outlines a web of influence surrounding Katanga’s war, naming Union Miniere du Haut Katanga and Tanganyika Concessions as British and Rockefeller controlled. He ties uranium and cobalt wealth to British policy, notes Rockefeller links to Rusk, and alleges overseas directors steer Katanga’s course with Rhodesia’s Welensky linking London to Tshombe.
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