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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1968
Page
7
A humorous column offers Christmas tree buying tips and family mockery about the seasonal hunt. It jokes about hasty tree picking, fresh test by pounding the trunk, and the clash of mom’s artificial tree with kids’ real trees. Also notes a beet harvest scene on Howard Redd’s 80 acre farm and a neighbor’s Halloween jack o lantern replaced by Santa face.
The board will discuss a policy for reduced price or free lunches for eligible children and potential food transport to Garfield Elementary and Valentine next school year. A central kitchen option and transport to Garfield if JC College kitchen can’t be used. If two new classes at Valentine materialize, food transport may be needed. Calendar for 1969 70 also on the agenda. meeting at 7 30 p.m. in the high school lecture room.
Paris AP reports Red China curtails North Vietnam aid over Hanoi’s Paris peace talks. Since March 31 China reportedly scaled back military aid and withdrew part of its labor force as bombing declined. Observers say Beijing seeks disengagement and media criticism rises, while Albania and other allies push anti-Hanoi positions.
Garden City Junior College theater presents Lily the Felon's Daughter January 8 to 11 in the Student Center dining room. Supper is buffet style before the three quarter in the round performance, with reserved-seat packages offered. Directed by Clayton Crenshaw and Larry Fowler, the old tear-jerker features Lily Fairweather and Craven Sinclair amid songs, cheers, boos, and audience participation.
A 140000 incinerator rises at the Garden City dump south of town. The 82 foot high cone and 67 foot diameter unit will be metal with a 40 by 60 foot receiving building housing a conveyor system. Construction aims for a March completion and introducing a per trip dumping fee. Koch Co. of Evansville supplies the incinerator. a local firm will erect the buildings.
R W Blake a Wichita State University sociology instructor testified that he considered shooting one of nine black militants after a downtown motel beating. He restrained himself and described the October 17 meeting with nine men from four Kansas cities who allegedly beat Blake and Frank H Carpenter over not hiring a Wichita man for a $990 a month planner post.
Lansing AP reports Atty. Gen. Frank Kelley received a fifth grade student from New York asking for all information on the United States. The office plans to send material on Michigan laws to the curious youth.
The weather forecast notes little temperature change tonight with light southeast winds and lows near 20. Sunday will be warmer with southerly winds 10 to 15 and highs in the mid 40s. Sunrise 7:51, Sunset 5:28. Mex. Min. from Podge City to Emporia. Garden I 5:10 14.
CHICAGO AP A U S Supreme Court decision upholding a now uncollected tax nets Illinois a $1 million windfall said Attorney General William G Clark Friday The 3 percent tax on leased equipment from 1965 to 1967 was impounded after a challenge by John Doolin owner of National Novelty Co of Chicago Total collections before repeal in 1967 reached $2 million Clark notified State Treasurer Adlai Stevenson that the impounded funds may be moved to the general revenue fund.
Garden City Community Junior College Department of Music presents Music for Christmastide Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the Student Center on the new college campus. Brass Choir, Girls Quartet, Junior College Singers, and College Choir perform a varied Christmastide program including The First Noel Adeste Fideles O Holy Night and more. No admission charge.
City Manager Deane Wiley announced a third electrical sub station will enter the city power circuit soon. The Spruce and J C Streets site will link to a sub station near Kansas Ave and Anderson. The switch stations act as circuit safeties and back ups to prevent a citywide blackout. Completion is planned for Tuesday. A fourth station is planned for 11th and Campbell Streets with two others at 3rd and Hamline and 11th and Santa Fe.
Gus Garden told his wife the Christmas decorations looked wrong and was last seen with tinsel up his nose, prompting police to investigate his whereabouts and the odd detail amid the holiday season.
A late Friday fire consumed Nichols Gymnasium at Kansas State University in Manhattan, erasing the three story brick building with its music department, radio station KSAC, women’s physical education facilities, and two pools. No injuries reported though explosions followed the blaze amid freezing temperatures, with arson suspicion and an undetermined rebuild cost.
Nixon unveils a conservative cabinet with no women, no Negroes, and no Democrats. Key figures include Rogers, Laird, Finch, Mitchell, Moynihan, Blount, Hickel, Stans, Rommey, Shultz, Volpe, and Hardin. Peace talks progress is slow. a potential mutual Vietnam withdrawal depends on Paris deals. Deaths include Times chairman Sulzberger and actor Tallulah Bankhead.
Washington reports official hopes for the Pueblo crew release fade while U S and North Korean negotiators prepare to meet at Panmunjom for the 26th time since the USS Pueblo was seized on January 23. Only a slim chance exists that 82 surviving crewmen gain freedom before the anniversary.
Gardgn City Jaycees urge public to name more needy families for their annual Help the Needy project at Christmas. They seek monetary gifts to buy toys food and clothing and ask callers to 105 E Santa Fe or dial 86-5157 or 6-2589 to contribute or refer families.
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