Garden City merchants unite against trading stamps
A broad group of Garden City businessmen oppose trading stamps, urging protection from the state through new laws. They reject stamps as a business or consumer option and warn that once footholds are gained they will spread. Chamber efforts were voluntary and did not railroad action, with stamp firm reps present but allowed to speak at individual stores. Merchants show rare unanimity in resisting stamps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden City
Kansas
Chamber of Commerce
Mitch Geisler
Earl Warren Jr
California
McCormack
Ron Cameron
Los Angeles
Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Carol Channing
Dolly
Bob Kennedy
Johnson
Henry Cabot Lodge
South
Viet Nam
Lodge
Massachusetts
Gen
Eisenhower
Ske
Sen
Bob Taft
Absurd Kansas movie censorship questioned by courts
The partisanship and lack of qualifications of the Kansas State Board of Review are blamed for the ineffectiveness of censorship. Scholars urge three paths: rewrite the law, ban obscene material, or allow age classification. The piece argues age-based screening is practical and that parental and public restraint should guide film viewing until clearer statutes exist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
State Board of Review
Kansas City
Burro Bannished From School Christmas Tableau
In Redwood Falls, a burro named Joey caused disruptions by neighing during a Nativity song, leading to his ban from future school tableaux. Sheep were expelled for bleating out of context and one nipped a youth shepherd, prompting the end of live-animal entries by Mrs. Arthur Lorenz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burro
Redwood Falls
Minn
Joey
Nvestock
Arthur Lorenz
Bobby Baker taxes and John Birch ad backstory
Drew Pearson reports Bobby Baker filed modest income tax returns showing little profit from backdoor deals. Returns list joint filing with wife and modest income from a law partnership and property. no spectacular gains. Also notes John Birch Society ad placers tied to Kennedy era politics and calls for new members. Mentions Pat Brown thanking John McCormack for resisting a Nixon amendment and reflects on past presidential campaign dynamics.
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Washington
Bobby Baker
Johnson
Senate
Jack Anderson
Baker
Bobby
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
John Birch
New York Times
Washington Post
Kennedy
NAM
Fred
Koch
Wichita
Kan
Rock Island Oil Company
Russia
Jfk
Supreme Court
United Nations
Clarence B. Manion
Eisenhower
Wiliam J. Grede
Milwaukee
National Association of Manufacturers
J. I. Case Farm Machinery Company
Karl Marx
Grede
A G. Heidsohn Jr
Cherokee Mills
Sevierville
Ten
John Birch Society
Movie Star's Stepson Arrested in Munich Case
Police in Munich arrest 18 year old Michael Thiess, stepson of Hollywood star Robert Taylor, on suspicion of attempted murder. He is accused of serving poisoned tea to his 49 year old father Georg Thiess, an Munich producer. No formal charges yet. investigation continues. The Thiess family details include Ursula Thiess, Taylor’s wife since 1954, and a February dispute between father and son.
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Munich
Germany
Michael Thiess
Robert Teylor
Georg Thiess
Ursula Thiess
Taylor
Felice
Thiess
Hippes
Distaff Christmas Tree Dilemmas and Lessons Learned
A humorous Christmas diary notes how past trees were poorly fit for holders and top heavy, prompting a plan to shape the trunk and anchor the tree firmly. The author reflects on trimming costs, branch choices, and the idea of keeping to one area per year while observing holiday shopping rituals and appetites.
Johnson uses ghost writers for speeches says nation’s leaders
Washington report notes President Johnson, busy as a one man team, relies on Theodore Sorensen and others for speech writing research and first drafts. It cites Kennedy and Goldwater examples, stressing a speech requires content as well as style and delivery.
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J. W. Davis
Washington
Tyndot B. Johnson
Theodore C. Sorensen
John F F
Kenedy
Johnson
Congress
Alexander Hamilton
George Washington
Sorenen
Kennedy
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Goldwater
Sorensen
Bartlett
Hugh
Iron Pants) Johnson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Kansas Demos Set Timetable For Delegates
Kansas Democratic leaders outline a timetable for selecting delegates to district and state conventions. The plan includes February meetings in Wichita to adopt rules, March district sessions to elect at large delegates, and an April state convention to pick national delegates. A fundraising dinner February 22 at Topeka Municipal Auditorium will cost 252 per plate with possible national speakers discussed.
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State Committee
Wichita
Democratic Committee
Jack Galves
Democratic
National Committee
Galves
Floyd Breeding
Bob Dole
Topeka Municipal Auditorium
Sargent Shriver
Peace Corps
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
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Banto Domingo
Dominican Republic
Donald Reid Cabral
Emilio de Los Santos
Manacla
Cibao
Manuel Tavares Justo
Garden City Telegram
Sunde
Holigaye
Ream
Cpl
Omlreen
Drew Pearson
Manion
Kremlin
John McCormack
Pat Brown
Eddie
The
Democratic State Executive Committee
Jimu
Sooby Foundry
West Santa Fe Garden City
Acean
Coca-Cola Company
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