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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1968
Page
2
After a recent winter storm, readers are urged to prepare for future cold spells. Practical tips include testing batteries and radios, stocking nonperishable foods, staying indoors during severe weather, winterizing cars, and keeping lanterns and emergency heat ready. Rural residents should secure supplies early and carry a winter storm kit for cross country travel.
A reflective collage of Christmas 1968 with vignettes from editors and readers. Names include Mrs Foster Dale Collins Gutentag Sheehy Wharton Hamman and more as they share holiday errands travels and family moments. The piece weaves memory, greeting, and small town chatter into a festive year end portrait.
Aristotelis Onassis quietly purchases Banque de Depots in Geneva amid investigations by U.S. Attorney Robert Morgenthau into Americans using secret Swiss accounts to dodge taxes and securities laws. The piece notes US probes into gold sales behind the Iron Curtain and the bank’s role in obscuring identities of stock speculators. It also touches on political maneuvering within the Democratic Party and Franco’s postwar standing.
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Art Buchwald offers humorous holiday greetings to television audiences listing playful wishes for health, home comforts, and consumer goods. He envisions everyday pleasures and practical annoyances addressed with light satire aimed at viewers and advertisers alike.
Buckley argues that college recesses calm campus chaos more for adults than students. He cites incidents at Wisconsin NYU Harvard and California, notes Reagan’s plan to reopen colleges with police if needed, and predicts faculty resignations to restore order. He warns that defending civility may require a depleted faculty but a functioning university.
Houston space watchers await clear skies for Apollo 8 as planetarium curator Armand Yramategui says binoc ular users will likely spot the craft before 11 p.m. EST. He notes it will be a quarter of the distance from the Moon toward Venus and will show slight motion over 15 minutes, aiding identification.
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