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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1963
Page
12
A children’s game adapts musical chairs outdoors using snowballs as seats. One child in the center holds a transistor radio and sticks as spears while others circle outside. When the music stops, players scramble for seats. if a spear sticks a snowball, occupants sit elsewhere and players may be eliminated until one winner remains. Tomorrow plans mentioned about making a wastebasket handle.
A reminiscence survey looks forward to 1964 noting rapid technological advances in transport and communication and imagining future breakthroughs. The piece expresses hope for peace, freedom, and improved human relations internationally and locally as the new year begins.
Alfred Thurman, a 13 year old newsboy, learned he has an estimated $10,000 estate from a customer who died last June. He plans to use the inheritance to attend college and perhaps become a doctor. He says he treated the benefactor like other customers and earned the gift by his acts of service.
John Roderick surveys 1964 prospects for Red China as it exits a 1958-60 famine era and eyes a tougher stance with the West and Moscow. He notes Beijing’s economic independence, harsher tone toward Khrushchev, and potential backing for pro Communist movements in Laos Cambodia Viet Nam and South Viet Nam while pivoting toward non Soviet partners in Europe and Canada.
The article compares China and Japan in postwar Asia. It notes the United States as a pawn in imperialist dynamics and cites Tokyo’s rapid industrial growth. Premier Chou En-lai tours Africa to repair China’s image and counter rebellion against Beijing.
Page seven of the Garden City Telegram dated December 30 1963 summarizes local briefs. It notes community events, notices, and short items typical of a year end edition, with concise items covering residents and happenings in Garden City.
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