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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1964
Page
4
Park Superintendent Claude Owens and staff built a submarine shaped play piece in Finnup Park from scratch using a recreation magazine picture as their guide. No blueprints were used and some work occurred inside the park shop. The piece showcases the city’s do it yourself spirit behind the zoo and park developments.
A Christmas essay notes that letters reveal the sender’s age, plans, and worries. It describes middle generation life with children in college or service, imminent grandchildren, mortgages, and changing church and political concerns. It references a California psychiatrist and a scientist son discussing modern topics.
Garden City Telegram published daily except Sunday and five holidays. Mentions editors Bil Brown and Marvin Smith and AP affiliation. Rates listed: $1.55 monthly by carrier, 30 cents weekly elsewhere, $39 yearly by mail in specified counties, $15 elsewhere. Delivery notes for motor carrier service and local rates.
New Year tips urge personal improvement through simple pledges. The list includes telling the truth, parking etiquette, avoiding belittling teens, reading nongraphic novels, helping at home, supporting ex leaders, job seeking, limiting government criticisms, moderate martinis, and caring for others. The tone is humorous and reflective.
U S forces launched multiple bombing strikes into Laos targeting the Ho Chi Minh Trail with tacit Laotian approval. The moves aim to disrupt communist arms flow, amid broader Viet Nam era power shifts and diplomatic tensions.
The United Nations faces a budget dispute over whether the Soviet Union may vote in the General Assembly while behind on peacekeeping payments. Article 19 could suspend voting after two years of arrears. the U.S. argues for payment or loss of vote, while the USSR contends only the Security Council, with its veto, can authorize funds. The dispute traces to past UN actions in Korea, the Middle East, and the Congo, and reflects broader debates on veto power and collective security.
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