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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1969
Page
3
An advertisement lists various vehicle mats and paints with color options and set quantities. Prices are shown as regular and sale figures, including blue red and brown car mats, DuPont paints, and Van Sickle barn paint with per gallon and quart pricing. Limited stock and promotional pricing are emphasized.
AP report from Wichita unveils dealers selling chili powder parsley and ordinary tree leaves as marijuana to mislead high school students. Lab tests show the substances dry and broken to resemble cannabis with an ounce at five dollars producing up to fifty cigarettes. A Haysville purchase turned up powdered sugar branded LSD and a mix called Hog containing an animal tranquilizer and narcotics.
San Francisco firefighters will replace century old leather hats with visored plastic fiberglass helmets. The new helmets provide neck protection, shock absorbing foam, secure straps, and a downing visor for rock attack, improving safety en route to fires and at incidents.
Oakland Raiders resumed practice as Johan Wells weeks away from the AFL title clash with the Kansas City Chiefs. Wells, who led the league with 14 touchdown receptions, suffered a shoulder injury last week but Coach John Madden expressed optimism he can play after watching Wells catch passes in drills. The Chiefs flew to Santa Barbara for California drills as they prepare to face Oakland.
NEW YORK AP It took 15 months but Madison Square Garden finally secured a heavyweight title bout between Jimmy Ellis and Joe Frazier to settle the争 title. Ellis, the WBA champion, and Frazier, hailed as a heavyweight figure in seven states, agreed to a February 16 showdown. promoter Harry Markson celebrated the victory after years of effort since Ellis defended the crown against Floyd Patterson on September 14, 1968.
Three Midwestern students were among 60 selected for a summer copy editing internship through the Newspaper Fund. Ronald Brown of University City Missouri Gail Pennington of El Dorado Arkansas and Carla Hendricks of St Francis Kansas will receive 500 scholarships for eight weeks at a participating paper. Dow Jones and Co backs the program.
Boston AP reports Steve Smear, Penn State defensive tackle and Orange Bowl bound, was named winner of the Swede Nelson award for outstanding sportsmanship. The honor is given by the Gridiron Club of Boston and named for Harvard All-America alum and former club president.
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