California Rose Bowl tour reports crowded Los Angeles trip
The Sunflower Excursion-Telegram team tours Southern California and notes 34 extra temporary residents, severe freeway congestion, lingering smog, and a crowded Disneyland with 60 000 visitors for a 50 000 capacity site. Parade flowers opened after hot water, while cactus sights delight Beth Groom of Garden City. Don Burden jokes about removing yard cacti.
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Bhutto frees Mujibur Rahman amid regional upheaval
AP reports in Rawalpindi that Zulfikar Ali Bhutto announced Mujibur Rahman’s release from custody. In New Delhi Indira Gandhi urged regional unity against domination by rich nations. In Saigon Viet Cong shelled Da Nang hours after threatening U.S. attacks. In Monrovia Pat Nixon attended Willian Tolbert’s inauguration as Liberia’s president.
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Garden Sass: Income Tax Time Speech by Gus Garden
Gus Garden remarks on income tax season calling it a reckoning and a fine for earnings. He frames the tax period as a civic duty and a personal accountability moment for taxpayers amid season headlines.
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Wells Withdraws From Governor Bid Over Heart Condition
Robert Wells, 52, from Garden City, cancels a statewide GOP run for governor after a newly detected heart condition. He scrubs four scheduled news conferences today meant to announce his candidacy, citing health as the reason for the abrupt withdrawal from the Republican governor race.
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Topeka
Wichita
Hays
Renewed Scramble Predicted in Kansas GOP Race
Kansas GOP politics shift after Robert Weiss withdraws from governor race. Wells resigns citing a heart issue, prompting renewed jockeying among Wells, Reynolds Shultz, Gadberry, Fribley and potential Joe Skubitz candidacy, while Shultz maintains plans to run. Wells plans to support another candidate and remains active in the party.
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Ganden City
Kansas
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Reynolds Shultz
Robert Gadberry
Wichita
Shultz
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Skubitz
Washington
Sudden Texas Panhandle Storm Strikes Garden City
A strong low pressure system from Texas moved into New Mexico and southeastern Colorado, then swept into Garden City with high winds and snowfall. Temperatures plummeted to 12 degrees, wind gusts reached 41 mph, visibility dropped near zero, and travel was declared hazardous across 24 counties. School activities were canceled or postponed, with USD 457 rural schools closed and several sports events rescheduled.
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Gladys Tillis Dies at 64 After Probation Ruling
Gladys "Big Mama" Tillis 64 died Sunday two weeks after a judge granted her two year probation from a 20 year prison sentence for a September perjury conviction. She was a Garden City area crew chief in sugar beet work and mother of 12 and grandmother of 28.
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Winter Storm Watch Skews Dodge City and Nearby Cities
Travelers face a cold wave with snow and near blizzard conditions at times. Gusty northerly winds 20 to 30 mph blow and drift snow as lows dip near zero. Tomorrow remains mostly cloudy and cold with highs in the low tens. Sunrise 7 59 Lunary 5 38. Dodge City and Goodland observe frigid readings and unsettled conditions across the region.
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Nixon hints at re election platform and VP pairing
President Nixon signaled a 1972 campaign push built on peace moves and a healthier economy, naming Agnew as running mate. He pledged to announce by Jan 14 whether he will seek another term, and said troop withdrawals would continue with a residual force to free POWs.
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