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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1966
Page
2
Community leaders praise Garden City Unified District and Junior College boards as voters prepare for January 18 polls. The editors urge a yes vote on both building proposals, citing high school expansion and a new junior college campus to meet growing education needs.
On New Year’s Day a community bachelor comments on age and matchmaking while Denver society notes toast a cannabis helicopter trend and a Band Era revival. A teen gift titled Teenager Is Not a Disease appears. A local washer woman asks about ironing and washing, and a college crowd returns to campus amid romance rumors. A Bond Coffee event invites taxpayers to discuss the Jan 18 bond elections.
Hal Boyle notes how New Yorkers react to a subway and bus strike by sharing rides pooling car pools and helping strangers. Mayor Lindsay walks 60 blocks to City Hall amid chatter about Quill and the municipal purse. Civil tone contrasts with an anxious question of how long the goodwill lasts.
Washington AP James Marlow argues Johnson operates abroad as he does at home using publicity and emissaries to press for peace talks with North Vietnam. The piece compares his Civil Rights Act tactics and Senate leadership to today’s foreign effort, noting publicity aims to win support and preempt war criticism.
Drew Pearson notes Republicans claim a last laugh as they expose Democrats with John Birch Society ties. Rep. Mendel Rivers is spotlighted for praising the Birchers, with a bronze monument and high-profile Charleston ceremony cited. Also covered is a secret Air Force survey showing low bombing error rates in Vietnam and a Honolulu columnist urging a strategic shift away from Vietnam toward India.
In Cincinnati Ohio police responded to loud blasts at the Workhouse. Explosions were traced to firecrackers smuggled by a prisoner in cellblock C. The incident disrupted routines as officers secured the area and investigated the breach.
Richard L. Sandoval, a 1965 Garden City Junior College graduate now at Emporia State, argues that progress in Garden City requires expanding higher education. He urges citizens, including farmers and business leaders, to fund two years of college locally to prepare the youth for tomorrow’s roles and uphold the community’s progressive identity.
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