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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1968
Page
1
An orderly traffic flow is needed at the Five Points intersection as the city faces numerous accidents but not at this site. The piece argues against rail passenger service cuts, suggests alternative rail or bus options, notes rising first class mail rates, and explains stamp shortages pending a mid-December Congressional action. It ends with a playful gambling question about pairing cards.
In Trail Echo the den mothers recall boy scout humor about short lead time. A 9 year old Johnny demands two eggs toilet paper and shredded newspaper for a den meeting as a parent share echoes of a former Scout dressing as a prince. A school tardy tale follows with thread spools turned into a Christmas gift. The piece closes with a blunt statistic that each person is responsible for about three quarters of a ton of trash yearly.
Drew Pearson reports that US and Israeli intelligence diverge on Soviet power in the Middle East. Israelis warn of permanent Russian bases and looming war, while US estimates are more cautious. Dispute covers weapons, timing of future conflicts, naval presence, and tech trainers, amid US-Arab-tilting State Department tensions.
A nostalgic peek at old humor from Dighton Heralds 1902 column The Time To Laugh with jokes about printers teachers hunters telegraph pranks and a Mount Airy Club golf anecdote featuring a clergyman and a playful mispronunciation Croton reflecting the joke’s punchline about the world’s biggest dam.
AP reports changes at the New Mexico State Penitentiary where Warden J. Baker orders inmates to be called residents, reflecting a shift in terminology. The notice notes that all prisoners will be referred to as residents going forward.
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