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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1966
Page
2
The Kansas Legislature faces a special session on reapportionment with jerrymandering likely. The Hutchinson News notes past district reshaping favored party interests over equal representation and warns courts may overturn over partisan lines.
The Junior College Thespian Theater production of The Lark faced a fashion crisis when costumes rented from New York arrived missing the Queen Mother of France gown. Helen Vaughn found nothing fitting until Pauline Patterson directed the Emerald green satin gown Teal had made for the Kansas Centennial in 1947, saving opening night. A humorous note wonders if the Granny gown will reign and whether Orphan Annie may trend again, as readers recall their long worn wardrobe choices and a playful jab about child discipline.
Hal Boyle surveys everyday trivia and curious facts from mail to muscles, noting average kiss counts, human blood cell production, and the global share of Britain's population, plus a quirky history of the teabag and a quip on the value of a dollar.
Dr. Charles E. Cornelius, chair of physiological sciences at UC Berkeley's veterinary school, appointed dean of Kansas State University college of veterinary medicine, effective July 1. He succeeds Dr. Ralph L. Kitchell who left for Iowa State University. His father Paul Cornelius hails from a Kansas farming/ranching family near Parsons.
Drew Pearson Reports: massive shipping backlog slows U.S. forces in Viet Nam as 65,000 tons wait unloading in South Viet Nam waters and planes struggle to move freight. Navy merchant ships miss schedules causing long delays. Air Force faces 16,000 tons backlog and explores foreign charters.
Robert L. Henderson of Albuquerque denounces a Jan 6 1966 editorial about Life magazine's Hickock and Smith joke and condemns the paper's post historic event coverage. He argues the issue was in poor taste and urges restraint from media reports of horror to spare readers further abuse.
A letter from W. R. Kesler of Garden City applauds the editorial The Irony of Crime for praising Truman Capote and condemns the public’s appetite for sensational crime coverage. Kesler laments mass newsprint and questions whether society prioritizes uplifting writing over trashy material and warns future generations may suffer from this misdirection.
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