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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 2003
Page
4
A brief clipping recalls the 1906 founding of the Telegram publication, mentioning its role as a community news source and identifying the editor publisher lineage. The item frames the paper as a long standing local voice for residents and events.
Superintendent Milt Pippenger will retire at year end, prompting the board to face selecting a new chief executive. He plans to leave June 30 to be near his ailing grandson. Pippenger delivered notable gains, including reduced dropout rate to around 4 percent and raising required graduation credits from 21 to 26.5. The board must recruit a successor who can sustain progress amid diverse student needs and fiscal pressures, with candidates shaping the April election discussions.
A North Korea insult underscores anti American sentiment while US commentary praises life protection law. President Bush designates National Sanctity of Human Life Day to align with anti abortion groups. Syracuse professor Robert Thompson criticizes reality TV as moronic yet entertaining.
On this date in history Martin Luther King Jr was born in Atlanta in 1929. Other noted events include Elizabeth I coronation in 1559 Notre Dame charter 1844 the Nast donkey 1870 Nehru leads Indian National Congress 1942 the Pentagon completed 1943 Green Bay defeats Kansas City 35 10 1967 Nixon halts US intervention 1973 Moore sentenced 1976 FSU murders 1978 Bundy linked to case.
The Telegram invites reader feedback by email fax or mail. Address Attn Editor 310 N. Sove h St Garden City Kansas 67846 and phone line 620 276 6862 Ext 201.
Columnist Donald Kaul surveys early 2004 Democratic hopefuls after Al Gore exits the race. He assesses John Edwards Howard Dean Al Sharpton John Kerry Dick Gephardt and Joe Lieberman, weighing pros and cons, including regional appeal, policy stances, and charisma. Ends noting Kaul's 30 years covering Washington.
The piece critiqued George W. Bush for pushing a domestic war mentality while framing tax cuts as class warfare. It notes wealth inequality, the investor class focus, and public ambivalence toward a genuine classless ideal, arguing the administration’s policy serves plutocrats under a veneer of equality.
A rural auction gathers neighbors and relatives as a farmer’s lifelong disc, plow, wagons, and tools are sold to the highest bidders. The scene echoes a community facing farm crises and shifting economies, reflecting on rural life, family, and changing times.
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