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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1968
Page
5
The piece blends a long range forecast for the Southwest and Kansas weather with a Saturday night K U versus K State basketball recap. It references a quote about eight hour work days from a corporate customer relations director and jokes about a TV log misprint.
Topeka last Friday the House Agricultural Committee killed a bill capping Kansas Wheat Commission administration at 20 percent of receipts, limiting to $20,000. Rep. George W. Meeker supported the measure, arguing the commission is promotional not regulatory, while opponents warned of precedent and higher costs.
In dense southeastern Kansas fog, a car train collision near Baxter Springs left two dead and one injured. Charles W. Hopkins, 31, of Galena and Margaret Ann Prudlick, 29, of Columbus died. Tom Cooper, 4, of Columbus was injured and hospitalized in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Hopkins reportedly failed to see track warning signs.
The Garden City Area Chamber of Commerce banquet has moved from February 20 to February 21 at 7 pm in St Mary's Center. Jerry Huggins announces speaker John Cameron Swayze, TV news commentator. Tickets are limited to 609 due to seating, with reservations now at the chamber office.
Organist Joyce Jones, a Fellow of the American Guild of Organists, appears at Clifford Auditorium tonight as a Community Concert artist. Debut with Dallas Symphony in 1989, New York recital at Riverside Church, studied in Germany, and regarded as a top young master. Concert time is 8:15 p.m. Admission by membership only.
President Johnsons administration asks Congress for a 10 percent income tax surcharge to trim the expected deficit. Treasury Secretary Fowler outlines the $10.4 billion next year spending rise for defense payments Social Security and other programs while arguing higher receipts from growth will cover costs. He warns absence of a tax increase risks currency stability and calls for quick House committee action with April 1 effective date for individuals and retroactive Jan 1 for corporations.
Weather notes cloudy and cooler tonight with light rain or drizzle south and a chance of intermittent light rain or snow north. Lows near 32. Tuesday rain ends with highs in mid to upper 40s. Precipitation chances 20 percent tonight and 10 percent tomorrow. Sunrise 7 54 Sunset 5 57. City data lists Dodge City, Garden City, Emporia, Goodland, Hill City, Russell, Saling with varying figures.
The Kansas Legislature enters week three amid debates on highways education and Senate reapportionment. Nearly 200 bills added to 322 carried over from 1967. House moves to realign Senate districts. Senate ready to debate education amendments replacing the superintendent with an education commissioner. A 10 of 12 jurors verdict proposal faces scrutiny amid insurance concerns. Highway hearings resume on Docking accelerated program with Chamber of Commerce breakfast. Education hearings weigh a near double state aid for schools as NEA calls for a rise from 86.63 million to 173.27 million.
AP Kansas Governor Docking said it is questionable whether the state can go two years without a tax increase. He added that economies from reorganizing government might eliminate the need for higher taxes, and he would not preclude considering a gasoline tax plan or supporting a local earnings tax if voters approve new levies.
A profile of the young G I in Vietnam, the beardless hope of free men, describing his age, training, hardships, and evolving duties. It portrays how he adapts from teen to veteran, learning to fight, survive, and care for comrades while dreaming of life after war. He is nineteen, a war-time veteran, fighting to reach twenty.
A 24-year-old waitress and her ex convict boyfriend are the focus of a Midwest search after a Friday bank robbery and the fatal shooting of a Kansas highway patrolman. Two suspects remain hospitalized, with Gipson and Goetz still at large. Police say dynamite was used, a gun battle occurred, and officers from Johnson and Miami counties along with state and federal agencies joined the chase.
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