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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1964
Page
2
The city asks watering limits to curb a water pinch amid a long term plan for a southern water supply and storage. Citizens complain, but the piece argues higher use in Garden City comes from low rainfall and dry ground. Even with restrictions, lawns can stay green. water should be treated as a precious resource and future planning emphasized.
The piece weighs running mate options for Barry Goldwater. Henry Cabot Lodge surfaces as a possible partner to heal Goldwater foes, though this would clash with Lodge's non compromise stance. Other considers include Rockefeller Scranton Romney Eisenhower Nixon Hatfield Tower, each with civil rights debates shaping viability.
Drew Pearson details the looming impact of the civil rights bill as five southern states face cutting off federal funds this September if schools fail to integrate. He cites Biloxi and Gulfport in Mississippi and Huntsville Montgomery and Phoenix City in Alabama, noting pending cuts, court orders, and political opposition led by Gov. George Wallace and Rep. Bill Colmer.
The piece argues that wartime bases spurred local growth but federal aid remains after communities recover. It contrasts minority views favoring local adjustment with a majority of congressmen supporting continued federal funds for so-called impacted areas, including southern Democrats opposing aid to northern schools. The result could push a clash over school integration and the necessity of federal funds.
In Hannibal Missouri Robert Stahel ten of Niantic Illinois won the Tom Sawyer fence painting contest for costume efficiency and speed painting two boards. He receives a $100 savings bond and a trophy to present to Governor Otto Kerner for display in the state capitol in Springfield Illinois.
TOPEKA AP Kansas finishes its 1864 wheat harvest at one of the earliest dates in recent years. The Weather and Crop Reporting Service said 4 percent of the crop had been combined by last Saturday versus an average 72 percent by Independence Day. Last year 98 percent was the record. this year ties 1956 in the kept records since 1952. Harvesting continued in extreme northwest and northeastern counties with wet spots cleaned up amid fair pasture grasses and generally good livestock gains.
An assorted publication notice from a Kansas newspaper lists publishing, subscription, and service terms. It mentions Thee gram Publishing Company at 117 East Chestnut, Garden City, and pricing by carrier and mail across multiple counties. The garbled text references Associated Press affiliation and delivery caveats for Telegram motor carrier service.
Hal Boyle reflects on how memory shapes identity and echoes bygone social norms. He lists nostalgic scenes from past decades, from veiled women and handlebar mustaches to wartime scraps and social expectations, ending with a wistful recall of “the days.”
The estate of Washington builder Morris Cafritz was valued at about $24 million in probate papers filed in U S District Court. The bulk, $20,569,412, consisted of stock incorporations owned almost entirely by Cafritz. Federal estate taxes were estimated at $3.1 million. Cafritz, 77, died June 1 and was survived by his widow Gwen and three sons.
Distaff Side notes a last chance viewing of the mystery play Night Must Fall at the Summer Theatre. The junior college Thespian Theater is air conditioned and the column collates light items from local life including family humor and everyday observations.
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