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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1965
Page
2
The piece argues holidays falling on Sundays lead to closures on Mondays and calls for moving holidays to Mondays. It notes Memorial Day and Independence Day patterns, questions sacrilege and patriotism fears, and suggests observing on another date while maintaining meaning. It predicts other workarounds and Tuesday makeups if Mondays are adopted.
Letter from Jack Hopkins of Continental Inn thanks organizers, press, and supporters for the Memorial Day car races and a recent track meet. He notes motels, cafes, and service stations benefited as the events drew crowds and added dollars to town business.
An Imperial reader recalls a Garden City past announcement that merchants stayed open during the three hours of Christ's death on Good Friday. The letter hints at a public preference for stores closing noon to three, suggesting a townwide observance under the slogan Garden City Has Got It, and asks if Rok-MRS is missing from the motto.
Hal Boyle profiles Hin, a six foot Nung war chief of 600 loyal bodyguards serving U S Special Forces in northwest South Vietnam. The tribe, paid about 34 dollars monthly, includes Buddhists and Catholics, with pride and duty guiding veterans who retire with a bonus and a service record letter.
Drew Pearson reports on lawmakers taking junkets at public expense to Ottawa Montreal and Lima for discussions with Canadian parliament Latin American officials and highway talks. Additional trips include Geneva Algiers Viet Nam hearings and a potential Medicare lobbying effort by Metropolitan Life.
Barbara Hughes of Ottawa Kansas, 18, is one of 121 outstanding secondary school graduates named Presidential Scholar by President Johnson. She will attend the White House ceremony in June and receive a Presidential Scholar medallion. Barbara graduates from Ottawa High with straight As and plans to study at the University of Kansas next fall, possibly majoring in microbiology. She will also participate in a National Science Foundation microbiology research apprenticeship at KU this summer.
Readable calendar style listing dates and events from 1922 to 1926. Entries include birthdays such as Bernie Schwartz Basil Rathbone E G Marshall Dean Martin Guy Lombardo Lamont Cranston and Father’s Day. Notable odd items include Hiram Fulm death action and Thurston Yancey broccoli inventions.
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