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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1969
Page
2
President Nixon last week proposed total postal reform to Congress with a goal of a self supporting postal service within five years. The plan would remove the department from the cabinet, create a government owned private style corporation, and run by a nine member board with seven presidential appointees subject to Senate confirmation.
The piece notes a rising national concern over surplus cats with an editor from Voice of the Voiceless and founder of the National Cat Protection Society advocating euthanasia for homeless cats, spaying or neutering pets, reducing breeding, and addressing high veterinary costs. It highlights widespread distress in the feline world and hints at possible future solutions.
John H. Shirkey argues that fear and propaganda push nations toward choosing between evils in China, Cuba, Vietnam, and the Americas. He calls for focusing on domestic matters while allowing emerging governments to decide their futures, noting U.S. policy may have aided communist unity over 50 years.
Drew Pearson reports that Warren E Burger addressed the Center for Study of Democratic Institutions partly funded by Parvin Foundation and Las Vegas money. He questioned the American adversary system, the jury role, and the Fifth Amendment, urging consideration of a different approach to criminal justice.
On the Right with William Buckley analyzes New Yorks Republican primary and the high stakes for John Lindsay and Sanford Garelik. It discusses Marchi’s challenge, party dynamics, and the rhetoric of a law and order campaign shaping June primaries and potential mayoral implications.
New York AP report outlines booming aircraft growth through 1980 with Boeing 747s and 100 000 more craft, while airports face site, noise, ground transport, and funding hurdles. Delays raise costs over 100 million yearly, urging airport and policy upgrades and funding reforms.
Sher man Edwards the composer lyricist whose eight year self wager paid off with the Broadway musical 1776 tells how his early life in Manhattan slums led to piano lessons teaching history before diving into show business. He worked as actor conductor arranger and score writer for Elvis Presley films and famous singers while keeping a guilt streak over leaving history. In 1961 he chose to craft an original musical about the Declaration of Independence centering on John Adams and dedicated years to research and writing before finding an agent Flora Roberts and producer Stuart Ostrow.
Janet Avery Dulles widow of former Secretary of State John Foster Dulles filed for probate in Manhattan as the estate, valued at more than $1 million, is largely left to her son John Dulles of Austin Texas and daughter Mrs Lillian Dulles Hinshaw of New York City. A $5000 bequest goes to the Buffalo Province of the Society of Jesus in honor of her son Father Avery Dulles.
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