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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1963
Page
4
Editorial urges Finney County voters to approve a June 25 144 mill levy to fund Garden City Junior College. It notes countywide taxes but district 1 bears most burden, with an advisory county presence on the college board and a goal to improve the program for future student success.
Tom writes on behalf of members of an organization thanking farmers who voted against the welfare state wheat referendum. The letter praises their resistance to pressure and bribe, noting confiscatory taxes and a renewed hope in personal responsibility. Signed by Mrs. Lorelei Blessing.
Hal Boyle compiles a mosaic of curiosities from 1960s life. A California survey links speeding in wrong lanes to unconscious hostility from domestic quarrels while bowling is portrayed as harmless anger relief. JFK at 14 wrote to join the French Foreign Legion. Projections show 50 percent of cars leased in five years. World air voyage anniversary notes and the Paris balloon flight. Insurance on art valued, spider webs vs space age cross hairs, and Carlyle’s old maxim on honesty.
Alvin F. Grauerholz of Coffeyville was reelected secretary treasurer of the Midwest Association of Railroad and Utilities Commissioners at its annual meeting. Harry G. Wiles of St. John stepped down from the presidency and was succeeded by Harold Freeman of Pauls Valley Oklahoma.
Washington column notes a long friendship between Supreme Court Justices Mago Black and William Douglas fractured by Douglas's romance and impending divorce. It details how Black counseled against a second divorce, Douglas's dissent in the Colorado River case, and hints at possible reconciliation after retirement. It also surveys related political speculation on court appointments and Latin American elections.
A prominent bottled goods man in West Laurel had his hair silvered at Maudie Carn Eva, praised by his wife and friends, then washed out due to discomfort from admiration and a shriveled scalp. Little League coach Lew Lyman injures ankle in drill. Four more women join Red Cross Gray Ladies at St Catherine hospital and local nursing homes. A new novel The Shoes of the Fisherman by Morris J West explores papacy with a Pope resembling John XXIII.
James Marlow analyzes how government, churches, mayors, and business leaders Race to desegregate amid rising direct action by Negroes. Nonviolent demonstrations, sit ins, boycotts, and arrests mark a shift as fear of riots grows among whites and Congress readies civil rights bills. The piece traces the fight since 1954 with courts and federal aid shaping progress and notes lingering, intensified resistance in Alabama and Mississippi.
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