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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1969
Page
6
A downtown Main Street tension grows as late night drag racing and car noises disturb sleep for residents. An unofficial survey reports hundreds of violations in one hour, while proposals to close Main to through traffic aim to curb chaos but may just shift it elsewhere. The column also notes wheat weather, a vacation plan, and a snide remark about an Ann Landers column mishap.
AP reports President Nixon begins reduction of U S forces in Vietnam by 25 000 with a plan to withdraw and keep units in reserve possibly at Hawaii or Okinawa following talks with South Vietnamese President Thien and a show of Washington Saigon solidarity. The Navy inquiry heard that the carrier Melbourne nearly rammed a ship days before the Evans incident. Burger to be confirmed as chief justice today and actor Robert Taylor dies at 57 after a long screen career.
Gua Garden advises health through discipline by eating foods you dislike, drinking what you avoid, and performing tasks you would rather skip. The suggestion frames balanced routines as essential for well being.
Secretary Melvin Laird said Nixon's order to remove 25 000 U S troops from Vietnam moves the nation closer to peace and signals a broader shift in the U S role in Vietnam and Southeast Asia The plan calls for withdrawing several combat or support battalions beginning in July with units held in reserve in Okinawa or Hawaii The move is framed as Vietnamization and aims to show North Vietnam the United States will ensure South Vietnam's self determination while gradually reducing American forces
The Garden City Unified School District Board of Education will add a seventh member next month under a 1969 Kansas law requiring most districts to expand from six to seven. The new member will be named by the board when it takes office July 1 and will serve until July 1, 1971, with four seats up for election in spring 1971. Partly cloudy tonight with possible thundershowers and warm Tuesday.
Judy Cain of Sublette wins Miss Garden City 1969 after five judged categories. First runner up is Diane Vann of Lakin, with Cheri Grove of Dighton named second runner up. Connie Riner of Scott City and Diana Edmisson of Coolidge complete the finalists. Judy, a Sublette senior, will compete for Miss Kansas in Pratt next month.
Finney County Commission Chairman F. Arthur Stone argues mountain time remains viable for Finney County despite a federal proposal to redraw western Kansas time boundaries. He says a countywide poll would favor mountain time, while central time suits government and business, with rural support boosting mountain time. The USDOT proposal austere to four counties, hearing in Scott City May 22, with public input due by July 28. Stone opposes city officials who back central time, daylight time remains a state matter.
Storms Saturday night and Sunday dumped as much as eight inches in places around Garden City and nearby communities. Wheat damage appears limited though some fields are down. Reports across the region note rivers running high, record rainfall in Kendall, and the Mos cow area recording the heaviest 8 inch total at the Keith Kapp farm.
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