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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 2006
Page
4
A historical Telegram publication notes the editor and publisher positions with brief reference to Dena Sattler and the domain gctelegram.com, indicating an early media information role. The fragment preserves a sense of the paper’s identity and its people.
A Pony Express Run from Deerfield to Garden City recreates 1860 61 mail delivery era with riders carrying real post. Commemorative postmarks will be available while riders swear in to deliver mail along a 9.8 mile Arkansas River bed route to Finney County Fairgrounds.
A Telegram front page article omits Edith Scheuerman Elementary School Sign Choir’s performance of the National Anthem and Pledge of Allegiance. The 10 and under students, guided by Miss Sparks Miss King and Miss Travers, rehearse twice weekly for 90 minutes and recently performed at the Kansas Sampler Festival.
The Telegram invites signed letters to the editor and asks writers to include address and phone number. All letters will be confirmed before publication and may be edited for libel and length. Thank you notes should be general. form letters, poems, complaints, or testimonials will not be printed, with address provided for submission.
The First Amendment prevents government establishment of religion and guarantees free exercise of religion. It also protects freedom of speech and of the press, and the right to peaceably assemble and to petition the government for grievances.
Leonard Pitts argues the Fort Lauderdale police union chief attempts to subvert the NAACP from within to discredit its black leadership. He cites Hoffmans prior misconduct, the union bid to topple Broward NAACP president Marsha Ellison, and the broader race politics shaping black leadership in US civil rights discourse.
Duane West reflects on a mistaken Telegram front page claim of Japan's surrender on May 27 1945 and recalls Garden City rally led by banker R N Downie. He notes atomic bombs and August 15 1945 surrender, Truman decision, and postwar duties urging citizens to uphold liberty and peace.
Vivian Becker of Garden City describes near misses and delays as Sunflower Electric, BNSF and Amtrak expand, with trains blocking roads and stranding emergency responders. She urges a West Finney County meeting and financial help from the companies to ensure 911 access for Holcomb and surrounding areas.
Bob Whippo urges passage of a robust clean indoor air ordinance, citing studies on environmental tobacco smoke and a 1997 Cal/EPA analysis. He notes ETS harms non-smokers, including lung cancer and birth outcomes, and argues smokers have no right to taint shared air in public places.
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