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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1961
Page
3
A Kansas church college received a quarter of a million dollars from an anonymous doctor last week. The piece argues gifts to private colleges or communities are common and can fund remodeling dormitories, modernizing pools, or park improvements. It notes donors may use funds locally and urges that money should fit community needs.
Kansas weather, capricious and unpredictable, torments farmers as they await harvest. The period of waiting fills nerves, temper, and stomachs with anxiety while farmers watch skies, measure forecasts, and pace fields. When the grain is finally in the bin, relief and pride replace fear as harvest ends and peace returns.
Hal Boyle notes that older Americans are gaining political clout as the 65-plus population grows from 8.1 percent to 15.4 percent in four decades, with a current milestone of about one million people over 65. He compares longevity, car ownership, and changing social norms, weaving in varied curiosities and quotes.
President Kennedy spoke at a Big Brothers dinner urging Americans to perform gradual, unspectacular acts to help youth and strengthen the free society. He cited statistics on dropout rates and unemployment, insisting individual volunteer efforts can matter over time. He said the nation must lead by example and that government should not command such actions but support voluntary service.
Duane Zuercher, 87, of Whitewater Kansas, fell off a low dam and drowned while fishing in Fall River near Eureka on Sunday. Zuercher, an implement dealer, was married and had two children.
In a year 59 Red Cross trained Gray Ladies logged 4 040 hours in six nursing homes and St Catherine hospital. Five exceeded 100 hours and 22 surpassed 76 hours. A housewife’s calorie burn has dropped from 240 scrubbing and 50 to hang to 15 via automatic washing. Edith Smilanich helps four children seek a puppy. call 6 3809. A midnight triple shocker theater ad promotes Frankenstein in supernatural technicolor and a big top circuscope showing nearby.
James Marlow weighs President Kennedy as a busy, hands-on leader reading four papers daily, handling reports, conferences, calls, speeches, and travel. Eisenhower favored staff guidance, while Kennedy seeks rapid action. Major foreign moves include Laos ceasefire talks and engagement with De Gaulle and Khrushchev, plus the controversial Cuban invasion decision.
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