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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1964
Page
2
In a weekend editorial readers are urged to maintain Stevens Park which is deteriorating into a trash-filled area after a hail storm. The piece criticizes neglect, calls for lawn care and litter pickup, and thanks the Main Street reconstruction contractor for keeping US 83 traffic open during progress.
A monument is planned for the grave of Marie Léco, the woman known as the Mademoiselle of Armentieres who greeted the British Expeditionary Force in France during World War I. She died in 1945 at age 55, with veterans noting her proper independence. The note includes a reference to a cannibal joke from Clark County Clipper editor. Mississippi cigarette tax rises to nine cents per pack next month, highest in the nation. A Topeka Daily Capital feature recalls space age kitchen devices at the New York World’s Fair. An advisory reminds that expectant mothers and under 20s must bring doctor written x-ray requests for July mobile unit visits.
Drew Pearson reports a cohort of U S Army defectors in Bautzen, East Germany, training as spies and saboteurs for the Reds. The piece notes a mix of motives and personalities, with few defectors ideologically aligned, and highlights cases like Stephen Wechsler and Joseph Dutkanicz. It mixes alert anecdotes with ongoing Army concerns and a Johnson-Keating anecdote from the World’s Fair.
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