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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1968
Page
6
Read by a resident, concerns over keeping Mountain time in Kansas, withCentral Time continuing locally. Notes late Grand Canyon schedule change, its impact on sleep, and a prediction the line may not last. Mentions late mail catalogs and early back to school articles arriving after July Fourth.
Debra Dene Barnes of Moran Kansas announced in Wichita that the Miss America contest will replace There She Is Miss America with a new theme. She gave no details but called the new song tremendous and beautiful during a personal appearance.
Partly cloudy tonight with a 30 percent chance of thunderstorms and lows around 60 to 65. Friday will be partly cloudy and slightly cooler with highs in the lower 30s. Sunrise 6 21 Sunset 9 08. Temperatures from Dodge City and others list highs around 65 to 70 and lows near 31 to 67 across cities including Garden City Goodland Hill City Salina Topeka Wichita Hutchinson.
AP reports a weak cool front could trigger scattered showers in western Kansas this evening with the system moving eastward into the state late tonight and Friday. Forecasters say no widespread or heavy rain expected, with highs in the 80s Friday and cool, partly cloudy conditions overall.
The Telegram announces a weekend tour to Kansas City July 6 and 7 with a seat at a Kansas City soccer match and a Starlight Theater show The Music Man with Forrest Tucker The 35 price covers a reserved seat at the outdoor Kan sas City theater and a Sunday reserved seat at Municipal Stadium for the Kansas City Oakland soccer game Reservations and deposits are due by Friday June 21 at the Telegram office or by mail to Garden City Telegram Box 958
Garden City Community Junior College reports growing interest in a new cosmetology department with 31 inquiries from Southwest Kansas. The state has approved a maximum enrollment of 50, and the department will open in fall in the vocational technical wing. Trustees approved $2,000 for campus air conditioning and plumbing. The campus project is under way with a dormitory student union now slated for August completion, and the wider campus about 45 percent complete as of May 31. The dorm, to house 60 men and 62 women, costs about $750 yearly with food. Federal funds of $207,117 have been received for the main campus project, with the balance to follow as construction proceeds.
Ulysses J M Angles known as Jim Angles filed in Topeka as a Republican candidate for state representative from the 122nd district which includes Stevens Grant Stanton and Morton counties. A Grant County farmer, WW II veteran and Kansas State University veterinary graduate, he says he knows local needs and offers service. He previously ran for the office two years ago and was defeated by the late Rep Walter Ford.
President Johnson spoke to the United Nations General Assembly in New York praising the nuclear nonproliferation treaty approved 95 to 4 with 21 abstentions. He pledged rapid signature, Senate ratification, and vigorous efforts to de escalate the arms race while sharing peaceful nuclear tech and information. The Geneva drafted pact aims to halt weapon transfers and curb arsenals amid global tension and U S Soviet Britain leadership. Security for Johnson's visit was tight after RFK's assassination, with a marked motorcade and road closures in rain.
Paris AP The North Vietnamese envoy Xuan Thuy weighs a U S plan to reduce propaganda after each conference with United States diplomat W Averell Harriman The move aims to end formal statements and limit public descriptions of talks Thuy has shown openness to study the proposal but may still reject private discussions The eight sessions have alternated with two long recesses Thuy seeks to sustain talks while pressing U S stop attacks on North Vietnamese territory and to influence world opinion about the war
London moves to extradite James Earl Ray for the King assassination as Home Secretary signs orders authorizing Bow Street to begin proceedings. If ordered, Ray may appeal to the High Court and then the House of Lords. Scotland Yard probes Ray’s movements in London with sightings of a potential contact at a hotel. Toronto police hunt a large man who reportedly delivered an envelope to Ray after the King killing.
City and county officials say Kansas will stay on Central time until an official order is issued by the federal Department of Transportation. The release notes DOT has jurisdiction on time matters and gives no schedule for a formal directive to counties. Mountain time currently covers twenty Western Kansas counties plus parts of four others, with only two counties observing it year round and three observing it seasonally. Garden City has not used Mountain time since 1942. Emile Waldteufel, 23, of Mill Valley California, rode about 1000 miles to an Army Reserve camp near Port Townsend to try out for the U S Olympic cycling team.
Mrs. Robert F. Kennedy unexpectedly visited the capital and campaign offices to thank about a dozen workers as they prepared to shut down the offices. She brought her spaniel Freckles and shook hands while praising their loyalty to her husband, slain in Los Angeles. Kennedy's eldest son Joseph made a similar visit earlier in the week.
Gus Garden calls his small inner voice Garden Sass Conscience that helps him weigh odds and make decisions in daily life. The concept frames inner guidance as a lively, cautious nudge guiding choices.
Pierceville Township will continue fire protection from Garden City and seeks a fire truck and housing on school property within six months. Township officials protested paying for some arson or county dump fires, preferring a contract for dwelling-endangering fires only. City considers direct department contracts and a broader countywide reform to fire protection.
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