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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1960
Page
2
An editorial argues that while prudent budgeting is essential, persistent pressure to restrain costs threatens the nation’s ability to fund necessary educational quality. It cites Harvard researchers noting conflicting demands for lean spending and broader investment in scientists, engineers, and a well rounded citizenry.
The piece argues health services for the aged lack mention in the 1950s budget while Congress debates social security reforms. It contrasts earlier proposals for universal national health insurance with current plans, noting industry forecasts of rising elderly coverage and political dynamics shaping policy. It reports House Ways and Means approval of an omnibus social security bill as a compromise toward medical care for the aged, easing government burden from previously private and community responsibilities.
An AP feature argues marriage harms women, contrasting a single 22 year old’s independence with the “downhill” effects of wedlock. It outlines shifts in lifestyle, earnings, travel, meals, clothes, and hair as marriage supposedly changes a woman, ending with a blunt claim that matrimony damages the average woman.
A garbled OCR item notes goats and white livestock amid mentions of munition terms and names such as Montes and Lane. The fragmentary text hints at pricing or per year figures but lacks clear context or action.
Drew Pearson profiles Dwight D. Eisenhower in Manila as he visits the Philippines, recalling his 1930s service with MacArthur, the strategic debates on defense, and the impact of American influence. The piece notes Manila’s growth, democracy, key figures like Mayor Lacson and columnist Valencia, wartime scars, and the vivid, media-centric press culture.
A junior GI Forum group for girls aged 14 to 20 will meet at 8 p m Wednesday in St Marys Church basement. D C Henry Garcia, newly elected GI Forum president, aims to build the unit with volunteers and active participation from the community. Henry balances full time postal work, after hours at a truck stop, yard work, and selling footwear, while seeking helpers and members. Local social notes include visits by Hutchinson News staffers Don Kendall and Rec Coldren, Rose Murray and family planning summers near Junction City, and Ruth and Tom Saffell house-hunting for a family of four. Charlie Burch, public relations man for a wheat market group, bought the Fred Stoeckly home and will relocate Stoeckly nearby. Shirley Hinkel is in Lawrence for Girls State counseling.
Former President Truman says the metropolitan press is pushing the Democrats to nominate their weakest candidate. He declined to name who he meant, though his favorite is Sen. Stuart Symington. The remark came on ABC TV's College News Conference. He spoke while in East Lansing Michigan, at Michigan State University, urging prayers for President Eisenhower's safe return from his Far Eastern trip.
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