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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1961
Page
4
An editorial analyzes the Kennedy administration plan to cut planting allotments 10 percent and raise supports. It backs ending the 15 acre grower privilege as a step toward reducing the wheat surplus, notes regional overproduction, and expects a July referendum where growers will choose between the plan or risking falling prices.
The piece accuses Fidel Castro of pricing prisoner freedom at 28 million dollars in tractors and predicts the Cuban prime minister will lose face if the deal collapses. It urges using the move as propaganda and labels Castro the scapegoat for any failure.
Nora Kindschi of Kansas says her bread starter may be as old as she is at 71, kept in a refrigerator and refreshed with every bake. The sponge survived a jar crash in 1940s Garfield, and is still used to make big loaves stored for future meals. Her Swiss-born husband John tends the farm near town while grandchildren enjoy the bread’s unique taste.
Drew Pearson reports sponsors are targeted as viewers flee blood and gore on Thrillers. NBC and others face protest and pressure as Congress secrecy shields FCC reorganization votes. Moss and Neal Smith vote against networks.
Los Angeles AP reports that the electric rocket, a small power plant, could drive spacecraft from the moon to the planets within the decade. Eight firms and two government agencies presented papers at a joint meeting of the Institute of Aerospace Sciences and the American Rocket Society, with consensus that lab results verify operation and that electric rockets may handle propulsion in space in three to five years for large space vessels. Capt. Richard Hayes of NASA said the field could let the United States lead in the space race. both superpowers are accelerating programs, with the USSR planning a test flight this year and the U.S. aiming for next year, though electric rockets offer high efficiency rather than high thrust compared to Atlas rockets.
Hal Boyle recalls a New York family who plan a grand Father’s Day surprise. The parents, children and a clarifying dinner at Sirloin Gulch unfold with humor as the bill lands on the surprised dad. The family vows to repay, and Dad feels cherished and necessary.
Lynn Waldorf lists Art Baker of Syracuse and Jim Cunningham of Pittsburgh as the best full backs in college football, praising their abilities and impact.
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