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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1961
Page
2
A humorous piece questions gender norms and vanity as it riffs on the idea that blondes have more fun. It contrasts women’s apparent ease at changing appearances with men’s reluctance to try cosmetic aids, urging courage and perhaps volunteers to experiment.
An American physician criticizes the ICA and US State Department program to establish overseas medical schools. He argues nonessential specialization wastes funds and native talent, urging basics like sanitation and nutrician for Africa and Asia where life expectancy is short and trained doctors are scarce. The New England Journal of Medicine cites similar concerns about over-training foreign doctors.
Tornado season hits the central U S with loss of life injuries and millions in damage. Weather Bureau warns conditions are ripe for twisters but they strike suddenly and people often ignore the danger.
New York AP humor column advises a man on whether his girlfriend is losing interest. Numerous signs are listed, from avoiding eye contact at goodbyes to preferring concerts with others, recalling old dates, and delaying gifts. The column suggests ending the relation if most indicators apply.
Senate Foreign Relations Committee pressed Henry Labouisse to draft a new Latin America program, criticizing a proposed 51 million dollar aid package as insufficient and misdirected. Critics argued Haiti, Bolivia, and Guatemala receive too much support while Brazil aid lags, with Eisenhower remnants slowing reforms and aid deployment.
Garden City Telegram is published daily except Sunday by The Telegram Publishing Company at 117 Blast Cheatnut Garden City. Robert Wella is general manager and Bil Brown editor. The Associated Press content is used exclusively. Subscription rates: 85c weekly by carrier in Garden City, $7.50 yearly by mail in Finney and surrounding counties, $15.00 elsewhere.
A column recounts lighthearted anecdotes from mothers about embarrassing moments and household mishaps. Topics include hair color fears, nighttime bathroom runs, awkward discipline, neighbor pranks, subscription jokes, yard work by a retired spouse, and summer craft plans, all painted in a rueful comic tone.
The Associated Press reports a chilly soaking across much of the nation as spring ends. A lingering cold front stretches from New York to Oklahoma and Colorado, with torrential rains easing in eastern Texas and Louisiana. Thunderstorms hit the Texas Panhandle and southeastern New Mexico while Chicago registered 1.08 inches in about an hour and other locations logged heavy six hour totals. Temperatures fell from 84 to 67 in Chicago, and readings in the upper Midwest and plains were often in the 40s and 50s with 80s in parts of Florida and the plains.
Secretary Orville Freeman told a House subcommittee he favors a youth conservation corps modeled after the 1930s CCC. The program targets unemployed youths for forestation, fire prevention, conservation and recreation work with an estimated $3,200 yearly per participant and a potential $5,000 return over 16 years. He warned the 1966 labor force surge will include many school dropouts.
Frederick L. Kramer of Coffeyville Kansas has been named sewer commissioner of Kansas City to manage an annual budget of eight hundred thousand dollars. He has served as city engineer and water superintendent at Coffeyville since 1956 and will start August 1. Previously he held posts at Newton Neodesha and Great Bend and taught at Kansas State University after graduating in 1948.
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