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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1964
Page
2
Editorials from the Garden City Telegram on page four discuss local civic issues, political opinions, and community perspectives shaping public discourse in 1964. Essays reflect mid sixties concerns, infrastructure, and governance within Garden City.
A wave of gubernatorial hopefuls pledge lower taxes while backing increased state aid to schools and other programs. They promise more efficient government to fund expansion, but no distinct policy differences have emerged among GOP contenders. The author suspects August ballots may hinge on broad sentiment over specifics, predicting fireworks and loud early statements to influence voters.
A Sunday Dick Tracy strip sparks Kansas readers to defend the notion of a “nice plain farm girl” as not insulting. The debate centers on Moon Maid, Tracy’s lunar-prison tale, and readers contrast rural simplicity with modern fashion. A Kansas couple praises plainness in a farm girl.
Hal Boyle presents a quip filled column on how fathers tire of familiar remarks about parenting. The piece recalls family banter about gadgets, money, television, chores, and the gap between parental duties and personal requests, reflecting midcentury domestic humor and generational jokes.
Rep. William H. Avery of Kansas resigns from the House Rules Committee to focus on his Republican gubernatorial campaign. He joined the panel in 1961 and cited difficulty attending meetings short notices as the reason.
Drew Pearson argues Harry S. Truman could broker peace between Greece and Turkey over Cyprus by offering himself as mediator, noting his 1948 Truman Doctrine action saved both nations and highlighting famed governors conference gifts and Hubert Humphrey as a future Democratic VP contender.
Kansas State University in Manhattan seeks identical twin calves for research. Researchers previously bought two sets of identical twin shorthorns and later acquired twin heifer pairs for grass utilization studies. Results prompted plans to replace more experimental animals with twins.
In Liberal Kansas a fire above the porch ceiling at Mrs. J. M. Ragland’s rooming house was observed by Blacky the neighborhood crow. Firemen found no definite cause but suspected the bird dropped a lit cigarette into a porch roof crack.
Collins Mississippi AP authorities alerted to theft of 41 rifles and 1000 rounds of ammunition from a National Guard armory in Covington County late Saturday. Guardsmen reported the break in to the sheriff and federal agents were informed due to federal property involved.
Garden City rates: $1.55 weekly by carrier in Garden City, $9.00 yearly in Pinney Lane Scott Wichita Hamilton Kearny Grant Haskell Gray counties. $15.00 yearly elsewhere. Mail delivery days assign local carrier service. rates vary by city. Publication rights reserved by The Associated Press.
A Topeka reader recalls a woman who misplaced a heavy key ring then found it tucked in her dress when she left the car, a scene likened to a bootlegger’s wife from an earlier town. The piece notes a hotel and restaurant front for illicit trade and mocks sensational beauty ads and hair clipper vacuum tools in a brisk, period voice.
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