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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1963
Page
2
An editorial notes the flood of five digit codes and numbers now attached to daily life. Garden City's ZIP like zoning number 67846 is highlighted alongside telephone, postal, bank, SSN, and veteran file numbers as essential in a digit driven society. The piece laments overreliance on numbers and predicts addresses may be stored by machines rather than in a traditional address book.
A columnist critiques door to door selling in the United States noting most sellers are honest but a few bad apples ruin the view. It argues for direct honesty about being a salesman and suggests verifying interest before pitching to avoid angering potential customers.
Eastern Kansas readers will hear of July 31 gatherings as nudists travel to Sycamore Hollow five miles west of Lawrence for the Midwest Sunbathing Association and American Sunbathing Association conventions. The two week event includes beauty contests sports and a play titled Barely Proper staged by Californians. Meanwhile Nell Graves hosts relatives visiting from Denver Fort Collins and Topeka with Harriett Cooper in nearby Topeka.
Wichita Kansas AP reports the Board of Education referred a policy on devotional exercises in public classrooms to a committee with a report due before term end. Superintendent Sheppiser urges avoiding devotional activities, citing home and church as proper venues, while noting the Supreme Court ruling against school devotionals.
Subscription terms state rates by carrier in Garden City at $1.55 payable to the carrier. Elsewhere 0.50 a week, or $7.50 per year, $18.4 per year for others. Local students billed at $5.00 per month. Second class postage paid at Garden City, Kansas. Telegram motor carrier service required to ensure daily delivery in towns with local carrier service.
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