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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1981
Page
1
Washington AP reports hundreds of controllers express concern about the tentative wage and contract with the federal government. The PATCO board plans to discuss growing discontent as regional leaders warn no ratification is likely in major cities.
Trustees clash over adding to the current physical education building or creating a recreation complex east of Campus Drive. Proponents favor the Mayo property 75 acre tract east of the road, with Valenzuela Rutter and Roderick supporting it. Opponents include Joyce Kleysteuber and Osborn who cites financial reasons, and no vote was taken. Ward's Pet Shop advert follows.
Supreme Court rules 6-3 that men only must register for possible military service. Justice Rehnquist writes that combat restrictions justify male-only registration, while dissents call the ruling regressive and denounce gender discrimination. The decision maintains that Congress has authority to require draft registration from young men.
Trustees debated where to place new facilities for vocation, physical education, and fine arts, with a July 1 meeting set to decide. Most favored expanding the vocational building, seconding physical education, while Pauline Joyce backed including fine arts in a bond election. Schreiber advocated east of Campus Drive due to space limits, raising questions about bond size. Mary Martha Schreiber will take a seat soon, potentially not changing views on PE placement.
Gov John Carlin did not read Playgirl but signed a response to an April article about nine women named for the Supreme Court. The magazine printed a shortened letter, omitting the line that said the governor does not read the magazine, which his staff calls unfair.
Garden City commissioners unanimously require Sunflower Electric to relocate four 90 foot transmission towers south of the airport. They cite safety concerns for flight paths and a potential engine trouble scenario during takeoff. The vote, after a 40 minute closed session, reinforces earlier decisions to protect the airport's open approach and confirms Sunflower must relocate. Sunflower’s official line is not yet provided.
Iowa Beef Processors officials presented Garden City with a 20000 check to fund the start of a new east-northeast recreation complex at Campus Drive and Mary. The project includes three lighted softball fields, grading, and trees. nine total fields will be available, with operation hoped for next spring amid demand from 2200 softball players. The overall project is valued at 589000 and planned for five years.
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