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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1963
Page
2
Editorial notes a jobless summer for youth in Garden City amid fewer openings, weather, poor crops, and slow construction. Wages and age rules hinder teens 16 and under, while many prefer town work over farm tasks. Suggests easing interstate wage rules to aid young workers.
Associated Press reports heavy rains in northeastern Nebraska threaten new floods after 14 inches fell in 4 hours. Rain bands stretched from Kansas to Wisconsin with heat in the 90s across the Midwest. Flooding affects Lincoln and Beaver creeks and the Big Blue River as waters recede. A tornado near Waldorf Minnesota caused no reported damage.
Gardendale parking area beds along Evans street display ongoing care by The Gardener, Wanda Walker’s absence now prompts cat placements by Cheryl Walker at 601 N 13th. Founders Day sale at Toneka theater advertises Wild for Kicks Something Wild and The Wild Party. News blurbs note New York hippies baking marijuana cookies and fresco? peptic ulcers from caffeine. Canadians lead in yearly telephone calls with 583 versus 520 for Americans. Czechoslovakia encourages women to fish by free access while men pay $2 to $5.50.
Garden City Telegram published daily except Sunday and five holidays by Telegram Publishing Company at 177 Gaat Chestnut. Associated Press content rights noted. Subscriptions: monthly $1.86 in Garden City, 300 per week for other cities, annual rates listed for Finney and surrounding counties. Second class postage paid at Garden City Kansas.
President Kennedy harshly criticizes Charles de Gaulle in a Frankfurt speech, accusing him of undermining Western unity. The address, timed with Kennedy’s Europe trip and the State of the Union, blasts de Gaulle on a French separate nuclear force, Europe’s market access, and NATO unity, signaling a deepened U.S. stance against France’s Franco-American rift.
In a collection of light jests about Roscoe the portly man remarks touch on weight, appetite, and social stereotypes. The pieces play on size and comic misfits, including subway delays, pool dives, and theatrical roles, with a string of punchlines about his weight and habits.
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