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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1964
Page
3
The Garden City Telegram argues downtown Main Street, now a federal route, faces a clash between traffic movement and merchant access. It notes angled parking changes and possible eastern by pass plans, urging a downtown traffic study to shift vehicles toward stores rather than past them.
Garden City residents debate the new wide parking spaces on Main Street praising ample room and door swing space while merchants warn of congestion. The letter urges support before Monday 9 am Commissioners’ meeting, noting growth around Kansas Plaza and Stevens Park.
Hal Boyle notes medical dictionaries list about 300 fears and more grow. The piece lists numerous phobias with playful examples from everyday life and old nursery rhymes. It presents a humorous take on why people fear various things and suggests endless options for anxieties.
Public notice outlines subscription rates for Garden City and other areas with weekly and yearly prices. It mentions carriers, district coverage Finney Lane Scott Wichita and neighboring counties, student rates, and class postage. It also notes Associated Press policy and rights reserved for local news and special dispatches.
Drew Pearson reports the Warren Commission will issue a finding that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in President Kennedy's assassination. The piece notes European belief in a fascist plot, cites Khrushchev’s remarks, and mentions accompanying political commentary and related reactions at a Washington Republican convention.
In Seattle, Charles Whitlow, 37, was convicted in King County Superior Court after Ray P. Fauver, 67, testified that three nickels in Fauver’s wallet bore dates. Fauver kept coins for his employer’s son, a collector, aiding the case. Judge Raymond Royal sentenced Whitlow Wednesday to up to 20 years.
Ebony magazine surveyed 105 prominent Negroes to name the ten white men most trusted by the Negro community. Among the 69 ballots, figures cited include Chief Justice Earl Warren, Ralph McGill, Robert Kennedy, Hugo Black, Lyndon Johnson, and Jack Greenberg, with Gunnar Myrdal and others noted for civil rights work. Dorothy and Clifford Hart and their four children plan to move from Garden City to Kansas City, leaving behind their mother cat and four kittens. The note also remarks on a humorous daily pickup of items from the back step and yard, noting that not all that goes out comes in, and ends with a casual aside about gravity.
U S officials presented a three point plan for verification without intrusion at a 17 nation disarmament conference in Geneva. The plan would inspect only facilities that produce fissionable material such as U235 separation plants, reactors, and chemical separation plants, not stockpiles, mines, or refineries.
DUMAS Texas AP five of Isaac Solomon and wife died in traffic accidents. Two boys died Wednesday night when their car struck a parked pickup truck. Three others were killed in a wreck five years ago. The latest victims are David Lee Solomon 13 and John Edward Solomon 22. Family lives in Sunray Texas.
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