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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1964
Page
3
The House votes to raise the national debt limit to 324 billion dollars, nine billion above the prior ceiling. Proponents argue debt size matters only against payment ability, citing historic GNP growth to show federal borrowing has been restrained and the debt as a share of GNP remains modest despite the raise.
Hal Boyle notes Americans embrace vacations as a lifestyle with 85 percent of U S families taking annual trips while quirks of modern life and odd facts fill a column of random trivia and quips including pay scales, old jokes, and curious beliefs about luck and health.
The Agriculture Department expects the 1964 crop to trim the wheat carryover to about 800 million bushels by July 1 1965. This marks the smallest surplus since 1953 and reflects reduced production from acreage allotments and growing foreign sales. Groups like Great Plains Wheat Inc promote hard winter wheat abroad, boosting demand and new markets as food remains a key instrument against hunger and Cold War pressures.
Editor Drew Pear writes to his four year old granddaughter Felicia on the 50th anniversary of World War I. The letter recalls his youth in Galeton Pennsylvania, a Chautauqua circuit tent crew job, and the absence of William Jennings Bryan at a planned speech, as context for future generations learning about war and history.
The narrator recalls the 1914 Sarajevo assassination that sparked World War I and argues the United States cannot stay isolated. He cites Goldwater, Henry Lodge, President Johnson, and Khrushchev in urging international cooperation to preserve peace, warning against returning to isolationism. The letter ends with a family note to a young relative.
In a back yard hail storm, shack builders and mining rivals settled non violently over insured damage. Insurance agent Stephen Keller netted premiums while paying $50 for total damage as two million dollar property lures future renovations. Young Craft children nearly roofed their home before Mrs. Craft halted the plan.
A historical note explains Hammurabi as an early revenue official who added an Ellul month tax cycle in the fifth century BCE. The sixth month was repeated to raise funds, with an extra levy due upon the oath of Ellul I, reflecting ancient fiscal practices.
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