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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1965
Page
2
Editorial urges removing brush and trees from the river bed to restore a clear channel along the Arkansas River. Discusses dredging challenges, notes spraying chemicals used elsewhere, and argues for flood control measures including a dam, to lessen future flood threats to Southwest Kansas farmers and communities.
Readers defend Claude Owens and Mary for salvaging Finnup Park and the zoo during the flood. They credit officials and volunteers for hard choices, urge support rather than blame, and note rebuilding will restore the zoo to its former status. A reader from Garden City praises neighbor efforts and laments criticism.
Garden City Telegram The Telegram Publishing Company lists subscription terms for Garden City and surrounding counties. Carriers pay monthly or weekly rates with higher yearly costs for out of town destinations, plus college student rates. The paper is an Associated Press member with rights to local and AP news content.
Portland airman Jon C. Young, 24, a pararescueman, earned the Silver Star after landing in North Viet Nam to rescue two downed American pilots. Amid heavy fire, Young hoisted a second pilot from the water, tended injuries, and helped evacuate the crew while avoiding ground fire from guerrillas.
Police guard the home of a woman justice of the peace after threats from three telephone callers who aimed to be Ku Klux Klansmen. Mrs Anne Evans said the callers objected to Britain having Negro policemen.
Drew Pearson argues a George Johnson western Europe goodwill visit would lift the US image. He notes Johnson and Mrs. Johnson excel as ambassadors and recalls past overseas trips with India, Pakistan, Africa, and Asia. The piece highlights De Gaulle meetings, Humphrey’s trip, and a corrected report on a France air show visit.
A guerrilla attack downed a twin engine C123 transport 13 miles east of Saigon airport. Sixty injuries were reported with 16 bodies recovered. Officials confirmed two U.S. airmen killed, details scarce, suggesting a secret mission. Civilians said the plane hit a farmhouse.
A personal column reflects on decades of writing hardships and family typing lessons. It cites Guinness records for fastest typing Stella Pajinas 216 wpm in 1946 and Margaret Hamma 9 316 words in 1941 with 40 errors, plus 1918 slowest manual typewriters with 170 wpm and limits of Chinese machines.
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