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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1968
Page
2
Equal Treatment argues for overhaul of the draft to remove deferments and introduce a lottery as proposed by Sen. Edward Kennedy. Critics say college and vocational deferments create unfair penalties and haunt students seeking plans and jobs after graduation.
A venting column laments non blooming crocuses and a cat boarding business, then pivots to a game called Credibility Gap. The game simulates citizens seeking truth in Washington by navigating official euphemisms and lies, with the goal of collecting twenty blue truth trophies.
The Needle reports Mexico closed its border to hippies, citing all day loitering and refusal to work. The piece notes Mexicans would expel gringo tourists but refuse shaving and bathing, and ties the incident to President Johnson’s re election strategy.
The notice lists subscription terms by carrier and mail across counties Finney and nearby. Rates include 1.75 dollars monthly by carrier in Garden City, 0.30 weekly in other carrier cities, and 12 to 15 dollars yearly by mail depending on location. Special student rate 5 dollars for nine months. telegram delivery subject to local carrier rates. The paper is an Associated Press member with reproduction rights reserved.
Drew Pearson reports from Pleiku on a Viet Cong planned assault being monitored from a joint U S Viet command post. He notes rapid response tactics around Pleiku, ARVN and RF-PF praise, and the brief clash as nurses aided hospital staff during past attacks.
Washington satirist Art Buchwald mocks the belief that captured Vietnamese documents reveal truth about the war. He jokes about a fictional 101st Captured Enemy Document Brigade producing and distributing papers, their use as insulation and even as handkerchiefs, and a black market in forged English versions triggering Hanoi’s anger.
Hal Boyle reflects on childhood and adulthood arguing growth is a slow, ongoing process. He notes children feel confined, dream of freedom, and see adulthood as a larger prison with endless rules. Education helps but cannot soothe emotional hurt from disappointment and frustration.
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