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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1963
Page
10
President Kennedy told Congress unemployment is the nation’s top economic problem and warned that while the economy grows, jobs fail to keep pace with a rising population. He urged tax cuts and growth programs, citing labor force data since World War II and projections through 1987, noting chronic unemployment and lost potential days.
Rain and thunder bring rare blooms to the Harman home as a bougainvillea in pink blossoms thrives with ample sunlight. Ovid Harman notes locals expect more moisture. The piece also quotes studies on television use by Gary Steiner and six profiles of executives, plus farm notes from Glenn Heitz of the Farm Credit Administration.
Former congressman Clifford R. Hope, now president of Great Plains Wheat, Inc., warns Kansas wheat prosperity hinges on maintaining a strong share of the world market. He notes the United States supplies about 43 percent of world wheat and that about one-fifth of the nation’s supply comes from Kansas, the No. 1 wheat state.
A series of meetings to test farmer stockman support for a meat packing plant began today in Dodge City. Consumers Cooperative Assn. KC considers the plant with locations eyed in Southwest Kansas or southeast Colorado. Sessions proceed in Jullss, Lamar, Garden City, and Scott City with CCA officials present and George Voth chairing the location survey. Estimated plant cost ranges from one to two million dollars.
Garden City’s 1963 64 Community Concert Association drive filled Clifford Hope Auditorium and sold out seats. The campaign adds three concerts next season including Benny Goodman on November 21, plus Rhonda Jeers in October with Edmond Karlsrud, the Barrs piano duo in February, the Romeros guitar ensemble in March, and The Theatre Men on March 26. Miami harbor patrol operated without a boat for six months after the last craft sank and engine failed, leaving patrols to use a patrol car on shore.
A rezoning hearing for the north half of the block between Kansas Ave and Testlebaum and 10th to 11th will be held at 9:30 a.m. in City Hall by the Garden City Finney County Planning Commission. The hearing covers changing from U1 single family to U2 multi family while the south half remains U2.
A special narration by three Garden City High School students will be part two of Say It With Music. The program at 8 p.m. tomorrow in Clifford Hope Auditorium features narration by Wynn McAfee Becky Rogers and Jeannie Philips with Carlos Green as narrator for No Business Like Show Business. The GCHS Robed Choir the Key Noters Music Masters and Blue Notes join a student concert directed by Joys Hultquist. Polly Black conducts with soloists David Heinemann and Jeannie Philips. accompanists include Becky Rogers Jeannie Philips Gretchen Larson and Jo Ellen Wampler. Louis Wagner handles lighting as the first section offers the choir and the Mixed Chorus. The annual high school concert is directed by Joys Hultquist.
Much needed rainfall spread through Southwest Kansas over the weekend easing dry soils after nearly four months. Gages from Garden City to Kalvesta reported measurable totals with airport readings near one half to nearly one inch. Temperatures cooled, skies cleared, and farmers welcomed relief from dust and dry conditions across multiple counties.
A 1960 analysis shows the United States holds more than 3.8 billion in foreign currencies such as rupees, pounds, dinars and zlotys but cannot spend much of it due to legal, diplomatic and economic limits. The piece details how funds arise from surplus wheat sales, aid repayments, and loan re payments, and notes inefficiencies like low-interest deposits and underuse by diplomats and lawmakers.
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