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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1968
Page
2
Governor Docking vetoes a 1968 education bill that would have added nearly 100000 dollars in state aid to Garden City Unified School District, about a 2 mill property tax relief. He cites lack of a funded raise plan and proposes a non partisan study before next session, while critics call for timely relief and fault his tax stance.
Notes on home appliance breakdowns and sewer woes from late February. A Hollywood cut of In Cold Blood sparks wishful nostalgia. Former Garden City youth Ray Bondy serves in Vietnam with the 1st Marine Division. his family in Salina keeps in touch as mail helps and Ray reconnects with a California buddy.
Beth Brickell, star of Gentle Ben, once dreamed of being a football player or U S ambassador. She rose from Camden Arkansas to study at the University of Arkansas and the Actors Studio, then moved to Hollywood for her TV break. She says bears on set do not eclipse her career and enjoys life with Bruno the 640 pound tame bear. The piece also notes Mrs Terez Takacs’s 100th birthday and Hungary to U S naturalization in 1956, with four of six living children present.
Drew Pearson draws parallels between China’s 1940s land reforms and Vietnam today. He warns of warlord corruption, misused aid, and the Viet Cong’s strategy to wear down U.S. resolve. He argues India and other Asian powers should resist containment risks and questions Thieu’s slow reforms and U.S. spending.
Art Buchwald sketches Jackie watchers tied to Mrs Kennedy with a Pentagon like war room. A rapid mock map tracks Mexico Yucatan Merida Palenque London Wales and New York with photographers reporters and assorted clues. The piece satirizes media obsession and gossip.
U S team of 56 Americans including 15 physicians leads a $7 million yearly effort to eradicate smallpox in 19 West African nations. They have trained 6,000 Africans and project regional eradication by 1975, using a jet gun vaccine method far surpassing the old scratch technique. Dr. Donald Millar heads the program, studying anthropology to overcome cultural barriers while expanding vaccination reach.
The remark questions reliance on automated or intelligent workers and its impact on farm labor. It highlights concerns about who will perform essential agricultural tasks if widespread smart technology replaces human labor.
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