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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1968
Page
5
The newspaper notes an honorable mention in a state wide gardening contest announced at the Kansas Press Assn convention in Topeka. A comment jokes about not displaying the plaque. The piece also shares letters from Cheltenham England dated Feb 18 and observations on Holland Travel News about boiler replacements on the Nieuw Amsterdam.
Fair and mild tonight with light variable winds. Lows 35 to 40. Tuesday mostly fair with little temperature change. Light variable winds. Highs in the 70s. Sunrise 6:39, sunset 7:01. City data shows varying max and min readings with a few precipitation notes.
TOPEKA AP reports warm spring weather continues through Tuesday as the Weather Bureau predicts mild days and nights. Overnight lows topped the season’s warmth with readings from 34 at Goodland to 46 at Leavenworth, marking the warmest nights yet.
Bodies and wreckage found near Rosslare as Aer Lingus Viscount crash probes drag on. Rescue efforts by Royal Navy, Irish Coast Guard, and RAF continue amid uncertain survivor chances. The Cork to London flight carried 64 aboard including Swiss nationals.
Kansas insurers raise homeowner policy rates by an average 21 percent effective today. About 250 companies face about 1.52 million dollars in higher annual premiums. A $50 deductible option on all perils is offered, replacing the previous wind and hail only deductible.
The Garden City Area Chamber of Commerce will host its regular breakfast Wednesday at Downing's Restaurant starting at 7 a.m. John Dohogne, agricultural committee chair, will outline plans for the 1969 National Beef Empire Carcass Show. The Vogue Shop offers a $25 gift certificate and the attendance prize is $140.
A car careened out of control on US 156 fifteen miles east of Garden City, side-swiping a second car and injuring three people. Lane County farmer Marvin Shull, 40, suffered massive facial and head injuries and was transferred from St. Catherine Hospital to Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, where his condition was listed as satisfactory. Drivers Mrs Wayne Rowland, 42, and Cathy Martin, 17, were treated for minor injuries. Donna Maughlin, 18, was uninjured. Police noted the crash occurred at 4 10 p.m. when the Rowland car crossed the center line and struck the Martin car, which then went into the south ditch. The Rowland car overturned and landed on its top.
The U N Security Council condemned Israel for last week’s attack on Arab guerrilla bases in Jordan and warned of possible sanctions. Israel defended its actions as self defense, while Arab delegates argued the cease-fire applies to governments, not individuals.
American helicopter gunships and fighter bombers destroyed 114 sampans and damaged 50 more carrying weapons and food for Viet Cong in the Mekong Delta over three days. U.S. sources said 20 Viet Cong soldiers were killed as 43 huts were destroyed near the Cambodian border. Nine other operations included clashes near Sa Dec and Khe Sanh with Marine and allied forces inflicting casualties while shelling and air strikes continued around the Khe Sanh base.
Metropolitan Area Planning Commission approved a proposed parking lot at Garden City High School on the condition that a more detailed plan is submitted to the city inspector and the lot complies with city ordinances. The lot would sit west of the current parking area south of Clifford Hope Auditorium. The same session authorized a replat of Goff and Dunns Addition for future study, including drainage and utilities.
In Pratt Kansas Democrats will select 10 at large delegates at the state convention March 30 to complete a 40 member delegation to the national convention. The First District delegates named include Paul Aylward Ellsworth Mrs Dale Saffels Garden City Ralph McCarty Turon Clarence King Salina E J Dresling Hays and Leigh Warner Cimarron. Alternates are Bryan O Hawes Belpre Fred Sears Colby William Davis Goodland Claudine Puls Haviland Harriet Terry Pratt and Paul Wolf Hugoton. The delegation was instructed to follow Governor Robert Docking on issues and candidates. Docking urged electing majorities in both legislative chambers to enact a highway program and other reforms. The convention adopted a resolution praising President Lyndon B Johnson.
Delegates from Kansas' First District were selected to attend the upcoming Republican national convention in Miami Beach. J Rex Dawe of Lucas was named district at large nominee, with Salina�s Dean Evans, Mrs. Milton Roberts, and Fred Hale among alternates. Carlson won favor with the GOP for presidential ballot support, while Bob Dole led the senatorial race at Fort Hays.
Garden City High School speech and drama entries at Hugoton earned seven I ratings and nine I ratings. Listed performers include Peggy Pitts Marsha Lemke Shenagh Gleeson Melody Gugelmeyer Steve Gillan Sandi Reed Kathy Kesler Nancy Hope Brenda Holt Judy Pennington Dan McGovern Kenneth Norton Nancy Hope Carolyn Stoeckly Robbie Gilger Debbie Saffels Candy Rowe Denise Jewel. State festival at Oakley on April 20 invites those with ratings. Speech teachers are Dean Nolte Larry Fowler and Mary Regan.
A neighbor voices concern that society is entering an age dominated by thinking machines while many people fail to think for themselves, framing tech progress as a social challenge. The remark underscores tensions between automation and human judgment in daily life.
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