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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1968
Page
2
Business leaders report a persistent shortage of qualified workers despite rising population and more graduates. Unions in some areas hinder training, while non union plants train their own staff. Shortages span autos, graphic arts, healthcare, and skilled trades, signaling poor workforce planning for the future.
The speaker notes that modern youth uprisings are more successful than earlier ones, arguing that there is no such thing as a bad idea in youth culture while acknowledging the presence of many mean little kids.
Kennedy campaign targets Indiana with massive TV radio ads and $18 million spend, backed by Papert Koenig Lois. The plan includes billboards, newspaper inserts, a mass mail campaign, and paid student volunteers to sway Democratic voters. Critics warn big money threatens the purpose of primaries by replicating old smoke filled room influence.
President Johnson signs a bill removing the 6 percent interest ceiling on FHA insured and VA guaranteed mortgages. Congress acted last week with backing from the home-building industry. The measure could raise rates to 6 percent and would revert to 6 percent on October 1, 1969 unless renewed.
A local reader column references a Peanuts strip about wind and motion and notes the W C T U in Garden City was founded in 1886 with Mrs Will B Jackson as president and Mrs J B Ware as secretary. They seek more founding details from readers and list a phone contact. A 1958 high school reunion plans locate most classmates with a contact provided. A Pierceville former teacher Albert Bowling received a niece’s note about a Greenwood Arkansas tornado aftermath and school disruption.
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