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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1963
Page
2
Editorial warns against a proposed Oregon tax plan that would eliminate federal income tax credits against state taxes. It argues such a move amounts to taxing a tax and shifts revenue, predicting federal reductions in state credits would erode overall taxpayer pockets and undermine fiscal morals.
Alfred Opitz owner of Al's Trailer Court and Campgrounds argues in a letter that private campgrounds offer modern, well cared for sites at $1.50 per night and questions why government should fund free or tax-supported camp areas. He warns that government ownership could kill private incentive and likens it to socialism, urging governments to stay out of such business.
A quirky local column notes Distaff Day at a high school where sophomores collect yearbooks. It reports two pet guinea pigs catching mumps from family exposure, and mentions Nelle Harper Lee contracting mumps while traveling after Alabama exposure. A Kansas Avenue Plaza hamburger stand project sparks a farmland analogy, and a May story recalls a local woman slipping while planting geraniums. Anonymous readers send playful May Day greetings with cartoons.
Drew Pearson reports Florida legislators and a Sun Oil man promote three constitutional amendments aimed at creating a Court of the Union to curb the Supreme Court, prohibiting reallocation of congressional seats, and letting state legislatures override Congress. The drive is backed by the General Assembly of the States and Florida figures Chappel and Horne.
Kansas City welfare director Jon R. King resigns to let the new administration appoint his successor. King will stay until replacement is named as acting City Manager Ben Powers handles ongoing transitions. The article notes Florida lawmakers, PR efforts, and GOP ties shaping state alliances.
Hal Boyle notes John Sturges directs The Great Escape with 600 heroes and no heroine, a war epic that follows Allied airmen plotting escapes from a German camp. The piece highlights Sturges’s aim to avoid glamorizing war and counters Hollywood norms by focusing on grit, competition, and survival rather than romance. The report also cites 91,556 teachers holding emergency or temporary certificates in public schools per the National Education Association.
At Catholic Central High School in Troy a skunk wandered across the stage ending the annual spring concert as no encores were requested. About 1500 spectators rose in shock when the animal interrupted the finale, leaving the alma mater as the last number. The skunk’s entry and exit remain unknown.
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