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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1964
Page
2
A nine-member panel plans the county United Fund drive amid rising community needs and stagnant giving. The piece warns that with more agencies and potential new campaigns the unified effort must expand, or many services could be priced beyond the reach of those who cannot pay.
Mrs. Vernon M. Neff of Lakin argues in favor of keeping two time zones, praising daylight alignment and critiquing a single time standard. She notes store hours, work routines, and family rhythms shaped by CST and MST, urging preservation of regional time practice.
Publication details list subscription prices for Garden City and surrounding counties. Rates include carrier in Garden City $1.55 monthly, other cities 80 cents weekly, and mail to various counties at $9.00 yearly, $13.00 elsewhere, with student discounts and postage paid status.
In memories from the Louisiana bayou, a writer recalls hoboes of childhood days. They camped along tracks, shared meals, and built makeshift homes from junked cars while telling tales of distant places. The piece laments their disappearance in the prosperous era and notes the trains no longer bring their fleeting presence.
Drew Pearson reports strong Republican sentiment toward Lyndon Johnson in Kansas Iowa Illinois and Wisconsin with Johnson seen carrying much of the Midwest and possibly Kansas where he may aid a Democratic governor hopeful. The piece also covers a Wichita Eagle publisher Marcellus Murdock facing pressure from Internal Revenue issues and internal stockholder moves amid alleged irregularities.
A doctor from Boston Children's Hospital Medical Center spoke in Topeka this week about rising adolescent obesity. He attributed high intake of sodas chips shakes and fast foods plus reduced physical activity to the trend. He cautioned against crash diets and labeled diet pills as dangerous crutches.
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