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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1964
Page
2
Opinion urges turning central Main Street into a parking mall to reduce traffic and boost shopping. Proposes perimeter streets for through traffic and a new Main Street elsewhere to avoid drag effects, preserving downtown appeal with parking, beautification, and modern stores.
Garden City Jaycees back a six to five plan for city government with Art Wilson Jr. denying any run for the commission and stating his sole aim is better representation. The newspaper confirms it would not pursue candidacy to ensure objective coverage.
At Lockbourne AFB Columbus an AP report details how airmen use a winged vernacular mixing WWII terms slang and acronyms. The piece lists common words like Roger black boxes SAC radar and ag e p and describes nicknames for planes crews and actions ending with No Sweat as the unofficial motto of Air Force confidence.
Drew Pearson reports that Project Prayer, linked to the John Birch Society, has whipped up California support for school prayer, drawing Hollywood figures and national figures to rallies. The piece notes activists framing the issue as an ideological crisis and contrasts public sentiment with a history of religious and constitutional conflict.
In Rome New York two men were halted at 5 am Wednesday while pushing baby carriages. Police found five cases of beer in the carriages. The men admitted stealing the beer Tuesday from a grocery, using the baby carriages to transport it.
Garden City Telegram details subscription options and prices for carriers and mail in Finney and surrounding counties, noting daily publication except Sundays and holidays, AP affiliation, and delivery conditions. Includes monthly carrier rates, weekly price, and annual mail rates with second class postage in Kansas.
A chat recalls Lady Nancy Astor sharp retorts from her years in public life. Sherry and Dennis Krey gift their mother Virginia Krey a garden plot, while a son keeps a hidden shack project. A neighbor donates marigold seeds labeled World’s Fair, tied to a floor wax company promo at a local fair exhibit.
The narrator recounts a letter from Peter Harris in Miami Beach Florida who jokes about Kansas weather and a Lake McKinnay scene. He shares a Mares paper grocery ad that won’t work in Garden City with local prices for tomatoes celery lettuce peppers and watermelons. He notes plans to visit this summer with baked goods and produce and mentions Mee Vernon MP Neff and views on golf and locals Tiny Clark and Gordon Crone in Lakin.
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