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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1963
Page
2
Editorial argues for an auxiliary police force to handle traffic problems in Garden City. It notes speeding and drag racing on Fulton to Kansas and other streets, suggesting residents would slow down if auxiliary officers patrolled with personal cars. Advocates enhanced enforcement to address hot rodding and public safety concerns.
Thaine McCormick, state director of vocational education, urged a shift in attitude toward schooling. He said college is not for everyone and that skilled trades and business training can produce equally valuable citizens. Parents should avoid treating college as family prestige and consider trade or business paths when suitable.
Hal Boyle ponders a letter proposing bachelors schools to reduce population by creating lifelong single men. The piece weighs social impact, noting temporary bachelors help at home but permanent bachelors avoid commitment, suggesting reform schools to teach responsibility and maturity rather than more wives and husbands.
The Garden City Telegram lists carrier and mail subscription rates with in advance payment to the carrier. Domestic and out of town prices vary, detailing weekly and yearly options, plus student rate. The notice notes postage, delivery areas, and AP news rights.
Washington report on Rep. Carl Elliott of Jasper who helped place Kennedy on the House Rules Committee. Elliott now opposes the Youth Employment Corps bill over integration fears, risking a Rules Committee tie and derailment of the measure. Also covered are FAA officials Strickler and Lovering in Dulles crash, papal birth control views, and Kentucky politics surrounding A B Chandler with May 28 primary noted.
In Washington Congress passes a military purchases authorization of 15.3 billion, 44.4 million below administration request due to adding 303.7 million for two R550 planes. Congress denies about 408 million of Pentagon proposals while ceilings set. Kennedy postpones civil rights testimony. Powell travel plan blocked but delegates travel funded by State Department. Senate approves payroll tax cut to .25 percent under extended unemployment act, returning measure to House.
Teachers and Plymell School Board members were entertained with a dinner Friday night at Wheatlands Restaurant. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Owston, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Kleysieuber, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Hands, Mr. and Mrs. James Duncan, Mr. and Mrs. Ted McMillan, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Leonard, Mr. and Mrs. Lynds Old, Mr. and Mrs. Robert White, and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hood. The final day of school will be a Finnup Park picnic next Wednesday starting at noon. Six Plymell students will graduate this year.
From early November to mid April Dave Elsey collected about 393,600 used Pepsi caps paying $1,998 to 112 organizations. Caps from 29 counties weighed five tons at Dodge City before destruction. Groups including Sororities PTA and Sunday schools donated caps for Africa missions.
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