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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1961
Page
3
An old-time resident voices concerns about speeding near Garden City Ave at Stevens and Spruce. The piece argues blame shifts to police and schools, notes manpower limits, and suggests citizen action like filing complaints or citizen arrests to curb danger to seniors and children.
Forest C. Allen, retired Kansas coach, criticizes college presidents for protecting athletic money and failing to enforce NCAA rules. He urges a powerful NCAA commissioner, stricter recruiting limits, and end to pay-for-play to curb gambling and point shaving. Allen warns only players and presidents can end the corruption.
In a move shaping public input on licenses, FCC openness grows as 830 Wauseon Ohio protest letters urge curbs on crime filled TV. Prosecution chief cites 13 year old bus stabbing and school principal attack linked to crime shows. Proponent urges removal of violent content and replacement with constructive programming. Legal, military, and oceanography notes follow in broader briefing.
Hal Boyle surveys oddities from China to America. He notes that 50 year old butter is used as medicine in rural China and that in the United States aging butter becomes costly. The piece also riffs on social customs, wart removal myths, water use, dog population, patents, Paul Revere, marriages, and famous wits.
Garden City public library invites joiners for summer reading clubs while Civic Center activity centers on midget baseball. Albeit informal, sessions start June 5 at Alta Brown playground and June 7 at Garfield playground for 7 to 11 year olds, with supervision by Beringer and others. No advance signup required. just show up to play.
Hank Peters, fired as Kansas City Athletics farm director last month, becomes Cincinnati Reds secretary of minor league clubs. He joins an expanded scouting program and will oversee the Reds farm department office.
The Garden City Telegram announces publishing details and rates for carrier and mail subscriptions. It lists the publisher address at 117 Haat Chestnu and notes Associated Press affiliation and advertising management, with yearly rates for several counties and regions.
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