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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1969
Page
2
A writer critiques honorary doctorates given by small colleges like the College of Emporia noting they lack degree programs. He urges colleges to honor distinguished alumni without awarding degrees and asks recipients to refrain from using the Dr title to avoid public misrepresentation.
A candidate from this state touts extensive credentials for international service club work and supports all worthwhile projects. A porch gathering mimics conversation over coffee about ironing, while classifieds offer Australian shepherd pups, free kittens, and local garden praise. The Red Cross Bloodmobile returns next Thursday.
Identical unisex clothing becomes the new fad. The piece jokes about spending smart on outfits and satirizes gendered fashion by noting men who mocked slacks on women now may wear minis.
Postage paid at Garden City Kansas 67646. Subscription rates listed as 1.76 for something with advance payment. Mentions delivery area and terms but text is unclear and fragmented. Some names or words appear garbled, including possible names Allman Frasier and dates.
Drew Pearson reports that Joe Blatchford, 34, new Peace Corps head under Nixon, came from Accion a group with CIA funding links via the Donner Foundation and other sources. The piece alleges changes in policy to keep the agency separate from the corps and notes connections to Nixon lawyers and donors.
Hollywood tales report a woman in a dry cleaning shop repelling a gunman by shoving him outside. The brief incident follows a prior exposure of irregularities in a helicopter program and notes the Army canceled its Lockheed contract for combat helicopters, with Lockheed standing to gain or lose in the shift.
Art Buchwald satirizes the Fortas resignation and Washington press dynamics as an aide frets over wording. The dialogue turns on foundations justice law and order and the fear surrounding Supreme Court decisions while the pair scramble to craft a careful public line.
Forty four automobiles trapped in the Ben Franklin Motor Hotel garage for 33 days were lowered to street level two at a time by a elektrik elevator that had been out of service since April 18. The hoist maker went bankrupt, a new part was built, and most cars started with minimal trouble. Licenses from Tennessee Kansas and Pennsylvania were among those. Don Loving, hotel staff, saw his new Volkswagen convertible among the last cars removed.
U S astronaut Frank Borman received the Czech Academy of Sciences gold medal for service to science and humanity. About 1,000 Czechs cheered as he left the academy building, the first American to win the honor. He projected future joint flights with scientists and doctors aboard the moon mission by 1970. The report also notes Britain’s average hourly wage at $1.42.
AP reports Washington sees ongoing scrutiny of conglomerates and antitrust shifts. Nixon appointees push cases to block mergers like Northwest Industries’s bid for B F Goodrich Co. and back a study suggesting easier challenges to large firms amid defense spending.
Hal Boyle cautions readers about overstated longevity advice and lists humorous invitations to disaster from modern life. The column mocks fad diets and alleged schemes to reach a centenarian life while urging sensible restraint and self awareness.
A crossword puzzle item hints weight 43 and Camelot name 44 as clues. An organ part 45 appears in the set, while the final clue suggests the idea of oscillation or swinging between options.
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