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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1963
Page
4
The editorial argues for corporal punishment by teachers, contending modern parents resist strikes but insufficiently discipline at home. It endorses authority to punish habitual misbehavior and criticizes leniency, noting athletes face harsher knocks on fields than in class. It cites perceived paradox in banning classroom punishment yet tolerating sports bruises.
An Alabama observer argues outsiders aggravate Birmingham protests as racial unrest grows. He notes white extremists and police actions raise danger, while Negro efforts press for constitutional rights and equal liberty amid heavy Southern resistance. He warns that Birmingham policing worsens the Cross of the Deep South.
A nostalgic column on packing for seasons and a Twin Mothers Club exchange to aid families with twins and others. It lists items for trade including two hobby horses two car seats and a walker plus needs like a bank bed stroller and a back‑reclining crib. Mrs Vernon Mohler coords the program and readers may call with offers. A white duck seeks a companion and Alondo Finnup advertises young ducks in his store window.
Subscription terms show Garden City pricing at $163 payable to the carrier in advance. Other cities with service charge weekly rates, with annual totals in Finney and surrounding counties at $7.80 and elsewhere $15.50 per year. College students receive $6 per month for the school year. Telegram fee applies to carrier service to ensure daily delivery.
Drew Pearson compares Khrushchev’s clashes with Red Army chiefs to McNamara’s friction with U S military leaders. The piece notes purges of naval officials in 1962 amid Cuban crisis, White House control of Cuban blockade, and similar civilian dominance in U S defense policy. It mentions Malinovsky and Zakharov among Moscow leaders and recalls Truman’s retaliation against military figures, with ongoing congressional lobbying and shifts in both capitals.
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla AP Mercury team that pioneered U S space flight is dissolving. The seven Mercury astronauts Alan Shepard Gus Grissom John Glenn Scott Carpenter Wally Schirra Gordon Cooper and Deke Slayton formed a close, productive unit while ground crews supported space missions. As new astronauts join and Gemini Apollo programs loom, the original seven transition to broader roles and future flights. They plan joint negotiations to sell personal stories after the Mercury era ends.
Paslice received a WB Jacobus call Thursday morning about a man’s son, Stanley, missing. Police learned he had been arrested after his car hit a parked auto and faced charges of drunken driving and driving without a license. He was fined $130 and given six months in jail.
Hal Boyle notes the paradox of the flag as a familiar emblem yet hard to describe. He reflects on the emotional lift and patriotism sparked by banners in the breeze, while asking readers to name the flag's colors and consider its deeper meaning.
A 1963 Garden City column muses on public understanding of the U.S. flag. It playfully tests a child’s grasp of stripes and stars, notes the nine rows of stars, and asserts the starry flag’s meaning beyond mere drawing accuracy. It closes with reflections on whether drawing the flag matters as much as feeling its symbolism.
In Jefferson City AP report, two Kansas City men and two white women pleaded guilty to armed bank robbery in Otterville Missouri. Wilbur Williams Kennedy 41 and Clarence Anthony Sayles 24 received up to 18 years, Caroline Williams Chenning 18 up to eight years, Barbara Sue McAnarney 22 up to six years. They robbed the Otterville bank February 21, trapped four employees and three customers in the vault, failed to start a stolen car, and were captured about six hours later near a lake resort ten miles southwest of Stover after a farmer’s tip. Nearly all loot was recovered.
Thelma Smith, 44, of Geneseo, Kansas, died when a car overturned on a graveled road southwest of Lyons on Thursday. Passenger C. C. Martinez, 42, a Lyons laborer, was injured and found wandering dazed about a quarter mile from the wreck. he was taken to Lyons Hospital.
A health capsule states that most cheese except cottage cheese is high in fat around twenty five percent. It mentions a future item CAAL polio vaccine and clarifies the information is not diagnostic in nature.
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