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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1968
Page
1
A 78 year old father-in-law, healthy and mobile, resents constant care. His son-in-law recounts daily help, drives, and church visitors, while suggesting elders should give rather than receive care. The piece urges balance and autonomy for seniors.
A reader advised on furnace upgrades with monthly payments of 12.50 for a 24 000 BTU unit. The page includes a blend of home economics tips on self sufficiency, humor, and saving advice, featuring Q A exchanges about aging finances and a note offering a how to booklet for extra money making ideas.
A two day custodian and maintenance workshop hosted by Kansas State Teachers College of Emporia with the State Board for Vocational Education will be held June 10 and 12 in Garden City. Seven other workshops follow across Kansas in June on housekeeping ventilation electrical maintenance shrub and lawn care and furniture refinishing. Pre enrollment is urged and fee is 5 dollars per person.
The article argues that despite rising wages and profits and strong consumer spending, underlying weaknesses threaten the U S economy. Inflation looms as wages outpace productivity, government spending grows without matching revenues, and a widening trade surplus issue complicates growth while aid and defense commitments influence foreign balance. It notes varied forecasts and stalled fiscal action as the administration seeks solutions.
The entry notes the May 28, 1940 Dunkirk evacuation began as Allied forces withdrew from Dunkerque. It also records other historical markers including Adams authorized army recruitment in 1798, Archduke Maximilian's Mexico ascent in 1884, Oliva Dionne's quintuplets in 1934, Chamberlin's premiership in 1937, Leopold III's Belgian capitulation in 1940, Blue Monday 1962 market drop, Paris protests against de Gaulle, Pope John XXIII illness, and Sir Francis Chichester's circumnavigation finale in Plymouth.
The March deficit, the first in five years, sparks doubts about a sustained recovery as efforts to fix the balance of payments falter. Inflation abroad raises prices of American goods, stirring foreign demand for imports and raising fears the dollar overvalues. Meanwhile Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii has remained active since November 1967.
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