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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1969
Page
2
This column argues for hybrid passenger transit using buses on rails to ease highway congestion and reuse underused depots. It envisions central shared stations, joint bus and train coordination, and even rail capable trucks to boost safety and efficiency.
The Distaff Side lampoons a reader's alphabetized housework plan from A to Z proposing pans grout and a bleach bottle bird house with a nap from the end of the alphabet. A list of January donors including Ken Minter and Mary Briggs follows in a closing note.
Opinion divides on women’s pants suits and see through blouses. Men’s laughter fades as new styles emerge with high boots and bold necklines. The article notes shifting views on female attire and gendered perceptions.
Washington report details Rep. Mendel Rivers of South Carolina steering defense funding and blocking investigations. It notes his power as chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, his clashes with Rep. George Mahon, and how figures like Lockheed, Grumman, and the USS Pueblo episode highlight Civilian branches’ vulnerability to military influence. The piece cites river’s sobriety and occasional hospital visits amid claims of influence, favoritism, and access to top defense secrets.
In a frazzled dialogue with a psychiatrist, Art Buchwald vents over Pentagon costs and policy missteps. He jokes about taxes, the TFX, ABM, C 5A costs, and submarine incidents, fearing irrational panic while seeking rational reassurance.
The Shiga Japan Airlines DC8 that sank in San Francisco Bay last November 22 is flying daily again on the Tokyo to Honolulu route after an eight and a half million dollar repair. Captain Kohei Alsah, who landed the aircraft in fog near the airport, has been reassigned to ground operations as routine retraining.
The House bills cap farm subsidy payments at 20000 yearly, a move Rep. Keith Sebelius says risks harming small farms if large operators exit the program. He favors a graduated scale to prevent price drops from large producers, in a $6.8 billion agricultural appropriation bill sent to the Senate.
AP report from 1968 surveys 1,500 students and 700 alumni, showing most college students plan careers in business and industry, few are revolutionaries, and belief in God remains common. The study notes students favor changing the system from within and a pro-business stance.
A syndicated cryptoquip style puzzle lists multiple clues with numbers such as 21 Solemn wander and 25 Pouch, plus foreign terms like Harém room and Rangoon as capital clues. The item includes scrambled letter segments and themed entries from The Daily Puzzle era, with references to Proveribe and FDYIF ay...
New York AAP column lists humorous lifelong goals and impossible aims. It playfully imagines actions like making an income tax form a national anthem, buying the Eiffel Tower, painting the Empire State Building, or carving Benedict Arnold into Mount Rushmore. The piece ends by inviting readers to share their own list of union goals.
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