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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1962
Page
2
In this guest editorial the author laments fading Memorial Day observances and calls for a return to reverence. He argues communities neglect services, warns of moral decline, and urges personal duty to honor veterans’ sacrifices. He invites readers to attend cemetery services Wednesday morning.
Halt Boyle humorously observes the long waits in a busy New York doctor’s office as a test of American endurance. He notes the crowded room, the nurse's terse responses, and the doctor’s slow pace, then suggests turning the delay into productivity or learning, even joking about card games and geography trivia while patients wait for care.
Drew Pearson reports President Kennedy’s father Joseph P Kennedy remains unable to speak clearly after a long effort to restore his speech. The piece ties family strain to concerns over leadership, referencing historical figures and past grain storage cases tied to Kennedy relatives.
Marion Eddie Eppler, 52, of Coffeyville, Kan., was sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession of .16 gallons of moonshine whiskey. The case references Eppler's prior record and notes his argument about medical care needs.
In Washington the Power Commission examiner denied most of a proposed Tennessee Gas Transmission rate hike, allowing only about 1.7 per year wholesale increase subject to refund. A June 27 conference aims at a broader Tennessee settlement. Total higher rates collected since July 14, 1957, totaled about 270 million as of March 31. The decision may become final in 30 days without review. Separately in Kansas, 14 year old Richard Caywood died from a broken neck after diving into three feet of water at Lake Afton as friends watched. he was airlifted to a Wichita hospital after sustaining head and neck injuries from rocks at the lake.
A家庭 story notes Marie and Wayne Pickett hosting 19 sleepers, while radio news talk mentions two paramedics heading to assist Scott Carpenter. The column riffs on gifts, including infant diaper sets and jeweled gum cases, and jokes about The Cat Placement Bureau being humiliated at home as a daughter declines to list kittens for giveaway.
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