This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 13 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1964
Page
2
A commencement message warns graduates not to expect the world to owe them a living. It notes unemployment totals are rising while many industries lack qualified workers. Hard work and steady effort, not diplomas alone, guarantee good jobs. graduates must keep training, working, and proving themselves.
A Pierceville High School letter argues against Kansas School unification under Ma Throckmorton. The author, A. L. Elrod, cites 85 years in Kansas education and notes 75 to 150 enrollment schools perform best while predicting closures via unapproved ratings. He urges a NO vote on unification on June 2, 1964 to keep control local.
Hal Boyle surveys tipping as a growing social burden from a bygone polite custom to an expected bribe to avoid delays. He notes tipping spans many professions, suggests government regulation, and highlights varying rates from 10 to 29 percent with comedians and racers as generous tippers and baseball players and southern visitors as stingy.
Drew Pearson reports that U S aid in South Vietnam Laos and Thailand has bred corruption and complacency among troops and officers, with pay skimming and black market sales, while Saigon and Vientiane leaders profit. Johnson pressures Congress on transit bill amid skeptical mood.
In Kansas 23 western and north central counties will receive at least 1.5 million dollars in crop insurance claims. Russell Bowling, state FDIC director, cites drought and heat as the main losses. The all risk policy covers about 21 thousand Kansas farmers in 101 counties with roughly 2.15 million dollars in annual premiums for about 21 million dollars protection. Counties named include Lincoln, Mitchell, Cheyenne, Sherman, Wallace, Greeley, Hamilton, Stanton, Rawlins, Thomas, Logan, Wichita, Kearny, Grant, Stevens, Scott, Finney, Haskell, Seward, Gove, Lane, Hodgeman, and Ford.
In Nicosia Cyprus AP reports Greek Cypriot leaders press for withdrawal of British troops from the U N peacekeeping force after the arrest of a British airman accused of arms smuggling to Turkish Cypriots Interior Minister Polycarpos Georgadjis says the arrest shows Britain cannot act constructively within the mission.
Lawrence Kansas 1000 high school youths prepare to attend the 28th annual Boys State a week long government in action program at the University of Kansas sponsored by the American Legion with KU Extension.
The Congressional Flying Club plans a next month junket for members of Congress to Oklahoma City Wichita Cedar Rapids and Kansas City with free transport from the Federal Aviation Agency. Rep Robert Stafford chairs the tour using KC 136 jets and Convair turboprops while local chambers of commerce and farm groups host events. Members pay modest lodging fees and wear informal summer dress. breakfast and some luncheons are at individual expense. Members must complete the full tour.
AP analysis lists Twelve leaders aged 46 to 76, most over 70, still in power or recently active. Johnson and Nasser are the youngest at 55 and 46. Khru shchev 70, de Gaulle 73, Chiang Kai-shek 76, Franco 71, Tito 72, Sukarno 63.
The Agriculture Department projects this year's wheat crop will be at least 45 million bushels below demand, reducing surpluses. Western Europe and the Soviet Union see better prospects, increasing imports from the United States. The 1964 crop is estimated at 1.275 billion bushels with demand at 1.32 billion. Gross grower income is forecast at 2.2 billion, down 100 million from last year. Old crop on hand by July 1 is forecast at 890 million bushels. Prices during the current year have remained high relative to the support rate.
The Labor Department reports consumer prices rose one tenth of one percent in April. The Bureau notes a generally stable price situation with slower rise this year than previous two. Recreation, rent, and medical costs led the April increase while food held steady overall. Medical costs rose 0.3 percent from March and food prices were 1.9 percent higher than in April last year.
The Garden City Telegram publishes under The Telegram Publishing Company at 117 East Hill Garden City Kansas and provides terms for subscription by carrier and mail. Rates are listed for local and out of town addresses, with second class passage and AP articles reserved for reproduction.
The Distaff Side reports Garden City will host the Midwest Conference of Women’s Divisions of Chambers of Commerce next weekend drawing about 200 women from Davenport Lincoln Omaha Topeka Kansas City and other cities Nearly all attendees are larger than Garden City The convention promises lavish decor menus sunbonnets and roses with door prizes and a luncheon sponsored by Great Plains Wheat and the Wheat Commission The event aims to showcase Garden City as an active progressive small town and leave attendees with a strong positive impression.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.