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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1966
Page
2
An editorial laments rising highway carnage over the holiday weekend predicting over 50,000 deaths in 1966. It cites drunken driving, speeding, and age or disability licensing issues, urging stricter enforcement and longer bans for intoxicated drivers while noting Viet Nam casualties to emphasize national concern.
A.L. Hebrew defends Mr. Martin's stance and argues professional women should enlist with men, share motherhood burdens, and join troops against communism. He warns against fear of population growth but says the phrase the female of species is more deadly than the male should not erode respect for women in free nations.
In a lighthearted note Helen Vaughn apologizes for placing a boy in a car after misidentifying his vehicle in a supermarket lot. The boy’s mother later found him and spanked him for being in the wrong car. The item reflects small town social quirks and neighborhood concerns.
Drew Pearson reports Sen. Tom Dodd accepted a $5,000 payment from Brundage and Short for assistance wiring Bankers Life and Casualty into Connecticut. The column notes Dodd also flew on a Travelers plane and helped friends obtain loans, while his son joined Aetna Life. It questions premiums unpaid in 1962 and cites denials and later corrections.
AP Fashion Writer Jean Sprain Wilson reports on Mark Traynor, inventor of full sized wigs for men, who can alter a man’s appearance from blond to red to raven by changing wigs. The market includes businessmen, musicians, and even stage and TV artists. Traynor’s line began after making wigs for a Johnny Carson gag and expanding due to demand.
Miami reporters note the largest one day influx of Cuban exiles since the airlift began on December 1. A total of 439 exiles arrived Friday, bringing the airlift’s U S total to 22 130 Cubans.
World Today reports that Viet Namese Buddhist leaders avoid self immolation while minor adherents burn themselves to pressure Ky’s military regime. The piece argues the self immolations are prearranged with leadership approval to sway U.S. opinion and call for civilian government, noting faction leaders like Tri Quang and Tam Chau claim nonviolent defense of religion amid a political struggle.
John McNaught, 50, and Margaret, 45, celebrate their 22nd child born four days ago while living in dire conditions. The couple has 20 surviving children aged 4 days to 28, with nine daughters and eleven sons. He earns $50 weekly as a welder. children contribute $33 weekly and Margaret receives $12.32 in government family allowances.
New York AP reports about a Memorial Day Monday night surge at Coney Island where about 4000 teens aged 14 to 18 clashed, battled at rides, and caused closures. Police, including 200 officers and 150 reinforcements, dispersed the crowd after an hour. eight arrested for disorderly conduct and one for felonious assault on a mounted officer.
New Delhi India commerce minister Manubhai Shah told Parliament that Indian shoe makers produce nonviolent shoes. He argued amid laughter that hides from dead cattle are used and no cow is killed, a practice he called a sin in India.
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