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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1969
Page
2
The paper highlights a major loophole in the city's disaster readiness noting City Hall lacks an emergency power source. It urges immediate action to avoid delay and cites past floods and tornadoes as warnings. The piece also covers Garden City High School seniors baccalaureate service and presents Reverend Malcolm Bertram's invocation in full.
Kiwanis International and the Freedoms Foundation plan the second annual Family Reunion Day on August 10 urging nationwide picnics and talks to reinforce the family as national moral core. A Presbyterian Life writer lists humorous reunion rules including avoiding growth talk and taboo questions while cautioning about topics and food choices.
The piece rails at Earth’s issues after Apollo 10, joking that moon visitors will probe inner space and earth’s campuses for intelligent life. It puns on lunar visitors and calls a space traveler a lunatic in a wry, satirical tone.
Drew Pearson reports French voters are expected to repudiate Charles de Gaulle by electing Alan Poher, a senator who would reverse Gaullist foreign policy, back the United States in Europe, push NATO, and restore a steadier French stance amid debates of devaluation and economic reconfiguration. The piece also covers the Mayflower and slave ancestry of Beryl Slocum and Adam Clayton Powell III, their interwoven family histories, and public reaction to their wedding.
Purchasing agent Doug McAvoy bought a six ton street sweeper for 11000 dollars in March. The serial check showed the unit was stolen from Los Angeles in 1987. The seller will refund, the city will return the sweeper, and Aurora will purchase a replacement at 16000 dollars.
A 1916 Garden City Industrial Club brochure highlights the United States Sugar and Land Company sugar factory with 1,200 ton daily beet capacity and $100,000 to $125,000 in daily refined sugar output. It also notes rail lines, irrigation, and diverse farming including broomcorn, sugar beets, melons, wheat, onions, and alfalfa. The piece emphasizes rail connections, growing population, and abundant water supply while detailing other local industries and agricultural activity.
TOPEKA AP The Kansas Finance Council approved a 144 million dollar yearly pay increase package for state employees. It combines a five percent raise with a flat 27 dollar monthly bump. Effective July 1, the plan follows a 1969 legislature action and includes a study of classified state employee pay. The council will consider consulting firm input and seeks federal matching funds for the studies as part of a broader plan for government.
Washington Chronicle recalls Art Buchwald noting viewers, especially under 21, identify with Walter Cronkite during Apollo shots. He describes a tense Snoopy mission moment, Cronkite’s calm reporting, and his wife's confidence in Cronkite predicting a July moon landing.
Oregon corrections director John J. Galvin announced the gas chamber in the state prison will be moved to storage after the prison building is torn down to create an exercise yard. The device, installed in 1937 following a change in execution method, had remained while death penalty was abolished in 1964.
Kansas State Fair in Hutchinson will feature Gordon MacRae on September 13 to 16 and Brenda Lee on the final three nights through September 21 in two nighttime musical variety shows.
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