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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1963
Page
3
Editorial selections from the Garden City Telegram date October 1 1963 on page four cover local concerns and public affairs with the newspaper’s period voice. The pieces express stances on civic issues and community duties while reflecting the era’s tone and priorities.
The Finney County United Fund asks employees to contribute a fair share from options such as a day’s pay, an hour’s pay monthly, a dollar monthly, or 25 cents weekly. Eleven agencies share the fund, so every gift is multiplied across many groups. A dollar monthly or similar pledge supports community agencies, with the note that generosity relies on more than minimal gifts to succeed.
Judge J Herb Wilson of Saline argues for a state wide family court plan with 40 districts. The court would handle juvenile and domestic relations cases including divorces, freeing probate and district judges to focus on other duties. It aims to provide skilled handling of juvenile matters, especially in sparsely settled counties.
Anatole De Grunwald emerges as Hollywood’s bright new star after lighter production costs and a simple idea. He trimmed Cleopatra’s $40 million model to The VIPS costing $3.25 million, with $1 million for Elizabeth Taylor, and the film is a hit as studios eye more teamwork. De Grunwald credits the script and star choices for success, noting Pearce Taylor and Burton’s demands were key, and he insists on saving on scripts and actors while keeping quality.
An OCR fragment from a historical newspaper includes publishing terms, subscription rates, carrier service notes, and a brief factual line about Bushmen in the Kalahari using arrow poison from a beetle pupa. The text reflects period boilerplate and a distant cultural note in a single archival snippet.
In closed door talks with the House Foreign Affairs and Agriculture committees, most lawmakers avoided strong opposition to a proposed sale of surplus U S wheat to Soviet Russia. Only Ralph Hardin challenged the plan, while Dole and Barry supported it with reservations. The plan envisions a hard cash deal, one-third to one-half of the national surplus, likely through private shippers. Secretaries Freeman Hodges argued the move could help balance payments and favor farmers, with the administration sounding out Congress rather than pressing for a final decision.
The Home Testing Institute takes our replies as a non consumer on surveys about tranquilizers cigarettes and laxatives. Sylvia Porter cites a Department of Agriculture study showing convenience foods save time and money versus home cooking, especially frozen juice beans peas spaghetti cake mix and instant coffee. Wealthier women in fashion report buy 14 karat gold vegetables and Florentine pins expensive enough to buy a week’s groceries for a family of eight.
Two young Norwegians Keare Andersen and Bjorn Braaten pulled their kayak from the Missouri in Kansas City after leaving Portland on May 6. They traveled the Columbia to Pasco, shipped by truck to Great Falls, then began down the Missouri aiming for New Orleans by Christmas. They average about 40 miles daily and plan to write a travel book.
Olathe Kansas AP report tells of Mrs. William Mikel biting an apple that concealed a penny and a second penny inside. The apple grew around the coins prompting newsroom checks at the Olathe Daily News. The odd tale mixes local whimsy with a historical recap of a Maya Indians World Series anecdote and a stray line about telegram ads.
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