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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1963
Page
2
A Christian writer argues unity among denominations despite week long collaboration in civic and philanthropic efforts. He notes the city’s 30 plus churches as both a selling point and a fault line for unity, urging a common prayer and shared mission.
The piece denounces Barry Goldwater for proposing to postpone the nuclear test ban treaty date until Soviet forces leave Cuba. It argues the maneuver would destroy the treaty, not force a Cuban withdrawal, and portrays Goldwater as huckstering for votes from a fringe and appealing to a cracker barrel mindset. It urges a stronger, wiser president than Kennedy to face Moscow and Beijing.
A columnist muses on the new ZIP Code addressing plan and its slow rollout. It notes five digit codes, nationwide distribution zones, and future envelopes needing only the ZIP. The piece jokes about memorizing city names as codes and mentions a reader collecting ZIP numbers, with 18 already noted.
James Marlow assesses Kennedy era strains across three fronts civil rights Viet Nam and the nuclear test ban. He notes the Supreme Court school desegregation impact nine years later and U S support for Diem in Viet Nam amid rising anti Diem sentiment and pressure for a tougher stance. Kennedy urges patience in Viet Nam to avoid destabilizing Southeast Asia.
Hal Boyle reflects on inflation and past prices as he recalls Toni Riley Murstall’s remark and Vincent Pace’s joke about a $3 haircut. He notes currency erosion and the longing for cheaper services, remembering 33 cent haircuts, 15 cent shaves, and subway rides, framing it as a nostalgic civic mood.
Washington columnist Drew Pearson, with Jack Anderson, accuses the Kennedy administration’s State Department of backing major oil companies led by Standard Oil NJ, Standard of California, and Socony. The piece cites cables, refinery surveys in Congo, Thailand guarantees, and Haiti permits as evidence of pro-Rockefeller intervention shaping foreign oil projects and suppressing independent rivals. The report targets actions by Undersecretary George Ball and officials tied to the Rockefeller interests.
Detroit AP reports the auto industry increased production to clear a full line of 1964 model cars before public introductions on Sept 20. Over 65,000 cars rolled from U.S. plants last week after Labor Day as schedules sped up and August sales topped 500,000 for the first time since 1955. General Motors posted a new eight month high with 2,988,094 passenger cars and commercials.
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