Crisis in Library Field As National Library Week Observed
The piece notes a long history of libraries from Osymandyas to modern America with 12 478 libraries including 6 925 public and 1 923 special. It highlights a nationwide crisis: 18 million Americans have no library service, 110 million have inadequate service, and 10 million school pupils lack library facilities.
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Ths
National Library Week
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Osymandyas
United States
Armed Services
U.S
American Library Association
Paper Work Burdens City Hall and Police Records
A reflective piece notes police and city offices overwhelmed by reports and surveys. It highlights traffic safety plaques, accident reports, and the time spent on statistical paperwork, questioning value versus manhours. The author calls for measuring time spent on reporting in Garden City.
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City Hall
Garden City
Ending cocktail parties a big domestic problem
Hal Boyle notes the futility of winding down a cocktail party. He jokes that wives host to cover social debts, while guests linger past 10 with no end in sight. He lists humorous, impractical tips to break up the gathering and suggests leaving on a two week vacation as a last resort.
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New York
Fire Department
Brando Targets Ugly Senators in Washington Visit
Marlon Brando visited Washington to promote The Ugly American and used photostats of harsh speeches by Sen. Fulbright and Sen. Ellender to criticize U S foreign policy. He warned that such statements hurt American prestige abroad while urging Congress to align civil rights with global leadership. The actor questioned political standards and mused on TV’s impact on politics.
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Washington
Marlon Brando
Hollywood
Sen
William Fulbright
Arkansas
Holland
Bangkok
State Department
Southeast Asia
Asia
Africa
Brando
Ellender
Jack Anderson
Congress
Sen. Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Kefauver
Nixon
Distaff Side brings local women to St Marys for music
Garden City housewife Irma Fowler and Clara Frazier fill first violin roles for a St Mary of the Plains college production Friday night in Dodge City. Mr. Fowler teaches speech. they note violinists are rare in the area and enjoy show business. A group of twin mothers plans to organize a statewide network in Wichita while discussing life at the laundromat and Asian flu memoirs.
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Garden City
Dodge City
Irma
Larry) Fowler
Clara
John) Frazier
St. Mary of the Plains College
Kennedy Challenges Cuban Critics on Going to War
President Kennedy pressed critics of U S Cuba policy to say if they advocate war to topple Fidel Castro at a news conference. He argued that exiles alone cannot end Castro and disputed Keating's troop numbers, inviting him to share sources for evaluation.
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Kennedy
Washington
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Caribbean
Richard M. Nixon
Kenneth B. Keating
New York
Laos
Castro
Nixon
Keating
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Cpette
Drew Pearson
Wichita
Jack Linenberger
Lowell Goodwin
I. R. Martinez
Robert Rusk
Paul Scheer
David Paasch
Alcoholics Anonymous
Garden City Telegram
Telegram Publishing Company
East Chestnut
Finney, Lane
Scott
Greeley
Hamillton
Kearny
Grant
Haskell
Gray Counties
Ares College
Socone
Kensall
J.m.mcdonald CO
New Spring
P.S
Peignoir
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