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Newspaper

Garden City Telegram

Location

Garden City, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Aug 12, 1955

Page

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Ice cream social at church parsonage on North Sixth

Methodist Youth Fellowship plans an ice cream social on the church lawn at 505 North Sixth, serving starts at 7 p.m. Proceeds go to the new church. Also reported: James Michael Hebrlee bitten in the face by a dog owned by Mrs. Ernest Kronig. dog to be confined 10 days. Lester Reid American Legion post elects Orland Binns as commander, replacing Antone Kanak. Other officers named include Joe Schoonover, George Bender, John Norman, Harold Winter. Carl Martin attended a Methodist Youth fellowship school in Mount Sequoiah, Fayetteville Arkansas, as the area’s only delegate. Four Garden Citians enroll at Southwestern College in Winfield for fall semester starting Sept 5. New and renewing Telegram subscriptions listed for many readers.

Methodist Youth Fellowship North Sixth Edward Lee Hebrlee N. Iain James Michael Ernest Kronig N. Main Orland Binns Lester Reid American Legion Scott City Antone Kanak Joe Schoonover George Bender John Norman Harold Winter Carl Martin Ora Martin Center Fayetteville Ark South Central Jurisdictional Methodist Youth Fellowship School Mount Sequoyah Carl

Iola Homes To Welcome Fifty Foreign Students

Lawrence report notes Iola and Kansas City families will host 50 foreign students for a six week orientation at the University of Kansas. The 25 nations represented arrived last month and will stay August 19 to 21 in Iola, with Kansas City hosting the following weekend. After KU, they proceed to other colleges for a year of study.

Lawrence Iola Kansas City University of Kansas United States K.U

Police Favor Keeping Kids Names a Secret

Police officers at a Wichita University seminar nearly all urged omitting the names of children under 16 who are arrested from news reports. Thirty-two of the 35 officers favored secrecy, reflecting a preference for protecting juvenile identities in reporting.

Wichitaw Wichita University

Industry Tax Benefits Of Government Cut

Kansas City livestock reports show cattle 300 calves 50 and hogs 800 with mixed gains across weights. Sheep and lamb prices steady to higher, grain futures mixed with wheat around 2.09 to 2.50, corn about 1.45 to 1.51, oats down, soybeans 2.38 to 2.41.

Kansas City Livestock Kansas City Who USDA Kansas City New York Lindh Produce Co Beth Steel Boeing Air Chrysler B. C. Christopher & Co Dow Chem du Pont Uv Eagle P UWM Gen Motors Chicago Lion Oil Martin G Mont Ward Ohio Plenney Proct & G RCA_a. ATS Reyn Mesn DM Dec Ae JosLead Mar Salina Sinclair Ft. Worth Socony Va Spen Ind Stoke UN Pac U S Steel Woolworth

Senator Lands Latest Move to Curb Inflation

Washington Sen O Ma honey of D Wye says Eisenhower administration should be praised for curbing tax benefits that aided industry expansion in five years. Flemming OFM orders suspend 38 tax incentives and end incentives for 20 expansion goals affecting industries from aluminum to aviation fuel, copper to cement, with pending 924 applications worth about 9.3 billion dollars.

Washington O’mahoney D-Wye Eisenhower Arthur §. Flemming Office of Defense Mobilization Flemming Consolidated Edison Co New York Aluminum Co. of America Pittsburgh Armed Services Atomic Energy Commission

Market Shaky as Corn Prices Slip on Board of Trade

Chicago market unsettled as September corn fell over 3 cents amid hedging by exporters who bought one million bushels from the Commodity Credit Corp. Wheat and oats eased, soybeans mixed, with open wheat futures interest at 87,555,000 bushels.

Chicago Board of Trade Commodity Credit Corp

Deaths blamed on equipment at Mt Temple climb

Banff Alta U A coroner jury ruled leadership and gear inadequate for the July 11 Mt Temple ascent where seven U S youths died in an avalanche. The boys, members of Wilderness Camps tours linked to William Kershaw of Chesnut Hill Academy Philadelphia, died of multiple injuries shock and exposure. Luther Seddon, 13, St Louis Mo, was among the dead.

Banff Alta Mt. Temple U. S Banff National Park William Kershaw Chesnut Hill Academy Philadelphia Luther Seddon St. Louis

Stevenson Harriman Agree on Demo Nomination Path

CHICAGO Adlai E Stevenson and Gov Averell Harriman of New York reportedly reached an informal working agreement to back one another for the 1956 Democratic presidential nomination. Stevenson would get first crack, with a possible shift to Harriman if Stevenson falters within a year. The two represent major voting blocs in the convention amid debates over primaries and delegate strategy.

Chicago Adlai E. Stevenson Averell Harriman New York Associates Illinois Eisenhower Harriman Stevenson Harrriman Hlinnois Sen Estes Kefauver D-Tenn Kefauver

Deaths in Bristol Family Mourns J A Goodpasture

Mrs. Henry Bentrup of Deerfield reports the death of her mother Mrs J A Goodpasture of Bristol Virginia after a six month illness. She leaves two sons Fain and J A Goodpasture of Bristol. Funeral services will be held Saturday in Bristol.

Henry Bentrup Deerfield J. A. Goodpasture Bristol Goodpasture Bentrup Fain

Local Garden City Hospital Admits and Discharges

Hospital admits list includes John Kelly Johnson Deerfield Mrs Lee Handy 1114 North Fifth Mrs Marvin Koehn Montezuma Mrs James D Crabb 313 North Twelfth Discharges include Mrs Gene Hornbaker Lakin Mrs D C Garcia 305 Santa Fe James Sloan 810 Pearl Mrs John Wittman 2103 North Main Mrs Derel Miller 104 South Main Edward Crysler Marcelus Fails NY Theodore Corbett Syracuse NY Births at St Catherine parents Elza Trent Holcomb 8 lb 11 oz girl born 12 46 p m Thursday and James D Crabb 7 lb 14 oz girl born today Police briefs note William R Ackley careless driving case adjourned Bonds forfeited Theodore R Gregory Calvin Lewis Neukirch Charles A Davidson Lonnie L Plankenhorn Theodore F Whitman all Garden City Acccident Charles Winfield Rosebrook Route 1 hit truck parked at 906 N Seventh driven by Elmo Frazier eye injury text non-graphic.

John Kelly Johnson Deerfield Lee Handy North Fifth Marvin Koehn Montezuma James D. Crabb North Twelfth Gene Hornbaker Lakin D. C. Garcia Santa Fe James Sloan John Wittman North Main Derel Miller South Main Edward Crysler Marcelus Fails Theodore Corbett Syracuse N.Y St. Catherine Elza Trent Holcomb William R. Ackley Clyde Daniel Theodore R. Gregory Calvin Lewis Neukirch Cassaday Charles A. Davidson Cimarron Lonnie L. Plankenhorn Theodore F. Whitman Garden City Charles Winfield Rosebrook Elmo Calvin Frazier Rosebrook

Peurifoy Dies In Car Crash Near Bangkok

Ambassador John E. Peurifoy and his 9-year-old son Daniel were killed instantly when their Ford Thunderbird collided head on with a truck on a narrow bridge 125 miles south of Bangkok near Hau Hin. Elder son Clinton, 14, was critically injured. The 48-year-old diplomat had arrived in Thailand last November for a 10-day holiday with his wife Betty Jane and two sons. He had previously gained notice for his role in Guatemala’s 1954 peace settlement and had shaped policy during his Bangkok tenure amid Thai cabinet rumors.

Bangkok Thailand John E. Peurifoy Daniel Peurifoy Clinton Hau Hin Gulf of Siam Greece Guatemala Senate Washington Betty Jane Bangkok Post Carlos Castillo Armas Puerifoy P. Pibulsonggram Phau Sriyanon Walterboro S.C

Polio Foundation Urgently Seeks Funds Across Chapters

New York The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis appeals its solvent chapters for money to sustain the polio patient aid program. Basil O Connor, president, notes 52 511 185 raised in March of Dimes last January, 12 000 000 short of needs. He says 60 percent of chapters are solvent while 40 percent are destitute and dozens of chapters have needed rescues this year.

New York National Foundation For Basil O'Connor Foundation O'Connor

Talbott Leaves Washington After Air Force Salute

Harold E. Talbott resigns as secretary amid controversy over profits and outside business dealings. Donald A. Quarles will be sworn in Monday in a recess appointment, with Senate confirmation later. Talbott’s farewell honors include a large Air Force ceremony and the Medal of Freedom awarded to him by Secretary Wilson.

Washington Air Force Harold E. Talbott Donald A. Quarles Talbott Quarles Senate Eisenhower Defense Wilson Pentagon Wilson Air Force Review Talboit The Ball Laboratories Arkansas

Clay Center Tragedy: Husband Kills Wife Then Takes His Life

In Clay Center Kas Dan Wichman killed his estranged wife and then shot himself with a .22 rifle in her apartment. The Wichmans were parents of four children aged 10 to 18 who were not at home during the shooting last night.

Clay Center Kas Dan Wichman Wichans Nhot

Polio vaccine drive drives sharp drop in cases nationwide

A nationwide AP survey shows over a million U S children received their second Salk shot with the South leading. Polio fatalities are down 46 percent from last year and deaths in key states with second shots fall 65 percent. Across 64 million inoculated youngsters there were 247 polio cases and nine deaths.

Washington Associated Press South District of Columbia

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