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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1955
Page
3
A Telegram editorial argues tomorrow's bigger edition signals back to school days and stresses that newspaper advertising benefits the whole community. Advertisers attract customers downtown and from out of town, supporting theaters restaurants and services, making ads a community obligation beyond mere self interest.
A Chamber of Commerce clinic compared two surveys on Garden City needs. Manager Bob Shelton cited industrial development as top for members, while a Telegram reader poll 18 months prior favored improved hospital facilities. The piece notes living conditions influence industry and urges considering parks, schools, police, and city administration alongside growth.
A compilation of sharp, humorous clippings from Wichita Eagle Kansas City Star and Emporia Gazette. Items reference meat packing moving Chicago for smaller cities Ike Adlai hay fever Topeka and union back strength. Quotes highlight political and social tensions with wit and critique.
Bloody clashes erupted in the tin can towns near Casablanca with at least six reported dead in the riots and more killed in other Moroccan locales. A French army sergeant described exchanges with a mob as security forces tried to rescue encircled patrols.
The Gold Drop Club in Flint Michigan reports 583 members who have given a gallon or more each. Over five years the group has donated 5 229 pints to the Red Cross.
A readable fragment of the Garden City Telegram masthead and notices lists staff roles and Associated Press rights, with subscription terms and distribution area notes. The page shows managing editor and department heads, pricing for subscriptions, and service regions including Finney and nearby counties.
Ex president Truman writes to Senator Kefauver that the best cure for juvenile delinquency is for mothers and fathers to stay home and raise their families. He opposes baby sitters or boarding schools, citing too many gadgets and too few chores for children. The letter was in response to Kefauver’s inquiry as committee chair.
Lancaster police report a 20 year old model car rammed into the home of John L. Miller in Hessdale, hurling Aldus Micken through the car top onto a 20 foot high brick building. He was listed in satisfactory condition at Lancaster General Hospital. Firefighters carried him down a ladder to an ambulance.
Seoul demonstrations against the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission faded with only scattered clashes near Kunsan and Kangnung. No protests at Inchon port. a few at Pusan. In London, the Soviet Academy of Sciences opened a special institute but criticised for not studying foreign economists. Singapore saw stones and bottles in a city union strike with 10,000 workers demanding pay for 12 lost days. Geneva talks between the United States and Red China adjourned again without agreement on repatriating 41 Americans. next meeting set for Tuesday.
Army major and physician Sammy Lee, a two time Olympic diving champion, earns backing from Garden Grove residents after earlier rejections due to Oriental ancestry. Realtors and officials urge Lee to move to Tangcounty, with Lee citing possible October return and family plans, while his family’s California roots trace to Korea fifty years ago.
Recites Ann Ashworth's potato salad recipe for 100 servings using potatoes eggs relish onion celery celery seed salt sugar and salad dressing. Mentions Mrs Alice Gadeberry Mrs Clarence Morris and Alvin Beyer birthdays and a Time magazine poem excerpt reference.
A short devotional prayer center on faith and guidance. It asks for alertness to keep faith strong and a straight course in life. It ends with a blessing to dwell with the Saviour and a closing Amen.
The 46th triennial conclave of the Grand En campment of Knights Templar of the United States opens in New York City with about 20 000 Knights attending the first such gathering here in 98 years. Standards were blessed at St John the Divine and the first business session is set for Monday at the Waldorf Astoria.
Hollywood report says Benny, after 23 years as a live radio critic, will quit to focus on television. He hints the best radio segments may be rebroadcast this fall if CBS reaches a sponsor deal. He plans one hour TV roles or hosting duties, with editing to fit a reduced schedule.
Wilbur E. Cassell 35 from Champaign Illinois, a trusted inmate at Leavenworth, disappeared Saturday during a potato digging detail on the prison farm and was captured three hours later by federal penitentiary guards. Cassell was serving 345 days for car theft and a parole violation.
A Saturday cryptoquipt page presents a dense list of horizontal and vertical clues with numbered items across various wordplay tasks, including animal, object, and action hints, plus a scrambled cryptogram section distributed by King Features Syndicate. The page ends with a note about HIGH DUDGEON and a femme fatale demand.
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