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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1955
Page
2
Tokyo readers react as women press for ending male scrubbers in public baths. The 19 000 baths serve 70 percent of the population, with 38 000 men eligible to work both sections. A housewife asks for women to replace male attendants, while others defend the practice as routine.
A dense listing of August broadcasts across NBC and affiliated programs. It catalogs times for Weatherman, Memories, Tony Jewell Reports, Dragnet, Hutchinson at Garden City, and various NBC features including News, Travel Bureau, Fibber McGee, and Club Carousel with sign offs.
Persistent drought lowers late maturing crops and pastures in Kansas. Grain sorghum growth is near standstill except where moisture is abundant. Northeast Kansas corn remains fair with more moisture aiding development. Western Kansas sees poor grain development due to heat and drought, with much corn harvested for silage. Soybean prospects decline as pools fail to fill. pastures and ranges are dormant. More farmers haul water for livestock.
Two inmates from Eastern State Hospital at Medical Lake Spokane overpowered an attendant and fled Sunday. Identified as Herman Salier and Jamies Giland both 35, described as very dangerous, ringleaders in the Walla Walla prison riot.
The Board of Agriculture urges feeders to watch milo for Johnsongrass seed. Infested loads have reached Kansas ports from southern states and many have been rejected or pulverized. State seed supervisor Vernon Woestemeyer urges farmers and dealers to check deliveries before unloading and notes county weed supervisors will inspect shipments free of charge. Most consignments go to Central Kansas points, with some sent elsewhere.
In Los Angeles a disc jockey named Bill Ballance drove a small midget foreign car to work. At a traffic signal he found himself alongside a huge double-trailer truck. The truck driver mocked him asking what his father gave him for his birthday.
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