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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1957
Page
14
Legislators discuss governor George Docking and his postcard appeal on a penny gas tax increase. The piece questions the polling method and suggests a clearer, more factual query would avoid sensational framing like a courtroom trap.
Life magazine defends its postage costs against Postmaster General Summerfield by hiring accountants who find Life pays 3.1 cents postage per copy while the post office costs 2.3 cents to handle it. The piece argues 2nd class mail losses and asks for rational postal policy reforms before supporting any rate increases.
Drew Pearson exposes a chain of deals from Brooklyn to Los Angeles where federal housing funds, a city councilman’s bribes, and real estate pressure moved the Dodgers to Los Angeles. The Chavez Ravine project collapsed while Uncle Sam funded the Dodgers park with 4.72 million, offset by a 1.279 million unload price.
Washington notes a call for a U S satellite name with many suggestions across the country. Readers propose Me Too Fore Laggard Disputnik Moon Scout and more while commentators note Sputnik translates to satellite and urge calling it simply satellite.
Advertising Manager Marvin Smith and General Manager Robert Wells lead a Garden City Kansas broadcast with Editor M W McFarland and Mechanical Superintendent. The paper carries Associated Press rights and outlines subscription terms and post office filings. Rates include 30 cents weekly in Garden City, 7.50 yearly in Finney and nearby counties, 10 yearly elsewhere in Kansas, and 18 yearly outside Kansas.
The request recalls a devotional prayer asking God to remember His gifts and to be a faithful steward of bounty. It asks for guidance to share merciful goodness and to live in Christ’s guidance, ending with Amen.
AE Distaff Side notes Cy Harmon announces a return of bathroom fixtures with natural white plastic seats. Jimmy Saffels celebrates a fourth birthday with a new electric razor. Mrs R W Willson works on words to fit The Last Mum of Autumn. Slim Pickens adds a Western Mediterranean room to his Holcomb home. A 57 Christmas card arrives. Anne Cleveland’s Parent from Zero to Ten is recommended for stressed parents. A doctor’s joke about exhaustion ends with a quip about motherhood. A slenderella cookbook is proposed for the person who has everything.
B C Osberg reports pets owned by married RCAF personnel at a Vancouver Island air base are disappearing at a troubling rate. Officers say cougars are blamed though no human attacks have been reported.
Communist led unions seized a third major Dutch enterprise and set a watch on three leading Dutch banks in downtown Jakarta. A government source said the Cabinet met to prevent wholesale takeovers, but authorities moved cautiously. Sobsi informed Jacobson Van den Berg Trading Co. workers were taking control, though company officials protested the action as unauthorized.
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