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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1957
Page
3
Garden City residents discuss fundraising for the St. Catherine hospital campaign. With less than half the $350 000 goal raised, volunteers plan a final week of house calls, urging donations as a civic duty to complete a 100 bed hospital project valued at about a third of a million dollars.
The State of Kansas faces a civil engineering shortage as the interstate program begins. KU and K-State join the highway department to recruit high school seniors, offer pre engineering testing, and guarantee summer jobs to cultivate skilled graduates, a promising but still early effort.
In Jakarta, banks seized by Dutch authorities and workers actions threaten to paralyze shipping and major exports. Talks among Dutch officials and Indonesian workers reopen as authorities weigh nationalization or return of banks.
The Rev. Wilbur Spenser Sheriff PhD is affiliated with Memorial Baptist Church in Johnstown Pennsylvania.
Washington reports that Dr. Fritz Zwicky, pioneer of meteors and early earth satellite concepts, remains barred from any government research due to postwar security restrictions. The piece notes Nixon and McCarthy era actions impacting scientists, and contrasts with Pentagon interest in his ideas. It also covers Don Nixon facing liquidation of his Los Angeles area restaurants, totaling 380 905.87 in debts, with 87 000 cash held for labor and creditors.
Ronald Herzog, a 29 year old parachutist, landed on a 110000 volt transmission line during a practice jump in Tacoma. The resulting outage cut power to the city for about two hours while firefighters rescued him unharmed. He said he did not see any flash when hitting the wires after a wind carried him into the lines.
W Tom Ireland, Seved, celebrated his 92nd birthday by riding his bicycle through Sedalia yesterday. He has ridden the same bike since 1900, with tires, wheels, bags and seat replaced over the years.
Former Atomic Energy Commissioner Thomas E. Murray says he is neutral on restoring J Robert Oppenheimer access to government secrets and wants the case judged on its merits amid new circumstances. He stressed his name should not be used for or against the decision, noting a November remark about possible reinstatement for missile and satellite work. Oppenheimer, once Los Alamos director, was denied access in 1954 after a split AEC vote. A separate report from California details a 500 pound bomb blast at a Navy target range near El Centro that killed 59 year old H S Reed of Brawley while salvaging the device and attempting to burn out the powder.
A column reflects on Christmas generosity and social expectations as residents are urged to give and wrap gifts. It mentions corsages for wheat growers meeting in Hutchinson and a Garden City resident sending a Christmas card sample. A local sixth grader seeks holiday work and neighbors plan Christmas cards for friends and relatives.
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