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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1955
Page
8
Washington report notes a $7.67 postal money order issued June 6 1919 to Ren Robt W Kean of New Jersey. Kean then an Army lieutenant received notice to collect it after 36 years. The order was issued at Trier France and signed by Lt R J Topton. No explanation was given by the Post Office Department.
Patrick Joseph McDermott 23 of West Mineral Kansas was killed in a 55 foot fall inside a smokestack at the Huron Portland Cement plant in Alpena. He worked for Custodis Construction Co of Chicago building the stack.
Education Commissioner S. M. Brownell reported that 354,445 diplomas were awarded by U S colleges and universities in the 1954 55 college year, 4,254 fewer than 1953 54, reflecting a drop in overall college enrollment and a decrease in graduates nationwide.
New York cabinet member Marion Folsom announced the Eisenhower administration will present Congress with a broadened program to build thousands of schools. He stressed federal help without harming local control and noted rapid needs as classrooms and teachers must grow. The AFL-CIO convention also condemned Taft Hartley provisions and NLRB actions while criticizing current economic policy and inflation.
In Tazewell Tennessee Hubert Osborne fifty fled six MPs by hiding in a barn with bran but a hole in the sack betrayed his location. He was held at Fort McPherson Georgia on charges of AWOL dating back to 1942. The story notes a broader wartime economic program context and a government push on housing and social aid. Secretary of Labor’s AFL CIO appeal supported administration policies and a stable wage economy.
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