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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1957
Page
14
An editorial argues hospital insurance protects against costs but not hospital quality. It warns policies are only as valuable as the insured hospital system and urges readers to donate to the local hospital drive to raise the system's value and bed capacity.
In December the Christmas spirit collides with taxes due on real estate and personal property, a burden dated around December 20 that undermines seasonal cheer and business sales. The piece questions why tax deadlines can’t fall earlier or later, suggesting November or February alternatives.
Lester B Pearson urged frequent diplomatic conferences between East and West, especially the United States and Russia, to avoid stalemate in the cold war. He called for frank exchanges of views through diplomatic channels rather than big summit meetings.
Oklahoma Highway Patrol will give holiday greeting cards to motorists instead of traffic violation warnings. The card carries a safety message urging care this season and hopes no pedestrians are harmed, aiming to spare families from sorrow and emergency calls.
NEW YORK The Transit Authority reports a lead pipe was thrown through a window of a moving BMT subway train between East 105th Street and Rockaway Parkway. A passenger, Rosally Valle, 18, of Brooklyn, was struck on the elbow but refused medical treatment. The pipe struck while the train ran flush with the street near Green’s booth.
The account cites three secret Vanguard launch attempts and a clash between General Electric and Martin on engine heat spots. GE alleges impure water caused rust spots. Martin argues oversized engine parts caused overheating. The $100,000 rocket cost is stated, with most destruction in the blast.
The Soviet Union launches a new round of letters from Premier Bulganin to Eisenhower Adenauer and Nehru as a pre Paris NATO media and public diplomacy effort. Observers see the move as Kremlin signaling to test Western resolve, warning on nuclear arms and rearmament of West Germany.
In Oslo region two 19 year old farm boys admitted launching an old German flare rocket for fun. The object sparked widespread alarm as newsmen photographers home guardsmen and air force experts swarmed the nearby farm where debris fell.
An optimistic man attempted to squeeze himself and a tuba onto a crowded New York subway car yesterday. He failed and perhaps should have chosen a piccolo instead.
A devotional invocation asks God to grant abundant life and daily felt guidance by the Holy Spirit. The prayer seeks inner faith, spiritual works, and help for others to discover the true way of life through Jesus.
Publication detail states The Telegram Publishing Company operates daily except Sunday from 117 East Chestnut.
Terms of subscription list post office mailing rates in Garden City Kansas and surrounding counties. Prices shown include 30 cents weekly carrier, 7.50 per year for in state and 10 per year elsewhere in Kansas, 13 per year outside Kansas.
A community showcases its health and hospital fundraising efforts with a $37,000 United Fund budget and a $350,000 hospital drive, highlighting volunteers from all ages and faiths. The HDU and Garden Club Christmas Idea display impresses with inventive ornaments from pampas grass to net dispensers. An eight-year-old quips about Dillon's Santa with band-aids for eyebrows.
New York retailers report Santa Claus sales down 20 to 40 percent from a year ago as subway strikes cut foot traffic. Trade groups estimate losses in the millions while suburban centers in Nassau County and New Jersey show gains amid shifting shopping patterns.
A. W. Kin Cade president of the Fourth National Bank of Wichita tried to buy a toy piano for a nephew at a local shop. When his check was declined the clerk summoned the manager who recognized him and cashed the check after he produced a $100 bill.
The American Farm Bureau Federation voted at its national convention to ask Congress to extend the Agricultural Trade Development Act of 1954 to fund surplus shipments abroad. The act uses subsidies to sell surpluses for foreign currencies to aid foreign aid and development programs, though the federation warns these sales are not a permanent or satisfactory substitute for dollars.
The convention will hear Secretary of Agriculture Benson as resolutions favor reducing direct and indirect farm subsidies and easing controls. Benson argues lower price supports will push markets to absorb surplus previously stored by the government, expanding production and trading freely.
The Czechoslovak radio announced that an eight nation economic conference of the Warsaw Pact will begin tomorrow at Melnik north of Prague. Delegations from Russia Poland East Germany Czechoslovakia Hungary Romania Bulgaria and Albania will seek deeper economic integration.
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