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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1957
Page
2
An editorial questions the value of hospital insurance plans like Blue Cross and Mutual of Omaha. It argues insurance protects against costs but not hospital quality or bed availability, urging readers to support a local hospital drive to improve those facilities.
The piece notes Christmas mood contrasting with tax bills due. It questions why real estate and personal property taxes must be paid by a fixed date, suggesting alternative due dates like November 30 or February 37, reflecting seasonal push and public concern.
Oslo speech by Lester B. Pearson urges free diplomatic conferences between the East and West and particularly the United States and Russia. He warns that stalemate and rigid trench warfare rhetoric risk peace as tensions grow between the two great powers and their allies.
In Oklahoma City the Highway Patrol will replace holiday greetings with traffic safety cards. The cards include a safety message and a grim wish that readers avoid injuries, hoping the Yuletide season remains safe and that no one ends up on stretchers or covered with blankets.
New York authorities reported a lead pipe was thrown at a moving BMT subway train between East 106th Street and Rockaway Parkway stations early today. The incident prompted security reviews and rider safety warnings as investigators pursue suspects.
The Soviet Union launches another peace offensive as NATO talks loom in Paris, while in Norway an unidentified flying object is revealed to be a flare rocket set off by two 19 year old farm boys. In New York an elevator incident interrupts a station jams and a passenger is struck as a man fights to cram into a train. Premier Bulganin’s letters to Eisenhower Adenauer and Nehru press a nuclear tests ban and signal Kremlin reaction to NATO unity and Western defenses.
Drew Pearson reports secret Vanguard launch attempts, clashes between General Electric and Martin Company over engine heat spots, rust from impurity water, and disputed causes of the explosion. Secrecy shielded November tests though Eisenhower had announced December satellite launch.
The report notes President Eisenhower's May 1957 statement on the U.S. satellite program planning test vehicles through 1957 and full instrumented ground satellites by March 1958 with Vanguard costing 4.1 million dollars, mostly from the abortive December launch. also mentions Santa Claus in subway strike hurting New York sales while suburban centers report gains, and a Wichita bank president buying a toy piano with a personal check that is later cashed after discovery of a hidden hundred-dollar bill.
A concise religious excerpt asks for daily experience of the Spirit and aligned action to help others find the true path. It contrasts belief with feeling and prays in Jesus name for life and guidance.
A community demonstrates health and generosity with a 37000 United Fund budget and a 350000 hospital drive while volunteers from all ages and backgrounds contribute. The HDU and Garden Club showcase a “Christmas Idea” display using pampas grass, organdy scraps, and inventive trims centering on creative decorations.
The American Farm Bureau Federation asks Congress to extend the Agricultural Trade Development Act to keep subsidized foreign shipments moving until surpluses are cleared. Delegates favor gradual withdrawal of price supports and promotion of freer production, with Secretary Benson outlining similar policy changes. The group notes such sales are not a permanent or ideal substitute for dollars. Also, a Warsaw Pact economic conference will begin at Melnik to push further integration of member economies.
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