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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1957
Page
2
The St Catharine hospital fund campaign pauses after a late harvest and tight holidays hinder early giving. The editorial says the setback is not defeat but a practical pause to handle Christmas shopping first and resume the drive in January, ensuring both efforts are done properly.
A disjointed excerpt discusses a scientist cousin and a jokey remark as it reflects on the U S failure to launch a satellite. It notes Soviet hopes for scientists and engineers and contrasts penalties for error, while praising resilience amid embarrassment and speculation about similar systems and timing.
The VFW and Capper's Weekly solicitors in Garden City face a dispute over subscription activities. John J Haskell Post 2279 sponsors the fund raising, with the commission supposedly for VFW use only. Commander Ivan Rown of Post 2279 states the concern and seeks clarification.
In Louisville Kentucky a coal stove started a blaze that burned a hole in a cell and engulfed part of the post office. Volunteers battled the fire as Postmaster Harold Skaggs and his staff kept sorting mail, finishing tasks despite smoke in the eyes and a 30 minute disruption.
A fragmented column notes Christmas prep with fourfold shopping pace yet a two week countdown. References ADA OLIVER and Grace Eaton mark local residents, while a stray tale hints at neighborly theft and evolving town life. Grace Eaton arrives after decades in Winfield, moving in with Helen Milne.
Washington columnist Drew Pearson reports a secret Pentagon censor, Robert Dechert, counsels the Defense Department to block embarrassing information from the missile investigation. The RM-1760 memo, dated June 21, 1956, warned of Soviet missile might and moon rocket plans, yet defense funding was slashed before public pressure revived the program. The piece alleges administration delay and tax cuts hampered missile progress while Soviet advances grew.
New York. A pregnant wife of Nassau County, near Roosevelt, was roughed up by a man claiming retaliation if her husband’s union returns to work. Nicholas Buccarella, 26, executive VP of the Signal Electricians' Benevolent Assn., says Peggy Buccarella, 25, expects a baby in two weeks and was unharmed. He reports a threatening call earlier and protests that his wife is not on strike while the picket actions continue in sympathy with the MotorSmen’s Benevolent Assn.
Tokyo reports that 82,000 U.S. troops remain in Japan as the procurement board head states the figure. the U.S. military did not confirm. Oslo names Paul Gruda Koht ambassador to Washington, succeeding Wilhelm Morgenstierne. Koht, 44, has served in Oslo's Foreign Department and various diplomatic posts.
INDIANAPOLIS WW-Paul M Butler chairman of the Democratic National Committee says the nation lacks a full time president and leadership. He urges decisive action to energize a complacent public amid Eisenhower's health and wartime challenges. The piece also notes gloomy Western and North African dispatches on Spain Ifni and Algerian unrest with rebel and terrorist casualties.
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A brief devotional prayer asks for stronger faith and dedication to God through Christ, with a closing amen. The notice ends by directing readers to Telegram Want-Ads for buying or selling.
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