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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1956
Page
2
Lloyd Haag, chairman of the local TB association, says Christmas seal returns lag last year with $859.86 raised, about $400 less than the same period. Finney county reports high tuberculosis incidence. five residents are in Norton Sanitarium, five were dismissed this year, and several others need ongoing treatment funded by the association.
Dallas December 15 70 year old oil pioneer Ever de Golyer known for reducing risk in oil exploration shot himself dead in his office. Found by secretary Dorothy Pitts with a revolver nearby. Justice Glenn Byrd returned a verdict of death by own action referencing no stated cause. de Golyer helped develop seismic refraction methods and gained fame in 1910 with the Peter No 4 well in Mexico achieving high oil potential output.
Maurice H. Stans, acting postmaster general, drafts a personal regret letter and sends a silver stamp box with a stamps supply to bride Sherlyn Ann Schornberg. She reported in Louisville, Kentucky that stamps failed on about 150 wedding announcements and shower invitations for her daughter’s December 29 wedding to Wendell Reynolds.
Belgian Foreign Minister Paul Henri Spaak said the Hungarian uprising marked the first example in world history of collective death by a people's own action. He noted NATO offered no guarantee of intervention and that Hungary may have erred in expecting allied help. He spoke at a news conference in Paris.
Today in Garden City notices list hospital admittances for Mrs. W C Renick Dorothy Moore Fern Cleveland Leo E Reid William A Douglas Henry Crone and others. Discharges include Mrs Earnest Davis and Mrs LaMonte Widner plus Carole Puckett and O P McCoy. Births at St Catherine report a 7 lb 3 oz baby and another 8 lb 5 oz girl born at 8:15 am. details note parents Mr and Mrs W C Renick and Mr and Mrs James D Morris of Sublette. Police briefs cover Clifton Laster fined for running a stop sign and a minor accident involving Mrs Darrell Joe George and Feliciano M Briblesea. A Boston Yellow Pages tale describes Sgt Raul Reyes and crew failing to find $520 in 9,000 directories after a babysitter returned a 1957 edition for safekeeping.
In Stevens Park a group including Kansas officials and college leaders discussed KU and Kansas State budget needs. Chancellor Murphy warned that salary gaps of up to 4000 to 5000 dollars push faculty to other schools, urging a decision to avoid a “run-of-the-mill pedestrian” university as he outlined proposed cuts and a 1957 operating budget of 10.5 million dollars reduced from 10.6 million.
Ernest Gerber of Garden City told the sheriff the irrigation pump house on his farm northeast of Garden City on Eminence route was broken into between Wednesday evening and yesterday. Tools anti freeze log chain and irrigation pipe were stolen. Kansas State College horticulturalist R C Roberts will lead a flower raising school at the 4 H building Monday starting 1 30 p.m. Home demonstration unit leaders and Garden club members are invited. Allen Fort Ulysses agriculture education junior was initiated into the Arnold Air Society at K State College along with several cadets meeting B average AFROTC and plus overall average.
Crowell-Collier Publishing will discontinue Collier's and The Companion next month due to rising costs and falling ad revenue. Collier's will end with the Jan 4 issue, The Companion with January, affecting about 2,000 workers and diverting subscriptions to Look magazine under Gardner Cowles.
Austrian police reported that nearly 1,000 refugees crossed from Hungary in the last 24 hours despite stricter controls by Russian troops. Police counted 401 during daylight yesterday and only 54 more by 3 am, attributed to Hungary’s general strike and transport disruptions.
Setting up props at the park for a dedication service led by Lloyd Haag Bernadine Sitts Rev Irwin Johnson and Ozie Rocha will take place tomorrow at 9 p.m. The event features vocal performances by the high school swing choir directed by Julius Hultquist and a message from Jack Jewel youth council vice president. Invocation and benediction will be by Bob Logan council president. The public is invited to attend.
W F Pierce of Deerfield recently returned on a bogus check charge from Topeka waived preliminary hearing yesterday in county court. Pierce bound over to district court with $1000 bond. About $150 in no account checks were passed to Garden City merchants three months ago, officials say. He is wanted on similar charges in seven states.
Juho Paasikivi Finland’s president from 1946 to 1956 died Friday in Helsinki at age 86. A veteran of politics since prewar days, he led Finland as premier and later as president after independence from Russia.
Market briefs from Garden City mention Saturday denim sales and local thrift items. A fragment references a 'Hour of Decision' program and a 'Vies of Prophecy' segment on Sunday, with unclear times and station identifiers.
Mary B Rankin age 58 of Worthfield appeared in Greenfield District Court before Judge Samuel Tisdale on a charge of operating a motor vehicle with an unregistered plate and switch. The case concerns alleged auto registration violations.
In Denver four residents were found guilty of harassment and invasion of privacy for repeated night calls to former neighbors. The Backuses were fined 3525 dollars. Mrs. Cooper and Mrs. Vance received 1000 dollars each, plus sleep loss and slander awards. Exemplary damages of 150 dollars went to each party. A permanent restraining order issued Feb 11, 1955 bars the Backuses from calling the Sackus family.
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