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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1955
Page
5
A collection of children's letters to Santa detailing joyous Christmas requests. Kids ask for dolls, toy tractors, kitchen sets, Davy Crockett gear, sewing machines, toy doctors sets, vehicles, blocks, puppet toys, a cash register, a moving van, and various outfits. Names and addresses accompany the hopeful notes.
INDIANAPOLIS A pharmacist who liked to play ball with his son and teach him Scriptures was ordered by Superior Judge John L. Niblack to stop seeing the 10 year old John A. Bennett. The court found Bennett a Jehovah Witness in contempt for disobeying an earlier order to end disturbing the boy with conflicting religious instruction. Bennett testified he was obliged by Almighty God to give his son religious instruction morning noon and night.
James Marlow reports that Eisenhower and Johnson recover from heart attacks and show how a full life is possible after cardiac events. Dr. Paul White explains that resuming a full life is best treatment, with doctors guiding recovery and clear limits on extreme activities. The piece notes Eisenhower term limits and Johnson’s Senate leadership chances, urging calm and perseverance for heart victims.
Timothy P. McGinnis a 31 year old from St. Louis was jailed on a vagrancy charge after flashing a $1000 bill in a Miami Beach bar. He was released and said he would seek a lawyer to assess possible civil action against the city. Police reportedly used vagrancy to hold him during investigation amid bill handling questions.
Officers caught two men in a house in Charleston that they mistook for a beer parlor. They claimed they were re Entering a beer parlor they had visited earlier. Magistrate C. L. Thompson was not impressed by the claim. The house belonged to Rev. Paul M. Pridgen, a Baptist minister known for staunch prohibitionist views.
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