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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1955
Page
4
Readable text lists various furniture and household items with prices including a Hollywood bed sets, a 5 piece dinette, lime oak night stand, modern chrome smokers, gun racks, end tables, table lamps, train cases, Cosco serving tables, children's rockers, and musical rockers. Prices range from 4.95 to 179.95 with multiple sale-style notes.
Farm and ranch owners offered 4 percent loans for five years through the Federal Land Bank, with offices in the PCA Building south of the courthouse. Wayne Foster serves as secretary-treasurer. Garnand Funeral Chapel and Prompt Ambulance Service are listed among local services.
W W Cha irman Vinson of the Horse Armed Services Committee says the traditional system of free advertised bidding has virtually been scrapped in defense contracts. He cites direct negotiation as a shock ing practice and warns it may have caused an unbalanced budget. He notes only about 2 of 36 billion dollars in contracts from 1953 to 1955 used advertised bidding. A 10 percent reduction in these contracts could have balanced the budget.
Government experts confirm a dire 1955 for Kansas farmers due to drought. Final estimates show corn harvest at 30,856,000 bushels and wheat at 128,385,000 bushels, the lowest in decades, with harvested corn acreage at 1,624,000 and wheat at 8,559,000 acres, well below 10 year averages and historic highs.
In Dodge City Kansas the Wheat Growers Association reaffirmed support for a two-price wheat plan after a directors meeting. The plan outlines distinct price levels for wheat deliveries, signaling continued alignment with market strategies discussed earlier this year.
Villagers on Island of Orleans near Quebec will attend midnight Mass in a 1717 wooden church now a museum. Time and river changes migrated worship while horse drawn sleighs share parking with cars. The piece notes shifts in local customs and Christmas and New Year traditions.
Four American planes landed safely at McMurdo Sound to establish the first air link between New Zealand and Antarctica. The 2,200 mile nonstop flight used Mt. Erebus as a guiding beacon in the final approach. Two Neptunes arrived first followed by two Skymasters on Ross Island.
The association approved last year a plan to set support prices on wheat needed for domestic consumption and to provide no supports for any surplus wheat, aiming to stabilize prices and ensure supply for essential needs.
An Associated Press survey finds pre Christmas retail trade booming in two dozen cities from New York to San Francisco. Shoppers buy gadgets luxury gifts and frills while confidence runs high that volumes will beat last year. Some markets show strong gains, others caution on credit. Neiman Marcus and Macy's market offbeat items such as moon real estate quit claims and odd novelty gifts as retailers report robust demand.
New York editors and artists present the life of Jesus in a 96 page comic book format aimed at youngsters. Lorenz Graham, a religious social worker, says the devout project uses accurate biblical details in cartoon style with balloons. Published by Gilbertson Co with a large first edition, it is also issued in England and translated into German Dutch and Scandinavian languages.
The Agriculture Department estimates sorghum production in Kansas fell this year due to drought, while national output nearly matched the record 1950 crop at 233,000,000 bushels, up 3 percent. Texas and Oklahoma improved yields. Kansas Nebraska and Colorado declined. Major state estimates: Kansas 31,878,000. Texas 144,711,000. California 9,700,000. Oklahoma 13,375,000. Nebraska 7,843,000. Arizona 6,789,000. Colorado 4,950,000.
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