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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1956
Page
1
A seasonal verse pleads joy for all ages. It names families and neighbors from Burnsides to Gishes, Dockings to Tolands, and McAllisters to Tele gram creators, sending goodwill and merry wishes to every living soul.
Rep O Konski cites an unimpeachable State Department source that Tito has accepted an invitation to visit the United States. A Yugoslav Embassy spokesman denied knowledge of the invitation while Belgrade radio quoted a foreign office spokesman as saying an invitation in principle had been sent. Catholic groups protest in Eisenhower's presence, warning that any invitation would offend Catholics and others. The White House offered no immediate comment.
Vice President Nixon made an unscheduled border visit near Vienna at 3:30 a.m. to observe Hungarian refugees crossing into Austria. He called the experience the most thrilling of his life and praised Austrian hospitality while noting U.S. aid to refugees. In Montgomery Alabama racial integration on buses started smoothly as Negro riders took front seats where available and the pattern of segregation faded with the new civic order.
An Illinois Central passenger train derailed early today as rain weakened the embankment near Belleville Illinois. Two passengers died Mrs Orson Covell of North Platte Neb and Henry Hudson of Groverdale Miss. Eighteen others hospitalized. Train was en route from St Louis to New Orleans.
The bulletin covers a fair tonight with southerly winds 10 to 15 and a low around 20, followed by increasing clouds Saturday with stronger southerly winds then shifting to a gusty northwest wind, cooler by evening. It also reports a railroad derailment after midnight with eight cars plunging into mud. two coaches and a Pullman injured, one fatality later named Mrs. Covell and Hudgon. Additional notes discuss Soviet and world political commentary, train details, and local group screenings of two films Crisis and Oh New Story of Milk.
Garden City merchants extend shopping hours for Christmas shoppers. Most stores stay open until 8 p.m. tonight and tomorrow night, with regular hours resuming Monday. City county and state offices close tomorrow at noon for a holiday and reopen Wednesday morning. The Telegram also takes a Christmas holiday, skipping Tuesday’s edition.
Eight people perished yesterday in six air crashes from California to Pennsylvania. A seventh plane carrying two men disappeared.
A string of aviation disasters is reported from across the United States. U S Steel executive Alden Roach, 55, of San Francisco, and two crewmen died when a W-2 turbine plane exploded on a Tyrone mountain slope after departing Pittsburgh for Idlewild. Nearby, helicopter pilot Robert Walksey, 27, drowned in San Francisco Bay, and Navy jet pilot Lt. William Herring, 28, died near Monterey when a FOFB Cougar exploded post-crash. Other incidents include a Crusader crash at Atlantic City NAS killing Lt. Thomas Roth, and Owosso, Michigan, car dealer Thomas Warren perishing in a small plane crash after takeoff from Owosso airport. A missing 733 jet trainer prompts a four-state search, with Lt. Cornelius VanVlymen and passenger W. Rae identified. In Maine, Capt. Campbell Potter died and Lt. Donald Stacey injured in a Millin C-54 crash during an emergency attempt.
Vacations begin tonight for Garden City students and local agencies anticipate a rush of holiday job applications. Kansas State Employment Service and Finnay County Health Council youth center warn youth to renew applications every 30 days and urge employers to list openings for both part time and full time work. W S Trebil, manager, notes demand is down this year and shifts the youth service to morning hours 9 to 11 a.m. at the Boys Gym, with most opportunities in part time and odd jobs.
New York reports say India's prime minister Nehru, concluding a six day United States visit, remains convinced that collective security pacts will not preserve world peace. He planned to fly to Ottawa for weekend talks with Prime Minister St Laurent as he wrapped a Niagara round of speeches urging peaceful, positive approaches to Hungary and Middle East tensions.
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