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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1955
Page
8
A Christmas season poem lists numerous names from The Telegram staff and readers, wishing joy and good will. It invokes wassail, carols, and festive cheer for many individuals and families, ending with a broad blessing for all.
Leonard Tabor, 27, of Burnside Drive, is hospitalized at St. Catherine with two bullet wounds from an accidental discharge of a .22 rifle while investigating a noise near chicken pens. He ran from his home, stumbled, and the rifle fired, injuring the inner calf four inches below the knee. Condition described as good.
Ray H. Calihan Jr., Garden City attorney and newly elected Kiwanis president, assumed leadership at a noon meeting at the Warren hotel. He named 18 chairmen to head committees covering public affairs, youth work, attendance, church support, finance, laws, education, and more, with all members assigned roles and meetings held after the session.
SPENCER Iowa The agents for Santa Claus here received this letter today from David Jones Dear Santa my little brother is Allan He is 10 months old He wants his teeth for Christmas.
Violence and killings in Algeria intensify as France pledges 60 000 more troops to quell the insurgency amid elections, with 40 or more deaths in the last day and a large rebel force in the Djurdura Mountains. Major troops already operate in the region, while nationalists threaten Christmas-time terrorism and Catholic bishops adjust Mass timings for safety.
Gary Crawford an 11 year old bicyclist escaped serious injury at 12 27 p m today after being struck at the intersection of Hattie and Jeannie streets by a car driven by Mrs Robert Lee Rodrock He suffered a deep cut on his left hand and bruises to his upper left leg He was taken to St Catherine hospital by Robert L Tucker a Veterans cab driver who arrived soon after the crash Mrs Rodrock said she was traveling east on Jennie when the boy rode into the path of her car Police plan continued investigation
A lighthearted note from Palmer Jewelry advertises waterproof shock resistant non-magnetic watches. The line suggests even a tombstone will praise a downed fellow, tying humor to a product promotion within a period style ad.
A gunman abducted grocer manager Lyle Larsen 45 in Harvard Illinois and fatally shot him before fleeing. Robert Phillips 28 of Rockford was captured nearby after police tracked the crime scene, a blood-stained revolver found, and witnesses identifying the suspect. State officers pursued roadblocks and seized Phillips as he left a tavern ten miles west of Elgin.
District Court Judge Roland H. Tate sentenced Lewis John Cherry of 708 East Chestnut to 30 days in county jail for contempt of court for failing to obey a support order. He was arrested yesterday by city police officials.
Northern California and Oregon endure devastating floods with nine known deaths in California and three in Oregon. Santa Cruz reports three dead and 12 missing with hundreds exposed. Reno floods halt traffic, while five northwest California villages are wiped out. Weather worsens, with rivers overflowing and isolated communities cut off.
A reflective meditation on Mary pondering Jesus birth and its implications. The piece explores expectations of a messiah, Roman oppression, and the prophetic lines that connect the manger to future sorrow and joy, ending with the reversal of travail into joy at birth.
Mrs. Daniel Bruchy 57 of Bolivar Missouri was injured seriously in a one car crash near Uniontown on highway 54 while en route to Holcomb for Christmas. Her husband Mr Bruchy and others in the car were knocked unconscious as the late model vehicle was demolished.
U S consulate weighs whether a unidentified man found near Monterrey is Gary A Weis of Salina Kansas. Investigators compare reports from Edinburg Texas with the body found near the Monterrey airport. Autopsy notes a late night Dec 7 shooting from behind with a .25 caliber bullet to the head.
The Christmas Cheer Clearing House seeks a working refrigerator to keep formula for a three month old safe and cold. The father has returned to work after illness, and the family needs help to stabilize. Gifts of fruit or food are also welcome for elder relatives, with cash gifts converted into shoes for youngsters.
Jerry Wayne Brooks, 17, of Montrose Colorado, was sentenced in police court to 10 days in jail for carrying a concealed weapon. His father Harold Clayton Brooks is due in today. The youth wore a sheath knife on his leg when stopped during a routine check, and could be released to his father for Christmas.
U S Gt John Horan of Maynard Massachusetts survived four days in snow and boulder strewn Cascade Mountain foot hills after bailing from a C46 at 12 000 feet. He fashioned makeshift boots from parachute parts and reached an inn 345 miles south, then called his Japanese wife and three children. He was treated for frostbite at Madigan General Hospital Fort Lewis and awaited possible transfer.
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