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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1957
Page
2
Telegram prints a Christmas feature praising George Cornell for his tender retelling of Luke's birth narrative. The piece notes translation shifts and timeless resonance, framing the account as an eternal night of savior birth with angels praising God and peace on earth.
A collage of holiday vignettes from a community page. A mother asks about children’s plans, a child cites Santa and God watching, and reflections on Christmas carols and school programs. The page also offers kitten gifts for Christmas and memories of awaiting Christmas Eve, ending with a note of hope amid change.
Air Force aims to launch Capt. Ivan Kincheloe as America's first space explorer in an X-15 program. Planned steps include flights to 100 miles then 400 miles, with eventual orbital flight within three years pending funding. Civilian test pilot Scott Crossfield will conduct related X-15 tests prior to delivery.
Fragmentary clipping ties a devotional prayer to a 1961 forecast of NASA era spaceflight. It mentions a third X-15 booster and Kincheloe chasing satellites at 12,000 mph, then notes CIA official Dr. Scoville correcting myths about Soviet tech and TV set quality. The piece blends religion, science, and caution about global competition.
TOPEKA Gov George Docking said he has received many letters from teachers lamenting pay. He noted he will likely not recommend a five per cent salary increase for faculty at state colleges in the 1958 budget presented to the Legislature. Regents seek the raise, while Docking also quips about coffee costs and comments on elementary teachers. He warned agency requests would have upset the budget by about 29 million dollars, shaping the 1958 budget and tax measures.
Member of the Associated Press. The Associated Presss entified ex clusively to the use for reproduction of all the local news printed In this newspaper as well as AP news and dispatches. All rights of publication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. Terms of Subscription Entered at the post office at Garden City, Kansas, as second class matter, Daily, by carriers week in Garden City, 30c. By mail, other addresses in Finney, Lane, Scott, Wichita, Greeley, Hamilton, Kearny, Grant, Haskell and Gray counties, $7.60 per year, elsewhere in Kansas $10 per year, outside Kansas, $13 per year
The Agriculture Department says farm prices for the winter are likely to stay above year-ago levels with November averaging three percent higher. A December price report is due December 30. The piece notes no signs of a shift in the price pattern and mentions ongoing budget-session debates and governor Docking’s views on legislative sessions.
Mrs Agnes Mabes a 51 year old prisoner matron at the Oklahoma County jail halted five inmates attempts to escape from the courthouse in downtown Oklahoma City She alerted police via an alarm telephone and kept control as a hundred officers arrived The five including George Jernigan Burl Stotts Luther Bringingood David Leclair and Bob Lewis were captured within 45 minutes after overpowering jailers and a visitor The incident ended with all suspects back in cells and Mabes wife of a retired city police officer and a grandmother would be a notable local hero.
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