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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1956
Page
7
County farm agent explains cow diet needs after holidays noting a mature cow may require about 15 pounds of hay daily or grain substitutes for roughage. Discusses storage tips for nuts and popcorn as holiday snacks and compares grain to prairie hay for energy equivalence.
A fragmentary report notes a promised relief such as rationed items and vitamins, with unclear details about timing and quantities. The text suggests hope for access to essential goods including vitamin A amid shortages. The source lacks clear names, places, or dates.
The column covers start of the new year with digestion studies on steers fed yeast and grazing planning for 1956 4H activities. It notes three billion yeast cells per animal, compares rations, and urges local leaders and juniors to map the year’s work with community figures. It also mentions Brucellosis losses, storage tips for fruit cake, and a New Year greeting.
A house blaze forced a family to flee while Christmas gifts stored in a basement playroom burned. Firefighters confined the fire, with state and federal highway funds referenced in surrounding text about interstate routes and turnpike construction. The report also touches on Kansas highway funding and 4-H gardening guidance for youth projects.
In Leighton Missouri a bag with $27 000 in tax payments was found on the desk of Lafayette County tax collector Edward B Becker after janitor Delbert Porter 62 was jailed and charged with theft Porter had been given keys to the office and sent inside to search for the bag the bag contained 1200 in cash and Porter reportedly reacted to questions during a lie detector test Sheriff Lambert Schlueter said Porter would face theft charges and remained in jail
John Patton, longtime associate of Al Capone, died at 73 in Earl Park Indiana. Patton had a 42 year career linked to Capone and Chicago gang activity, with Kefauver investigations noted. his death comes amid heavy snow disrupting Britain and other regions.
A church Christmas pageant went awry as a group of young children misordered their letter placards. The intended sequence spelled BETHLEHEM. in reverse the stars appeared as ETHLEHEM RATS, causing confusion and amusement in what was described as a disconverting scene.
A pajama-clad stranger rang the bell and entered the William C. Robinson home on Christmas Day in Tucson Arizona. The overnight guest, later identified as an unknown visitor, caused a startled wake for the household as they sought to understand the visitor’s purpose and origin.
Kenny Schreiber an 18 year old paralyzed by a July 1955 neck injury in Ness City Kansas wiggles his toes at Christmas doctors call his recovery remarkable his mother says much credit goes to his determination Kenny plans correspondence courses for a degree at Fort Hays State College and expects to finish college his family reports this Christmas brings real cheer at the hospital where he receives treatment.
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