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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1956
Page
4
Editorial urges timely civic action as April elections approach for two city commissioners and four school board members. Notes Mayor Gay Powers will not seek re election and calls for candidates to announce intentions promptly to inform public judgment.
Farm Vacations and Holidays Inc reports steady seventh year progress linking city visitors to farms offering board and spare bedrooms at about 40 dollars weekly or 16 a weekend. Summer incomes reach 700 to 1000 dollars with a Pennsylvania farm earning 4653, showing a cash crop beyond corn and milk.
Garden City Telegram announces daily edition details and contact information. The paper lists staff roles and subscription rates for Kansas counties and outside state addresses.
Washington report notes Senator Joseph R. McCarthy has been confined to Bethesda naval hospital under strict security to prevent visitors and disclosure of illness details. Officials say a fatty tumor was removed last summer and the wound not healing properly. unofficial accounts mention heavy drinking and nervousness. Mrs. McCarthy is the only visitor allowed. floor 12 access is restricted with officer of the day interview procedures for any would-be visitor.
HAL BOYLE recounts the story of a couple who married during a jazz wedding and turned Roseland into a symbol of refined dance. Louis J. Brecker, promoter of the Roseland revival, notes the hall now hosts 5000 guests in a 30 year evolution with 60 percent couples and a rule set excluding rough dancing and unchaperoned youth.
The Air Force announced Convair F106A made its first flight at Edwards AFB California. The delta wing interceptor is designed to hunt bombers in any weather day or night. Test pilot R L Johnson led the flight. Pentagon censorship withheld details.
Local color column records blunt jokes about women drivers, teenage antics, and a truck driver recounting incidents on the road. A father recalls his daughter’s driving missteps, a critique of fashion and social events, and light holiday notes from a small town. It ends with cheer for the fire chief and the New Year.
In Washington the steel industry lost its bid for rapid tax amortization to expand facilities. ODM rejected the plan citing peacetime economy concerns. Mrs Dorothy Brackenridge Hospital treatment followed a cab accident involving her injuries.
Kansas City report on shifts in the auto industry notes Ford Motor Company transfers its assembly operations to a new plant at Claycomo across the Missouri River. The 1956 fall pig crop in Kansas is estimated at 580,000 head, down 11 percent from 1955 farrowings, with 1,445,000 total for the year.
A brief devotional note praises the birth of Christ, calling Emmanuel God with us. It thanks the Father for the gift of His Son, for His love and the light of His Spirit, and ends with a prayer in Jesus name.
Washington 7 capital hotels report ample rooms for the inauguration next month with 95 percent of space sold by 1952. Bourbon Dawes of the Washington Hotel Assn notes that currently many rooms remain available though a few hotels expect to fill if advance deposits arrive. About 7 000 rooms were used by visitors to Eisenhower's first inauguration.
Puzzling page presents a dense set of crossword clues across and down with partial answers and theme notes including foreign language hints and a cryptic section. Various numbered entries hint at a mixed difficulty grid, plus a cryptic puzzle titled CRYPTOQUIPS with a Hebrew clue and a noted author.
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