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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1955
Page
2
The piece argues farm policy is stuck in debates over soil bank, land leases, and acreage reserves. It notes past price supports and wartime to peacetime adjustments, calling for a plan to reduce production, store fertility, and ease farmers while seeking fair opportunity for agriculture.
The 1955 year left Ulysses and Grant County at a steady pace with new homes and commercial building, improved streets, and pub lic facilities. Wheat farming shrank from 125000-130000 acres to about 86000, signaling a shift in agriculture. Tax increases and broader Social Security coverage foreshadow future economic adjustments, while the year closed with a sense of peace and well being but impending decisions.
A humor column notes leap year romance and gender ratios with playful statistics. It cites a national figure of 109 unmarried men per 100 unmarried women and adds farm life context where 152 men per 100 women are noted. The piece jokes about local bachelors and avoids naming individuals.
Independence Reporter remarks on seasonal shift as grass fires give way to blazing when water pipes thaw. The brief observation links weather change with urban firefighting and maintenance concerns, underscoring preparatory adjustment to warmer periods.
A full review of Wisdom a new monthly edited by Leon Gutterman Beverly Hills January 1956 notes the first issue as a collector’s item free of ads featuring works by David Sarnoff W Somerset Maugham Carl Sandburg Ralph Bunche Albert Einstein Bertrand Russell Lin Yutang and writings from Robert Louis Stevenson Percy Shelley and Cicero The cover bears Einstein while Sandburg Lincoln piece and Shaw portrait illustrate the issue as a sign of a cultural renaissance with a promise to educate the national mind.
FRANKFURT Germany Lewis Satchmo Armstrong ends a three month European tour on a high note at fifty five he muses about Moscow and Russia and says his trumpet speaks not politics but to the people. He departs for New York by plane and recalls his Geneva bid for a Moscow engagement during the Big Four ministers conference.
A devotional prayer page quotes The Last shall be first and the first last. It asks for divine blessing and guidance to live worthy of Christ as the benediction of love is invoked. The appeal seeks nurture in Christ for honor and glory to the Lord. Amen.
Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov showed no sign of reading papers while Armstrong enjoyed enthusiastic receptions across Europe. He said encores doubled all his shows after touring Sweden Denmark Norway Holland Belgium Switzerland France Germany Spain and Italy.
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Bids opened by the state for landscaping of the State Capitol grounds ran 12434 dollars above the appropriation. State architect Dwight Brown said a decision on accepting or rejecting the bids will wait until possible additional funds are found for the State Executive Council for the project.
Kansas City news reports three psychiatrists examined Arthur Ross Brown and ruled him sane and competent to face trial for the kidnapping and murder of Mrs. Wilma Allen, wife of a Kansas City motor car dealer. The exam followed his arraignment before U.S. District Judge Charles Whittaker.
A kaleidoscope of town life from school romances to teachers, glee clubs, and high marks. Notes on Bonnie Holderby and Louis, Emily Nelson and Julius Hultquist, plus a juco freshman with high GPA. A teller recalls seasonal cash gifts and locals swapping old bills for new. TV adventures and country cousins reappear with mumble, then more cash stories.
Morristown Tennessee Alderman Seymour Gerson pledged to donate 10 of his own money instead of supporting a 100 appropriation for the annual city clean up. City board members still approved the full 40, with Gerson voting against the measure.
Washington report links Pacific coast floods to a long battle over public power and creeping kilowatts. It highlights failures to build storage dams on Shasta Oroville Trinity and Rogue River, noting Pacific Gas and Electric opposition and delays amid Eisenhower era politics.
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