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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1957
Page
3
The piece argues the post office loses efficiency due to political interference by 600 congress bosses. It laments outdated pricing but notes Congress blocks modernization and service cuts, urging readers to pressure lawmakers for private-sector like reforms.
A fragmented reminiscence urges Kansas groups to deploy safety patrols like Memorial Day to curb alcohol fueled incidents. The Motor Carriers Assn plans 41 safety cars on state roads for the Fourth, suggesting a repeated approach to reduce personal risk and loss.
Legislative leaders eye a 4.2 million dollar annual severance tax on oil amid delays and confusion. Director John Blinet reports 100 pounds of feed stolen from him and police search for two jumbo pigeons connected to the case. Kirchner notes expected daily oil tax collections around ten thousand dollars, with about two thousand daily from oil purchases.
The notice states The Associated Press retains exclusive rights to local news and dispatches printed in the newspaper. Subscription rates are listed for Garden City Kansas and surrounding counties, with different yearly prices and regional variances.
The piece recalls how Congressman Albert Thomas and Congressman George Fallon challenged George Humphrey on fast tax write-offs benefiting Hanna interests and notes his evolving stance on the St. Lawrence Seaway. It cites Hanna Co. holdings, Labrador ore development, and a potential conflict of interest with private rail and barge lines.
Two fast moving bandits robbed Central Bank in Kansas City on Friday taking 23 dollars and 78 cents from the teller cage as 15 to 20 customers waited. A pistol forced the teller to hand over large bills and the alarm was not triggered until after they fled in a car later abandoned on a lot. Mrs. Howard C. Daugherty reported prior contact by one man sizing her window for a change.
SAN ANTONIO Tex Airman 2C John Williams 20 of Concord NC convicted on drunkenness and mistreating two basic trainees at Lackland Air Force Base The court martial sentenced him to three months confinement a $150 fine and two grade reduction to Airman Basic Victims Basic Airman Jerry Probst 17 Terrill Iowa and Louis Downs 18 Milton NH testified about the June 1 barracks attacks and fear they caused.
George Purdy of Lyons was elected president of the Central Kansas Industrial Development Ags Development Officers. Dale Dunn of Hays was named vice president John Neely of Lyons secretary and C F Oline of Sterling treasurer, completing the slate of officers for the group.
A compact survey recalls the deadliest U S hurricanes from Galveston 1900 to Carol 1954, noting tolls of thousands in Galveston, Lake Okeechobee Palm Beach Florida, Long Island New England, and deaths in Miami Hollywood Fort Lauderdale plus Hazel and other storms across the Northeast.
Murphy 15 of De Soto died Friday night while attempting to swim a 250 foot lake crossing near De Soto Kansas. Two other youths and a water skier tried to rescue him. Velma Murphy, his mother, lives two miles east of De Soto.
The father of a Miss Southwest Kansas contender notes his daughter is happy to win or not, valuing a $20 swimsuit prize and seeking a sponsor who will provide her own calypso faschia swimsuit. She jokes about a subtitle Miz Feed Bag if she doesn’t qualify. Dale Patterson recalls farm chores with his dad in Colorado.
About 125000 totally disabled persons are expected to receive their first social security benefits in early August with checks slated for around Aug 3. The program’s scope could reach as many as 275000 in its first year, funding via a higher social security tax. Benefits will range from 30 to 108.50 dollars per month based on average earnings, matching what they would receive at age 65.
Lt. Col. Riley W. Meador, 40, commanding officer for 18 Army recruiting stations in Kansas and Missouri, resigns to become a sergeant. After two decades of service he must retire from his reserve officer status at half pay.
An aging advertisement promotes AYDS Vitoria and Mineral Candy sold by Fankhauser Drug. It promises appetite suppression and weight loss with a first box offer of 2.98 dollars and a money back guarantee. The copy uses phrases about dieting and natural loss.
In San Francisco a hydrant thief has stolen eight fire hydrants from the South Basin wartime housing site being razed. Federal engineer Charles Kay said the thief unbolted the hydrants and lifted them intact leaving no water in the mains.
The Painters Union ends a May strike in the Greater Kansas City area with a three year contract. It provides a 17 percent hourly wage rise on July 1 and additional increases on April 1, 1988 and April 1, 1959. Roller painters gain 25 cents per hour. The old base rate was 2.90 dollars per hour. Carpenters remain on strike and are now the sole major craft without a contract.
Puzzle page lists numerous cryptic and cryptogram style clues with partial answers and author credit. Includes notes on average solution time and a quote attributed to Cryptoquip syndicate with a Saturday prompt.
El Dorado district judge George S Reynolds dismissed a deadlocked jury in Warren Applegate's second murder trial. Applegate, 35, is serving a life term from 1955 for second degree murder in the arsenic poisoning death of his 16 month old daughter Dana Laraine at a Douglass Kansas trailer camp on Oct 25 1954. The state supreme court granted a new trial after the first jury acquitted. The second jury reported six to six on guilt.
Unclear OCR fragment references a State Farm agent and a payment or year. Readable elements mention the company and a local agent, but concrete event details, names, dates, or places are missing, resulting in insufficient factual cores to summarize a distinct incident.
John H. Robinson is named district manager with office line 3544 and residence 4507. The notice records his new role and contact points.
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