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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1959
Page
2
The piece laments a string of disasters from airliner crashes to gas explosions and argues that modern life brings greater dangers. It contrasts past eras with today’s medicine, technology, and fast transportation, suggesting society struggles to balance progress with safety and moral maturity.
A farm magazine survey finds eight of ten farmers want more freedom and less government control. They seek fair treatment in legislation and the ability to run their businesses with traditional American freedom, noting livestock groups oppose added controls and packing houses operate by supply and demand.
The piece notes two Farm wives Mary Kay Milford and Jetty Jean Goss sharing harvest season tales from Finney County. It highlights the annual Legislators picnics begun in 1955 by Topeka lawmakers' wives, now attracting more attendees from eastern counties. This year the gathering is slated for July 19 at Finnup Park Garden City, with families enjoying zoo visits and park amenities.
Hal Boyle portrays young hopefuls flocking to New York with dreams of fame in show business. He notes the varied backgrounds, the shared fixation on stardust, and the brutal odds, where few win lasting success. The piece questions motivation and the price of fame in a world of long odds and loneliness.
In Savannah a GI dental plate aided a man to cash a government check at Citizens and Southern Bank when teller Mary Weatherly asked for identification. He showed the plate with the GJ number matching the check, and the teller cashed it. In Christiansburg Virginia someone broke into a service station Tuesday night, stealing eight pints of ice cream and feeding it to dogs at the local pound.
Washington reports the Senate debated tax favoritism for big business late into the night on June 30. Three key proposals failed: cutting oil depletion allows, closing yacht and entertainment loopholes, and taxing dividends like wages. A committee later reinstated stock-market preference, costing the Treasury $335 million annually, with conservatives dominating the joint body and only Sen. Russell Long staunch for small taxpayers.
In a Banking and Currency committee session Senator McCarthy debates the impact of 4 percent stock dividend deductions, Douglas and Lausche weigh preferential treatment for stock owners versus government bond earners. A Chicago AP report cites the National Safety Council predicting 350 traffic deaths and 13,000 disabling injuries over Independence Day weekend.
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