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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1958
Page
1
Garden City merchants plan a Wednesday sidewalk bazaar organized by the retail committee of the Chamber of Commerce. Booths run 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. with tie in to the city 75th anniversary and prices from 75 cents to $1.75. Vendors may wear old fashioned attire. If successful, the bazaar could become an annual event, chaired by George Purnell.
A humorous navigator’s log from a Sunday outing with Mrs Carter detailing a road trip through Elkader Scott City and Five Point. The writeup notes a spruced up family day, minor injuries, a gas stop, and a late return with quips about weather and memory gaps.
A Santa Fe freight derailed a mile east of Sublette spilling nine cars in a wreck that ripped 400 feet of track and knocked out wire communications briefly. A wheel journal likely caused the crash while wheat and a flatcar with combines were among the jumble. Southwestern Bell crews worked to restore phone lines within hours as railmen assessed the scene and damage.
The Memorial Day period produced five deaths on Kansas roads, with four victims at Parsons after a car–truck collision near an intersection and a 24 year old mother Jimmie Joe Pearce and three children among the dead. A second fatal crash occurred near Wright killing Mrs Kent Gleason of Dodgy City. The Parsons family and the Gleason party were among other injured.
In Indianapolis the police report states Leon White, 22, arrived at Methodist Hospital with a bullet wound in the hand. When asked what happened he allegedly said he was cleaning his pistol to shoot his wife and it went off. He was charged with being a disorderly person.
Mount Pulaski Illinois reports a rail road tank car explosion killing two railroad workers and injuring one. The blast damaged two thirds of the town homes and left about 1,000 people temporarily homeless while officials estimated damage at one million dollars. State police evacuated residents as flames threatened nearby facilities.
In Algiers dispatches jeers and protests greet Gen. Charles De Gaulle’s new cabinet. Insurgents celebrate a Paris backed government yet feel betrayed as old hacks fill key posts. Demonstrations flare with plans for a Forum I Square rally and doubts linger over stability.
France's National Assembly backed De Gaulle's bid for six months of rule by decree and authority to revise the constitution. He argued for emergency powers to avert civil strife, a stronger executive modeled on the American system, and constitutional reform for overseas territories, with changes to be approved by the people.
PARIS AP This coalition cabinet lineup named by Gen Charles de Gaulle includes De Gaulle as premier and defense minister with Pierre Guillaumat deputy, Pierre Pflimlin MRp, Guy Mollet Socialist, Louis Jacquinot independent Republican, Felix Houphouet Boigny RDA as vice premiers, and posts for Debre Lejeune Couve de Marville Pinay Bacon Pelletier Bertoin education and interior.
President Eisenhower and Secretary of State Dulles scheduled a major policy meeting to discuss France under Gen De Gaulle and to map a new stance on Soviet nuclear test talks. A White House statement urged intimate relations with France, while officials privately weighed De Gaulle’s willingness to cooperate. The President also noted Khrushchev’s letter proposing expert talks among the United States Soviet Union and others later this month.
The storm brought heavy rain up to four inches and hail across several spots including Garden City area. Officials report uncertain wheat damage as farmers ask how much will recover. Temperatures in the 80s with more thundershowers forecast tonight and tomorrow.
Bangkok authorities report the death toll from Thailand's corona epidemic rising to 196 over the weekend as cases continue to strain hospitals. Public health officials warn of further spread and urge strict adherence to preventive measures.
Finney county declared war on a growing grasshopper menace in Southwest Kansas as up to 1500 hoppers per square yard threaten this year's crops. County agent Danny Trayer warns time is running out and spraying must begin now. A spray station at the county shops will offer Aldrin at about 15 cents per acre, aiding farmers to protect current and next year’s wheat.
Roswitha Bernhardt, 17, a Hanover High School junior born in Germany, was denied an American Legion Auxiliary award for not being a citizen. The award went to the second choice, Jane Melanson, as officials cited citizenship rules. Roswitha said she thinks the fuss is overdone.
Pan American Petroleum Corp will set up a new district office soon in Liberal, Kansas. Garden City officials had lobbied for the project, but geographical considerations and a presentation by Pan-Am officials led to Liberal being named the site. George W. Clarke, Pan-Am vice president, said Liberal was the best suited. In Tonganoxie Kansas George Lewis Baker, 53, longtime postmaster, died Friday in a Leavenworth hospital after seven years’ residence there.
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