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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1958
Page
3
Editorial note on summer gardens and the humor of relying on neighbors for produce. The author jokes about not growing tomatoes well but enjoying radishes and the abundance from others’ plots while planning supper.
El Dorado grocers vote to close stores on Sundays beginning June 1. The El Dorado Times supports the decision, noting staff fatigue and demand for a weekly rest. Economically, operating expenses should fall, aiding profits. Patrons are expected to adjust and buy essentials six days a week.
Courthouse custodian Ira praises 19 year old Louis Mendoza who works hours before and after classes while completing high school with A and B grades. Louis plans junior college. Norma Jean Schmidt earns TB scholarship and shifts from nurse's aide to potential OB nurse, balancing work, school, and family as she prepares for training.
WICHITA AP Industry and state reports boost Kansas oil funds for the year credited with new Beisel Field production. The Beisel No 2 Beisel, 12 miles west of Dorrance in Russell County, tested 36 barrels daily at 31 gravity with 3,249 to 3,333 feet, no water. Nomenclature lists include Barton County New South Shawnee oil pool and others. details note gas, oil and seepage in several fields, with varied outputs and depths.
In Elizabeth New Jersey an incident report notes a man named Meyer Jaconson told police a woman entered his establishment and asked him to repair a ripped item. The brief police statement cites no further details on motive or outcome.
New York AP notes a spoof survey on life, sleep, and food with jokes from Grocho Marx and curious facts about water content, snail speed, 1729 NYC population, hospital beds, Queen Bess collars, and fishing bait tips from Fisherman Magazine.
Washington reports detail a six year stream of funds to Prof Jesus de Galindez from alleged Spanish Basques, raising questions of espionage and secret agents. Ernst findings challenge Life Magazine claims of a Trujillo linked killing and note unnamed payments via Swiss accounts amid a missing professor case with broader Cold War intrigue.
Washington AP reports a swallowable radio pill aids GI studies by recording pressures as it moves through the tract. Doctors Farrar and Bersiein describe trials on 16 subjects showing prolonged, site specific data from difficult regions of the small and large intestines. Chalfont PA police say a Friday fight at Forest Amusement Park involved about 200 youths. 20 hurt, two seriously, no arrests.
Police in Bloomfield New Jersey found their headquarters besieged by a swarm of bees for about an hour. They deputized Paul Schindler a local professional to lure the queen into a hive and the swarm dispersed briefly before reforming and following the queen again.
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