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Newspaper

Garden City Telegram

Location

Garden City, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Jun 03, 1955

Page

2

Congressional study urged on Aims of new agency

Drew Pearson urges congressional committees to probe the Health, Education, and Welfare Department under Mrs. Hobby to ensure future leadership aligns with health and welfare goals. He cites grain inspection loosening, rat manure, pressure on officials, and cuts to medical research and school construction as areas for investigation.

Washington Eisenhower Herbert Hoover Secretary of Labor James Witchell Secretary of Commerce Sinclair Weeks Hobby Benson Food and Drug Administration United States Peavey Heffelfinger Minneapolis Republican National Finance Commiittee Ike John L. Harvey M. B. Stephens Food and Drug Mrs. Hobby Congress Hoover Commission

Hard Hit Harry Rides Again

Editorial notes a diary titled Hard Hit Harry Rides Again detailing an installment buyer's spiraling debt. From Jan to Nov the owner buys a car radio books land and clothing, borrows from boss uncle and bank, loses income, and ends with job loss and foregone payments.

Paul Masoner Harry Uncle George George

Too Late Editorial Riffs On Atomic Bomb In Topeka

A Salina Journal brief mocks a Topeka Capital headline Just One Big Bomb Would Ruin Topeka and argues the city was ruined long ago, likening it to Madame Pompadour and noting the subject’s fondness for her fate.

Salina Topeka Madame Pompadour

Readers reflect on liquor issue and reforms in Garden City

A Topeka Capital report and local comments urge tighter liquor control, noting Forbes Air Force Base plans banning 3.2 beer in clubs and service areas. Garden City concerns recall past tavern licensing near churches, praise Weldon deed clauses, and emphasize growing alcohol education in schools and churches. The letter ends urging churches to lead in curbing liquor traffic.

Topeka Forbes Air Force Base Air Force George Mack Our City Commission Garden City Weldon

Pastel Street Proposal Rejected by Los Angeles Council

Miss Elizabeth Black former Municipal Arts chief proposed painting streets in pink mauve to beautify the city cut glare and reduce accidents. The City Council reviewed the $50 000 cost and rejected the plan yesterday.

Los Angeles Elizabeth Black Municipal Arts Department

Woman Found Dead on Beach Mauled by Two Doberman Pinschers

A 64 year-old woman, Wini fred W. L. Bacon, was found dead on a beach near her summit cottage in Toms River New Jersey. State police say the two Doberman pinschers, a male and a female, turned on and killed her as they raced about the body. County authorities impounded the animals.

Toms River Winifred W. L. Bacon

Garden City Telegram masthead and notices

Garden City Telegram edition details publisher staff and address. Contains catalog of editors and business staff and rights notice for Associated Press material. Also lists subscription rates and office location in Garden City Kansas with classification information.

World Today Briefs From Abroad and Europe

Officials said American Pakistani talks on a treaty of friendship commerce and navigation have been completed and a final draft sent to both governments. A bus plunged on a Limburg mountainside killing 18 German women tourists and injuring 18 others. Jacqueline Auriol clocked unofficially 712 mph in a French Mystere jet, challenging the women’s speed record. A US aid treaty for a Dutch munitions factory awaits parliamentary debate. auto ratification occurs if no debate within 30 days.

Karachi Pakistan Limburg Germany Paris Jacqueline Auriol Jacqueline Cochran United States the Hague Netherlands U. S

Average Production of Crude Oil Decreases

Tulsa Oklahoma reports the weekly oil and condensate production falling 2 700 barrels to 309 100 for the week ended May 28. National output dropped 31 750 to 6 666 325 barrels. Oklahoma led losses with 22 300 fewer barrels to 533 100, while Colorado rose 2 800 to 144 400 and Louisiana up 2 350 to 720 700. Year to date 1955 production 999 118 175 barrels versus 953 374 530 a year earlier.

Tulsa Okla Kansas Oil and Gas Journal Oklahoma Colorado Louisiana The Journal

Rancher offers aid to Wichita in nuclear emergency

Mason McComb, a Stafford County rancher near Zenith, offered to feed and shelter 100 Sedgwick County residents if Wichita faced an H or A bomb. He and his wife could host 100 extra people, noting their current Sunday dinners already feed 20 to 30 guests. Bond, Wichita civil defense director, conveyed the offer.

Wichita Stafford County Mason McComb Zenith Charles Bond City County McComb Bond

Kansas Tax Take Heads to New High in 11 Months

The Kansas State Commission of Revenue and Taxation says tax receipts for the first 11 months of the fiscal year total 110,168,897 dollars, within four million of the record with one month left. May receipts reached 13,452,530 dollars, about two million more than May 1954, signaling a booming economy.

Topeka State Commission of Revenue and Taxation Kansas

Fall With a Loaded Gun Is Cause of Death

Chester L. Bing aged 37 of Latham died when a shotgun shot wrenched from a fall through a barbed wire fence as he crawled across the fence. His body was found on a country road near Latham. A coroner jury ruled the death accidental.

EL Dorado Kas Chester L. Bing Latham Bing

Here I Stand Luther Biography by Roland Bainton

A thoughtful review lauds Roland Bainton’s Here I Stand as a first rate popular history of Martin Luther. The Yale Divinity School professor presents Luther vividly, balancing Protestant and Catholic perspectives, and renewing interest in justification by faith and the Reformation.

Roland Bainton Martin Luther New York Abingdon- Cokesbury Press Yale Divinity School Bainton Galnton Luther

CROSSWORD CLUES AND PUZZLE ANSWER SELECTION

A cryptogram style puzzle listing across and down clues with many theme entries and a finished quote about Cinderella. It includes partial letter hints, mis-spellings, and a note about King Features Syndicate distribution.

Fathers Day Beef Derby Born From Cow Belles Plan

The Cow Belles Kansas Livestock Association sponsors a Father s Day derby to honor the first fathers of babies born on or after F-Day June 19 at St Catherine s and Leo Pol d hospitals. Prizes are meat parcels presented by Katherine Jones and Sally Brookover. Also noted is Bertha Wilcox a Gray County teacher and local booster who helped stage early Cattlemen s Carnivals. The Foster home Sunnyland landmark at Fifth and Pine remains noted in Garden City history.

Kansas Livestock Association St. Catherine’s Leo Pold Katherine Taylor Jones Sally Ear C Brookover Bertha Wilcox W. H. Foster Gray County Igbert Foster England Kansas Buffalo Jones al Bobbit Alsbert Condra Fifth Pine Streets

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