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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1957
Page
2
An editorial argues against focusing only on the national debt. It says every newborn inherits not just liabilities but vast public assets: schooling, libraries, roads, parks, defense, police and courts, postal service, healthcare, airports, waterways, ships, lighthouses, and even crops. The piece urges weighing assets as trillions and asks how much the country owns.
The Morning Mail prints a brisk Texas feature syndicate letter mocking overlong phrasing and split infinitives in a proposed humor column. The writer quips about busy editors and English teachers, noting the irony of overlooking the offer and wondering what language is spoken in Texas.
A Texas woman in her 20s aided by a New Mexico posse tracked down a prisoner who fled a Arizona jail while awaiting murder trial. He hitched a ride from Los Angeles, stole a car near Deming, NM, and triggered an 80 mile per hour pursuit ending with deputies shooting tires and arresting him.
A devotional fragment praising prayer to the Father. It notes that God reveals truths to babes rather than the wise and prudent and asks for wisdom patience and love for Jesus. The piece emphasizes childlike learning and divine guidance through prayer.
J Ralph Thompson of Huntington offered a free automobile with every TV set sold in a bid to boost sales. Some buyers suspected strings or preferred expensive color sets, while others wanted the free car, a "nice" 1946 to 1950 used model. Thompson insisted there were no tricks.
The notice outlines pricing and publication details for Garden City Telegram classified matter and dispatches. It lists counties in Kansas and rates of $10 per year inside Kansas and $12 outside Kansas, reflecting a regional newspaper rate card.
Hal Boyle surveys quirky facts from history and current trivia noting more than 900 women commentators in radio and television in the United States. He riffs on National Listen to Your Barber Week, Elizabethan glass as heirlooms, and playful bits about Chicago’s name origin and global car ownership.
A blaze swept through the Bond nursing home in Greenfield yesterday. All 12 or 13 elderly residents were led to safety. The article also references Owen K. Murphy of Niagara Therapy Corp and mentions various philanthropic efforts and unrelated notes.
A fragmentary local column recalls Memorial Day 1957 with little joy at home after a storm door swap and a nearby move. It mentions neighbors Ericksons leaving, Martha’s teenage paper dolls, Margaret Spikes’s gardening triumphs, a photo request to a Telegram cameraman, Walt Holmstrom’s Wall Street move, the Cleavers’ June wedding, Rex Burden's peanut-filled week, and a reminder about a free chest X-ray.
A fire at about 3 15 a m completely destroyed a two story wooden building on south Main Street two blocks from the public square. Neighbors heard residents crying out and alerted the fire department. Firemen attributed the blaze to an incident in the kitchen and worked to prevent spread to a nearby turkey house and other structures.
Mrs Bond broke a window to free a boarder and was cut on an eyebrow in Greenfield a town of about 1200 in southwest Missouri 43 miles northwest of Springfield.
In Youngstown Ohio a memorial to Japanese soldiers killed on Wake Island is planned alongside a dedication to William D. Timmins a line serviceman who braved winter and heat to help a stranded cat atop a high voltage pole. Timmins says he cares for dogs more than cats.
Republican senators privately weighed responses after Morse compared Eisenhower to Dave Beck. Wiley warned against speeches that could give Morse an opening. Morse plans weekly Senate speeches on the morality of the Eisenhower administration as recreation policy probes and other lawmakers scrutinize policy and officials.
Dr Eugene P Cronkite testified before a Senate subcommittee that multiple H bomb detonations in a nuclear war would create radiation hazards for all living things and for generations to come He urged caution about worldwide fallout while also calling attention to nonradioactive pollution and leukemia risks tied to exposure
Dr Alfred W. F. Blunt the Anglican bishop who tipped off Britons to King Edward VIII’s romance with Wallis Simpson died Sunday at 77. He retired as Bishop of Bradford two years ago and his December 1 1938 conference speech is blamed for sparking the abdication crisis.
Dr John Wilcox age 60 retires as an English professor from Wayne State University after 30 years of service. He recalls teaching with spontaneity and often carried only a memo or so into class.
Radioactivity appeared in various forms and studies before the advent of atomic energy, with scientists noting increasing emissions and the need to understand nuclear phenomena. The discussion highlights early observations of radioactive materials and their implications for physics research.
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