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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1962
Page
3
A blunt plea urges the public to curb curiosity during fires floods and rescues. Police warn calls traffic and crowds hinder responders and radio alerts should guide where to learn locations. Rescue workers north east of Wichita faced distraction as curious crowds hampered relief efforts.
Reader reflects on family correspondence and a Texas friend's letter detailing measles and foot infection in children, high medical bills, and home repairs. The note recalls past gatherings as a remedy for stress and suggests laughter and praise at family picnics aided mental well being.
Hal Boyle surveys quirks and trivia from mailbag jokes and notes. He notes air sickness hits more women, stewardesses have grown taller and heavier, blood types on WWII dog tags are often wrong, weights shift when standing on heels, California weeders hire 200 field hands, stings and bites kill more than rattlesnakes, Americans produce alcoholics and pranking drivers rise hourly, sewing tops reading, zoos see arteriosclerosis higher than roamers, Alan Ladd and Frank Sinatra started in papers, matchbooks still tossed late, bust measurements debate beauty, quotes on self management and heart, Washington estate once land poor now worth millions, and the longest beard on record.
Drew Pearson reports on a bribery and mislabeling scheme involving the Bunge Corporation and Canadian hog feed mixed with top grade U S wheat. The scheme, aided by Texas officials and dock managers, harmed foreign markets and hurt American farmers. Indictments were dropped after pressure from Washington officials. several related prosecutions proceeded.
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