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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1958
Page
2
Safety award highlights Garden City's habit of winning by the police department's efforts with the National Safety Council recognizing the city for preventing accidents. The plaque marks a community effort that keeps residents alive and walking by preventing potential accidents through vigilant safety work.
The speaker notes delays in the expansion fund and hospital auditions, stressing the delay is not delinquency. Though not wheat growers, everyone is absorbed by the approaching harvest and its probable economic impact, and a few seem tardy in fulfilling hospital promises.
A nostalgic observer rhapsodizes about the Kansas wheat fields. He describes an unearthly pure green across the plains, a color he believes may reflect divine reserve and the season's moisture and favorable weather. The piece emphasizes the dramatic growth and beauty of the crops in May 1958.
A Civil Aeronautics Board study outlines near-misses and safety gaps in US airspace. Highlights include ground control failures, lack of altitude reporting, and pilots reporting near collisions with military and private aircraft. Calls for stricter air traffic regulation and improved instrument approaches.
A humorous slice from Distaff Side mentions a Hardiner Kansas student Burke Ewing completing 12 years without a lost day. Other lines recall a grandmother visiting plus a rural accident update on Johnny Ditch, once Dillon’s meat man, recovering after a tractor crash near Flagler. Warren and wife Moore settle in a self built home with low outside labor costs.
A detailed broadcast grid lists shows and times across NBC and NHK including Weatherman segments, Tony Jewell reports, Morgan Beatty, World News Roundup, Morning Devotion, Cavalcade of Sports, and Sign Off. Entries cover weather, news, variety programs, and score updates with multiple hosts and editors.
Hal Boyle ponders naming a national flower and warns of a floral war among regions as Atlanta rose advocates clash with Midwest corn tassel supporters. He notes dangers of regional favoritism and jokes about dandelion becoming the all American flower. Also reports a Honolulu naval inquiry into Stickleback power failure and air traffic near misses with 1000 feet on top rules.
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