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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1959
Page
2
The editorial promotes the first municipal band concert of the season at Stevens Park band shell. It urges a large turnout, praising the musicians' joy in playing and noting summer evenings away from TV. It invites residents to attend and enjoy a relaxing, communal event.
A controversial editorial mocks segregationists by recalling a NASA mission. It notes Discoverer III’s fiery death of black mice in space and suggests if the animals had survived and returned as heroes the objectionable view would have shifted. The piece argues color was chosen to show radiation effects despite prejudice.
City Commission will decide within weeks on Garden City electricity, relying on engineers and financiers. Officials lack electrical engineering credentials and seek professional advice to meet current and future power needs, weighing Wheatland reciprocity and possible Western Light options. Public support urged to avoid costly delays and adverse customer impacts.
The author outlines a busy summer plan to balance work rest and play. Older children read before dawn, while younger ones nap. The piece humorously recounts home projects and mishaps including painting, mudding the doghouse, and pets lost to a dog and a cat. It closes with family bargains and a prediction of a bustling season.
Publication details for Garden City Telegram include staff positions and press rights. Rates listed show daily carrier delivery in Garden City and mail subscriptions across Finney and surrounding counties at $7.60 per year. elsewhere $1 per year.
In Washington Nixon and Gromyko joked about being mistaken for each other at a Dulles funeral luncheon hosted by Eisenhower. The piece then surveys Senators' positions on Admiral Strauss, noting wavering and firm stances among figures like Symington Neuberger Robertson Randolph Gore Kennedy McCarthy Kerr and Anderson, with ties to Baruch and regional oil interests.
Texas Governor Daniel pressures large pipeline firms to contribute a bigger tax share, contrasting Texas rates with Louisiana. He faces backlash from former oil friends who warn him as Tennessee Gas Transmission El Paso Natural Gas and Texas Eastern oppose the move, while Lyndon Johnson is noted as a political ally of some. The piece touches on regional politics and a reference to a Cleveland voters update on June 5, 1959.
Young Senator Thruston Morton, newly elected Republican chairman, pressed President Ike to allow his party to attend future Cabinet meetings and have a voice in police policy for 1960. Ike hesitated amid the debate. Batteries for harvest or any purpose offered by Garden City Co op with factory rebuilt jet engines advertised.
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