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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1957
Page
3
A Newark California incident from Associated Press recounts butcher James Underwood reporting a customer took a wrapped $400 bundle from his cash register and left with two pork chops missing the next morning. The tale prompts humorous reflection on one of those late night questions about mislaid cash and dinner plans.
Residents and neighbors boost road improvements at Scott County State Park. The feature story hints at curiosity about El Quartelejo ruins hidden beneath a stone monument and a controversial cover up. Local interest focuses on exposing ruins and sharing regional history.
Public notice lists AP reproduction rights and subscription rates for Garden City and surrounding Kansas counties. Includes addresses, pricing per year, and staff credits.
Drew Pearson reports the sugar quota increase for the Dominican Republic was pushed by Congress after Trujillo hosted members of the House Agriculture Committee on an elaborate Caribbean visit. Lawmakers and others were wined at the Hotel Jaragua and toured sites like Boca Chica and Hotel Hamaca, returning to back a larger Dominican sugar allotment. The piece notes notable attendees, security checks on meals, and Ike's engaging but politically risky budget talk, with focus on the influence of Trujillo and allied GOP figures.
In a cleanup of basements and pantries a note reveals a gossip packed item about three old gals at a baseball game and a plan to borrow baby equipment. It recalls Mrs Jerry Drummond, an early tubercular patient, urging a free chest X-ray at Legion Building with times tonight and tomorrow.
The News Chronicle reports initial findings that Britain now leads with its H bomb after two tests near Christmas Island. The second blast caused intense heat and set an island ablaze, but experts say it is about half the size of the American tests at Bilini last year. The News Chronicle and Mirror urge ending all tests now that the British bomb is a success.
Hal Boyle reports a poll showing fishing tops the nation’s pastime for adults, with 18 billion miles logged by American anglers and billions spent yearly. Treasury officials caution that temporary debt limits remain in play, and Congress may lift the ceiling to cover fiscal needs. The story also notes Miss Rhode Island’s pageant tie to fishing imagery and Nixon’s razor snafu before a women’s club event.
In Asheville Nixon denounced Khrushchev for proposing Allied and Soviet troop withdrawals as a shell game that would leave free European nations at the mercy of the Communist world. He urged meeting the Soviet Union halfway on disarmament but warned against sacrificing allies or letting the Soviets gain control. He noted some waste in foreign aid yet urged a more effective effort to prevent Soviet domination.
A 10 year old Allan Little of Douglass drowned in the Little Walnut River. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Robert Little. Brothers Martin 12 and Ronnie 16 and friend Jerry Haynes 10 were with him after swimming when he apparently lost balance and fell. The body was found nearby.
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