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Garden City Telegram

Location

Garden City, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Jun 08, 1956

Page

2

Garden City’s Three-Year Growth Highlights Since 1953

A retrospective inventory shows major city progress in three years with a new high school and college complex, auditorium, and remodeled junior high. Main Street and the park area gained face lifts, new highway shops and a bridge advance, plus a string of commercial upgrades and a growing dairy and irrigation sector.

Garden City Fulton Highway Shops Main Street Penney Vogue Shop Fansler‘s Geier Electric Regan Jewelry Collins Furniture Johnson Plumbing Western Auto John’s Motor Burtis-Nunn Porter's Curtis Studio Partin-Laughlin Southwest Kansas Power Downing’s Wheat Lands Chamber of Commerce Tome Church of the Brethren New Methodist Church Brookover St. May’s

Estes Help Adlai and Kefauver Shape a Campaign

The piece argues Estes Kefauver boosted Adlai Stevenson by challenging him, making Stevenson more relatable and aware of voters. It suggests neither may win the Democratic nomination, but Stevenson would be a stronger candidate against Eisenhower if he does, thanks to Kefauver’s impact.

Adlai Stevenson Estes Kefauver Tennessee Adlai Kefauver Stevenson Eisenhower Estes

County Manager Proposed for Kansas Counties

A Salina Journal piece argues county management is costly and flawed. It notes deputy shortages, poor tax assessment methods, juvenile and welfare issues, and unfocused court offices. The author advocates a county manager under an elected board, especially for smaller counties seeking consolidation.

Salina Kansas

Saar Transfer Agreement Reunites Saar to Germany

Premier Guy Mollet and Chancellor Konrad Adenauer reached an accord for transferring the Saar valley to West Germany. It outlines a three year transition, continued French coal rights, and an international canal linking the Moselle and Rhine, aiming for a treaty by January 1.

Luxembourg Guy Mollet Konrad Adeauer Saar Germany West Germany France Moselle Rhine

Topeka Teens Admit Farm Fire Spree

Eleven teenagers including a girl admitted setting fires to vacant farm houses northwest of Topeka. Sheriff Allen Engler said the group was arrested after an abandoned farmhouse burned to the ground last night with fires in at least two other vacant structures.

Topeka Topeka W Allen Engler Engler

Garden City Telegram staff notices and rates

Partial masthead shows staff titles and AP affiliation. It lists editors Stuart Awbrey and Dison relaxing, advertising manager Smith, mechanical superintendent W. McFarland, business manager A Austin, and notes AP exclusive rights. Subscription term and pricing details are garbled but indicate regional pricing and distribution across counties.

Stuart Awbrey Dison Smith W. McFarland A. Austin

Senate grills Brownell on civil rights enforcement delays

In a tense hearing, Senator Hennings presses Attorney General Brownell over delays in civil rights questions and the lack of criminal penalties in the administration’s civil rights bill. Brownell defends civil remedies, cites staff consulted notes, and cites antitrust parallels while acknowledging possible penalties exist.

Washington Brownell South Senate Judiciary Committee Senate New Administration Tom Hennings Missouri Subcommittee On Constitutional Rights Hennings Department Judiciary Subcommittee Sen. Hennings

Three Gunmen Snatch Gems In Greenwich Village Heist

New York report says three identically dressed gunmen grabbed two gem brokerage employees on a Greenwich Village street and escaped with 211000 dollars of cut and uncut diamonds. Albert C. Schmitt, 32, and Eu ene Epsky, 27, described the robbers as wearing dark goggles white gloves peaked hats and denim work clothes like subway motormen. The victims were shoved into a cellar of an apartment house bound with tape and their mouths taped with more adhesive.

New York Greenwich Village Albert C. Schmitt Euene Epsky Schmitt Epsky

Sammy Davis Jr. Aims for Western Film and Jazz Train

Harlem born entertainer Sammy Davis Jr. seeks a Western starring role and plans to costar with Frank Sinatra in Jazz Train. He cites Civil War era Black cowboys and actor Bill Robinson as influences, detailing immense wealth, assets, and a demanding show schedule while stressing talent and honesty with audiences.

New York Ui Sammy Davis Jr Sammy Frank Sinatra Bill Robinson Mr. Wonderful Harlemborn Hippodrome Theater Will’ Mastin Hollywood Judy Garland Churchill

Crossword Puzzle Clue Grid From Yesterday

A scrambled crossword style puzzle with horizontal and vertical clues. Includes references to exclamations deserts birds names numbers and various wordplay hints. Also contains a note about yesterday's cryptoquip solution and a list of scattered letter groups and museum like terms.

Born Again Prayer Reflects on Christ’s Renewal

A devotional prayer expresses gratitude for being born again through Jesus Christ and eternal life, recalling salvation from sin. It contrasts spiritual rebirth with a humorous remark about a camel that resembles a committee’s handiwork.

Jesus Christ

Britain Plans H Bomb Tests in Pacific Next Year

Prime Minister Eden told Parliament Britain will conduct megaton range nuclear explosions in the Pacific next year as part of developing a thermonuclear weapon. He added Britain is ready to discuss with other nations ways to regulate and limit nuclear tests. He noted the U K has begun an H bomb program but has not yet conducted tests.

London Eden Britain Pacific House of Commong U.S.A U.s.5.r Her

Russell Drug Clerk Seeks Fix For Tax Bill Error

Russell Druggint Dawson, partner in a Russell drugstore, hopes a minor error exists in his federal tax bill. A notice demands the next quarterly payment of 99 million dollars, claiming he already paid 900 thousand.

Russell Druggint Russell G.B Dawson Federal Income.tax Bureau

Local Doctors Form Psychiatry Partnership in Los Angeles

Dr. Robert L. Jordan, a local high school grad, has joined Dr. Charles E. Bemis to practice psychiatry in Los Angeles. The announcement notes family ties to the Jordans and mentions community responses to new medical additions and local hospital nurse recruitment efforts.

Robert L. Jordan Charles E. Bemis Los Angeles Bob 8. C. Jordans

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