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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1956
Page
3
Ard en city outlines a modest $5,000 to launch a park style zoo with pens for foxes wolves raccoons and farm animals. The piece argues a children's zoo can spark public interest and donations, gradually expanding to bears deer and larger animals as the attraction grows.
A humorous column about the clash between fathers and coaches in youth baseball. It lampoons parent stubbornness and overconfidence as fathers critique coaching while their sons play, ending with a quip about a uniform for Fathers with an immovable mouth gag.
A reflection on modern campaigning shows candidates face tougher effort now with radio TV and microphones. Voters stay away from meetings and speeches, forcing candidates to seek out individuals and small groups to persuade. The text argues that new communication tech did not broaden reach but shifted campaigning to personal contact.
At the Brighton murder trial defendant Robert Mark Dearmin smiles during cross examination by defense attorney Richard Simon. The psychiatrist Dr Charles Rymer testifies about Dearmin’s past remark of stealing girls panties from clotheslines and hiding them at home, suggesting an interest in girls’ panties.
In Waycross Georgia Judge Cecil Roddenberry arrived seven minutes late to Ware Superior Court. He explained he thought court opened at 10am instead of 9am. The judge rejected the excuse and fined himself 49 dollars for each minute late.
Julius Ramirez climbed into a leaking car trunk to inspect the issue but locked himself in when the lid auto sealed. His wife called police and a Fire Department rescue squad led by Lt. Harold V. Carleton freed him after he dropped the key through the spare tire drainhole. The leak was not located.
A U S Fish and Wildlife official reports crows are leaving valley farmland and entering Albuquerque residential zones. The gravel voiced intruders adapt readily and infiltrate clipped hedges and patios in the city.
The Garden City Telegram lists staff roles including editor, managing editor, advertising manager, mechanical superintendent, and business manager. It notes Associated Press use and subscription pricing, with mailing addresses across Kansas and neighboring states and confirms second class mail status.
Fresno records show Senate Counsel Carmine Belling and Kennedy investigated Murray Chotiner for his role in shifting a million dollar TV license vote from KARM to KFRE after FCC examiner Cooper recommended KARM. The inquiry looks at Chotiner's influence and payment as a power broker.
Premier Abdullah Yaffi announced a new Lebanese cabinet of ten members, retaining eight ministers from the resigned group. In Madrid a floor collapse at a dance hall killed seventeen guests and injured about 30 at a wedding reception. In Madrid the bride survived, the groom unharmed. In Korea the U N Command evacuated neutral truce inspection teams from ports of entry to the DMZ. The team of Swedish, Swiss, Czech and Polish inspectors numbered 16 in total and faced no incidents. A restaurant sign in Seoul stated the bank would not serve sandwiches nor cash checks.
The passage argues freedom is precious and requires clear choice, warning that neutrality is unattainable. Allied diplomats viewed Ike's stance as signaling a need to take sides in a global struggle, stressing that neutrality risks losing hard‑won liberty.
NEW YORK. Leonard Louis Levinson, once a celebrated writer of film scripts and stage skits, reveals his new path after shedding his fat self. His memoir and "The Complete Calorie Cooking" promote moderation and low calorie foods, arguing the more we eat the more we are.
William Quarles aged 38 pleads guilty to stealing and forging a government tax refund check intended for James Oliver to buy a tombstone for his mother's grave. Tears flowed as he explained his mother died two years ago. Judge James C. Connell requests a probation report before sentencing.
Checks totaling 107663 will be mailed by the U S Forest Service to Colorado Kansas Wyoming Nebraska and South Dakota for their share of net receipts from land utilization projects. Regional Forester Donald E Clark announced the payments and said states must spend the funds on public schools and roads within the 24 counties involved. Kansas allocations total 12281 with other state shares outlined.
The text presents a religious invocation thanking the Father for sending Thy Son and seeking guidance to remain in the work and not of the world. It emphasizes faith, redemption, and the spiritual horizons offered through belief and devotion.
A Good Samaritan was the only person injured in a seven-vehicle crash. Marland Austin 28 suffered a crushed ankle after foam? between two cars while trying to release two vehicles with locked bumpers.
Holcombite Walt Holstrom claims he is a poor ol sharecropper to save face while exaggerating. Orville Roberts of Independence critiques misidentification on the speaking circuit and jokes about becoming an atomic energy evangelist. Mrs Jim Pinegar laments daily washing with three children as examples of cleanliness. The Petunias’ charcoal brazier crop failed, but a geranium blooms instead.
A scrambled cryptic style puzzle listing numerous crossword clues with numbers and partial answers, followed by chaotic letter strings and media notes, including a note about solution time and distribution by King Features Syndicate.
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