New Books At Garden City Library Highlights
A list of new titles includes Common Sense and World Affairs by Dorothy Fosdick, Two Minutes Till Midnight by Elmer Davis, Venture Into Darkness by Alice Hobart, Coromandel by John Masters, Bottoms Up by Cornelia Otis Skinner, The World of Albert Schweitzer by Erica Anderson, Gertrude Lawrence As Mrs A by Richard Aldrich, and Tomorrow the New Moon by Shirley Barker. The notes describe each book’s theme and author background.
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Elmer Davis
Giants Strive to Reclaim Form as Cubs Clash Looms
Chicago reports Leo Durocher deriding complacency after the Giants drop to third place. He claims last year’s champions lack spirit as they head to a three game set with the second-place Chicago Cubs. Giants trail the Dodgers by 14 and the Cubs by 34 in the standings.
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Wood Rails Last Tracks Found in Salem On Brick Bed
Workmen uncover wooden streetcar tracks buried for four decades while digging a water main ditch in Salem Oregon. The intact tracks lie on a brick roadbed and offer a glimpse into old urban infrastructure.
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Kansas Polio Shots To Resume In Near Future
The Kansas Board of Health decided to resume mass inoculations with Salk polio vaccine in a couple of weeks. No first round shots will be given between August 1 and September 15 to avoid a provocative effect on individuals already harboring the virus.
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Wichita Coach Bidwell Resigns to Join Arkansas
Charles Ab Bidwell head track coach at Wichita University since 1946 resigns to take a similar post at the University of Arkansas. He has led Wichita's physical education department since 1948 and cites Arkansas facilities and opportunities. Bidwell, a 1935 Kansas State Teachers College graduate, noted Wichita A track teams earned five seconds four thirds and one fourth in Missouri Valley Conference meets.
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Ab) Bidwell
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Kansas State Teachers College
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Detroit Slim Chance For 1960 Olympics
Four Americans in Paris weigh Detroit’s slim odds to host the 1960 Games as Europe backs Rome. Fred Matthaei heads the Detroit delegation with Jack Tompkins Doug Roby and Dick Rass as the IOC weighs bids this week.
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Dick Rass
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