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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1957
Page
4
An editorial complains that love songs overuse Moon June Swoon themes and young romance. It argues lyrics glamorize fleeting infatuation, urging warnings for teens about pursuing lasting relationships amid a culture of “The Real Thing.”
A Wichita/PM report notes Southwest Kansas moves toward television amid drought in service. One station near air, another with construction permit seeking local financing. Additional outfits discuss wiring homes and networks not normally receivable, reflecting a boom after long delays. Lucinda Mallory, a former slave, dies in Wichita at 143. She lived in Carrollton, Missouri, Q.T. years, with daughter Mrs. Ayers and others in Kansas City.
The Garden City Telegram lists AP branding and subscription terms. It notes postal delivery, carrier, and mail rates for Kansas and nearby counties. It frames rights and publication terms and lists service areas including Finney, Lane, Scott, Wichita, and surrounding counties.
Kansas City drought slashes local income by 800 million dollars over five years, says J. B. Dillingham chamber head. He notes past flood costs exceeded a billion and urges earlier funding and backing to prevent future casualties and costs. Article by JIMMY HATLG.
Washington faces a potential Canadian move to divert the Columbia River through British Columbia to the Pacific, reducing power for U.S. dams like Grand Coulee. The 1909 treaty grants exclusive control on each side of the line, raising fears of diminished Northwest power as conservatives replace liberals in Ottawa.
A water pollution meeting is set in El Dorado to discuss rules and regulations for oil field waste and pollution. Dwight Metzler state Board of Health chief engineer notes morning session on brine storage permit rules and afternoon on recommendations to the State Corporation Commission, with copies available and a call for usable suggestions in drafting final regulations.
The fifth annual meeting of the Defense Department civilian and military chiefs opened with Secretary of State Dulles outlining foreign relations issues. The closed session, held at Quantico 90 miles south of Washington, includes Army Gen Maxwell D Taylor Adm Arleigh Burke and Gen Thomas White as Air Force chief of staff designate. Secretary Wilson says elastic dollars do not exist to cover rising salaries and equipment costs as budget reductions loom for the services.
Rep Scrivner introduces bill to set Huron Cemetery in Kansas City Kansas as a national monument. Earlier reports opposed a similar measure. Last year Congress allowed sale of the cemetery and transfer of funds to the Wyandotte tribe of Oklahoma, which used the burying place for years.
A reflective piece contrasts the welcome of the past with today’s supermarket age. It notes guests dropping by for meals, a well stocked larder, and hands-on cooking, then the shift to frozen foods, canned goods, and ready to thaw meals. The author questions Sunday buying urges and praises frozen convenience while noting nostalgia for homegrown provisions.
The text offers a religious prayer thanking God for anchors of faith that uphold believers in distress. It emphasizes faith in Thee, Christ, the Bible, and prayer, asking for strength to deepen belief and service, in Jesus name.
W Ray Payne of Mulberry was fined ten dollars and costs for carrying untaxed wine across the state line into Kansas. He is among the first arrested under a new Kansas law requiring tax stamps on liquor. Officers said Payne was seen on the Kansas side of a street that straddles the state line.
The page shows a Eugene Sheffer crossword column with cryptic clues and a cryptoquip. It references an average solution time of about 28 minutes and mentions puzzle bylines and features such as Honey CRYPTOQUIPS and a previous clip titled UNDAUNTED KID APACE.
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