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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1956
Page
2
The writer notes power outages during line work, praises local blood donor clinics, laments church basement name changes, and warns that without a train speed limit, a fatal accident in Scott City may occur. cites potential town ordinances to curb speeds.
The Sublette Monitor argues taxes will rise and persist through November and beyond due to a complex modern economy. It predicts broader tax increases, including wheat taxes, and criticizes cuts to public services while urging resistance to permanent tax reductions by candidates.
The Dighton Herald discusses a new Congress bill to raise personal exemptions for heads of households with children in college, proposing several hundred dollars more per child. It argues higher education remains costly and that federal provisions are inadequate, supporting the exemption as beneficial for students and families.
Fragmentary newspaper masthead informs readers of the Garden City Telegram and Associated Press rights and mail distribution. It lists service areas Finney and nearby counties and subscription rates, with scattered OCR errors and no clear event.
Washington report reveals Army Navy and Air Force contractors use ad spending to influence public opinion, bypass Pentagon publicity limits. 1954 figures show Air Force contractors spent 2.35 million, Navy 1.35 million, Marine Corps 0.34 million. Army 0.25 million in magazine ads and more through contractors. Names of major defense contractors listed with substantial ad expenditures. Separate note on ex-Congressman Norris Poulson clashing with Mexican official over VIP treatment and narcotics insinuations. Also brief mention of GOP concerns about President Eisenhower’s fitness and upcoming San Francisco convention planning.
Dr. George W. Crane argues the Bible shows Jesus was popular in youth, cites Gideon and Luke 2:52, and links scriptural stories to applied psychology. He urges reading the Four Gospels and offers a booklet on increasing Sunday school attendance. A final odd note mentions a dragonfly eye with 20,000 units.
The page presents a cryptoquip puzzle with a long list of clues for a crossword style grid and a solution note. The featured quotation hints at a line about safe passage of an enemy diplomat. The puzzle includes a dated style prompt and references Eugene Sheffer and King Features Syndicate.
Secretary of Defense Wilson told Air War College that merging the Army Navy and Air Force would not end interservice differences. He warned against a magic formula for complete unification and noted ongoing bickering between Army and Air Force staff officers in Washington. He said honest differences exist in Washington as in any free country.
A devotional note from a religious page speaks on Paul’s claim that all flesh is not the same. It contrasts celestial and terrestrial bodies and asks God to guide souls housed in physical forms toward celestial nurture in Christ.
In a June birth story from a local town, Jap Adams and his wife Andra welcomed triplet daughters Joan Jackie and Jean after a sudden hospital trip while Jap fished with FFA boys. The babies weighed 2 pounds 10 ounces, 3 pounds 8 ounces, and 3 pounds 4 ounces, were premature, and cared for without incubators. The Adamses recall the remarkable pregnancy and the nearby triplet family history on North Main.
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