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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1959
Page
2
The editorial urges abandoning cars on Main Street and argues gardeners City will shift to off street lots. It notes many drivers resist change and compares walking to golf course strolls, predicting a future move to two or three block parking with shorter distances in cities, longer country miles now.
Credit cards replace cash and old charge accounts as Americans seek convenience and easier expense tracking. The piece notes incidents of card numbers used without authorisation and mentions firms issuing reloadable cards for about five dollars yearly. It argues the shift will continue despite counterfeit risk.
Daily paper published by The Telegram Publishing Company in Garden City Kansas with staff names Robertson Wells general manager Marvin Smith editor and advertising manager. Subscriptions listed at 25 cents weekly in city and 7.50 per year by mail to Finney and surrounding counties.
A secret meeting with Admiral Lewis Strauss and John McCone spurred an aggressive Capitol Hill lobbying push to win Senate approval for Strauss as Commerce Secretary. Key actions targeted West Virginia coal votes, New England oil interests, and hints of a Senate probe, with heavy pressure from Senator Byrd and Senator Randolph and involvement by John L. Lewis.
A Vance County grand jury indicted eight men including four Textile Workers Union leaders on charges of conspiring to dynamite power substation, boiler room, and mill office during the Henderson textile strike. Indictments name Boyd Payton and three TWUA officials with four strikers. The strike began November 17 after arbitration clause removal. guards remained on site since May. Also reported a tractor accident near Knob Noster, Missouri killed a boy playing nearby. Life insurers predict 120 million dollars in payouts this year from motor vehicle fatalities.
A collage of household hints and humorous quips from a 20th century page. A gardener complains a bright ridiculous garden hat scares dogs. Tips on pickling include grape leaves. A taxi list of Father’s Day gift ideas and domestic banter follows, ending with a brief note on church fundraising and a stray-cat call.
A two year collision Monday killed George Elmer Tyler 35 Ogden Kas. The other driver John Corco 46 Milford Kas was injured in the crash three miles east of Salina on U S 40. Tyler survived by his wife and a small daughter. A bicycle in his car was intended for the little girl's birthday.
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