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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1957
Page
2
An editorial argues a library can be as vital as a post office in Main Street planning and urges study of combining a library and museum. It notes the library’s impact on education and local industry and calls for open public discussion and a formal town review.
Grenville New Mexico plans a first of its kind buffalo rodeo as part of its annual cowboy reunion. Buffalo bull riding bulldogging and buffalo calf roping will feature stock from Grayton. Garden City’s buffalo emblem is noted as a local interest in attracting fairgoers.
Garden City area sees a surge of TV activity with a new area station set to operate. Applications for telemovies a community TV program and a satellite tower for Great Bend station are filed. If these efforts mature, regional industry growth and population access to TV may accelerate.
A single lightning strike during a post rain golf session at Scranton Country Club killed three golfers and left another wounded while two caddies were also injured. Deputy coroner noted the metal clubs reddened by the strike as doctors rushed to the scene. Victims identified as Dr Horace D. Richard 60 Scranton dentist Erick DeWilde 62 Clark's Summit co owner Pine Coke Iron Works Dunmore Pa and John W. Whitmore 58 Scranton insurance executive.
In Gatlinburg Tennessee a publicity-shy bear snatched a Texas woman's purse in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Mrs. Westly Edwards, from Houston, watched the animal carry the bag to a picnic table where it dropped it after rummaging. Park officials recovered the $120 loss and returned the purse. Quet for Strings Oklahoma City notes George and Shirley Woodall, both bass players, wed and faced a moving-in challenge to rehearse together.
Washington column argues George Humphrey steps down as Treasury secretary amid a fiscal crisis. It cites scarce cash, failed long term bond issues, rising interest costs, and a shift to short term notes. Burgess involvement and inflation woes are noted as key factors. Public funds seek stocks or municipalities.
Garden City Telegram imprint showing staff names and roles and subscription rates. Managing Editor Marvin Smith Advertising Manager MoW, McFarland. Mechanical Supt. Russett Elliott. Terms of Subscription listed as $7.50 per year in Finney and nearby counties, $10 elsewhere in Kansas, $18 outside Kansas. Post office details indicate second class matter.
A AP feature by Hal Boyle questions whether future tech will help or hinder human happiness. It notes electronic cars, telephone television, and other gadgets, but warns progress may deepen dependence on others and neglect inner virtue. The piece ponders if science will improve the heart as well as life outside.
Lean and Hungary WADKESHA Wisconsin Milan Louis a registered lobbyist at the Wisconsin Legislature spoke before the Kiwanis Club. He questioned the intensity of a proposal to ban lobbyists from buying food or beverages for legislators. He said if lawmakers need meals to decide, they should not be elected.
A McCook Nebraska correspondent writes of domestic upheaval after Joe Woolman and crew remuddled a kitchen, displacing a washer and stove and forcing a move back to Momma. The note contrasts no sales tax in Nebraska with trading stamps and recalls local family anecdotes, including a Holcomb Miz Slim Pickens visitor.
Short devotional fragment requesting heavenly guidance through the Holy Spirit. The text prays to surrender personal cares and elevate life to the highest level, asking the Spirit to become a real part of believers for the Redeemer's sake.
In Tucson a judge jokes over an owl named Elvis in a Sonora Desert Museum tied to an overtime parking ticket. Judge Wendell Epperson admits a curious link as the bird’s name echoes a familiar owl lore while a local rector notes the court’s odd habit. The charge ends with a $4 fine.
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