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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1955
Page
3
The essay argues that haircut prices have risen in many places to about 1.60 dollars, proposes charging by time rather than job, suggesting a five cent per minute rate for barber work. It notes variability in service time, acknowledges lazy practice, and calls for reworking the price scale to reflect actual labor time.
A travel observation notes the rising popularity of station wagons on highways, especially in tourist regions. Improved quality and higher trade-in value help, while a growing birth rate and American nomadic travel sensibilities drive wagons as practical family cars for daily use rather than showroom parade items.
Radio has improved with television, NBC's Monitor exemplifies the shift. It offers engaging, varied content across plays music news and sports, providing intelligent listening without boredom. The era of trash radio is gone as radio now complements TV with depth and quality.
A Kansas scrapbook column notes youths hiding given names until graduation, while humor in newspapers laments common cold vaccines and quirky Bermuda jokes. The miscellany mixes local quips with national humor, mentioning university research and garden plant shifts.
The Finn brothers George and Charles Finn, both war veterans, are serving one year in a Springfield Missouri federal prison after a citizen's arrest gone wrong. They disputed ownership of a war surplus airplane with the government and interrupted a federal officer, a technically guilty act that the writer deems excessive for a year in prison.
Garden City Telegram publisher notice lists Awbrey Dalton and Ws Smith McFarland as editors with AP affiliation. It states subscription rates, mail delivery areas, and office contact information, noting exclusive AP use rights and publication terms.
The piece reflects on the United Nations ten years after its founding in San Francisco. It recalls early optimism, ongoing challenges from the Soviet bloc and U S politicians, and notable UN achievements such as averting a Soviet move into Iran in 1946, easing India Pakistan tensions, Arab Israeli conciliation, and global health and development work. It notes Truman’s tentative involvement and the looming Geneva summit talks.
An almanac style miscellany notes deaf individuals excel at spelling due to strong visual memory, while hearing people often learn by ear. It cites examples of employers hiring deaf workers for vocabulary and spelling skills and adds quirky tidbits about rabbit pelts, hat prices, and anniversaries of Edison and the photoflash bulb.
The Senate voted to increase the Commerce Department budget to 1.317 billion dollars for the fiscal year starting July 1, adding 193 million to the House approved figure. Washington report updates the appropriations and priorities for the department.
Ten people were reported killed in eastern Algeria and three in Morocco as the campaign against French rule continued. In Algeria nine rebels and one French soldier died in skirmishes, while six Moroccans were wounded, including a 6 year old. Sir Edmund Hillary will lead New Zealand's Antarctic expedition next year, after accepting via cable to Ross Sea Committee. The Belgian House voted 111 to 1 to cut state aid to Catholic schools by about five percent, with Catholic party members boycotting. Churchill declined an invitation to the UN centennial ceremonies in San Francisco, remaining the last surviving member of the Big Three.
Prayer section urges inner peace and daily peacemaking. Cites Matthew 5 9 and Peter 3 8 12, invoking God to instill beauty and strength of peace. Asks Christ taught prayer Our Father for guidance.
The Rev. John T. Mitchell, 73, finished a funeral sermon titled the Un expectedness of Death at St. Paul's AME Church in Toledo yesterday, then collapsed and died from a heart attack.
Mrs H O Judd of Los Angeles returns to Garden City for a visit, recounting her late 1915 to 1932 home years with her husband as pastor of the Community church and a civic worker. The Judd children advanced through local schools, with notes on Merrill, a colonel in Japan. Clarence at Fairchild in New York. Donald heading Sapulpa Tank Co.. and Eleanor in Denver finance. A lipstick ad fragment mentions 24 hour wear with a waking color.
Puzzle fills a grid with horizontal and vertical clues. It includes themed terms such as fish of mackerel family and African tree, plus a Cryptoquip by Bossmagh sd. The clue list features many misprints and partial words, ending with PYROMANIA and a long warning about a persistent impulse to incendiarism.
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