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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1959
Page
3
Editorial defends youth drag races held on a municipal airport runway by the Gallahads club and visiting clubs. It argues the events require weeks of prep, hundreds of dollars in parts, and skilled driving, portraying hot rodders as creative youths rather than delinquents seeking escape from a complex world.
The Garden City Telegram notes a feasibility study predicting a 46 percent population rise to 16,000 by 1970, based on strong transportation, water, credit status, and management. Comparison with La Junta shows similar growth factors, with Garden City advantaged by water and past rapid growth driven by Westward industrial trends and gas and oil discoveries. future growth hinges on local effort and Fryingpan-Arkansas project.
A local brief notes that the newspaper holds exclusive rights to reproduce AP local news and all AP material. It mentions protections for special dispatches and asserts publication rights under the association agreement. The notice emphasizes proprietary rights and affiliations with The Associates.
California’s 2 percent severance tax plan faced a lobbying onslaught by Superior and Standard Oil. chartered planes carried four Republican assemblymen to Sacramento to oppose the tax, influencing committee moves and votes. The effort highlighted Rockefeller ties and the broader Washington pressure campaign surrounding oil interests and Strauss confirmations.
The column muses on unrelated items including a Jay Baugh wedding anniversary monkeys shot into space, a big spender named QUA BOY after a neighborhood store collapse, anonymous family creditors, a child who says leftovers are served most often at home, criticism of finds for cats and dogs, and a request for an unabridged Lady Chatterley’s Lover. It also quotes Farley on work, self-improvement, and Franklin’s yardstick of performance.
A Portland hospital reported one man died eight hours after a fall on Mt Hood. Five climbers, part of a party roped together, were swept into a deep crevasse near the summit. Four others escaped injury or were bruised as companions freed some teammates and carried a Boy Scout who was injured. The incident occurred at the 11,245 foot level amid sun and loose ice and snow.
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