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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1956
Page
2
The piece argues swimming is a calculated risk requiring safeguards such as sanitation rules pool regulations lessons and lifeguards. It notes most drownings occur when rules are violated including swimming alone unknown water alcohol party horseplay and children out of depth. A midnight swim example stresses tempering fun with common sense.
A playful column lists ten nicknames such as Trempblebrow Lutiber Chin Panther Foot Lumpjaw Widebottom The Cradle Ichabod Moose Father and Birdlegs and asks readers to identify all ten They claim these are not famous comic or teen nicknames but real local business and professional men from Main Street and offer a novelty gift catalog as a prize If you correctly identify everyone you could win a custom nickname prize
In Cornell New York a newspaper editor settled a running dispute with teenagers over driving by creating a Driver's Test. The list asks ten practical questions about curbside duties and personal readiness before borrowing the family car. The piece ends noting that youths could return questions for parents, risking both sides flunking.
The Armory project is described as desirable with negligible tax impact and a net local economic gain. The Telegram supports state and national program alignment and urges approval as a boon to civic improvement and unused city planning needs.
Minter E Brown praises a Topeka headquarters building created for public service at no cost. He lists numerous groups and organizations that have used its auditorium and conference rooms, noting high demand and broad access while inviting broader use. He also compliments a past editorial, "The Mystery of the School."
Fragmentary text lists Garden City Telegram staff positions and contact details including editor manager and business roles, with scattered references to associated press and dispatch rights, postal registration information, and pricing. The readable portions hint at newsroom roles and mailing particulars without a clear event.
A Pratt Tribune spoof critiques Kansas turnpike plans by noting the unbuilt Oklahoma link will burden taxpayers. It argues the southern Kansas route lacks feasible traffic and warns against repeating costly misjudgments like a four lane highway into an Oklahoma field. The piece ends with a lighter note on seasonal comforts.
Washington reports reveal tense days before Eisenhower’s illness as he pressed for a one billion dollar foreign aid package and faced a rebuke from Speaker Rayburn. A later clash with ex-Senator Cain over the loyalty program sparked sharp exchanges with White House counsel Gerald Morgan and highlighted concerns over individual rights in Seattle.
Rita Hayworth, returning after nearly three years, admits stage fright despite eight or nine films. Her comeback vehicle is Fire Down Below with Bob Mitchum and Jack Lemmon, shot partly in Tobago. She details a tough life on location, a long workday, and focus on acting over romance while eyeing a possible comedy and future TV work.
Washington reports Secretary of State Dulles shifted from alarm to cautious optimism on communism outside Russia. He noted recent questions from Red leaders abroad about Stalin's crimes and actions, cautioning that without new evidence his upbeat view may rest on opinion rather than fact.
A review of Pemmican by Vardis Fisher details a fur trade saga set along Saskatchewan and Athabasca rivers in which David McDonald fights storms, bears, and hostile trappers while chasing skins and love interest Sunday. The piece interweaves vivid frontier color with critique of its depictions of Native people and drama. It also notes English actress Rita as a popular film crew favorite on a connected project and quotes her view of acting as painting.
Mrs. Ruby L. Cotham, retired after 37 years as one of the federal government’s few women meat inspectors, recalls a career tracing hog products from killing floors to sausage lard shortening and fried pork skins. She describes hard physical work, strict safety pride, and a lone early female role in the meat inspection service, with later pride in baseball and Washington Nationals fandom.
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