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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1958
Page
7
The writer describes a Cramer Posture Chair Co catalog used as a satire of corporate hierarchies. They note model names from Azz The Secretary to 753 The Superlative, tracing progress up the executive ladder and envisioning an ultimate hammock-like leisure chair off the Teletype. The piece pokes fun at office status and the dream of ultimate comfort.
Detroit prosecutors accuse Dr Leo Charles Donnelly, a 1944 Greenback presidential candidate, of selling dis tilled water as a cancer cure at 35 dollars a shot. He was arrested with 14 officers, charged on seven fraud counts, after four months of probe and chemical tests by Parke, Davis & Co. ol aba. The tests found the tablets to be vitamin pills, sold at 8 1/2 cents each.
A farmer named Flint, age 80, is killed in a farm accident on Tuesday when a gas tank ignites as he refuels his tractor. The blaze burns him on the scene, with witnesses noting the loss of a longtime steward of the land and expressions of local sorrow.
Johnson C. F. Liu of Formosa visited Garden City as a Chamber of Commerce agriculture committee guest with interpreter Sam Chang. Liu praised Garden City for its calm beauty and noted American industry friendliness, contrasting it with Detroit and Boston while discussing hoped for Chinese Nationalist aid and a distant mainland reunification. He counted Gen. MacArthur among admired leaders and spoke of a potential future homeland.
Scouts and Brownies invite all families to a camp fire meeting and supper Saturday at 4 p.m. on the rear of the Girl Scout Little House on Hackberry west of Main. The event replaces a canceled fair due to bad weather and features a group meal, singing, and displays of the girls handiwork inside the Scout house.
Governor G Mennon Williams, 47, Democrat, announced candidacy for a sixth term as Michigan governor. A presidential hopeful for 1960, he said the decision was made months ago but delayed to avoid disturbing the current legislative session. Republican critics warned he might use the term as a stepping stone to the White House.
Workers around the world marked May Day with parades and speeches from labor leaders. Moscow staged its annual military display, while civilians joined protests and demonstrations in Tokyo and other cities. Officials warned against confrontations, and U.S. personnel were kept out of demonstrations.
Senator Aiken urged Congress to study a possible four day work week in some industries as a recession remedy and guard against layoffs. He cited automation and the auto industry and said plans like guaranteed annual wage and profit sharing should be considered. The Garden City Laundry dissolution filing is noted while economic data show higher firm prices and modest gains in manufacturers orders.
Washington The head of the Pentagon space bureau warned it would be disastrous to let a civilian agency limit military uses of outer space. Roy W. Johnson director of ARPA urged Congress to insert a clear provision in Eisenhower’s civil space bill allowing freedom for military space projects. He argued the civilian agency should not have to justify military space programs to it.
Thieves broke into the Haskell County Grain Co facility near Sublette, smashing a door to gain entry. They took $500 in cash from a metal change box, leaving other items untouched. Investigation continues as deputies assess the scene two miles east Sublette.
Secretary Mitchell said a decision on recommending a tax cut should come in 30 to 60 days as the recession shows faint improvement. He opposed a four day work week and urged voluntary restraint on wages and prices, warning against government dictate. He favored tax relief if needed to bolster growth and cautioned against new price increases in steel beyond wage boosts.
Flood waters from North and East Texas forced evacuations for about 2,500 people in Dallas and nearby areas as rivers rose. Arkansas and Louisiana likewise faced rising waters with levee protection at McKinney Bayou near Garland. In Texas, Mayor M. P. Ellis of Atlanta declared a disaster area as police urged residents to evacuate for safety.
The Kansas Senate prepared to test Docking’s veto as it weighs a bill raising the sales tax from 2 to 4 percent amid House approval of an 6 million dollar income tax hike. The House overrode the veto 84 39, and a severance tax vote looms with protests and court challenges anticipated.
Arturo Frondizi begins Argentina's first democratic government in a decade, taking office after ten years of Peronist rule and a long military regime. Provisionals Pedro Aramburu and Isaac Rojas step down, delivering power to elected officials as promised.
The left-of-center Intransigent Radical leader Frondizi is swept to power tonight with a narrow electoral victory. Rising costs, a large deficit, and nationalist calls for oil resources development challenge his new government as Peronists push for political respectability. The new president also faces a Senate and Deputies balance, with later reforms expected.
Residents, churches, businesses, and civic groups urge letters for Garden Citys May celebration capsules to be buried at Finnup Park on May 8 with Chancellor Franklin Murphy of the University of Kansas speaking. Messages from Edith Head Billy Graham Norman Vincent Peale George A. Buttrick and others accompany local data for a 25 year wait.
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