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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1958
Page
2
DDRIVERS on the Kansas Turnpike now receive a small card with a photo of a car wreck and a plea to curb speeding. The card cites 17 deaths since opening and notes most accidents occur between dusk and daylight. The gesture aims to remind drivers accidents can happen at any moment.
The Telegram invites readers to submit letters on any subject and may edit for space. Unsigned letters will be rejected. Names are withheld on request and publication does not imply concurrence with the writer's views.
A reader letter argues hotrodding is a hobby, not a juvenile game, praising daring as a trait shared by air force pilots and noting local youths from the Gallahads and Hilltoppers plan Sunday work sessions to prepare a strip for a custom show and drag races. The writer appeals for church groups to form hotrod clubs and pleads for noise and speed to stay in control.
Denver Post argues national education woes reflect society as a whole not just schools. It urges readers to examine home influences literacy enthusiasm and family attitudes shaping Johnny's learning. A mirror exercise suggests adults should model reading and academic ambition.
Kansas City committee on pupil discipline and delinquency urges creation of a special school for uncontrollable pupils. Plan would revolutionize discipline, include interim high school classes for failing students, special classes for emotionally disturbed and mentally retained pupils, standard disciplinary procedures, greater administrator authority, and small class sizes of up to 25 where possible.
Drew Pearson notes Washington dinner parties where Sen Knowland and AFL CIO chief Meany sat together amid talk of labor law battles. Israeli Ambassador Abba Eban hosted a ten year anniversary dinner with Dulles, Ogden Reid, Herve Alphand, and Frances Bolton as guests, highlighting strange crossfires of politics and diplomacy. Reclamation funds face a freeze from the White House, drawing sharp remarks from Rep Clair Engle about impounding appropriated money. Floyd Dominy defends agency stance arguing spending is allowed by authorization, not mandated by law.
Terms of subscription entered at the post office in Garden City Kansas as second class matter. Rates listed include seven dollars fifty cents per year for local delivery and ten dollars per year for elsewhere. Prices vary by carrier and destination including Finney Scott Wichita Greeley Hamilton Kearney Grant Haskell and Gray counties.
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