Envelope opened shows Civil Defense praise and error
In Garden City the newspaper admits a misprint about a 12:30 deadline for sealed Civil Defense orders after a sandpit drowning occurred. Margaret Biffert at the police desk opened the envelope on schedule, apologizing for the initial lapse and praising Civil Defense as a quiet, effective framework rather than a showy setup.
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East Chestnut
Civil Defense
Margaret Biffert
Garden City
Library Additions Promised for Garden City
Enthusiastic note on start of an emergency extension to Garden City's public library with nine thousand dollars spent on book stacks. Letter from ART WILSON thanks Jaycees, local citizens, and sponsors including Joe Tennessen and KNCO for backing the project while urging a full library solution beyond the stopgap.
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Garden City
Washington
Joe Tennessen
Peter Garcia
TheoTelegram
Kial
KNCO
Bob Gardiner
Tory Mesa
Kart Jay
Dale Fry
Bob
Jays
Jaycee
Jaycees
Art
Wilson
Garden’ City
Perla Mesta Seeks First Moon Trip if No Objection
Pittsburg Headlight reports Perla Mesta stating she would like to be the first to go to the moon. She adds that unless there is objection, it will be so ordered. The note emphasizes the action as officially planned pending approval.
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Perla’ Mesta
Topeka Daily Capital wins AP papers feature contest
Dick King of the Topeka Daily Capital wins the April short feature contest among Associated Press newspapers in Kansas. His story about John Hummel of Topeka waking to arrest for drunkenness at a traffic light in front of police headquarters takes first place. Second place goes to Patt Murphy of the Garden City Telegram with a Texas family staying visible to police in Garden City. Third place honors Kent Stuart of the Eagle for a cafe burglary tale.
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Kansas City
Dick King
Topeka
Daily Capital
Associated Press
Kansas
John Hummel
Hummel
Patt Murphy
Garden City Telegram
Texas
Hellicopter mercy flight ends with hard desert landing
Two year old Frank Crouch choked on a swallowed nickel at Twentynine Palms California. A mercy helicopter crew gulped oxygen and diverted to Riverside for care but made a hard landing after four minutes. The nickel remained lodged briefly then freed, leaving the boy breathing. Doctors expect natural resolution.
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Twentynine Palms
Calif
Frank Crouch
Twentynine Palms Marine Base
Frank
Riverside
Capt
W. M. Crouch
Deportation clash sinks into politics and law
Immigration row loosens due process norms as William Rogers reverses William Swing order sending William Heikkila back to Finland to await hearings. Swing’s testimony and actions provoke criticism over deportations and due process with broader ties to military appointees and government travel. A separate Jakarta dispatch notes Indonesian Communist jet arrivals.
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Washington
William Heikkila
San Francisco
Finland
William Rogers
Justice Department
Joseph Swing
Geing
Heikkila
United States
Rogers
New York Times
Swing
the Times
San 'Francisco
Bruce Barber
Bruce
General Swing
Mary N. Swing Mitchell
Brownell
Shivers
Texas
Could We Afford Disarmament This Cold War Era?
James Marlow of the Associated Press analyzes whether a recession year can sustain a major defense cut and how a halt or sharp reduction in mutual security aid might impact American jobs and the economy. He notes defense spending near 200 billion in five years and a 40 billion request this year, with foreign aid showing broad domestic impact.
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James Marlow
Associated Press
Washington
Soviet Union
Eisenhower
Congress
Council
Rogram
Distaff Side ONE BIRTHDAY celebrates group and events
A column sketches the Distaff Side group starting with Bloody Mary breakfasts, a sign on an old car, Carnations made of Kleenex, decorated cakes, a marriage talk, wardrobe items for sale, and humorous household tips. The text notes growth from 46 to over 80 members in the Chamber of Commerce women’s division, with Dora Long as secretary and Nellie Moore as treasurer as May growth looms for the May 8 celebration.
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Chamber of Commerce
Georgia Brown
Dora Long
Nellie Moore
Eisenhower defense wish contrasted with cold war economy
The piece notes Eisenhower’s imagined 10 year plan of universal schools hospitals and roads, then argues Congress would need a drastic shift or a catastrophic collapse before funding such programs. It concludes we live in a cold war economy with recession despite high defense outlays.
Widow charged in arsenic deaths at Macon restaurant
MACON Ga A 32 year old widow Annette Donovan Lyles was arrested in a hospital room on murder charges tied to arsenic poisonings over six years. Victims include her daughter Marcia Elaine Lyles and two husbands plus a third spouse. Tests reportedly confirmed arsenic. she operates a downtown Macon restaurant. Sheriff Wood withheld motive pending verification.
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Macon
Annette Donovan. Lyles
Marcia Elaine Lyles
Lyles
Colby Family Chosen for Methodist Family of the Year
The Lloyd White family from 15 miles northwest of Colby Kansas has been selected to represent the Hays district as Methodist Family of the Year. Parents and 10 children include Bill 16 Shirley 14 Larry 12 and Debra 3. They were chosen from about 600 applications across northwest Kansas.
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Colby
Kans
Lloyd White
Hays
White
Bill
Shirley
Larry
Debra
Ikansas
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