New Books at Garden City Library Campus
The Garden City library lists several new titles across genres. Virginia Exiles by Elizabeth Gray Vining follows exiled Pennsylvanians in Virginia refusing oath loyalty. The Tall Dark Man by Anne Jones is a thriller about a teen pursued after witnessing a murder. The Small Rain by Diana Joan Raymond centers on a Russian exile writing a family biography at a Swedish villa. Earthman Come Home by James Blish is a science fiction tale of Earth amid interstellar threats. Quick-Trigger Country Clam Colt follows Turkey Red in Tombstone’s gun culture. Black William by Robert Neill sets 1714 England in political unrest. False Colors by Richard Powell explores an art heist and prizefighting. The Gates of Living by Josephine Lawrence examines the impact of a broken marriage on two daughters. Rough Winds of May by Nancy Hallinan portrays a portrait session that reveals a girl’s growing personality.
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Virginia
Elizbeth Gray Vining
Pennsylvania
Golely
Diana Joan Raymond
James Blish
Barth
Tombstone
Turkey Red
Curly Bill
Black William
Robert Neill
England
Lovely Mally Lawly
Sir John
Mally
Richard Pow
Josephine ‘Lawrence
Nancy Hallinan
Celia
Adenauer Holds Top German Federal Post
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer delays retirement from the post of foreign minister as government officials in Bonn said he will likely name Heinrich von Brentano as foreign minister this month. Officials predict Von Brentano will succeed Adenauer within about three months.
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Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Adenauer
Heinrich von Brentano
von Brentano
Juvenile Gangs Weigh on Soviet Cities Like New York
Moscow and Leningrad newspapers report gangs beating schoolmates and terrorizing teachers as a concern beyond the West. Articles cite hooligans acting with impunity, citing cases in Moscow Public School 355 and other schools, with blame placed on capitalist remnants and Western influence.
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Moscow
New York
Western Hemisphere
Leningrad
Komsomol Pravda
Soviet Young Communist League
S. I. Khysalov
Komsomol
Communist Youth League
Pioneer
Child Communist League
Pravda
Jane
John
Russia
Rockefeller Dr
Woman jailed a day for fatal beating in nightclub
In Nashville, a 27 year old woman Miss Sarah Fly pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter for striking St. Louis businessman William D. Fernandez, 33, with the heel of her slipper at a nightclub on December 18. He died a few hours later. An all male Criminal Court jury imposed one day in jail. Police attributed jealousy as the motive.
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Nashville
Tenn
St. Louis
Sarah Fly
William D. Fernandez
New Floor Care Promises Wax Replacement For Floors
Glaxo coats linoleum or asphalt tile with a water clear finish that dries in one hour and lasts for months. It creates a high gloss, non slip surface and claims money savings over traditional wax. Contact Fankhauser's at Grant phone 6762.
Draft Ihe Move May Be Needed
Finney County relies on University of Kansas Extension services with 46 library packets sent to residents, 14 children in two towns, 19 students in correspondence courses, and 285 reels of films to three towns. Extension totals include 5 171 library packets and 31 747 reels of films. A separate note discusses Republican strategists backing a draft Eisenhower movement to persuade a second term. Michigan GOP leaders express support if it helps win the governorship.
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Finney County
University of Kansas Extension
Howard Walker
University Extension
Extension Library
Bureau of Lectures
Bureau of Visual Instruction
Walker
Washington
Eisenhower
GOP
Michigan
John Feikens
British Navy Plane Crashes Into Carrier Funnel
A navy fighter plane struck the funnel of the 36,000 ton carrier Eagle during deck landing drills off England. The pilot was seriously injured after an attempted circuit for land. Engine stalled as it plowed into the funnel rear, burying the engine in steam pipes.
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Portsmouth
England
World Today Brief Notes From Abroad
In Tokyo Peiping radio reports the Vietminh completed takeover of North Vietnam by occupying offshore islands and notes retreat from the South. In Naples, Italy, collapse of hillside apartments kills five workers, others hurt, rescue ongoing. Belgrade sees a West German lower house delegation arrive as a peace gesture. Hong Kong reports U S Cambodia military aid signed within Indochina armistice framework. Rudy York of the Detroit Tigers set a major league record for most horses runs in a month in 1937.
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Tokyo
Peiping
Red Vietminh
North Viet Nam
Lee
South
Vietam
Hong Kong
United States
Cambodia
U. S
Robert McClintock
Phnom Penh
McClintock
Indochina
Rudy York
Detroit Tigers
Air Force to spend 708 million on base construction
The House Armed Services Committee approved most of the Air Force domestic construction program for the next fiscal year totaling about 708,390,006 dollars. In Kansas the authorizations include Forbes AFB Topeka 4,753,000 dollars McConnell AFB Wichita 269,000 dollars Smoky Hill AFB Salina 3,332,500 dollars totaling 8,773,500 dollars.
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Air Force
House
Armed Services Committee
Kansas
Forbes Afb
Topeka
McConnell Afb
Wichita
Smoky Hill Afb
Salina
Housig
Atomic power for homes nears use in four years
Dr. Lawrence R. Hafstad, former U S atomic power chief, now at Chase Manhattan Bank, said Tokyo American homes could use electricity from atomic plants within three to four years. He noted four or five U S utility firms are currently building commercial atom power plants.
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Tokyo
United States
Atomic Power
Lawrence R. Hafstad
Atomic Research Directory
Chase Manhattan Bank of New York
U. S
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NEW Books
Garden City ‘Library
Chon
Fankhauser’s
Greyhound
America
All America
Los Angeles
Seattle
Salt Lake City
Albuquerque
Chicago
Wash. DB. C
Miami
Corpus Christi
Mexico City
U.S
Oth & Stevens
eavHou
SEARS
Ann James
James
Vist
Ihe
Elehth
Cordtex Bros
Clapton
AR & C
N. Mola Diel
Naples
Italy
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Pomit Collection
Larry Kliesen
N. Mala
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