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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1957
Page
3
Editorial argues for driver fitness beyond mechanical safety. It questions why licenses are granted to the aged and unfit, and calls for banning unfit drivers. The piece links headlight law to broader incapacity issues and urges stronger action before automotive accidents occur.
A city manager vacancy should favor a newcomer from outside Garden City. Local appointees bring built in prejudices and personal ties that hinder impartial leadership. The best candidate has prior experience managing a smaller chamber or assisting in a larger one.
Billy Graham urges a six week crusade at Madison Square Garden to spark a national spiritual revival. He notes 1600 churches backing the effort in New York and hopes the awakening spreads across the United States. The letter frames moral decline and crime as urges for renewed faith and leadership.
Drew Pearson notes the budget fight pits Old Guard Republicans against modernists and big business. The Chamber of Commerce and National Association of Manufacturers press for deeper tax cuts, reshaping party leadership as Old Guard gains influence while Nixon and Knowland emerge as key figures in a dramatically altered political landscape.
Publication information for the Garden City Telegram notes editors Stuart Awbrey Paul Murphy and Marvin Smith and staff roles. It lists Associated Press rights and subscription rates for Garden City and surrounding counties with annual and foreign options.
In London officials said a planned royal visit to the United States remains under review and decisions will be made by month’s end. Separately in Oklahoma City pilot Jerrie Cobb prepares to fly 1,600 miles to Guatemala City to set a light aircraft distance record aboard the Aero Commander Boomtown I, aiming to surpass the 1,126.6 mile Russian mark.
The 1859 Fort Larned on the Santa Fe Trail reopened as a public museum three months ago, featuring a large horse and mule barn, gun ports, a blacksmith shop, horse drawn vehicles, and ruins of keepsakes rediscovered. A free barbecue dinner drew over 700 guests, with attendees from Garden City, Hays, and Topeka among others.
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