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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1955
Page
2
In a brisk address to graduates, the speaker warns of well-meaning but hollow advice, notes a brighter peaceful world than prior generations, and counsels balance between discontent and serenity. He urges recognizing personal limits, pursuing small, practical goals, and keeping humor as part of life while facing inevitable joys and sorrows.
Commentary argues juvenile crime stems from environment not birth, labeling some youths subnormal and predicting more hoodlums as society fails to curb perversion. Cites New York teen murderer, a truancy case, and calls for removing troubled youths from harmful settings to teach useful skills. Urges realism about birth and education limits and taxpayer costs.
Mrs Mary F Costello found a 15 foot maple missing from her Newton Massachusetts front lawn after four men in work clothes plus a truck removed it with the boss saying this was the tree A dapper polite man who visited the home had asked many questions about the tree police describe the case as a tree napping incident by a real nature lover.
The piece recounts early Salk vaccine efforts from field tests on children to funding trials. It describes Parke Davis’s early support, Basil O’Connor’s $9 million advance orders, distribution issues, and the political and international reactions, including Canada’s cheaper price and U.S. resistance. It also notes opposition to Salk honors in Congress and a sidestep into Ringling Brothers and Indo-China drama.
A collection of humorous quips about life, money, love, and human foibles. It includes jabs at judgmental thinking, kissing different kinds of fools, social climbers, and the mischief of everyday behavior. Strong lines poke at appetite, manners, and vanity with a sly reporter’s voice.
In Flint Michigan dog warden Max Cole links his animal control trucks with two way radio to the sheriff's office as progress noted. The note highlights cooperation between city and county agencies in public safety and animal control.
A devotional invocation asking God to teach remembrance of Him through Christ. The prayer seeks His presence, shared joy, and obedience to be called friends of Jesus, ending in a benediction.
In the past two weeks, 179 Communist led Huk rebels surrendered in southeast Luzon Island, according to the Philippine army. President Juan Peron returns to work in Buenos Aires after a week of influenza illness. In Jerusalem Israeli ambassadors meet government leaders to review policy amid Middle East shifts. In New Delhi Nehru’s Congress tells members to skip the Warsaw youth festival and avoid link with the Red World Federation of Democratic Youth.
STILLWATER Okla Mrs Sylvia Martin 24 of Ponca City Okla died last night after blowing into the gas tank of her stalled car in an effort to start it A doctor said she choked after swallowing some gasoline and inhaling fumes The tank was full.
In Phoenix Arizona students named their new school Davy Crockett with only 50 parents voting. Superintendent W A Griffith noted the turnout was small and left little doubt about the winner.
Native sons Perry and Ray Wilcox anchor Perry’s Lyons shoe shop and Garden City family ties. Prosector Don Concellano and wife Pat expect a girl. Hutchinson’s ElWood Motel, run by Dwight Leopold and family, hosts visitors as Columbia film crews sign up for units for the Picnic crowd.
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