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Garden City Telegram

Location

Garden City, Kansas, United States of America

Date

May 28, 1958

Page

2

Of Wasps and Water

A Telegram editorial extols outdoor activity while warning readers of hazards like poison ivy sunburn hornets and unsafe swimming or overexertion. It urges moderation and caution for a safe summer enjoyed outdoors.

Letters on placing a city library and museum

A reader proposes a dream plan for a million dollar library project using the old Methodist plant or Windsor hotel site. The idea includes a combined library museum with an observatory, a north facing city auditorium and parking, and speculative future transport changes to justify central or outlying placement. The writer suggests keeping city offices near the center and notes college linkage with the library.

Windsor Hotel New Methodist Church New High School Kansas Avenue Howard Smith

Distaff Side Micro Notes From A Kansas Paper

Turon Kans local column item mixes slang verse and odd notices. Elvis Presley Army serial number 53310761 mentioned with humor. Mary Hamman gives away six kittens without agency, Betsy Burden receives one. Miz Slim Pickens rises to society page as B-1 season looms. A matron who opposed sacks contemplates buying one amid family pleas.

Mary Marvin Hamman Joe Betsy Burden Miz Slim Pickens Dowk Society

Dried Milk Offer to Brazil Hurt U S Popularity, Pearson Notes

Drew Pearson reports Latin America soured on the United States as the State Department balked at urgent hunger relief for Brazil. Cooley urged a full surplus food inventory and swift shipments, while Nixon’s criticisms and Dulles’ plans drew clashes over diplomacy and possible staff reshuffles.

Drew Pearson Washington Latin America United States Nixon State Department Pearson Brazil Marold Cooley House Agriculture Committee Cooley State and Agriculture Departments North Carolina Agriculture Department Peixotg South America Dulles Roy Rubottom

Figures Show Fewer Layoffs and Job Seekers Rise

The Federal Reserve Board reports in its bulletin signs of leveling unemployment with a slight drop in those unemployed four weeks or less since February. April employment rose for the ninth straight month in the seasonally adjusted rate, to 7 percent of the labor force, while long-term job seekers more than doubled in 12 months. May figures due next week.

Washington Federal Reserve Board Federal Reserve Althugh

North Middletown High diplomas handed out unsigned

North Mid letown High School issued 22 diplomas to 22 seniors then recalled them due to weather and a flu outbreak. The term was extended but no commencement date could be set after final exams. An informal ceremony on Friday will reissue diplomas signed for those who pass.

Paris North Midletown High School North Middletown

U S cars dominate Mexican auto sales despite quotas

In 1956 Mexico bought about 46,000 cars with U S makers leading the market. Quotas limit imports to about 35,000, with GM Ford and Chrysler taking roughly three quarters of the allotment. Europeans trail as Fiat and Volkswagen hold smaller shares, while Mexicans favor larger American cars for range and family use.

Jack Rutledge Mexico City Mexico U.S General Motors Ford Chrysler Studebaker Rambler Packard Fiat Volkswagen Detroit

Face Hurdles For Statehood

Washington AP report on Alaska statehood facing two House tests that could derail its chances. A preferential motion to send the statehood bill back to Insular Affairs stands as a key barrier, or opponents can demand a roll call vote to kill the bill. If both fail, amendments would be debated and the process would continue.

Washington Alaska House Walter Rogers D-Tex House Insular Affairs Committee

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