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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1956
Page
1
The article reviews summer women’s wear from short shorts to saddle jeans with humor about men’s reactions. It catalogs styles from Bermuda shorts to peddle pushers and toreador pants, noting names like whistle bait and calf skinners while wryly remarking on fashion’s varying appeal and practicality.
Valley View Cemetery hosts two Memorial Day observances in Garden City with a 9:30 a.m. Knights of Columbus mass led by Fr. Clement Goubeaux and a 10:30 a.m. soldiers memorial program featuring Fr. Robert Martin. Grounds prepared by Bill Fiel and staff. cemetery open all night for wreaths. City offices and banks close. Telegram noon edition. post office on Sunday hours.
A quirky line ponders human happiness and eccentric views. It notes that the poor seek only basic satisfaction while embracing odd viewpoints as a form of humor. The remark reflects a light, social bite about contentment and perception.
Debra Gilger, two, fell from a car at Sixth and Kansas while the vehicle slowed for a corner. Mrs. Gilger’s quick reflexes kept injuries minimal. Denton hospital reports only a large bruise on her left cheek with no cuts or fractures.
Optimist club members cleaned the area around the kids fishing hole removing lumber and about 150 dead fish from the pool and banks. They moved fish to the pond from Stockton recently and may cut banks to reduce sleep drops into the water.
Storm warnings faded as systems moved east of Garden City area last night. Dodge City and several towns reported little rain while Beaver and Sylvan Grove saw light totals. A separate Wichita case saw a crane operator admit stabbing a man 14 times on a Texas road, robbing him, and dumping the body.
The Weather Bureau warned severe storms and tornadoes may hit this afternoon and evening in north central Kansas, southeast Nebraska, southeast and extreme south Iowa, southwestern Michigan, and northwestern Illinois. Scattered thunderstorms were also forecast for Nebraska, western Kansas, and northeastern Iowa, Wisconsin, and northern Illinois.
High winds plus limited water supply fueled a major fire in Gridley Kansas, destroying six business buildings and three empty structures on one side of Main Street. Firefighters from surrounding towns battled the blaze with bucket brigades as water ran low, with a total damage estimate at least 75000 dollars. Only a lumberyard survived on the affected side, while the opposite side remained intact. Several sources report water hauled from Burlington and stock ponds was used repeatedly to fight the flames.
Rep Wint Smith denounces the bill as unfair to Kansas wheat growers citing Benson admin interpretations that back corn growers by guaranteeing at least 1.25 a bushel for corn with no regard to quotas or allotments. He warns overplanting could mean penalties for wheat farmers. The bill does include 1956 sorghum support at 76 percent of parity with no acreage limits.
Four University of California students involved in a riotous raid at Berkeley on May 16 faced penalties from dismissal to censure. One student faced dismissal, two received half-year suspensions, and two seniors were removed from the graduation list. Officials estimated $10,000 in damage to women’s dorms and clothing as about two thousand men participated.
President Eisenhower signed a bill extending the Sugar Act to December 31, 1960 and redistributing marketing quotas for domestic and foreign sugar suppliers. It increases beet sugar quotas by 85,000 tons to a yearly 1,865,000 tons and raises cane sugar quotas for Florida and Louisiana by 80,000 tons to 580,000.
TOPEKA Gerald W. Vee-Carty of Boeing Wichita is named director at large to fill an unexpired term left by J Bearl Schaefer. Henry B Jameson of Abilene Reflector Chronicle becomes chairman of the tourist promotion council. W S Kirkendall of Emporia joins as research associate.
City Manager Deane Wiley announced the world's largest free concrete pool in Garden City will open at 1 p.m. tomorrow with Mary Owens managing and a guard crew led by head lifeguard Ramona Drees. Open daily 1 to 8 p.m. with Red Cross classes mornings and extensive repairs completed including sand blasting, crack sealing, and re-coated sections. A new diving board is on order and pool maintenance will be every two weeks.
Glenn W. Clark president of Cities Service Gas Co said the firm mailed 6.3 million dollars in refund checks after the Federal Power Commission approved a settlement on gas price pigout. Refunds go to distributors in Kansas Missouri and Oklahoma who will pass the money to customers.
Washington moves to implement the new farm bill with Eisenhower signing amid doubts over benefits for farmers this year. The soil bank program involves paying farmers to remove land from production, with Benson deciding how much money and land will qualify this crop year. The measure follows a vetoed earlier bill and could see larger payments if liberal conditions are allowed, shaping participation for cotton, wheat, peanuts, rice, tobacco, and corn.
Southern Baptist leaders debated whether to recommend rejecting entitlements of federal funds for hospital construction. Rev. Henry Lyons argued aid would violate church state separation. The SBC eyes a two million dollar Miami hospital and already runs facilities in Jacksonville and New Orleans. The WMU elected R L Mathis to succeed Miriam Marin as head after 10 years.
Five Garden City high school juniors were chosen as delegates to the 20th annual Boys State at Wichita. Delegates are Wesle, Witt, Kenneth Tolbert, Bryce Baker, Robert Logan, and Richard Dillon. Two veterans, Larry Landwehr and Leonard Johnson, will attend as counsellors. Financial aid came from Rotary Lions and Optimists. Delegates depart Garden City Saturday morning for the week long session running through June 9.
The Ottawa University library art center will be dedicated Saturday with the donor’s name announced to the public for the first time. The anonymous donor contributed $230,000 and will attend the ceremony alongside C. C. Mammel of Hutchinson who gave $50,000. Graduation exercises follow at Wilson Field House with honorary degrees to Prof. C. R. Mes Bride and Donald B. Cloward.
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