Editorial Voices Moderate Support For Southwestern Bell Rate Rise
The Kansas editorial board discusses Southwestern Bell seeking a rate increase, noting most readers oppose higher costs for a utility. It argues the rise reflects inflation and seven years without a general hike, while acknowledging improved service from dial and underground networks. The piece contends inflation drives wage and price cycles, but accepts the necessity of adjustment after a long pause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwestern Bell
Kansas
Southswestern Bell
Gateway to the Great Southwest region noted in Crossroads
The article describes southwest Kansas as a crossroads where US highways 50 64 56 83 160 and 270 converge, along with state highways 23 25 27 51 98 145 and 190 crossing the area. Railroads pipelines and air routes also pass through, portraying the region as a gateway to the Great Southwest.
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Rome
Kansas
United States
Great Southwest
Distaff Side and Summer Activities Announced
Mothers urged to sign children for Red Cross swimming lessons by Tuesday evening. Midget League lineup listed for boys ages 7 to 10 starting June 8 with games at Alta Brown, Garfield, Jones, and St. Marys schools. 4-H club sponsors summer Bible school and zoo events feature Snow Cones at Finnup Park hospitality house.
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Herman Beringer
Mathews, Hutchison
Alta Brown
Alta Brown Field
Garfield, Jones
St. Mary’s
Garfield
Red Cross
Finnup Park
Atom
White House costs soar under Eisenhower study shows
Library of Congress figures confirm higher 1959 1960 White House budgets under Eisenhower than Truman including staff salaries 2.05 million for 1959 and a 1.5 million request for 101 special staff. Police costs rise to 1.055 million 170 officers. Vehicle fleet includes limousines planes helicopters plus two naval vessels used by the president.
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Washington
White House
Eisenhower
Truman
House Appropriations Committee
Jack Shelley
San Francisco
Pearson
Ike
Capitol Hill
Library of Congress
Budget Bureau
Iire
Roosevelt
FDR
Civil Defense
Army
Air Force
Wiig
Secret Service
Williamsburg
Washington Navy Yard
Navy
Memorial for Pacific War Dead at Punchbowl
A national war memorial rises in Punchbowl Crater Honolulu to honor America's World War II and Korean War dead. The Garden of the Missing will inscribe some 26,000 names on marble panels. The American Battle Monuments Commission began work in 1958, with completion expected in 1962 and costs anticipated near three million dollars. Ernie Pyle, the famed war correspondent, is among those buried there.
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Boy Scouts
Punchbowl
Ernie Pyle
Pacific
Tei Shima
Okinawa
Pyle
U.S
Ameriican Battle Monuments Commission
Garden City Telegram
Telegram Publishing Company
East Chestnut
Menther
Associated Press
Bridge stolen from Pike County sparks theft scare
Pike County sheriff reports a 4 foot bridge was cut away with a torch and hauled off by unknown thieves converting it into three tons of steel. A coal miner found the missing span Wednesday before any vehicle crossing occurred.
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Petersburg
Ind
Pike County
Wilmer Whitehead
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Editorial
Crossroads
Bermuda
Jamaica
Sara Lu
J. D
Carter
Richter
Drew Pearson
Leonard Lyons
Alaska
Ernest Gruening
New York Post
Gruening
Lyons
Post
Territories
Son
Bob Bartlett
Ada
Garden City
Garden May
Finney, Lana
Scott
Wichita
Greeley
Hamilton
Kearny
Grant
Haskell
Gray Counties
Jessays
Renarepelry
N. Main
Gates
Ellis Texaco Service
Al's
Texaco Service
12Th
Hudson & Fulton
Smallwood Oil CO
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