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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1955
Page
2
An aged talker argues for the ERA while a critic urges wage equality first and questions if the amendment helps women. The piece notes a high-profile alimony case and suggests true equality would mean men regain rights once the law passes.
The passage notes how frozen orange juice changed breakfast routines by simplifying preparation and boosting the citrus industry. It suggests similar freezing tech could aid milk and dairy, potentially reducing surpluses, while science may help move more goods and improve diets, benefiting farmers.
A report says investigations by both houses will cover topics from Broadway to breweries and from the pulpit to the plow. The piece criticizes such probes as headlines for political gain, noting Kefauver and Walker trips appear aimed at publicity rather than public good.
The column blends returning airmen stories with wry aphorisms from multiple papers. It notes jokes about cars needing no lubrication, appearances versus reality, florals, fashion, and July neckties, and comments on baseball fame favoring power over consistency.
Garden City Telegram masthead lists editors and staff with copyright and subscription terms. It states rights reserved for local news and AP dispatches, and outlines subscription rates by region and post office mailing.
A compact prayer piece quotes Matthew 18 3 and asks readers to become as children before God. It praises divine care, requests steadfast faith, and asks for endurance until eternal fellowship with the Father through Christ, ending with Amen.
Sen. Carlson calls for Senate Finance Committee inquiry into reports that South Korea taxes U S businessmen discriminatorily and bars exit until taxes are paid. He seeks staff or expert probes to Korea after Seoul reportedly refused exit permits to 41 businessmen. An American Chamber of Commerce spokesman in Seoul likens the action to holding them as hostages.
A satirical 1930s column argues worry is now fashionable and that everyone harbors hidden fears. It catalogs phobias with humorous names, urging readers to uncover and name their anxieties, from masophobia to atopophobia, while mocks modern optimism.
Gerd Kelley, a Sweden native living in Germany, explains the 24 hour naming rule in Germany and France, and how her family once named their son Eugene Eric after a quick decision. She visits Kansan towns Salina and Lawrence, proud of western roots. Katherine Sughrue, county home demonstration agent, enrolls five Sughrue children in grades two through seven during a busy week.
Chicago reports a projected Labor Day weekend traffic death toll of 400, up 100 from non holiday periods. National Safety Council president Ned Dearborn cites past data and urges drivers and pedestrians to take extra precautions during the 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Monday window.
Tass reported from Bucharest that Communist Romania will reduce its armed forces by 40,000 men by December 1. The move follows the Soviet Union's announcement of a 640,000 man cut and comes as Czechoslovakia also announces military reductions.
The passage lists phobias from rapacious worry about hell to fear of gravity and happiness. It mocks constant anxiety as a test of civilization, suggesting if nothing else worries, one can fear gravity or fear happiness as a playful reflection on human unease.
The Navy quietly grants a 10 year oil hauling contract to United Tanker Corporation, a Chinese owned firm with a history of legal breaches and wartime oil shipments to North Korea and Red China. Senate investigators uncovered past front men, underpayment of taxes, and use of foreign crews in Asiatic waters.
United Mine Workers announced Wednesday signing of contracts covering about 4,500 coal miners in Colorado and New Mexico. The deals provide a daily across-the-board raise of $1.20. Agreements with all major operators become effective to mote and run until Aug. 31, 1956, with 60 days written notice required to terminate by either side.
A cryptogram puzzle list shows numbered clues and phrases with an average solution time of about 22 minutes. It references a King Fenturoa Syndicate distribution and includes an example solution line about a model water spaniel performing well in field trials. The entry also notes a headline style headline.
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