Each week we’ll take a step back into the history of Great Bend through the eyes of reporters past. We’ll reacquaint you with what went into creating the Great Bend of today, and do our best to update you on what “the rest of the story” turned out to be.The days leading up to the Presidential election, 1952, the pages of the Great Bend Tribune were full of comparisons between Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) and Adlai E. Stevenson (D). The people were tired of 10 years of Democratic leadership.