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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1972
Page
2
Editorial argues Congress may shift funds from the Highway Trust Fund from highways to mass transit. Proposes delaying interstate completion to 1980, cutting next year’s interstate funding by 750 million and reducing money for secondary rural roads. Warns urban bias amid urban population decline.
Five little girls spy on a salon clienta through drapes then describe what they see while Melvin Lee on Ninth Street shares okra and black eyed peas with neighbors. Sam Poe gives cabbage and peas to friends. China painting exhibit opens at Hoover's Fashions. A stray cat seeks a home. A list of June blood donors is published.
Jack Anderson reports a large covert presence of CIA DIA and NSA operatives inside the State Department. The move has sparked grumbling among diplomats, with claims of rigged promotions and covert transfers to clear space for intelligence personnel. A grievance case involves Charles Anderson bumped from Sofia to make way for a CIA appointee. Tax and banking topics follow, detailing proposed loopholes and a bill drafted by the American Bankers Association that critics say would curb state tax revenues.
Jim Bishop reports on Jackson Mississippi readers reacting to busing and school integration era tensions. A black mother challenges a visiting white reporter about progress and segregation while recalling Montgomery ’63 and shifting racial dynamics, noting black pride and stubborn resistance.
A devotional reflection emphasizes divine forgiveness for sins though scarlet and crimson, rendering them as white as snow. It asserts that reason alone cannot escape the Creator's holiness and human fallibility, urging contemplation of moral renewal.
Anthony Harrigan argues that Cumberland Gap shaped American expansion and spirit. He warns against modern cant against defense and enterprise, urging Americans to overcome political retreats and pursue strong defenses, firm foreign policy, and vigorous, rewards-driven economics.
A suburban drag strip faces legal scrutiny as residents complain of noise and related nuisances. Courts balance light, glare, fuel odor, and traffic against the track’s public service value, sometimes granting injunctions and other times denying them. The article notes cases where noise alone sufficed for abatement, and others where traffic and parking framed the dispute.
Sunday puzzle by Eugene Sheffer notes that fashion designers will pose off the weirdest fads and features a Cryptoquip themed clue for Saturday’s puzzle.
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