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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 2011
Page
4
The article notes highway designers prioritize safety with improvements like rumble strips. Kansas research highlights these features as effective in alerting drowsy or distracted drivers, reflecting broader transportation department adoption.
Editorial notes that centerline rumble strips cut fatalities and injuries by 46 percent and crossover crashes by 68 percent on 400 miles of two lane Kansas highways, with residents tolerating the noise for safer roads. It urges broader consideration of rumble strips across Kansas and highlights affordability and life savings despite a noisy, bumpy ride.
Online readers react to a GCTelegram story about St. Catherine Hospital and Eagle Med LLC proposing helicopter air ambulance service in southwest Kansas. The edition also covers a U S Air Force Jazz Ensemble concert August 21 in Garden City with Col William S Nichols quoted.
The Telegram explains that letters must be signed with the writer’s address and phone number and will be confirmed before publication. Letters may be edited for libel and length, must be 500 words or less, and form letters poems consumer complaints or business testimonials will not be printed. Submissions should be mailed to Attn Editor 310 N Seventh St Garden City KS 67846 or emailed to editor gctelegram online at www gctelegram com.
Florida Republican John Mica, chair of the House Transportation Committee, voices remorse after the FAA shutdown cost jobs and funding. He plans Friday legislation to pay furloughed workers, aiming to repair the damage and justify his tactics amid Democrats’ resistance and a hard-fought deal brokered by Senate leaders.
Cal Thomas argues the US credit rating downgrade reflects bipartisan fiscal blindness. He urges drastic cuts, audits of nonessential agencies, and a shift from entitlement culture to self-reliance, criticizing Obama and Democratic lawmakers. He cites S&P’s downgrade warning and predicts market recovery with a political shift by November 2012.
In 1942 1943 FDR fought a debt ceiling battle to fund World War II while seeking equity. He pushed a 100 percent top tax rate and capped salaries after tax at 25000, aiming to tax the rich and limit pay. Congress resisted but the broader fight shaped wartime finance toward high earners paying a large share of taxes.
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