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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1971
Page
2
An eastern Kansas warning urges residents to beware inflated prices from itinerant peddlers selling lightning rods and a nearby county officer cautions of a slick bill collector with a false accounts list. The piece touts buying locally for better service and value, noting nickel opportunism and the risk of unsatisfactory distant purchases.
Kansas has gained via freedom of mobility after the Supreme Court struck down residency rules. From July 1 1970 to March 31 this year, the State Department of Social Welfare opened 291 cases with grants totaling 36 378 and closed 875 cases with grants totaling 98 985. Recipients migrate to states with employment and family ties. higher benefits are not the main driver.
The column discusses home canning and freezing, a Labor Day sandhill plum picking event, and a quirky olive made from sandhill plums recipe. It notes a prize winning sandwich idea Wild Toast with chef ingredients and mentions a cook book featuring soups and unusual dishes. A Telegram reader from Alaska comments on the recipes.
Subscription terms list monthly and yearly rates for carrier service in Garden City and nearby areas. Includes student, serviceman, and mail options with applicable sales tax. AP rights noted for local news and dispatches.
President Nixon seeks secret polls on Vice President Agnew to decide future on the ticket while a Saigon crisis unfolds with secret U S and Viet leadership maneuvers. Haldeman coordinates polls, McGovern targets school lunch cuts, and Bunker negotiates Thieu Ky clashes as Minh Looses ground. Governor Docking urges Legion to unite against inflation crime and drugs in Houston.
Washington scene features Buchwald mock interview format on the Nixon administration wage-price freeze. It questions the rationale and outcomes of the policy, cites inflation, unemployment, and foreign currency dynamics, and lampoons political figures and analysts with sharp, period voice. The piece teases a forthcoming blue ribbon panel headed by Billy Graham to address the trust question, with a teased answer next Sunday.
In Tulsa Oklahoma the state seeks to prove an amended murder charge in a case where Mary Degross Morris is alleged to have removed an oxygen tube from her mother's nose at a nursing home. The defense notes she removed the tube after her mother showed no detectable pain. The doctor testified death was not caused by tube removal though it could have contributed and said the patient might have lived minutes to hours without oxygen.
A devotional note reflects on Luke 14 10 where excuses expose our attitudes dispositions and interests. The brief meditation links excuses to self condemnation and moral evaluation.
George John Hart of Wichita declares his bid for Kansas lieutenant governor as a Democrat and Liberal-leaning businessman. He says he will not switch parties to Republican and emphasizes staying in the middle of the road while praising Kansas and its people. He attacks urban polluting and traffic while defending state offices and public servants.
New York AP column by Hal Boyle jokes about pro football drawing men’s attention, politics needing a better quarterback, and social quirks. He riffs on wedding cakes, brides, dogs, meals, and the end of the honeymoon with a satirical, humorous tone.
The page features a heavy across and down word list by Eugene Sheffer with numerous clues for Mets and other entities and a cryptoquip puzzle. It includes references to baseball, ship terms, and names like Loki and Clemente, plus a note on yesterday’s puzzle solution and today’s cryptoquip clue I equals R.
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