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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1972
Page
2
An alumnus protests Telegram coverage, arguing four Nebraska football players arrested for marijuana use deserve less prominence than another day’s front page tale of 350 pounds hashish import and a 750 pound marijuana possession case. He cites page placements and criticizes editorial judgment.
A letter from Sue Stahlecker of RFD 1 denounces two holiday shopping commercials aired in Garden City for their nerve shredding mood sound effects. She praises Garden City’s holiday beauty and stock but warns she and others may shop in Dodge and offer rides to like minded neighbors if the ads repeat. She urges action by downtown merchants.
The column surveys beauty contests popularity, spring color trends inspired by flower gardens, and average measurements. It notes Michigan bans wolf imports for pets and touches on cosmetics from kitchen recipes, Dracula tours, and a shift in science fiction on TV. It also discusses campus mood labeling and waning student activism.
Washington report details a black disc jockey earning 500 dollars a month from a white owner amid suspicions of payola. A Memphis station shows salaries as low as 100 to 200 dollars, while Starr Broadcasting posts rapid net income growth. FCC scrutiny and company memos warn against payola and dope gifts as investigations proceed.
Kansas lawyers study minimum fee schedules amid Virginia suit challenging such schedules as potential price fixing. Local bar associations set suggested fees. not binding, with a relative value study offering a flexible guide. The system allows varying fees by community, with ethics concerns about underbidding and a 1964 relative value document widely used.
ART BUCHWALD reports on President Nixon planning closer cabinet cooperation in his second term. The piece recounts a publicized wives’ meeting, long absences of cabinet husbands, and a humorous aftertaste of White House contact, including a later Rockefeller Center sighting with Nixon and Pat.
Kansas City readers learn how export subsidies work as wheat sales to the Soviet Union boosted farm prices. The piece explains subsidy mechanics, loan programs, and hedging practices, noting how farmers in Oklahoma and Texas benefited from early sales while northern growers profited from higher post sale prices.
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