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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1972
Page
2
The piece compares dining venues from shiny modern eateries to aging diners and railcar cafes, noting service varies and health inspections lag. C C Hammer reports one inspector per hundreds of establishments, with inspections 1–3 times yearly. A new policy would require pre opening checks and post ownership changes, yet cannot guarantee sanitary travel meals.
The column notes women’s long coats and festive centerpieces in Black and Gold theme. It teases a “Baby Tender Love” joke, mentions editor Haynie’s cartoons missing Lois, and reports Red Cross Bloodmobile plans with a 92 pint goal in tribune before moving to Lakin December 20.
Sen Strom Thurmond and Rep John McMillan are cited as arranging traffic tickets for cronies on Capitol Hill over 24 years. McMillan, as chair of the DC Committee, had police stop warning notices and issue tickets for friends and staff, including the House dining room chef. The piece notes McMillan’s influence waned when he was defeated by South Carolina voters, leaving his cronies to face traffic law enforcement alone. It also criticizes the Price Commission for spending 85,000 on a new meeting room and describes its opulent, Star Trek like setup with a $35,000 slide system.
ART BUCHWALD WRITES: Commuter rail program on Long Island is phased out amid talk of scarce funds and shifting public interest in space era milestones. Commuters recount past hype and eventual decline as trains ran late and contracts shrank. some foresee future revived travel to New York and beyond.
A reflective piece contrasts Luke 15:7 with Joshua 6:9 and Joshua era imagery. It notes joy in heaven over repentance, the impact of faith among hard men, and the enduring call of the gospel in today’s world. It emphasizes caring, faith, and the continual clarion call of good news.
Governor Robert Docking named Charles Light of Osawatomie as Miami County sheriff. He succeeds Leslie Barrett who resigned for private industry. Light previously served in the Miami County sheriff's department from 1967 to 1969 and works as a self employed drywall contractor.
A staff psychologist analyzes how violence in society and deprived environments shape youth. The piece argues that constant exposure to warlike imagery and antisocial norms fosters inward turning and nonviolent attitudes in some youths, while others from minority, economically deprived groups drift toward drugs as a coping, adjustment mechanism amid family and schooling dysfunction.
The 1972 King Features Cryptoquip shows a headline style row with a cryptogram and the clue C equals & for today. The prompt lists a past puzzle line with names and phrases and asks to solve the cryptoquip quotation.
Letter writer GENE GARMAN of Westside Trailer Park, City, argues that Kansas law channels public funds to private church colleges via student gratuities, labeling church colleges an overbuilt industry. He cites Dr Ruthenberg and a Kennedy quote supporting strict separation of church and state and warns of impending court action.
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