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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1982
Page
4
The city commission voted to discontinue funeral procession escorts after December 31 citing patrol needs. The county considered one emergency vehicle but withdrew, leaving funeral homes to provide their own escorts and noting added costs. Officials caution public safety remains the priority amid rising demand.
FBI director Webster publicly hailed a New York drug bust as the first major government case tied directly to the Mafia. The piece notes the mob's vast, multinational reach and echoes Italian press claiming the Mafia is a durable, powerful, global institution beyond easy defeat.
A mosaic of brief items: plans for a Support Group for the Uncrafty amid Christmas cheer, Clemson University hosting its third annual Conference on Sport and Society with 15 papers and five keynote talks on the Athlete as Person, Performer, and Property, and notes on OWL the Older Women's League and its Denver chapter. Also mentions a stamp dealers ad in Stamps magazine, Sheriff-led Texas auction support, and a Texas watering hole with casual dress rules after 6 pm yet no hats allowed.
Jim Bishop argues that Catholic bishops oppose U S nuclear policy yet split among themselves 190 favoring a pastoral letter 95 opposing it and urges dialogue with the Joint Chiefs of Staff to understand the other side. He notes Soviet parity and warns against first use while calling for intelligent peace moves. Render unto Caesar.
Ralph W. Smith argues against Keynesian stimulus and debt expansion, claiming parity between production and prices is needed to restore purchasing power. He cites inflationary cycles, tax burdens, and social breakdown, urging biblical guidance from Proverbs and Isaiah to curb disparity and prevent societal collapse.
Harris News Service argues the stock market’s swings resemble a soap opera with unreliable prophecies from financial gurus. It cites Lyndon moments, Nixon’s resignation, and presidencies as examples of mispredicted trends while asserting the real drivers are chaotic international forces and unpredictable actors rather than any single leader.
Hugh Bryan Dye of Birmingham plans to marry Lee Wallace, youngest daughter of Gov elect George Wallace, on March 12 at St James United Methodist Church in Montgomery. Lee Wallace, 21, is a University of Alabama senior majoring in education for handicapped children. Dye, 24, is a UA graduate and a marketing manager for Coty cosmetics division of Pfizer.
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