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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1980
Page
4
Duane E. West, city commissioner, voices concern over U S Postal Service cluster boxes. He cites principle, discrimination, and government overreach, urging residents to oppose centralization and defend mail delivery methods. He suggests lawsuits and political action to resist changes.
Fred Brooks answers Commissioner West over claims of preferential postal rates for Telegram and other publications. He cites curbside delivery in new neighborhoods, cost cutting at the Post Office, and rising second class postage from 1974 to the current fiscal year, noting Telegram's own rising bills and urging restraint.
The murder of Dr Michael Halberstam by burglar Bernard Welch prompts a grim reflection on crime and gun control. The author argues for strong punishment, even death, to deter killers like Welch and questions the value of prison and reform.
Art Buchwald interviews Mrs. Heights about publishing her book. He mocks Heights as a drunken adulterer, claiming constitutional rights were violated in the Abscam trial. She confirms scandal details, noting chapters on his prayer breakfasts and reckless behavior with women.
In a revealing account Mrs Heights discusses life in Washington society, noting party culture, fundraisers, and the social pressures around politicians wives. She describes chapters detailing the wives community, social dynamics, and her own reasons for writing the book.
An assembled collection notes Ella Grasso's resignation as Connecticut governor due to cancer and recalls her family’s immigrant background. It contrasts Mae West’s self made image, mentions inflation altering a New York store name, a niche waterbed trade journal, and rounds out with global child welfare data from the Population Reference Bureau.
Kansas Attorney General Robert Stephan ruled the November 4 vote by Maize city and Unified School District No. 266 to create a joint recreation system invalid. He said elections for voter approval must occur at the next regular city or school election, not a general election, and a new election must be held per statute.
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