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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1980
Page
4
Mike Goldberg, after hours of digging through a landfill, salvages a branched menorah once owned by his Polish ancestors dating back to the 16th century. He believes the recovered shovel with his name on it was a sign and tears into the bags until locating the heirloom.
In Garden City the Garfield Elementary School gym was dedicated to custodian Ralph Billings. Tom Tabor briefed on Billings 32 years of service across Garfield schools, capturing his memory of students and staff. A portrait by Dorothy Sullivan will accompany a commemorative plaque in the gym.
A reviewer praises William Safire's On Language as a rich collection of Sunday NYT pieces and reader letters. It lauds safeguards against usage slips like less vs. fewer, literally misuse, and overblown jargon, noting Safire's sharp takes on pet peeves and language pretensions.
Art Buchwald recalls Sen Thurmond reviving the Internal Security Subcommittee once thought defunct. He notes Denton of Alabama is named to lead, signaling a return to the late 1940s-50s era, and plans to gauge liberal reactions at a Georgetown Tri-Lateral meeting.
A narrator warns Mortimer that the Internal Security Subcommittee is back and will scrutinize liberals. The exchange recalls past witch hunts, Hoover era tactics, and calls for new lists targeting pro abortion ERA or anti school prayer groups, threatening to expose names.
Stuart Awbrey argues against warlike cancer language used by doctors charities and critics. He cites Susan Sontag and critics who say battle metaphors fuel fear and hysteria rather than hope and progress. He criticizes Jerry Lewis and the American Cancer Society for sensational appeals.
The article critiques militaristic language around cancer calling the disease an evil invader and cancer patients victims. It argues such rhetoric fuels hysteria and unproven cures, demoralizes patients, and skews public perception while heart disease messaging remains calmer and hopeful.
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