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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1982
Page
1
Washington AP report notes a 50 to 48 Senate vote failed to stop debate on a nickel per gallon gas tax proposal aimed at raising 5.5 billion for highway and transit repairs. The measure must clear before a Stopgap bill to fund the government beyond Friday.
The National Transportation Safety Board blames airport officials for not shutting a slippery Logan runway and cites vague federal guidelines. World Airways Flight 30 with 212 aboard skidded off the runway, blew through a wall, and sank into Boston Harbor. two passengers are presumed drowned.
A humorous local note notes a Christmas jab at a congressman who allegedly gave himself a gift. A separate item teases a feature on a grandmotherly visit to pre school children on Page 6. Also mentioned is a look at KSU football’s long build toward a record season on Page 11.
Gus Garden comments on generational clash as parents presume superior knowledge than their children, a sentiment reflecting rising tension in family dynamics. The remark spotlights a common belief about child rearing and authority in households.
Two crashes in one day reportide eventful morning as an FBI charter plane believed carrying agents hit a suburban bookstore in Montgomery Ohio, killing at least one and injuring several. In California a B 52 bomber crashed near Mather Air Force Base during a training flight, with nine crew members killed and no ground casualties.
Kansas Governor John Carlin pledged 25 pounds of Kansas beef to Wisconsin Governor Lee Dreyfus after Kansas State lost 14 3 to Wisconsin in the Independence Bowl in Shreveport. Wisconsin will decide if it exchanges cheese and cranberries, while Carlin reads as pleased by the bid.
Mayor Frank Schmale’s push for regular city county commissioner meetings faltered at the Wednesday City Commission meeting. County chairman Mike Merrill preferred excluding city staff, prompting objections from Commissioners Duane West and Al Towles who stressed staff expertise and involvement. Hoffman urged a smaller group, while others argued full participation was essential. Schmale planned to press Merrill again. The mayor also floated annual meetings of all county taxing agencies, which West and Towles dismissed as a waste of time.
President Reagan announced in the East Room that Lech Walesa had been released from custody in Gdansk after being detained by plainclothesmen. The incident followed Walesa's planned public address during martial law. Officials later denied knowledge of the detention and reporters faced detentions while attempting to follow the convoy to his apartment. Walesa had been interned for 11 months during martial law and was to speak at a memorial service for Poles killed in 1970 and 1981 demonstrations.
A New York City councilwoman reports the average homeless person is under 36, educated, with families and work history, contradicting Bowery stereotypes. Mitch Snyder cites 2 to 3 million Americans homeless or seeking jobs amid recession, with 63 percent under 40 and 40 percent seeking shelter after losing work.
A Southwest Kansas couple from a Garden City area town presented St. Catherine Hospital with a $2,500 check to settle an $8,000+ bill eight days after their 18-year-old son died from injuries in a 1974 auto accident. The family had saved for seven years and the hospital had written off the debt when payments stopped. Identity of the couple was not disclosed.
Charter approved for First National Bank of Holcomb to open along US 50. Temporary structure to be built this spring with permanent bank due in fall 1983. Project led by Harold Greenleaf John Stauffer Paul Aylward and others from Ellsworth and Liberal. Initial staff to include tellers and bookkeepers.
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