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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1972
Page
2
An AP series notes rising food costs driven by distribution expenses and industry expansion. Freight bills, railroad woes, regulations, taxes, and old union rules raise prices. The Teamsters may push a 25 hour week at 40 hour pay, signaling further inflation for food.
The piece argues for open committee meetings in Congress citing the House Labor and Public Welfare Committee which has operated openly without harming function. It notes 40 percent of last Congress meetings were closed and proposes keeping all meetings open unless national security or individual privacy is involved. A nudge to readers to contact their congressman.
A humorous exchange between local housewives contrasts big meals and holiday feasts. A retired ex-Girl Scout leaves due to craft clutter. District Bar Association gifts include a bottle labeled Bourbon Renewal. Yale's Kingman Brewster noted college president duties. Seek unused sewing machine for Wheatlands Youth Services call lines 275-4116 or 276-3122.
Garden City Telegram staff list includes editors and advertising manager at the Garden City Kansas publication. No article text available to summarize a specific event.
Jack Anderson reports on urban Indians driven from reservations to cities facing joblessness illness and early death. The Broken Treaties Papers trace neglect by the BIA and political pushback from the White House and Congress, including a contested urban Indian study and shifts in agency control.
ART BUCHWALD WRITES: A character defines waree as a state between peace and war in Indochina. The piece riffs on Nixon era diplomacy, suggesting nations sign warce pacts, use warce bonds, and honor a festive, oddball peace warce mantra for Christmas.
In England Cpl George Shone of the Royal Signals landed far from a Santa drop over a children's home field. He said his beard blew into his face and he landed blind during the tricky jump. Santa joked next year he will pin the heard back with a clothes pin. Nearby, St Luke's Wine Circle hosted 50 pensioners with 200 pints of beer and 72 bottles of wine in Leicester.
AT and T reports 11.5 million long distance calls expected on Christmas making it the busiest calling day of the year. International centers will also handle about 135 000 calls to and from overseas points.
A devotional note quotes Psalm 24 1 reminding readers that the earth and all who dwell thereon belong to the Lord and are entrusted to people to use wisely not abuse. It emphasizes responsible stewardship over creation rather than self serving control.
In a defense of private health care, Anthony Harrigan cites Marvin Edwards arguing that physician fee hikes mirror general inflation. He notes 1956–68 fees rose 3.7% annually vs non–physician wages at 4.2%, and 1969–70 fees up 21% while groceries and housing rose similarly. He concludes hospital costs rise from labor but overall medical costs lag behind broader price increases.
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A letter from Alfonso C. Jara Millo questions claims of “special privileges” for minorities and migrants, listing examples from farm subsidies to bilingual education and civil rights. The writer argues against labeling rights movements as special privilege and urges scrutiny of biased rhetoric.
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