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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1982
Page
4
A British insurance survey valued a housewife's labor at 360 dollars weekly, listing duties from cook to nurse. It echoes Rhode Island's last week's 15-housewives strike for respect and pay. The piece contrasts gender views on housework with ERA debates and mentions Christmas memories and family traditions.
Jim Bishop recalls a bygone Christmas with family rituals and details. The scene features sherry and port wine, two cut glass decanters, kids mashing turnips, candied sweet potatoes, and a formal toast. Family dynamics, snow play, and a poignant ending reflect memory’s ache.
Column notes reader prompts about body remodeling books and a British soap opera Coronation Street. The piece cites titles like How to Flatten Your Stomach and 30 Days to a Better Bust, contemplates a crash 30 day makeover, and remarks on Coronation Street as blue collar and reality driven. It ends with a nine year old listener’s Christmas Eve prompt about Silent Night.
A roving Harris News Service editor laments the challenge of rival critics and top politicians in ridiculing Reagan era policy. The piece cites Jim Leach and Bob Dole and cites their remarks on the MX missile, the Law of the Sea Treaty, and diplomacy versus defense spending. It ends noting a columnist’s struggle to compete for space and attention.
U S lawmaker Pat Roberts of Kansas explains his voting pattern on the pay raise issue. He reiterates opposition to any pay increase for members of Congress and notes confusion over votes on the 27 and 15 percent increases and salary freezes. Roberts cites background omitted in some reports and vows continued opposition in future votes.
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