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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1973
Page
1
Supporters argue Sam J. Ervin Jr. proves experience matters as he retires at 77 after leading Watergate hearings. Critics say mandatory retirement would harm seasoned leaders and remove accountability, insisting voters should retire incumbents who fade.
The piece argues the energy crisis and U.S. housing costs look mild next to prices overseas. It cites a Tokyo five room house at 150000 dollars a Zurich prefab home at 100000 dollars and a London suburb two room shed selling for 24000 dollars, framing U.S. housing as relatively fortunate.
A light column recounts a father seeking Santa gifts and a motherly wife kept in good humor. It mentions a sixth grader catching chicken pox, a jewelry purchase for a wife, and a quip about not wanting another partner. The piece shifts to a field study in Georgia and a note on local fuel crisis responses and baby time.
Garden City Telegram publishes daily except Sundays and certain holidays with postal and carrier rates. The note lists offices at 310 N. 74th Garden City Kansas 67046 and staff roles for Managing Editor Advertising Manager, plus subscription rates and carrier information.
Williaim L. Pierce, linked to the American Nazi movement and head of the National Youth Alliance, secured federal tax exemption for his group as of October 1973. The NYA, once led by Pierce, is described as a largely paper organization publishing Attack and distributing hate literature. IRS and government sources note tax‑exempt status is granted for good faith operations, with Pierce benefiting from lower mailing costs and remaining under scrutiny.
Public Pulse calls for immediate nationwide life issue response with emphasis on opposing euthanasia. It urges Kansas readers to contact senators and representatives, attend a January 23 Topeka event, and participate in the War of the Roses memorial drive by sending red noses and a $2 contribution to the Rage Committee in Washington.
The clipped page lists TV lineups for Wednesday and Thursday with programs like Sonny And Cher The Tonight Show and Kojak among others. A late line states Alabama farmers planted a record 819000 acres to soybeans in 1978, up 39000 from 1972.
A Washington joke column mocks oil market hype by imagining an overblown auction of Middle East oil. It parodies dramatic bidding, naming bidders from Japan and France, and ends with a wildly inflated sale of a $10,000 oil barrel to Richrd Burton.
A cryptic style puzzle listing clues across and down with mixed letters and references, including names, places, and abbreviations, ending with a cryptoquip yielding a coded message for today’s solution. The puzzle shows numerous fragmented entries and is followed by a dramatic cryptoquip line about a villain shooting a hero and getting the girl.
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