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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1980
Page
4
The column recalls Douglas Forbes, a 38 year old ex deacon released after five years for rapes now confessed by the real criminal. It argues the death penalty could have altered justice and warns against vengeance over justice, noting risk of wrongful conviction and the need for reform.
Rep Barry Goldwater Jr proposes the Free Enterprise Stamp Act to let advertisers appear on U S postage stamps. He says it could yield about 1 2 billion dollars in annual revenue while supporters call it sensible amid red ink in the Postal Service and looming 20 cent first class rate hikes. Some stamp collectors fear it would cheapen stamps, but Goldwater argues it is a practical solution compared with higher postage or tax subsidies.
The Distaff Side Schoolhouse project near Garden City seeks end of year donations to pay overdue notes on the relocated Pleasant Valley School building. Volunteers and retirees plan a history lessons day with old time items. send tax deductible gifts to Anne Rogge, 707 N 4th, Garden City KS 67846.
A nostalgic survey of toasts and drinking customs, tracing origins from 17th century England to modern times. Notable figures like Walter Winchell and FDR appear, with examples of famous lines and the social rituals surrounding celebratory drinks.
Art Buchwald notes Harlequin's Christmas missive narrating a year filled with family milestones including Clint Jr graduating medical school trading a Pinto for a Mercedes, Julie marrying a Houston businessman, buying a Beverly Hills home for 46000 with a 534 percent mortgage, and Teddy studying genetics at Harvard.
A humorous faux holiday note from the Harlequin family presents extravagant boasts and surreal events. It claims Everett’s son in law won a second Pulitzer, Ellen volunteers to bear a child, Janet nears a Reagan era ambassadorship, Derek scores 642 as a high school fullback, and visits from Grace Kelly, Charles, Borg, and Pavarotti are cited. The letter also notes Far Flung’s Derby withdrawal, a stud fee, tax luck, a $1.5 million farm sale, and a Bermuda trip pending Lear jet repairs, ending with a new upstate New York address.
World cotton production for 1980-81 is about 64 million bales, down from 65.6 million last year, with a smaller U.S. harvest at 10.9 million bales. Soviet and Chinese gains lift forecasts, while exports dip to about 20 million bales as demand in major markets weakens and prices rise.
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