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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1971
Page
2
Editorial notes the routine of TV pauses for commercials and station IDs, arguing advertisers fund broadcasts while lamenting FCC inaction. It contrasts U S system with South Africa planning a state monopoly that may limit access to the well-to-do, imagining a rugby broadcast with a prime minister promo.
A cartoon titled The Spirit of Christmas shows a smiling man with a top hat carrying a needy boy, symbolizing charity. The writer argues the welfare spirit fades after December and questions why aid for the unfortunate is labeled as a welfare program and treated as a seasonal duty.
A reflective holiday piece recalls patching leftovers into seasonal fixes. It notes family goose rituals, feather beds, and pillows, then shifts to a college memory of a friend's mother who, seeking steadier work, learns typing and gains a lasting stenographer’s career.
A secret intelligence briefing portrays Lon Nol as physically and mentally frail with corrupt and weak officers hindering Cambodian defense. Reports cite Brig. Gen Srey Saman and Brig. Gen Sosthene Fernandez among others as unable to command, while American diplomacy pressures allies and increases supplies to Phnom Penh amid a surrounding Communist threat. Nearby notes recount Bhutto and Eban at the UN and India’s seizure of East Pakistan.
In a mock interview style piece, Art Buchwald imagines President Nixon planning a moon mission as a peace gesture. He quotes Nixon and staffers debating the political timing two weeks before Election Day and naming Henry Kissinger and Pat Nixon as Moon companions.
Long-haired street artists selling leather goods jewelry and candles on downtown sidewalks near Fisherman’s Wharf face arrest after losing a bid to strike down the city peddling license rule. They argued first amendment protection for their art in Superior Court.
New York economist Frang Pick, Austrian born, questions government bonds and favors gold. He argues the Washington money pact is a short term fix and warns about Eurodollar pools at about 73 billion dollars. Picks view on currency instability points to ongoing distrust in fiscal policy and central bank cooperation.
Wal Boyle states New York City cannot discard its garbage problem while sanitation workers handle 25,000 tons daily. Facts range from eight inch baby alligators to octopuses, Antarctica fossils, Hoosier sparking lore, JFK quotes, city cat color shifts, dog barking theory, and Edward Damaresqu pension tale.
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