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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1969
Page
2
An opinion argues mobile home living eases housing pinch but shifts school funding. Many trailers go untaxed as real estate, burdening districts when state taxes fall short. The writer urges equal taxation across all property and a fairer tax load distribution to avoid cutting spending.
In the southeast corner of the state a small one man telephone operation shuts at night. After hours emergencies prompt calls to the owner who curses at the switchboard, prompting complaints from customers. He adds a warning that obscene language is unlawful except for business use and local readers note the odd mix of humor and rule making in the directory.
The Needle mocks advanced air power by noting American know-how yields massive airplanes yet fails to solve passenger logistics. It imagines SST flights where luggage is misplaced, stewardesses belt people in, and on board movies end before arrival, delivering a wry take on speed versus practicality.
Jack Anderson reports President Nixon signs the Endangered Species Act as Commerce Secretary Maurice Stans plans a Africa safari to hunt two rare African animals. The piece notes Stans finances and family ties, the IUCN list guiding US protections, and broader debates over wolves, ghettos, and military cutbacks.
Washington satire notes a looming data famine as computers multiply. Prof. Heinrich Applebaum warns that data supply must expand to feed billions of machines, proposing data plants and a three hour daily limit, plus even a birth control metaphor for computers to curb overproduction.
An 11 month old, 15 pound ocelot named Sam arrives at Cincinnati Zoo from Louisville after the Kentucky Humane Federation intervened amid complaints of confinement in pet shop cages. Cincinnati zookeepers will provide a private cage since Sam is declawed and vulnerable.
A AP Business Analyst argues consumers endured 1969 inflation due to job stability pay raises and savings. For 1970 the outlook darkens with rising unemployment higher prices and potential recession yet some savings may grow if spending slows. Housing and auto markets show weakness as rates climb and starts fall while wage gains persist under existing contracts.
A wife recounts her husband’s switch from cigarettes to a pipe, noting rising clutter and cost as pipes, tobacco and gear accumulate. She endures dusting avoidance, smoky haze, and nagging odor while he enjoys the change, unaware of her frustration.
Puzzle by Eugene Stefi presents a themed crossword with clues and grid likely featuring VDIGBEZ WDVRBVA QNRR EMQ GEZEMVE as encoded entries. Short tease notes unclear language and letter patterns suggesting a cryptic or cipher style puzzle.
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