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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1982
Page
1
Partly cloudy overnight Friday with lows in the teens. Southwest winds 5 to 15 mph. Saturday will be mostly sunny with highs in the mid to upper 30s. West winds 5 to 15 mph. Sunrise Saturday 7 59. Sunset Saturday 5 36.
In Beirut officials differ on US participation in withdrawal talks. Israel says talks are direct Lebanon Israel with US as witness. Lebanon maintains the United States is a full participant and partner in tripartite talks.
The Associated Press reports that traffic crashes over the three day New Year holiday may take 300 to 400 lives, per the National Safety Council. The period runs from 6 p.m. Thursday to midnight Sunday, with 342 deaths recorded last year and a 1965 three day record of 564.
Detroit based automakers close 1982 with profits hoped to exceed 500 million as analysts note the last profitable year was 1979 when the industry earned 3.03 billion. GM and Chrysler expected to post gains while Ford and American Motors face losses.
A brief notice announces a new year's poem by James Kilpatrick on page four. It notes additional feature pages including an interview with Himmler’s only child on page six and a roundup of regional news on page ten.
Kansas Department of Transportation crews fought stubborn ice on two 200 to 300 foot stretches of US 50 west of Holcomb. After chemical, grading, and a rare scarifier blade, ice ridges were removed and pavement exposure achieved though some lanes remained narrowed. Stalled vehicles hindered progress until most were towed away by midweek.
Kansas will receive about 53.4 million dollars in federal highway aid this fiscal year due to the new federal motor fuels tax increase. State officials warn matching funds of at least 30 million annually may be required, likely via higher state taxes or other sources.
Federal income taxes for a family of four earning $20 000 will fall about 143 in 1983 under a bill’s third installment. The relief appears mainly after July as withholding drops. Higher earners gain more. lower incomes see smaller cuts. Major changes include marriage penalty relief for dual earners, higher Social Security taxes on big salaries, and tighter medical expense deductions. Excise taxes rise on cigarettes and telephone service with later steps on gasoline and stock dividends.
John O. Miller of Vision Research Inc. asks the federal government to return tinted glasses seized last week. He claims the one blue lens and one brown lens are for protective use only, not for dieting, and that they create mild subconscious confusion to curb hunger.
USDA figures show the farm parity index for 1982 dropped to a record low amid a 1.6 percent December price drop. Deputy Secretary Lyng says parity overemphasizes productivity gains while prices remain weak across oranges tomatoes cattle turkeys eggs, with some offset from corn soybeans and hogs. The 12 month average parity fell to 57 percent, the lowest since 1932, as 1983 is predicted to remain tough for farmers.
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