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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1972
Page
2
The New York Law Journal’s 23 page report argues drug abuse is a national epidemic not confined to cities or Vietnam. Jerry Finkelstein calls for a national mobilization as ambitious as the Manhattan Project to fight addiction and its societal toll.
A Christmas season roundup links Garden City AFS alumni across the world. Santiago Jimenez-Van Patten of Costa Rica, a 1966-67 GCHS student, works in Arkansas while visiting family the Voths. Marcia Mendonca, from Brazil, tours Disneyland and Disney World while teaching English and awaiting college. Jackie Remience of Belgium, now in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, celebrates her first child’s birth named David. John Hookway, 1969-70, studies in Pennsylvania after returning home from the States. Shenagh Gleeson in New Zealand aims to pursue broadcasting research and possibly return to the U.S. in 1972. Bryce Loder at Fort Monmouth visits family in Salina, while siblings fly in from Frankfurt. John Herrman returns from Vietnam to celebrate Christmas with his wife and daughter before resuming duty. Tom Wilson’s engagement to a New York girl promises a Jewish-rite wedding. Martha Coward, formerly Gardendale manager, reports from San Francisco she left her heart in Garden City. Barbara Ramsey, teaching in Rawlings, Wyoming, prepares to join the district staff. Father Dominic of Nigeria, studying at Catholic University, visits St Dominic Parish for the holidays.
U S intelligence reports quote Hafiz al Assad dismissing Sadat's threats to start a war with Israel. Assad and Egyptian leaders privately disagree on renewed hostilities. Syrian and Egyptian officials discuss risks, with taunts about unity and readiness to fight. Separate items note Welcome Wagon probes and NSA teletype jokes amid broader economic coverage.
Art Buchwald surveys humor in 1971 noting a rise in Gross National Laughter, political jokes dominated by Agnew and Kissinger, New York as the city of jokes, and TV satire led by Howard Cosell. He predicts more political humor in 1972 ahead of the presidential year and jokes about Nixon and Peking.
AP columnist Hal Boyle reflects on the new year as a season of memory. Vignettes capture past norms from housewives to school bonds, fashion, dating, smoking, library visits, and small town customs, recalling playful details and social humor.
Garden City Telegram announces subscription terms by carrier and mail, with monthly rates in Garden City and other cities, yearly mail rates, and tax details. It notes local news copyright by Associated Press and exclusive rights to local content and AP dispatches.
AP examines a sea of optimistic 1972 forecasts with a consensus for large growth, while hedging language signals caution. Argus Research and Edie, with Rinfret Boston, predict gains but note unemployment may stay above 4.5 percent. Eliot Janeway dissents, lowering his outlook. Forecasters caution that expectations influence actions and markets.
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