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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1973
Page
2
A Salina Journal column notes a national unease over Indochina bombings, claiming the public remains numbed by a decade of small-country fighting, domestic woes, and the pace of electronic news. It argues youth have become realistic or apathetic, but a revulsion could spark future political action.
An advertisement from a drug store bill sparks protest from liberation troops at home over a perfume line claiming women are more famous for glamour than achievements. The piece notes Nixon chose a two angel stamp for Christmas cards, citing a Smithsonian article about a Flemish painting titled Mary Queen of Heaven, with angels playing early instruments. The work, tied to Saint Lucy, hangs in the National Gallery of Art via the Samuel H. Kress Collection. A local postal worker reported one stamp buyer avoided the angel issue, deeming it resemble a Christmas seal for charity.
Garden City Telegram advertises local and area college student rates at $10.30 including postage and tax for the month and school year, with serviceman pricing listed as $16.00 per year or $1.50 per month including postage and applicable tax. The note identifies Fred Brooks and John Frazier in Editor roles with Le Roy Allman as Advertising Manager.
U S military experts in civilian guise operate abroad to maintain advisers in Vietnam and elsewhere. In Saudi Arabia, Bendix Raytheon Northrop recruit ex-officers as civilian advisers while paid salaries range from 800 to 2000 dollars monthly. The Pentagon coordinates these contracts under a broad military training mission. In Alaska, National Guard illegally drafts Eskimos via a local council member. American Airlines faces criticism for outsourcing Lebanon work and suppressing Lebanese worker jobs while promising more Middle East work. More than 4,000 teams reserved for the 1971 ABC bowling tournament in Syracuse.
Harder and Rampey examine the Kansas Legislature in their study The Kansas Legislature Procedures Personalities and Problems. They critique coverage quality, detail the governor's budget process, veto power, lobbying and representation gaps, and urge informed citizen reading to understand Topeka's lawmaking.
In Moscow January warmth breaks 23 year pattern as mushrooms sprout and children play outside. Officials fear insufficient snow threatens winter grain, with Tass noting earlier snows were minimal. Pravda shows snow-saving methods while weather experts blame unusual polar cyclone positioning near Greenland.
WILLA KLEYMANN of Leoti writes of Christmas shopping on December 16 1972 in Garden City. shoppers from Scoti Scott City Ulysses Weskan Goodland and Colby spent thousands but many stores refused restroom access to customers. she urges merchants Penneys Ben Franklin Anthony’s Town Shoppe Parnells McDonalds to hire an extra attendant to clean and disinfect facilities so customers can use them.
Reporter Jim Bishop reflects on the deaths of presidents Truman Hoover Roosevelt and Kennedy. He recalls personal meetings, wartime memories, and the emotional impact of Kennedy's assassination while plans a book about Kennedy and noting Truman's long life and readiness to go.
The daily crossword by Eugene Sheffer features a clue based on panting or breath. Readers chase the solution as the puzzle unfolds with tricky wordplay and clever twists typical of the column.
DETROIT AP After a year with a 269,476 gain in 1972 auto production, the industry shifts toward more truck building in early 1973. Domestic automakers produced 8,827,354 cars in 1972, up from 8,557,878 in 1971, while trucks totaled 2,471,309, up from 2,097,696. In the first week of 1973 production averaged 42,500 units daily with 168,500 cars in four days, and trucks up by 3,307 over last year's initial week to 48,676.
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