Pentagon Should Heed an Unusual Cost Saving Tale
An editorial notes a Parsons Sun front page story about the Kansas Army Ammunition Plant near Parsons. It reports a cost control goal of 420,600, exceeded by 354 percent with reductions totaling 1,489,632. The Army set the goal from Joliet Illinois and a private contractor operates the plant.
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Parsons Sun
Kansas Army Ammunition Plant
Parsons
the Sun
U.S. Army
Joliet
Army
Pentagon
Motels for horses debut under Tempting Rate in Flagstaff
Arizona businessman Tom Raptis opens the first Horsters stable a brown steel barn in Flagstaff housing 30 horses. He plans a national chain of horse motels noting riders transport many horses by trailer and need safe overnight care. Rate is seven dollars per horse per night with owners likely to stay nearby to save on human hotel costs.
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Arizona
Tom Raptis
Horsters
Flagstaff
Raptis
Distaff Side and Local Letters Prompt Mild Controversy
A collection of reader remarks and mini-essays touches on sexism accusations against a columnist nicknamed Gus Garden, Nixon era politics, a Kansas Legion commander, and a Junction City resident. It includes notes on moving to Lamar Colorado, a joke about funerals, a Life magazine middle-age child survey, a radio song about an x rated girl, and a nod to Harold Stoner’s grocery ads.
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Life Magazine
Life
Garden City Telegram masthead and staffListing
The notice lists Garden City Telegram’s publication schedule and staff Roles Fred Brooks Editor Joan Frazier Managing Editor LeRoy Allman Advertising Manager and pricing terms for subscriptions in Garden City Kansas with mailing details and contact numbers.
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Telegram Publishing Company
Garden City
Kansas
Fred Brooks
Joan Frazier
LeRoy Allman
Careien
Book on Hoffa Loaded with Documented Exposures
Washington reports Walter Sheridan charges bribery and intrigue aimed at freeing Hoffa. The spy memoir lists White House aides, senators, film stars and mob figures tied to efforts to pardon or overturn Hoffa’s conviction, with tape records and alleged schemes across 1967 to 1970.
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Washington
Jimmy Hoffa
Walter Sheridan
John Ebriichman
Russell Long
D-La
Audie Murphy
Carlos Marcello
Sheridan
Justice Department
Nixon
Hoffa
Teamsters
John Ehrlichman
White House
Bombs Away Readings by Art Buchwald on Air Force Mission
Washington reports a Buchwald column depicting a Cold War briefing to B 52 crews as they prepare for a Hanoi Haiphong strike. The text frames targets including railroads depots storage tanks and SAM sites while insisting bombs must avoid civilian areas and the Indian Embassy.
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Washington
Pentagon
Air Force
Hanoi
Haiphong
Gia Lam
Nixon
Vietnam
America
Experiment Station Work Is Credited
Dr. Floyd W. Smith, director of the Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station, said Kansas industrial growth, farm production efficiency, rural development and water conservation were aided significantly by the station’s research and activities during 1972. He told staff at a meeting that their work contributed to new production records and higher Kansan incomes, noting feeding wheat research helped use 275 million bushels in cattle rations in 1972 before wheat sales to Russia drew attention and boosted wheat prices.
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Manhattan
Kan
Floyd W. Smith
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station
Kansas
Smith
Russia
Bible Thought On Gratitude And Endurance In Adversity
Crafting a reflective Bible quote card, the message contrasts joyful praise to God with resilience. It juxtaposes Psalm 13:6 praise with a maxim about maintaining a smile through hardship, highlighting steadfast character.
Public Pulse: Curious Why Garden City Things Happen
Floyd Jones questions city dealings in Garden City, asking why Harwood Construction secures paving contracts and why utilities are raised for annexed areas. He cites Fleming Street work, sewer equipment purchase, and a seemingly uneven enforcement of building proximity rules, urging stronger inspectors and supervisors to ease taxpayers’ burden.
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Garden City
Fair City
Harwood Construction Company
Fleming Street
Floyd Jones
Heart Disease Tops Lists Of Dreaded Ills In Boyle Column
HAL BOYLE notes heart disease is the leading killer, claiming 358.4 per 100000 annually, versus cancer at 1609. He weaves quips on natural history, Athens myth, and mortality anecdotes, including Agathocles and Swift, in a brisk, wry column.
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Lapland
Minnesota
Iowa
Theodore Roosevelt
Athens
Pericles
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John) Dohogne
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