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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1973
Page
2
Joseph I Miller of Lakin defends reporting balance, urges honesty and Christian ideals. He argues for more good news alongside bad, stresses following Christ’s example, including honesty, charity, and paying taxes, and calls for clearer vehicle safety emphasis before road inspections.
A Kansas reader copies a consumer protection letter to Emery Good about buying a set of ovenware for eighteen dollars. He alleges the sellers were ordered to reimburse sales and leave the state after two men were linked to defective cookware and potential explosions. He questions why no arrest or confiscation occurred and urges action by Kansas and Oklahoma authorities.
A column mixes family gift hints with a note on a cousin in St Louis and Terry Phillips, a Vietnam veteran at WSU studying pre med and economics after Germany and VW work. A reader asks about safety of blue plastic bleach jugs for drinking water following a husband’s illness.
The Garden City Telegram publishes daily except Sundays and major holidays with staff credits for Fred Brooks Jean Frazier LeRoy Allman and more. It lists subscription prices by carrier monthly and yearly, varying for locals and servicemen, with sales tax notes and affiliation with The Associated Press.
A U S and L League says a 1960s Census projection was hopelessly inaccurate and misled housing forecasts. It asserts household formations exceed projections, forecasting 2.7 million housing starts for 1973, implying continued strong demand despite published gloom. The piece notes low vacancy rates and persistent pricing pressures as context. Bible Thought for the Lord taketh me in his people.
Freshman representative Ronald Peckham, 20, from Hunter, unseated Rex Bergen by 247 votes. He sits on Claims and Accounts and Public Health and Welfare, faces Bergen as an administrative assistant to the speaker, and co-sponsors a bill to raise the retirement age, while peers joke about age and experience in the legislature.
The proposal envisions Long Island Rail Road and buses turning riders into part time workers by assembling electronics and later cameras and calculators during rides. Foremen conduct quality checks while pay is piecework, turning commuters into productive output to boost profits and pride in riding transit.
Dr. E D Lyman Kansas health officer urges expanding a bill to set minimum health and sanitation standards for rental dwellings to cover all residential units. He argues all homes should fall under a state minimum housing code as poor housing correlates with disease mental illness and nutritional deficiencies.
Rod Turnbull examines how virtually all U.S. government owned grain tied to price support loans will become market available by summer. He explains how title transfers at loan maturity, the role of the Commodity Credit Corporation, and dates for loan maturities across wheat and other crops, noting shipments and potential profit for farmers if they redeem loans now.
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