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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1973
Page
2
The piece explains high food prices arise from supply and demand dynamics as affluence grows. It notes rising disposable income, more meat consumption, expanded food stamp programs, and global demand, with per person food intake and prepared foods pushing costs higher. It concludes Americans are eating better and paying more.
Distaff guest Sandy Elliott, baseball commissioner and community worker, notes teens coaching ball teams for Y and City Recreation. A teen from next door tackles a minor league challenge with 14 youngsters. Parents acknowledge winter rule reviews, Pony League trial for six year olds, and nightly practices at Reservoir field. Family life and local sports anchor the column with humor and concern.
Jack Anderson reports the Pentagon has admitted falsifying reports to cover bombing of Cambodia before the 1970 invasion. Senate witnesses will testify the bombing and falsifications continued after the invasion. The defense also admits false casualty counts for 102 Americans. Secret MACSOG missions in Cambodia and Laos, code names Salem House and Prairie Fire, are discussed along with alleged CIA run Special Operations Group. Funds misspent include 129000 for an instrument landing system at El Toro and 400000 for a Biscayne Bay helipad offshore.
Garden City Telegram publishes daily except Sundays and major holidays. Operated by The Telegram Publishing Company at 310 N 7th Garden City Kansas 67896 with staff including Fred Brooks and LeRoy Allman. Subscriptions by carrier in Garden City are $1.94 monthly plus sales tax, payable in advance.
In this satirical exchange ART BUCHWALD imagines Nixon clinging to Watergate tapes. The dialogue features Nixon and aide Ron discussing safekeeping, suspicions, and the President’s stubborn stance while inserting jokes about other figures and events. The piece skews political history with a humorous spotlight on trust, power, and media.
Johnny Cash performed a 90 minute free concert at the Nevada state prison in Carson City. About 330 inmates attended the mixed-gender show, with women upfront and men on bleachers, cheering as Cash sang San Quentin and spoke briefly with inmates afterward.
James Elder, 18, Topeka, charged with first degree murder in the stabbing death of Barbara Butter, 28, a Washburn University graduate. Butter was stabbed while walking home about 1:35 a.m. and died hours later after speaking with police. Elder held on $100,000 bond. another 18-year-old youth detained for investigation.
Anthony Harrigan outlines arguments against a government owned oil company as proposed by Lee White. He warns of bureaucratic expansion, notes Arab and Libyan actions affecting supply, and urges Congress to back Alaska pipeline reform and a shift toward coal and alternative fuels to avert an energy crisis.
Moon appears farther away by one foot in 80 years of orbital drift. A Bell System survey notes fewer in-person visits but closer phone contact after 1962 to 1972, with long distance calls rising from 6 to 11 percent. Icebergs loom off Europe with 600-700 expected sightings, nearly double the prior annual average. Quotable notes blend literary blurbs and remembered lines.
Yesterday's cryptoquip hints at social headlines and wordplay clues with partial phrases such as praise and metal tags. The page lists puzzle fragments, misprints, and a later cryptoquip clue about E equals Le, attributed to King Features Syndicate.
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