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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1971
Page
2
Garden City celebrates another Miss Garden City pageant success praised as a top state preliminary for three straight years. Kathleen McGovern, Miss Garden City, advances to the Pratt state finals with community support and thanks to organizers sponsors volunteers and Chamber of Commerce assistance.
A reporter notes 78 fatalities from two crashes in California and Connecticut, examines potential causes such as altitude errors, instrument or pilot mistakes, and weather, and concludes that despite tragedies, air travel remains far safer per mile than road travel.
In a playful collage of quotes and anecdotes the piece riffs on summer's approach and teen attitudes. It references mornings with no plans, the appeal of action, and a humorous take on food, clothes, and summertime routines through student voices and household recollections.
A satirical transcript imagines CBS News experts broadcasting Tricia Nixon and Eddie Cox’s wedding. Betty Crocker and Wally Schirna provide a blowby-blow cake commentary on a 350 pound four tier cake with dummy tiers. The spoof foresees cake failure and a red alert fallback serving soup plates.
Participants retracing the Santa Fe Trail will visit Gov. Docking July 7 to present a medallion honoring the era started 150 years ago. Charlie Gay leads the mule train with Walter Young of the Santa Fe Trail Highway Assn. Pawnee Rock and Wagon Mound, N.M., are represented on the medal. The train departs Santa Fe June 26, arrives Burlingame July 7, then to Topeka for the presentation, and continues to Shawnee Mission by July 10.
Garden City Telegram published daily except Sunday and six holidays by Telegram Publishing Company in Garden City Kansas. Editor and staff listed. subscription terms shown with carrier and mail rates. Associated Press rights noted.
U S reporters detail a GAO finding that the Bureau of Mines failed to enforce the 1969 mine safety law, with less than a third of required inspections in major coal fields. The piece notes a costly publicity plan mired in ethical questions, tied to Treleaven and Failor, plus political concerns over drug control and improper use of franked mail by lawmakers.
AP report notes scientists advance synthetic single cell protein SCP from petroleum. microbes grown on oil produce protein, with potential to boost global nutrition. British Petroleum plants in Scotland and France test hydrocarbon fermentation to enrich animal feeds and possibly human food.
Reader Hermocillo denounces Amy Phillips editorial on migrant workers housing and sympathy. He challenges facts about workers earnings and living conditions, defends minority groups, and asserts the need for understanding and social assistance in City Garden. He signs from 901 North 8th.
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