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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1981
Page
4
A critic rails against television's pull and shallow lure of game shows. He notes The Price is Right and Wheel of Fortune for constant product plugs, big prizes, and flashy toying with audiences. He mocks hosts, assistants, and the spectacle while acknowledging color and adventure.
A TV column critiques The Family Feud with host Richard Dawson. The piece jokes about Dawson’s antics and audience interactions, noting his flirtatious kisses and showmanship while contrasting the game’s premise with other programs.
The nation can survive a major league baseball strike but victims are the workers at ballparks. Ushers, ticket sellers, vendors, groundskeepers, and service staff lose income when parks sit empty. The piece argues big owners and players are insulated by wealth and insurance.
Chief Justice Warren Burger told law graduates in Washington that investing in schooling and vocational training for prisoners is cheaper than returning offenders with unmarketable skills to society. He warned that without stronger programs, enforcement costs rise and repeat offenders flood the system.
A jumble of reunions unfolds this month with WWII veteran Marshall Finney meeting survivors in St. Louis, Wayne Stagnard reuniting with scattered siblings in New Jersey after 16 years, and a 1961 GCHS class planning for a July Fourth gathering plus a Labor Day reunion for the Class of 1971. Names and addresses of participants are being gathered.
Senator Orrin Hatch, a conservative but stubborn reformer, confronts Iowa colleagues Roger Jepsen and Charles Grassley over continuing an investigation into jurist pressure in the Jack Nard civil suit. Hatch preserves staff recommendations to probe Evan Hultman, a former U.S. attorney tied to the Nard matter. Parallel debates critique DEA effectiveness and a costly COLA miscalculation in federal pay.
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