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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1981
Page
4
The nation’s largest TV advertiser withdraws sponsorship of over 50 shows citing a growing vocal segment objecting to sex and violence. P G claims moral rather than economic motives and warns against program choices dictated by threats of boycott.
Art Buchwald recalls the Whelan family turning wedding generosity into practicality. At the phone line, Phil records requests for items like a window or chimney noting the couple’s need is a house. Sherry and he collect gifts as a path to a home rather than luxuries.
A playful dialogue mixes wedding gift plans with a housing project as Phillippe and Jacqueline discuss financing a home. Friends’ contributions, from windows to a roof, become a real construction fund while relatives trade gifts for practical needs amid a Washington AP briefing on Kansas voting in a infant formula code measure.
The article reviews the Coleman report findings showing public high schools lagging private ones in academics and outcomes. It cites lower college prep rates, homework time, foreign language completion, and science and math enrollments in public schools, while stressing hard work and school expectations as key factors.
James Kilpatrick notes the ERA deadline looms while the Supreme Court quietly expands equality. He cites Goldberg v Rostker on male draft registration and two key rulings: March 23 rejecting Louisiana community property norms and June 8 allowing women to sue for wage discrimination. The trend favors equal rights despite the constitutional deadlock.
Doonesbury notes the Supreme Court ruling voids certain provisions of the Equal Pay Act of 1963 in a wage discrimination suit by four Oregon county jail matrons. Justice Stewart cites gender-based classifications and contrasts past limits with present scope while referencing Myra Bradwell’s 1873 landmark denial. The piece links historic attitudes to current gender equality debates.
Western artist Bill Mittag of Abilene thanks Garden City citizens and committees for Beef Empire Days. He cites Dwight Sarber Ann Jones and local merchants for Western Art Show furnishings and praises hospitality of Garden City and surrounding area.
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