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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1973
Page
2
A sudden early morning storm near Garden City produced sneaking tornadoes with limited warning. Officials and radio stations acted, but sirens failed to reach all sleepers. experts note no warning system can wake everyone and events highlight vulnerability of nighttime twisters.
A collage of items from catalogs and culture shows a fall and winter mail order wave, a San Francisco group called Coyote for pro prostitution, a Watergate watcher noting Maureen Dean’s face lift, and a salmon anecdote tied to Harold Blake’s wheat harvest trip. A playful comparison of spoof vulture and seagull books ends with a memory lapse about an uninvited shower invitation.
Garden City Telegram announces new editor and managing editor roles. The appointment lists the publication’s leadership team and notes continuity in newsroom governance and advertising leadership roles.
Little H Higby, a deputy to Haldeman, has avoided public scrutiny amid Watergate fallout. Sources say he stayed out of the loop on key matters, despite close ties to Haldeman and Strachan, while remaining on payroll and even receiving a raise.
A fragmented critique asserts the National Park Service appeases powerful figures by offering ten grand retreats for VIPs to evade living costs. It links Nixon era elites to Camp prayers, Hoover, and a warned future with a child’s prayer citation from 1 Samuel 1:27.
Chicago police seized a heroin and cocaine shipment valued at about 1.5 million at O'Hare International Airport. The narcotics arrived on a Continental Airlines flight from Los Angeles via Kansas City. Hassan Miah, 35, of Chicago, was charged with possession of a controlled substance after investigators found 1.5 pounds of Mexican heroin worth 1 million and one pound of cocaine valued at 500,000 in a brown suitcase.
Jim Bishop laments that fewer than half of high school and college students grasp comprehensive reading. He indicts parents and teachers, urges allowing kids to read material of interest, and argues books become long-term friends when engaged. He warns against neglecting fundamentals while urging personal libraries and daily reading.
Sharon K. Zimmerman a 25 year old from Eldon Missouri told Judge J R Russell she is a superior shudermt in municipal court Wednesday She said she had been a patient at the state mental hospital in Fulton Missouri for 11 years before her January dismissal The judge asked Wyandotte County to determine if she is competent to stand trial on a drug possession charge The court lacks power to order a psychiatric study A city policeman was suspended after Zimmerman accused him of sexual misconduct in the jail where she has been held since June 19 The Jam pore eel remains in larva stage up to seven years before migrating to the Great Lakes
AP Special Correspondent William L. Ryan analyzes Soviet media excitement over Leonid Brezhnev's return from a prospecting trip to capitalism. The piece questions how the peace program and peaceful coexistence are portrayed and contrasts Brezhnev's praise of the U.S. system with references to past Communists’ imperialism debates.
Senator Chuck Wilson of Jetmore announces the Kansas Highway Commission will allow private individuals to mow roadside right of ways for the 1973 growing season. He argues farmers rely on roadside grass for hay amid protein shortages while noting cost savings and reduced taxpayer burden. The commission cites gasoline shortages, fire hazards in dry weather, and potential livestock feed supplementation as reasons for the policy shift.
The message presents a cryptogram style clue from a 1973 King Features Syndicate wire with the line Yesterday's Cryptoquip and asks for the value of D in today’s Cryptoquip. The puzzle text references familiar phrase and encoded letters. D represents a specific letter according to the substitution key used in the Cryptoquip game.
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