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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1972
Page
2
The Supreme Court struck down capital punishment as cruel and unusual under the Eighth Amendment in a 5-4 ruling. The decision signals the death penalty’s likely extinction, with ten states having repealed it and others showing reluctance to apply it.
The essay laments expanding pro football TV coverage from August through January and now June to January, arguing it fosters decadence and national decline. It predicts pervasive influence of televised football and hints that modern viewing habits may mirror and drive social decay.
The 14 area students and sponsors depart next Thursday for a six week study tour under the American Institute for Foreign Study led by Garden City Community Junior College faculty Gretchen and Le Tiberghien. They will earn four to six college credits and fly Wichita to London to study at the University of Southampton, with a three week class stretch in Romantic Poets and other subjects. The itinerary includes Paris, Venice, the Greek Line Pegasus cruise with stops at Crofu Ionian Islands Athens Crete Cyprus Haifa and a Holy Land tour, then Dubrovnik Rome and a return to Garden City. The 1972 78 GCCJC yearbook theme World of experiences aims to capture filmable experiences from around the world.
Jack Anderson reports that the Justice Department plans a multi million dollar settlement with Pfizer American Cyanamid Bristol Meyers Squibb and Upjohn mirroring the ITT case to aid Republican campaign funds. The proposed deal would drop fraud charges and pay 14 million, with victims left uncompensated and final approval pending Kleindienst.
Garden City Telegram published daily except certain holidays by The Telegram Publishing Company at 310 N 7th Garden City Kansas. LeRoy Altman editor John Frasier managing. Subscription rates: monthly carrier 1.94 in city 1.60 elsewhere, annual by mail 12.36 with postage tax. Servicemen 15 per year or 1.50 per month. Member of the Associated Press.
Jim Bishop argues voters should demand medical examinations and public disclosure of health for party nominees. He traces presidents from Harrison to Eisenhower, noting health struggles, assassinations, and premature deaths, and warns the presidency can destroy even the healthy. He calls the electorate to insist on transparency before voting.
AP Business Analyst John Cunniff reports C. Jackson Grayson Jr. after eight months as Price Commission chairman sees progress on inflation but stresses no victory yet. He argues productivity gains, not artificial restraints, are key and outlines a humane, collaborative path to higher output, with focus on meaningful work and individual engagement.
Louise Cook argues that the term Ms fails to solve global gender language barriers and barbed pronunciation issues. The piece notes misfit across cultures, the lack of legal or economic rights tied to the title, and predicts little impact on pay, property, or political access.
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