Naughty Questions on Devaluation and War Costs
In a Salina Journal column dated Saturday March 3 1973 the piece argues devaluation of the dollar raises import prices and domestic costs while aiding exports. It notes the US spent too much on NATO Europe and Indochina, questioning the price of the Vietnam and European wars and the risk of going broke as a superpower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Vietnam
White House
Europe
NATO
Indochina
Vietnam
Salina
Distaff Side Trivia From Odd Facts Page
A collage of curious claims on people places and objects. It lists counts of earthworms pubs and KFC outlets while noting oddities about presidents Gandhi and Doris Day with humorous asides and scattered trivia.
Handouts Keep Chiefs Compliant
Washington report claims Indian leaders were bribed with government handouts to secure control of water, mineral, and timber rights. The piece cites NTCA funding, a 1973 budget projection, and confidential Interior Department minutes showing officials considering continued support for tribal leadership. The author plans further installments on the stolen documents and their broader implications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hamk Adams
FBI
Las Whitten
Whiten
Prand
Atolen
National Tribal Chairmen's Association
NTCA
Meglarly
Inditam
Louis
Bowce
Interior Department
Harmison Loesch
Rogers Morton
Loesch
Mr. Secnettary
William Youpse
Morton
Red or Yellow Fire Trucks Stir Kansas Law Debate
Capitol comments recount a Kansas fire truck dispute over color. Lawmakers, lobbyists, and attorneys debate whether yellow or red trucks may legally operate with state-wide implications. A memo system plans to track legislators as 1974 campaigns loom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy
Bert Obamey
Chaney
Hutchinson Fine
Verlin Huffman
Kansas
Oneney
Ikill
Senate
House
Arden Ensley
Kansaly
Harold Huggins
State Council of Firefighters
Philadelphia
Cound Ensley
The New Breed of Tennis By Art Buchwald
Washington writes on tennis growth as golf players switch to tennis for less time cost and similar exercise. A humorous anecdote follows Dumbarton learning tennis, showing differences in rules, etiquette, equipment, and scoring through a clumsy golf convert navigating a doubles match with two women partners.
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Washington
America
Dumbarton
Temmis
Dumbartion
Dumbarton Sant
Eturpid
Dumberton
Public Praise for Tremain Letter to the Editor
A Garden City resident praises the Telegram for its city council candidates forum coverage. The letter lauds Russell Tremain for a concise front page quote from Feb 28 1973 and recalls Tremain as a knowledgeable, serious student in current affairs and Biblical matters per community church ties.
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Russell Tremain
Garden City
Community Church
Russell
Marvin Brown
R. W. Lange
North Center St
Grain Movement Problem May Grow
Kansas City editorials warn that continued high export levels threaten the U.S. transportation system. The piece notes emergency-like strain from Soviet sales and rising overseas demand, with projections for 1973 74 showing similar total volumes but shifted to feed grains and cotton. It questions domestic movement capacity and future improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
U.S
Fred Brooks
Frasier
Im- le Roy Afimas
Rail carriers face grain boom amid car shortages and bottlenecks
Transportation officials note railroads moved 60 percent more grain in December 1972 than a year earlier and 47.8 percent more in January 1973, yet overall capacity gains are small. Insufficient box and hopper cars, engines, tracks, and port elevators curb unloading and shipping, raising prices and frustration across farmers, exporters, and grain traders.
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J. C. Hansen
Kansas City Board of Trade
Kansas City
Association of American Railroads
Hansen
U.S
Gus
Lovall
Elvators
Crossword by Eugene Sheffer puzzle clues mixed in a column
Yesterday's Crystoquip Budding Budgeter last ran aground in miscellaneous column with a long list of across and down clues including names like Rodent Shinto and Meadows and terms such as furnace culture and legal bodies, plus several obscured entries.
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Yeaterday
Crystoquip
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A. Grant
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Doris Day
Charles Addam
Rodney Dangerfield
Mahatma Gandhi
Robert Bolt
Canada
Colonel Sanders
England
Paris
McDonald's
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Capitol
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Duane
Pete” McGill
K-Winfield
Leroy Towns
Art Buchwald
Met
Tremain
Rod Turnbull
Garden City Telegram
Tre Telegram Publishing Company
Eugene Sheffer
Separates
Princess
Melody
Crete
Direction
Swordsman
Nixon
Work Crew
Diminshe
Fluid Rock
Nevada
Concern
Ing
Tyler
Swan
WyweLse
Jst
Jaz
Cryptoquips
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