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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1971
Page
2
The editorial weighs freedom against law and order, noting freedom is a matter of degree and not absolute. It argues too much law risks a police state while too few laws invite anarchy, praising the U.S. system as the world’s best despite imperfections and ongoing tests to ensure rights like speech, religion, and due process.
An odd collage notes a local chairman bid for a cause, a decline due to civic duties, and a spoof about air pollution. It mentions Sandi Reed, a KSU journalism student interning with the Miami Herald, and her night shift schedule. Scattered items include a father’s cinema rule, kittens for giveaway, and a dental health warning about kissing.
FBI official Ervin Recer told a closed Army War College symposium that the Ten Most Wanted list has grown to 18 radicals and revolutionaries. He cited Weather Underground leaders Mark Rudd and Bernadine Dohrn, and criticized pacifist coalitions as being dominated by Trotskyists and communists. He warned of widespread youth activism and said dissent must be protected within rights.
A religious meditation contrasts the timeless command to love God with neighbor with the call to kindness as the mark of civilization. It cites Matthew 22 37 and Ephesians 4 32 emphasizing enduring moral guidance and humane conduct.
In Moscow AP reports the Soviet Union issued emigration visas to about 1,300 Jews during April, hinting at a policy shift that began in March. Sources estimate roughly 2,500 Soviet Jews left for Israel in the first four months of the year.
Jim Bishop profiles the Black Panthers as a dying political force born from civil rights turmoil. He notes leadership around Huey Newton and Bobby Seale, armed confrontations in California, violent clashes with police, and critiques their ideology and tactics, likening them to a Negro Ku Klux Klan and questioning legal restraints on police.
AP report notes NFIB findings that small independent firms feel ignored by policymakers focused on big business, with frustrations over taxes, paperwork, minimum wage effects, crime costs, and wage-skilled labor issues. Washington conference May 17 to hear from leaders including President Richard Nixon.
Joy Stilley recalls Mother's Day memories and school handmade gifts from children, noting how priceless those items feel compared to later gifts. City Council advances a bill to require 32 inch wide bathroom doors in all new buildings to accommodate wheelchairs.
Puzzle note from Eugene Sheffer includes Bebarilay cry clue and a cryptoquip theme. The item mentions baseball season and star hints, with cryptic wordplay and crossword cues.
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