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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1972
Page
2
The Wall Street Journal reports billions in industrial costs for pollution abatement devices that may prove ineffective. EPA rules require scrubbers for sulphur dioxide, but full-scale tests are just starting. Utilities face rising costs, slower plant siting, and debate that may hurt jobs and consumer utility bills.
The piece notes 19 newsmen and cameramen are missing or captured in Indo China with NBC reporter Welles Hangen, former Chamber of Commerce speaker, believed held in Cambodia after an ambush May 31, 1970. His wife Pat Hangen stays hopeful that efforts will speed freedom.
The piece reflects on Memorial Day reverence for those who served and died, describing flags at headstones, rifles salutes, taps, and the chaplain’s words as a lasting renewal of memory. It ties to youth loss and the call to usefulness in life, with a tone of reflective homage.
Washington report details two House Internal Security Committee investigators surveilling a Chicago radical youth group convention at the Midland Hotel. Hotel president Eugene Pekow halted the operation, citing illegality. The incident involved Romerstein and Norusis using a wired room to listen in. The episode coincides withpolitical commentary about George McGovern and contrasts Democratic reform ideas with Nixon administration politics.
Art Buchwald delivers a satirical mock commencement address full of jabs at graduates and society. He quips about humility and humor, laments pollution and war, and jokes about symbols of success while poking fun at media coverage and the pomp of the moment.
Gene P. White Jr., a third year veterinary student from Kansas State University, arrives May 15 to work at Animal Hospital under Drs Fairbairn Weiss and Swordis. He will intern through August 23 at Garden City, Kansas.
Publication schedule notes Sundays and holidays with postal and carrier rates listed. Rates show 2 month carrier at 1.34 dollars, other cities 1.60 monthly, by mail 8.64 yearly. sales tax applies. Includes AP ownership and rights statement.
AP analysis outlines a nationwide clash among commercial banks savings and loan associations mutual savings banks and credit unions over access to checking accounts and full service finance. The Hunt Commission urged expanded thrift powers limits on interest ceilings and a new consumer loan cap while Nixon gests ongoing national moves likely this year. The showdown persists with federal and state actions shaping the future of private financial institutions.
Hal Boyle surveys American life as a walking drugstore with widespread use of food additives. He notes rising dining out, auto accidents, and the economic toll, alongside mentions of the Medal of Honor Society and ship barnacle growth, ending with quotable witticisms.
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