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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1973
Page
2
A California surplus of 721 million prompts plans to roll back sales tax by a penny for six months and repay income tax payers 20 to 100 percent, a move tied to Governor Ronald Reagan. The idea is controversial but seen by some as a potential national signal amid inflation.
The Distaff Side column muses on Labor Day values and the tension between chores and fall tasks. It notes a fondness for the holiday, a fictional Watergate return, and a reader poem about mend and life’s complexities. It also features the Pen-Pal Lena from Sweden and family playfulness around news events.
Jack Anderson reports that President Nixon pressed new appointees to back his policy line, prompting outrage from a Federal Power Commissioner nominee who contacted a Democratic senator. The piece details Haldeman’s memo urging loyalty to Nixon and warns appointees they are not independent mis. It also notes the Inter American Bar Association conference in Brazil, with remarks by John Dahlgren and a skeptical view of the rule of law amid official influence.
A brief devotional note cites 1 John 2 17 about passing worldly desires and abiding in God's will. It includes the hymn line Only one life twill soon be past Only what's done for God will last as a reflective takeaway.
State poles show signs of nasties as Gov. Docking and Sen. Dole loom over possible Senate race. Republicans publicized against prison officials Woodson and Gaffney, with hints of sex and political scandal. Democrats fear GOP tactics and federal probes tied to Nixon Docking ads, while Dole pursues governor or attorney general goals amid a crowded candidate pool.
Durum wheat and white corn prices climb to highs as cash markets diverge from futures. Overseas buyers and U.S. farmers drive prices with strong demand, limited futures activity, and spot markets setting the tone.
An article reports a wave of signs listing 17 names including an obscure Kansas professor Robert Clack. State Chairman Ranson predicts return to the governor's office next year amid talk of many candidates. Secretary of State Elwin Shatnahan, after a West Term Kansas trip, notes widespread happiness in farm areas and a vivid wheat price explanation. Other figures like Richard Wetterson of the Fish and Game Commission discuss farming memes and a farmer’s quip about saving money by binning soybeans.
Art Buchwald recalls Americans abroad relying on many medicines and pills at a social dinner, with anecdotes of misused drugs and misadventures. A humorous tour through prescriptions, reactions, and cultural contrasts, ending with a sore throat returning after a day.
Fidel Castro says Romania grants Cuba 75 million pesos credit to build a cement factory as part of a three factory plan for the island over the next three years. Romanian President Nicolae Ceausescu and Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro toured a Santiago cement plant built with Romanian aid and spoke at a mass rally broadcast nationwide.
Delores Hope prompted a readers column asking for the county Arthritis Chairman. The active committee includes Mrs. Roscoe Waldorf Mrs. Kenneth Hagler and Dr. Robert Dickerson. Memorial gifts to the Arthritis Foundation can be designated through the county chairman Mearl Potter 809 N.
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