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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1972
Page
2
A commission warns the Railroad Retirement Fund is going broke. Founded in 1935 to supplement Social Security, it relies on worker and railroad contributions, but with fewer workers and growing pension payouts it may need a federal bailout, shifting costs to taxpayers.
A major tire company's ad depicts eight people from diverse ages and ethnic groups who refuse to help in a hypothetical roadside trouble. The copy questions why the brand claims to "put steel between you and the trouble" while underscoring a social critique of neighborly care in a supposedly Christian nation.
A phony legal public notice about a Cat Placement Bureau caused reader confusion. The piece explains the bureau was created for fun and not a real public action. It notes that public notices remain allowed in other spaces and praises radio and classified ads for pet placement.
Jack Anderson reports that Maurice Stans used targeted internal mailings to solicit political contributions from corporate executives, skirting legal bans by addressing "management and key employees." Letters from Montgomery Ward executives urged voluntary, pooled checks payable to the Finance Committee for the Re-Election of the President, aiming to present a consolidated contribution to Stans. The practice was echoed by Litton Industries and other firms, raising questions about the legality and ethics of corporate influence in the 1972 campaign.
Illinois led U S farm exports in the year ended June 30 with about 758 million dollars in shipments. Soybeans accounted for 280 7 million and feed grains for 214 2 million. Other top states included Iowa California Texas and more with Nebraska Ohio North Dakota and Mississippi surpassing 200 million each.
KEW GARDENS NEW YORK residents recount a White House television tour's impact on American homes. The piece blends satire with local color as sister Mrs Jute guides through the East Room Blue Room and Red Room and jokes about furniture, donors, and a Monroe television set. Names such as Aunt Molly Truman-Gimbel and Arthur Gordon appear amid humorous anecdotes and aging relics.
A devotional passage links Jonah's prayer in the belly of the fish to finding God's help in urban depths. It cites Romans 5 20 about grace abounding where sin increases and declares the Great Physician provides the cure for sin widespread.
The article notes a shift in housing demand as mobile homes gain share. Consumers increasingly buy economical housing, with mobile units now involved in about one of every three single family home sales. Shipments rose from 103,700 in 1960 to over 490,000 last year, with totals likely surpassing 500,000 this year.
Yesterday's toquip CHIC SOPHOMORE lates at Santon PROM. Today's Cryptoquip clue hints that O equals 2. The fragment references King Features Syndicate and cryptogram style with letter substitutions.
HAL BOYLE profiles Frank Yablans at 37 the Paramount Pictures president and youngest major studio head. From delivering newspapers at 12 to Warner Bros trainee then head of Paramount he credits attitude over IQ and aims for three hits in a row to match Love Story and The Godfather while joking he can fall back to chicken flicking if needed.
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