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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1972
Page
3
A historical look at the development and decline of American railroads notes the shift of passenger service to federal control and the pension crisis of the Railroad Retirement Fund Founded in 1935 the fund relies on worker and railroad contributions and now faces insolvency The piece suggests a federal bailout would fall on taxpayers and questions fairness given decades of mismanagement by rail firms unions and government
A major tire company releases a magazine ad showing backs of five men and three women from diverse ages and ethnicities. Each image presents a different reply about stopping to help in trouble, from refusal to indifference, prompting critique of national values and the brand’s claim that it puts steel between you and trouble.
A column notes birds feasting on drying sunflower seeds behind the garage and jokes about scales misused to influence guests. It also explains a fake Cat Placement Bureau notice, clarifying no real prohibition on public notices of surplus kittens and puppies. The piece ends praising radio stations and the classifieds department.
Reporter Jack Anderson details how Mawrnice Stans orchestrated corporate fundraising for Nixon by directing "personal and confidential" solicitations to management and key employees. At Montgomery Ward, high-level executives allegedly pooled checks for delivery to Donnell and then to Stans, despite legal bans on corporate political contributions. Evidence suggests Litton Industries also supplied executive lists, with Denial from the company. The piece notes a broader pattern across multiple firms and cites historical Democratic parallels, while touching on Israel’s neutral stance in the U.S. race.
Illinois leads U S export of farm products with 753 million in exports for the year ended June 30 led by 280.7 million in soybeans and 214.3 million in feed grains. Other top states include Iowa California Texas North Carolina Indiana Kansas Arkansas Minnesota Missouri with Nebraska Ohio North Dakota and Mississippi each over 200 million.
ART BUCHWALD WRITES: KEW GARDENS NY a light tour of a local home showing American heritage through rooms East Blue Red with furniture from Franklin Roosevelt Truman Gimbels and a Monro television set. A sister guides the tour and jokes about a son and a view blocked by a new building.
A devotional note links Jonah's prayer in the belly of the fish to urban depths, asserting that even in a metropolis one can seek God. It cites Romans 5:20 to claim grace abounds where sin increases, and urges belief in the Great Physician as cure for sin’s malady.
A New York AP report notes Americans favor mobile homes as conventional housing costs rise. Since 1960 mobile unit shipments grew from 103,700 to over 490,000 last year with projections over 500,000 this year. About one in three single family home sales now involves a mobile unit, signaling a shift in lifestyle, town tax bases, and buyer power.
New York AP says Frank Yablans, once a kosher poultry worker and newspaper delivery boy, becomes the youngest head of a major studio at Paramount Pictures. He credits attitude and hard work, notes back to back hits Love Story and The Godfather boosted the studio, and jokes about returning to chicken flicking for pay.
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