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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1976
Page
5
Washington columnist Dick West examines how CB radio slang and trucker jargon emerged after the 55 mph limit. He notes drivers use codes like Smokey Bear and Dead Pedal to dodge patrols while civilians follow legal speeds and risk rear-end crashes.
In a three no trump hand discussed by Jim and Oswald, South plans to run spades after heart lead. West discards low to defeat South, but South obtains the maximum by leading another spade and the queen proves decisive. The lesson notes king-10 versus ace-king.
United States energy consumption fell for the second year in a row in 1975, aided by high prices, a mild winter, conservation efforts and a slowing economy. Overall demand for heat light and power dropped 2.5 percent from 1974 to 72 880 trillion BTU with a 6 percent cut in industrial use. per capita consumption fell 2 percent while imports declined 4.4 percent.
Copley News Service analyst Donald Baud er surveys the 1976 bond market potential noting a possible watershed for a bull run or renewed bear trend. Henry Kaufman and George Hester foresee volatility yet a long-term uptrend in yields, with rates closely tied to economic behavior and debt supply dynamics.
A tract of land in Tallahassee was deeded in perpetuity to the Marquis de Lafayette in tribute to his role in American independence, effectively recognizing him as an honored resident of Florida.
The text notes John Peter Zenger, a freedom advocate, began publishing the New York Weekly Journal on November 5, 1733. It also references Francis Bacon being named Lord Keeper on March 7, 1617 and the Quartering Act dating March 24, 1765 requiring colonists to house British troops for two years.
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