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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1977
Page
4
The Columbus Telegram provides a civic minded editorial note advocating freedom self-governance and moral conduct guided by the Coveting Commandment, the Golden Rule, and the Declaration of Independence. It invites reader correspondence to Columbus Nebraska and grants permission to reproduce editorials with credit.
Classified files reveal a growing arms and drugs exchange across the U S Mexico border. Reported cases include two Mexican smugglers transporting 400 automatic weapons from Rio Hondo Texas to Tampico for heroin and Nogales Arizona a key border point for weapons into Mexico and drugs into the United States. Senator Lloyd Bentsen warns decisive action is needed to curb the threat.
A humorous glossary catalogs golf terms and jibes about the sport and its players. It quips that golf attracts 20 million immature American men and lampoons various terms from GIMME to O B to PAR, ending with a partial note on out of bounds.
A satirical golf glossary mocks terms from doctor charlatan to risky club faults while a DEA report outlines international arms for drugs trafficking. It cites smuggling routes through Haiti Honduras Costa Rica Panama El Salvador and shipments from the United States to Colombia Cuba Mexico and beyond.
The town of Wells Nevada pools resources to save its weekly paper and rebuilds a cinema, creating a nurse practitioner program clinic with local volunteers. Residents bought 49 percent of the paper, Elko Free Press retained 51 percent. They funded a clinic staffed by nurse practitioner Mrs. Sharon Meade and about 20 volunteers. The community also bought and renovated the movie house to restore cinema access. Local observers praise Wells as an example of self reliance over federal bailouts.
Washington officials, led by the Consumer Product Safety Commission, ban all production and sale of children’s sleepwear treated with the flame retardant Tris. The recall plugs a $50 million pipeline and pressures several manufacturers toward bankruptcy amid cancer fears from laboratory testing.
An essay condemns the concept of public virtue as a substitute for private morality. The author argues that government redistribution erodes private charity, replaces personal responsibility with collective decisions, and creates a hollow sense of generosity funded by taxpayers. The piece questions whether public aid truly serves human connection or merely signals virtue.
A quoted remark dated March 7 1934 suggests a pensioned joke comparing Wall Street betting to farm gambling. The speaker proposes reducing bets from one hundred thousand to seventy five thousand with a payment of thirty thousand not to bet the remaining twenty five thousand.
A man recalls years of avoiding exercise and lying about his breath. He admits 25 extra pounds and a sedentary lifestyle, promising daily effort. Today he runs five miles, confronting middle age with determination to regain fitness.
Jim Fiebig writes about returning to fitness in the Arizona desert. He describes renewed strength, energy, and a sense of control from persistent effort, urging readers to start using their bodies again and enjoy the mutual rewards of health and vitality.
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