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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1973
Page
2
The downtown improvement group earns praise for a promising start on a long term project requiring broad cooperation. The City of Columbus, Chamber of Commerce, planners, and local residents are urged to contribute ideas and support as they move from planning to action.
A department explains how grain, feed costs, and global trade determine hamburger and meat prices. Weather, transport, and crop failures abroad push grain costs higher, shifting livestock production. The piece argues feed, not cattle or hogs, primarily drives meat availability and prices, with policy and currency shifts influencing the outlook.
A letter recalls the 1874-76 grasshopper plague near Columbus Nebraska, thanks aid from the east, and a legend about builders of a church that would ward off future plagues. Local raconteur Edward E Jareski of Gena Nebraska signs the reminiscence.
A Naval Court of Inquiry into the sinking of the BS Watergate sat in executive session. Capt Richard Nixon testified about leaking water, a supposed crew conspiracy, and worst of all a collision with an iceberg leading to abandonment.
A fragmented telegram from 1973 in Columbus Nebraska promotes liberty and republican ideals. It references the Declaration of Independence and moral principles while urging free government and peace. The text mentions April 26 1973 and centers on patriotic duties and religious liberty.
Reader asks if margarine coloring causes cancer. Dr Lamb says no. In the U S any food additive used for feed to animals and not to people cannot be marketed, cyclamate example aside. Human risk would require unreal amounts. margarine has no cancer link.
A garbled word puzzle listing across and down clues with multiple junk letter sequences, inconsistent capitalization, and unclear entries. The readable parts reference musical syllables, names, numbers, and generic terms but lack coherent clues or solutions.
Phil Pastoral notes a trust fund comes from sharing groceries with the wife and a joke on political promises. He quips about voters forgetting days and jokes about needing a watch fixed. He observes the royal family facing criticism amid public scrutiny.
A Dickinson era piece notes Kennedy and other Massachusetts dove politicians scrambling to block Pentagon base closures in Otis Air Force Base and Westover, while McGovern era figures face pressure to defend defense spending. Brooke and O'Neill weigh political risk as Boston Navy Yard and Southeast Asia tours intertwine with Massachusetts electoral loyalties.
A columnist argues that aid to Hanoi would not transform North Vietnam's leadership or fate. He contrasts successful postwar reforms in Japan and West Germany with Hanoi where invasion planners remain in power. The piece warns aid would fund a stronger foe and fail to pressure democratic reforms or restraint.
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