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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1977
Page
2
A Columbus Nebraska editorial page from August 1 1977 outlines the paper's mission to inform readers about freedom and self control through moral guides. It asserts equal creator endowed rights and calls for responsible moral action, inviting letters to the Columbus Telegram P.O. Box 646 for publication with credit.
The American Economic Foundation argues that long standing price controls on natural gas distort incentives, depress supply, and raise shortages. It traces policies from 1954 FPC price regulation to the 1977 crisis, urging deregulation to restore drilling, investment, and energy supplies.
Washington approves 4.7 million for roof work at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Critics note the center is five years old and still lacks 73 million for a sturdier roof and mock the bureaucracy for missing simple tasks.
Peru under Gen Francisco Morales Bermudez encounters general strikes and riots in Lima over austerity measures including 4 percent price hikes, food fuel and transport costs, and tighter import limits. Critics warn blocking imports harms a poor economy that needs global trade to prosper. Our view favors free trade.
The excerpt notes a January 9, 1927 quotation discussing presidential support for economy in defense and war policy, suggesting a preference for a cheap war if conflict arises, reflecting contemporary political debate. The text mentions Ned Yale Goats Sigon Farrea and a reader’s interpretation of papers.
A pithy aphorism questions whether a second strike matters, noting that those who wait for ships to come fail to attend to the task at hand. The writing uses playful barbs about misfortune and readiness.
Washington officials disclosed that leaders of the Carter administration returned thousands of dollars in improper payments made during the transition period before the inauguration. The refunds followed earlier reports on questionable payments and unconventional bookkeeping in the two million dollar transition fund. Mid May updates noted the Democratic administration addressing the issues.
A sprawling, lurid portrait of Frankie Yale’s Brooklyn funeral. The procession featured a five ton armored car, a solid silver casket, flowers worth tens of thousands, and a cortege through five miles of streets. Daughters, widows, and capos attended as Maria, Lucerda, and Augie Pisano claim assets and lineages amid a brutal, mob-tinted wake.
The Postal Service approves a 13 cent citizens rate as part of a 22 percent overall hike, with a ten month review window before a May 1978 effect. A separate Privacy Protection Study Commission report urges broad federal and state actions to guard personal data amid four billion records, proposing an independent agency and many legal steps.
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