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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1976
Page
5
A column from the Columbus Telegram states the paper’s mission to inform readers, promote freedom, and encourage moral action grounded in the Golden Rule and the Declaration. It explains how readers can participate, with address details for correspondence and permission to reproduce editorials.
In Nashville Tennessee Judge Charles Galbreath argues obscenity depends on definition and defends his right to read pornographic material. He wrote a letter to Hustler praising the magazine while a judicial standards panel drops action, framing the issue as a constitutional defense of free expression.
A political pivot in Canada tied to economic pressure from Red China led to Taiwan being barred from competing in the Olympics. The writer warns that future hosts may also ban entrants for political reasons, risking the fate of the Games.
William Ball and Jeff Russell traveled from Lakeview High to Cheyenne Wyoming to see Frontier Days rodeo and visit Russell relatives. They wandered northern Colorado visiting Cave of the Winds and Central City before returning with a three foot turtle trophy and carnival souvenirs amid tales of terror and death from the trip.
The party reports 11 inch rains near Howe Estes Park and along Highway 34 Loveland causing wrecks and waterlogged roads. A private citizen advised using Highway 36 where drivers waited and turned back after seeing a propane truck wreck. They escaped the valley, found dry roads, witnessed a rodeo, and managed a few hours of sleep over four days.
To the Editor the writer asks for July 14 and July 23 papers missing in the mail. He values the Bicentennial Telegrams, calling Columbus history a monument to pioneers and a growing community. Mel Behrens, Pear River NY, signs.
The 275 millionth U S passenger car was produced in July, a milestone tied to Detroit’s 275th birth anniversary. Only 8 percent of output now comes from Detroit, with 102 assembly lines in 29 states. Detroit helped shape interchangeable parts and the moving assembly line, but the 275 millionth car may not be built there.
The piece argues that dossiers target Americans who opposed European involvement and contends Watergate is now viewed as a broader issue. It weighs Nixon as a defeated figure vs Democratic Congress clamping down on misconduct and notes Carter’s restraint and integrity.
Readers are treated to a rapid tour of bizarre animal facts from whales to bats. Notable details include the blue whale’s size, hammerhead sharks’ slow swimming, arctic terns crossing oceans, and piranhas that attack horses then cannibalize when hungry.
A quirky catalog of animal trivia describes remoras hitching to sharks and sturgeons reaching ton weights. It notes a hyperthyroid horse, oversized boyish eyes, and a porpoise birth undersea with male guardians and dramatic air release of the calf.
Ronald Reagan picks Senator Richard Schweiker of Pennsylvania as his prospective vice president, a move seen as non ideological and aimed at winning uncommitted delegates in key industrial states. The decision centers on labor unions, Catholic voting patterns, and regional balance as Carter-leaning unions in Pennsylvania react, with broader implications for November.
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