07 Aug 1970
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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1970
Page
1
Dense horoscope page with mixed garbled text for Aries Taurus Gemini Cancer and other signs. Readers are urged on self discipline focus romance and career tasks while noting birthdays and travel benefits. several lines mix dates and spellings. The overall tone mirrors traditional newspaper astrology previews.
Professor Festooned Cuspidor debunks current chatter on Vietnam troop withdrawals. He humorously traces claims through presidents from Fillmore to Kennedy, Nixon, Johnson, O'Donnell, and Mansfield, arguing the real first pullout is buried in forgotten lore and misremembered legends.
Arrangements are under way for a gala Labor Day parade in Schuyler to celebrate the Centennial combined with the traditional holiday. Prizes of 50, 20, and 20 dollars will be awarded in three divisions religious organizational and commercial. Br R R Tomes chairs the parade with judges Mmes George C Novotny Melvin Grotelueschen R Tale Marples Gustav P Fayman John Mastny Joe J Sobola and Lawrence W Tremain. Lloyd L Pospishil will be master of ceremonies.
An Eastern clipping surveys summer insects from beetles to dragonflies and heat driven activity. The piece shifts to a mosaic of local notes including a 1911 car photo, a Genoa Leader-Times fund drive anecdote, Albion News safari humor, Colfax County Press quip on marriage, and a Stromsburg park tree suggestion to replace elms.
Albert Gore, vigorous opponent of Nixon policy, wins renomination for a fourth term in the Democratic senatorial primary in Tennessee. He defeats Hadley Teachell and two unknowns, setting up a November clash with Rep. Brock, who wins the Republican primary. In the governor’s race, Joh J. Hooker and Winfield Dunn secure nominations amid a six-man field and close GOP contest results.
The House passed a historic bill to transform the Post Office into an independent postal agency. President Nixon was expected to sign next week. The measure ends political control, grants collective bargaining, and lets management set rates with bonds financing.
A Senate test on the Safeguard antiballistic missile system is scheduled for Wednesday with opponents believed to be two votes shy of blocking expansion. The Hart Cooper amendment would confine ABM to two sites in Montana and North Dakota. The debate centers on arms control talks in Vienna and the administration’s use of ABM as a bargaining chip. The vote follows weeks of debate and uncertain support from several key senators. The article notes a historical aside about the Order of Victory awarded by the Soviet Union to Eisenhower in 1945.
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