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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1970
Page
2
The piece argues that inflation is a government tactic via unbacked currency. It contends every new dollar erodes wages and savings, harms the poor and fixed income, and notes the United States kept relative value by inflating slower than peers, though that gap is closing.
Reproduced from US News & World Report, the article highlights a worldwide inflation surge. The pictorial graph shows the United States ranking high among major nations, with inflation rising globally and a looming crisis warned by the Bank for International Settlements. The piece urges readers to brace for the economic storm ahead.
A sharp portrait of Hollywood College in Hollywood Florida, cited as the United States poorest college with four students and 417 dollars. The piece traces the school’s unstable history from 1962, through name changes to True University, noting mismanagement, decaying facilities, and dwindling enrollment amid a colorful, satirical critique.
Judge John J. Cicala, ex Circuit Court judge of Connecticut, takes charge at Hollywood College amid a financial mess. He tightens control, trims staff, sets a ten-subject curriculum, fixes tuition, and seeks to restore the institution with limited aid from Washington.
The Telegram asserts freedom as a God given gift not license or anarchy. It links self control to personal production and moral guides like the Ten Commandments the Golden Rule and the Declaration of Independence. Published in Columbus Nebraska on Friday August 7 1970.
The piece argues private firms cannot profitably run mass transit due to heavy regulation. It cites government control and subsidies as barriers, claiming deregulation and private ingenuity could better serve transportation needs for the poor, elderly, and job seekers without tax-funded systems. It laments bureaucratic approval processes hindering efficiency and innovation.
The text asks if blood differs by race and answers no all human blood is the same with four types. It also asks who were the nation’s shortest and tallest presidents naming James Marrison at 5 feet 4 inches and Abraham Lincoln at 6 feet 4 inches.
Readers ask about softened water safety and chlorine in drinking water. The doctor notes residual chlorine targets, discusses bromidrosis treatment, intrauterine devices perforation risks, and Valium side effects including non habit formation but withdrawal needs, with cautions for glaucoma and pregnancy.
A fragmented word puzzle style item listing mixed clues and partial phrases across numbers, with references to prayers, beverages, plants, rivers, languages, and animals. The readable portions hint at a crossword style device rather than a clear news item or event.
National Right to Work lauded a setback as California growers bow to big chains and drop union shop demands after years of picketing. Cesar Chavez's United Farm Workers gains ground in city markets while postal reform shifts control to an independent agency. The piece highlights Delano Delano Valley workers and misperceptions about migrant labor, noting the Right to Work Committee's Reed Larson backing from union men.
The National Right to Work move spawns a Legal Defense Foundation modeled after civil rights groups, aiding workers fired for not joining unions. Delano grape pickers seek help over alleged blackmail picketing while producers shift to PR advice. Governor Reagan calls Chayee's victory tragic as House eases union mandates in postal reform. Reed Larson pledges to press on with the crusade.
August 1940 notes threaten to shutter the Platte County Extension office without a local $910 pledge by Aug 19 to continue state and federal support for five months. County leaders cite prior votes and court rulings affecting funding and warn the issue will reappear at the November ballot.
A set of trivia questions covers ancient Egypt emblem flowers water bird sleep technique and Aramaic language use in Jesus era plus lobster claw differences. Answers: lotus. one foot paddling in circles. Aramaic. lighter claw for cutting heavier for crushing.
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