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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1970
Page
2
A domestic vignette frames a broad trend as corporate cuts shrink executive ranks. May figures from the Labor Department show 17 of every 1,000 professionals and managers unemployed, a rise over the prior year, with terms like derived and outplaced reflecting new survival language in layoffs.
The article explains outplacement helps executives find new posts, noting ego issues and possible income gaps. It cites European firms seeking American managers, and recalls Ford era firings by furniture removal. Time to reemploy varies with age and pay, as layoffs touch both executives and lower workers alike.
A nation praised for freedom is contrasted with a local undercurrent of fear tied to building inspections. The writer argues urban renewal brings rigorous required fixes, risking homeowners who cannot afford upgrades as many dwellings pass initial checks yet face costly future renovations.
A Scottsbluff resident laments rising civic costs and escalating home maintenance bills after buying a WWII era house in 1945. The letter questions whether residents should bear future improvements, risk jail or debt, and vote on schools over home upkeep, asking if citizens truly control their own homes.
Jim Bishop sketches an era from post colonial days to World War II when wealth created a social elite beyond real pedigree. Vanderbilts Goulds and Astors rose from humble trades to mansions and yachts while the Blue Book excluded many, and the ladies wore diamonds and plotted gala invites. Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish is singled out as the acidulous spotlight of the shell of elite society.
The text recalls Mamie, a famed society leader with vast wealth who mocked social norms. Associates include Allen Churchill and Stanford White, with tales of the palace of the Diges, extravagant dinners, vaudeville in a ballroom, sharp retorts, and bizarre parties led by Mamie and Harry Zehr amid a critique of American high society.
In a reader Q and A, the answer explains that the Genocide Convention bans killing and forcing births within a group and could conflict with compulsive abortion or birth control while not affecting voluntary abortions. It argues that both genocide laws and abortion laws regulate personal lives and coerce aligning with group ideas.
The fragment proclaims freedom as self direction empowered by God not government grant. It cites moral guides like the Golden Rule and the Declaration, urging peace beginning with the reader. Dated Monday August 10 1970, Columbus Nebraska.
A reader panel answers on tongue enlargement possible causes including mongolism cretinism and acromegaly, and notes surgical removal if eating is hindered. Ulcers are usually canker sores from a virus. a drug like oxidine may help. Breathing issues from enlarged adenoids may respond to proper evaluation. myotonia congenita is hereditary and treated by gradual warmups with possible quinine or procaine amide.
In a World War II era reflection, John Chamberlain argues over Alcatraz and Wills Island. He notes Alcatraz’s failed Indian seizure, calls for park conversion and restored navigational aids. On Wills Island, NEGRO seeks a twenty year permit for dual memorial and immigrant tribute uses.
Dr Matthew proposes transforming Ellis Island into a dual purpose site. The main building would become an immigration museum funded by NEGRO, with exhibitions tracing immigrant paths and visitor facilities. The island’s remainder would host a self supporting community for new immigrants seeking reintegration, staffed by welfare recipients and recovering addicts.
A scrambled August acrostic of word clues covers months numbers and entities. Entries include actors herbs and places with various definitions and cross references. The list mixes phonetic spellings and partial answers challenging readers to fill blanks and identify connections.
Weather records show widespread rain in Platte and adjacent counties with Columbus receiving about a half inch Sunday night and Monday, followed by cooler temperatures. The piece notes rainfall amounts at multiple sites, plus impacts on local farms, SCS camp activity, and farming plans. It also covers a fatal accident at a Fremont store, a big robbery at Columbus Safeway, a new Gene Neater studio, and historical notes on 1905 rail terminology.
The parade enforces that all roses used must be natural with no artificial flowers allowed. The Q and A set notes that absinthe production is prohibited in the United States. A crab’s blood is described as a pale bluish color, typical of crustaceans and mollusks.
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