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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1971
Page
1
In a satirical Q&A, Dr. Waterstock explains a “floating dollar” due to inflation and jokes about travel, water wings, and a wage price freeze. The piece parodies economic policy with playful analogies and conspiracy of colder measures.
Washington window reports Rep. Mort Udall supports comment on HR 10019 to retire lawmakers and judges by 70. The measure could grant lifetimes up to 40 000 a year, but many fear open-ended pensions. The bill, praised by some as reform, awaits full committee action after subcommittee approval.
In Carson City Nevada a pair of advertisers proposed replacing traditional fruit symbols on slot machines with product pictures The State Gaming Policy Committee called a meeting to decide whether to bar the ads from the building wheels and restrict advertising on gaming devices.
The Defense Department reported on Thursday that 1st Lt. John J. Thompson Jr., husband of Mary M. Thompson of Lincoln Nebraska, died in Vietnam. The report confirms his death and identifies his connection to Lincoln.
Punished each evening except Saturday. Second class postage paid at Columbus Nebraska. Subscriptions Delivered by carrier in th e city 9 200 per year. By mail in Platte Boone Butler Colfax Merrick Howard Polk counties 12 00 per year. By rail wherever Nebraska and other cities. Change of address Subscribers should promptly verify the seat postmaster and the Columbus Telegram. Call 664-37 between 6 and 6 30 p.m. Saturdays 8 to 3 30 p.m.
National Livestock Feeders Association says Thursday prices cannot be frozen below May 25, 1970 levels under Nixon price and wage freeze. Don Magdanz of Omaha notes pork is in a low price bind as live hog prices feel indirect effects of ceiling on carcass and processed pork. Under law pork could rise to May 24 level if market demand supports it.
UPI Omaha bureau reports that federal prosecutors will pursue future cases of corn dumping into the Missouri River. U.S. District Attorneys Richard Dier of Omaha and Allan L. Danielson of the Southern District indicate charges will be pursued, urging farmers to dump surplus grain where it causes no harm. About 100 farmers dumped corn at Blair last Monday.
Astrological readings for all signs critique decision making and finances. Aries faces confusion and demands flexibility while Taurus urges careful spending, detailed study, and prudent choices. Messages stress clarity, budget discipline, and adapting to shifting situations.
In San Francisco today 24 struck ports sent representatives to a strategy session aimed at jumpstarting talks to end the West Coast dock strike. The walkout begun July 1 has idled 150 ships and 15 000 dockworkers as union leaders weigh how to respond to Nixon wage price freeze and possible 80 day cooling off under Taft Hartley.
Nixon’s 30 day price freeze covers retail and wholesale chicken and other poultry. Officials say processed poultry will be capped while fresh live birds may be exempt as raw agricultural commodities. The move places poultry under ceilings like beef and pork, with live birds exempt.
At roughly two degrees above absolute zero, helium shifts from liquid to gas. The note highlights helium as a light, inert element undergoing a phase change at extreme cold, illustrating low-temperature physics concepts.
In Strabane a deaf man died during a street clash as troops faced youths. The army said a marine shot him after he waved a pistol and ignored a warning to drop it. Witnesses contested the tale, with the man described as gentle and unable to handle a firearm.
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