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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1976
Page
4
The Columbus Telegram urges readers to promote freedom and personal responsibility guided by the Coveting Commandment the Golden Rule and the Declaration of Independence. It emphasizes self control moral action and equal endowment by the Creator as keys to a fuller life.
Bernard H. Siegan, authority on zoning, advocates eliminating zoning after extensive study. The book explains how bureaucratic planning harms property rights, worsens urban sprawl, inflates costs, and invites corruption, urging readers to seek a freer land-use system.
A National Cotton Council piece explains that five acres feed and clothe the nation, noting the farmer's $2,294 investment and a return of only about 3 percent. It calls on readers to support farm efficiency, fertility, and policy that sustains production and export markets.
A UPI report in the Telegram discusses the State Board of Ambulance Advisors and rural rescue groups resisting top down regulations. Fire chiefs and volunteers accuse officials of bureaucratic overreach while seeking practical EMT training with minimal travel burdens.
A speaker argues that adverse publicity and citizen activism force bureaucrats to retreat from hard lines. He cites distrust in agency tabulations and recalls origins of agencies like OSHA EPA HUD and HEW as lessons from small beginnings.
The Lambs bar exiled John Barrymore for a year after a dramatic incident with a walking stick and a flood of drinks. He watched peers pass to The Lambs, nodding from a window table, then returned with regal stoicism amid cheers when the term ended.
John Barrymore, visiting from Hollywood, causes a scene at The Lambs club after a year’s ban for a dramatic prank. He shatters a walking stick on the bar, provoking stunned laughter and a public spectacle as a distracted policeman joins the chorus.
The New York Court of Appeals in 1975 imposed a two fold test for zoning: balanced local plans and consideration of regional needs. It requires towns to weigh regional impacts and potentially approve housing to meet broader needs, signaling judicial activism beyond home rule. The ruling shifts responsibility toward regional planning amid ongoing therapeutic ambiguity for developers and municipalities.
Bernard Siegan cites Ramapo and Michigan cases to show courts struggle with zoning for housing. Pro development groups favor a framework that curbs local bans, while critics warn legal decisions shift from municipal to regional focus. The issue hinges on how much development a community should permit.
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