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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1976
Page
4
Newspapers push editorials while readers vote with conscience. The piece notes many candidates and helpers crowd media rooms but urges readers to decide themselves. It argues social issues complicate choices and that the paper cannot choose for readers. It cites two reasons to inform: readers are smarter, and responsibility lies with them.
A critical look at Teamsters and Hotel and Restaurant Employees unions reveals top officials earning high salaries while workers shoulder dues. Frank Fitzsimmons earns about 156000 annually and Edward T. Hanley 140000, with jet travel and lavish furnishings funded by members. The federal government probes money handling as critics question benefits versus worker welfare.
An 11 year old boy named Jerry Warnick reports a yellow and green watermelon that looks like a squash. He explains the melon grew on a watermelon vine, solving the mystery with a humorous observation. The garden project is shared with his grandmother.
The text describes Norman Kiuntke showing a hollow two pound tomato and a dozen hollow plants. It notes grandmothers as gardeners and includes a cranky quote about political phrases like Back to Jeffersonian Principles and Grand Old Republican Party. The date June 30, 1928 is included.
The piece argues Reagan conservatives reshaped the RNC platform before nomination, transforming vague stances on social issues into aggressive positions. They push for constitutional amendments on abortion, school busing, welfare changes, gun control, health, economics, and Panama Canal policy, framing Carter as vulnerable to a forceful, decisive platform.
A witty column by Phil Pastoret lampoons modern longhair fashion as conservative and contrasts it with a simple front porch image to puzzle young readers. The playful piece offers light social commentary in a breezy, anecdotal voice.
A fragmented note describes scholars finding a trove of ancient documents in daily mail. It jokes about aging and time, noting a 20 year wait for tomorrow and 40 years left behind. A weather line taunts drunk drivers with a fine and cooler forecast.
A dramatic portrait of Dr. E. P. D. Egann, a tall aloof Chicago hospital chief of surgery and feared dictator who expected perfection. His striking features include two colored eyes and a lifestyle of wealth, a chauffeur, a gracious wife, and four children. At 40 he could retire or teach, yet remains in the operating room.
The piece criticizes a proposed statewide public radio system under NETV, arguing it would cost Nebraska taxpayers about 390000 to start and 656860 annually while relying on federal funds. It urges readers to lobby Governor Exon against the project, labeling it wasteful government spending and a tax on all Nebraskans for the benefit of a few.
A secretive healer named Dr Brown operates in New Yorks Lower East Side Deanery attic shed aiding sick children without a license. He becomes a local icon with donations from the Jewish Italian and Chinese communities, until he dies and is buried with a wooden cross reading Dr Brown Upstairs.
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