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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1976
Page
4
Editorial column from Columbus Telegram dated December 2, 1976, urging freedom and moral action. Calls on readers to understand freedom, self control, and to apply the Golden Rule and Declaration of Independence in daily life. Includes address for correspondence.
The piece assesses Senator-elect S. J. Hayakawa as a semantical thinker who will face tax reform rhetoric and other high sounding labels in Washington. It argues that semantics reveal how words mask real programs and wonders how Hayakawa might influence Congress with clear ideas and scrutiny of rhetorical tricks.
Marine Video International equips freighters tankers and fishing boats with color video cassettes for entertainment and training. Exxon uses the system on almost 100 vessels while Zapata Ocean Resources installs gear on its tuna fleet in San Diego boosting crew morale during long seven month tours at sea.
The National Academy of Sciences urges gradual phasing out of fluorocarbons in aerosols over several years. About 1.5 billion of 3 billion yearly US containers already use nonfluorocarbon propellants. Johnson Wax had eliminated fluorocarbons since 1975. The evidence remains inconclusive but industry and consumers need not fear upheaval.
The piece ridicules partisan bickering over Ford's golf trips and Butz's jokes, contrasts Carter and Ford, and praises public skepticism. It argues the election process is a freak show but notes a growing electorate wary of political piracy and tax-supported folly.
The carpenters build Jimmy Carter's inaugural platform while aides plan a simple neo Jacksonian celebration. Two foreign policy crises and a tough Soviet challenge loom, likely darkening his early months in office. In 1739 Walpole warned England and Spain would face conflict, ringing bells now then wringing hands later.
Paul Harvey discusses shifts in U S foreign policy and domestic welfare, noting lines drawn by Acheson and Churchill and a trend toward flexibility. A Kissinger survey in five cities shows public confusion on policy with 61 percent in Minneapolis distrustful of Russia while 19 percent support trade bans.
The writer criticizes Henry Kissinger's travels in Southern Africa to influence governments, arguing no nation should interfere in another's internal affairs. The piece labels U S foreign policy as a global Robin Hood effort with limited success and warns against expanding welfare aims worldwide.
The piece argues that San Diego newspapers favor strict growth controls and that government intervention in private property markets threatens freedom and competition. It warns against censorship, notes the press impact on elections, and defends the essential role of a free press despite its occasional distortions and abuses.
A critique of land use and growth regulation argues that loosening restraints would promote orderly development while stricter measures push sprawl to unincorporated areas. The piece contends growth controls raise housing costs, reduce supply, and burden the less affluent, warning newspapers favor coercive policy.
A Nixon era analysis notes President Carter will confront a key NSC study arguing Soviet aims at strategic superiority, while OPEC oil ministers may raise prices. It warns of Arab Israeli tensions and Egypt’s Soviet ties, and suggests Carter must handle international adversity alongside domestic fiscal strain.
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