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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1976
Page
4
The Columbus Telegram presents an editorial promoting freedom, moral action, and self control grounded in the Golden Rule and Declaration of Independence. It urges readers to improve Nebraska communities and to share editorials with proper credit.
Parents in a Seattle neighborhood create accountability boards to punish youths who break the law. Punishments depend on neighbors' judgment. one case required 85 paid hours plus 15 unpaid hours to repay a victim. Several youths involved in burglary arson and theft face elder community oversight and potential shifts in discipline.
A Chicago suburb zoning dispute prompts Arlington Heights to seek Supreme Court review of a Seventh Circuit ruling that the board racially discriminated by refusing to rezone 15 acres for a low income housing project. The piece critiques zoning as costly and intrusive, warning federal power could trigger a broader reevaluation of property rights and local control.
The page features readers urging tighter drunk driving laws and criticizing local courts and prosecutors. It includes a personal letter about a dog named Tinker killed on a country road, and a note reflecting on Democratic governance and past prosperity.
Columbus Telegram publisher cites government gibberish on food costs and explains farmers receive a smaller share as processing and middlemen push prices higher. He highlights Pringles style packaging and lists specific farmer shares in bread, canned tomatoes, and cake ingredients while lampooning bureaucrats and consumer myths.
A Western view questions the common belief that China feeds its people under Maoist rule. The author recalls conceding this point while noting the regime’s faults, and cites C L Sulzberger of the New York Times praising Maoist achievements in feeding and clothing the population.
North Hero Vermont district leader Armand Premo criticizes education reform hoisting hype over fundamentals. He laments overlarge schools treating students as numbers, says progress rhetoric replaces basics, and warns against rewarding illiteracy while abandoning proven methods.
A speaker argues that colleges chase bulk enrollment to stay solvent, lowering admission standards and offering many irrelevant courses. The plan calls for dropping non core programs and redirecting funds to strengthen fundamentals, urging administrators to focus on essential curriculums.
A businessman-educator argues government paperwork overwhelms educators and that repair requires smaller schools and teaching the teachers of teachers as top performers. He likens reform to battling a hydra and stresses the three R's.
Two scholars Miriam and Ivan London collate refugee testimony and official records to argue a massive 1958 to 1962 famine in China was worsened by human policy. They claim Western observers ignored rural suffering, refuting claims Mao fed China and urging critical view of official narratives.
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