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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1971
Page
2
An unsigned letter rails against our December 4 editorial Tyranny's Timetable accusing it of hysteria and sway toward dictatorship. The writer defends free economy, challenges phase two controls, and predicts permanent government limits on wages prices and profits, praising readers shocked yet trusting the editorial’s aim.
A critical editorial argues that free market rhetoric masks a shift to centralized control by political government. It links inflation, union power, and deficit spending to a pattern of emergency powers and calls readers to reexamine the direction of U S policy.
A hypothetical scenario asks what happens if 50 or 200 families withdraw to a remote location with only what they can fit in vehicles. They would grow food, forage for wood, and trade surplus among themselves, possibly creating debt and clearing mechanisms. The core point: an economy is simply making, delivering services, and trading among people.
Nation’s press notes the Supreme Court refused to hear arguments over a Miss America versus Little Miss America trademark case. The piece laments the Court’s overload with trivial matters and suggests the decision was sensible, framing it as a prize for the high court.
The Commercial Appeal laments potential constitutional issues if the Supreme Court engages in a trademark dispute over titles like Miss Potato and Miss Sweet Potato, noting Miss America’s 1921 stage prominence over the 1963 Little Miss America.
A city editor drafts a man with a beard for a Bowery Christmas assignment overnight. The reporter endures cold, crowded rooms, a waxy Christmas dawn, and encounters bums, missions, a broker, and a rousing plea to leave the Bowery for a brighter future.
The Telegram promotes freedom as self control granted by God not government. It frames liberty as disciplined expression aligned with the Golden Rule and Independence ideals. The note appears in the Dec 15 1971 Columbus Nebraska issue, urging readers to seek peaceful personal responsibility.
Dear Reader reflects on a father’s death after four nitroglycerin tablets in a 24 hour period. Dr Lamb explains that ongoing angina with long term heart disease changes the risk profile and urges discussion with the original doctor, or appealing to the county medical society if concerns persist.
In coverage of the White House Conference on Aging critics fault Nixon for not funding the elderly, while praising Joseph Blatchford who heads a new federal volunteer group ActIon. Blatchford promotes private action with government backing, including university sociology credits for service and the Score program led by retirees. Don Hayden in Chattanooga expanded a Senior Employment Service with Rotary and Kiwanis support and Rotary office space.
John Chamberlain reports on Hayden's program aiding 118 elderly people to supplement Social Security by providing work through the Senior Employment Service. He argues big corporations hinder retirement rethinking and urges policy changes to allow higher earnings alongside Social Security. The piece cites local Chattanooga data and contrasts government views with private enterprise.
The Skaramanga shipyard at Eleusis Bay in Greece expands to build 300,000 ton supertankers and 250,000 ton docks. Greek labor costs are low, workers are trained from scratch, and the yard vies with Japanese and European rivals. The facility is set to boost Greece’s navy of ocean going vessels through the 1970s and 1980s.
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