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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1972
Page
2
The Telegram urges opposition to forced unionism, arguing right to work is a basic civil right. It cites state data showing higher job growth and incomes in right to work states, and notes Columbus has a high industrial worker share, strengthening the case for preserving right-to-work principles.
A federal study by the Population Growth and American Future commission estimates the average family spends about 40000 to raise a child from birth through college. It notes potential earnings lost if a wife stays home until age four can reach 40000 to 120000, with each additional child adding about 49000 in lost income. The text quips that husbands who distrust mothers' work should marry a dingbat, as it’s cheaper.
The Foundation For Highway Safety cites 1800 as the first fatality year and claims the millionth death occurred 89 years later with projections toward two million. In 1981 71 471 deaths were noted with high injury and hospitalization figures, alcohol listed as a major factor. The letter argues warnings against driving hazards, including alcohol.
A light item highlights a British voyage to the Galapagos to study penguin life amid world tensions from Vietnam to the Middle East. The piece ponders life continuing and mixes a string of trivia Qs about Edward's meaning, enclosed baseball parks, blood types, eclipse duration, and beaver lodges with gentle humor.
On Christmas Eve Santa ignores Mrs. Claus urging him to deliver toys as the Redskins Packers playoff game airs. He stays in, drinking beer and watching the game, while reindeer impatience and holiday pressure mount. Mrs. Claus scolds his holiday spirit and threatens replacement if he misses deliveries. Santa argues the playoff matters and questions why the game is on Christmas Eve.
Art Buchwald sketches Santa faced with delivering toys on the coldest day as Mrs Claus insists on duty. The scene moves from television playoff talk to a practical sleigh run over Detroit amid smog and icy weather with Santa half playful, half resigned as elves watch.
Local page from The Telegram in Columbus Nebraska dated Saturday December 18 1972 shows brief news items and notices including community events weather and local developments. The readable text lists names places and dates typical of a midwestern newspaper page.
The Nation's press notes a shift toward crime coverage and community responses. It discusses neighborhood patrols, campus security, and officials like Boston University's Stephen Trachtenberg, assessing potential benefits and risks while stressing that crime is real and acknowledged as a problem.
A fragmented crossword style puzzle with vegetable clues and scattered lettered hints. Includes references to cabbage maize silkworm and Roman gods, with partial answers and misprinted terms.
The excerpt reviews Halberstam's The Best and the Brightest and Owen Lattimore, noting Halberstam’s reading, Lattimore’s defense of Vietnamese patriots, and a recurring theme of pro Soviet sympathy in Lattimore’s writings. It contrasts Lattimore’s Sinology with a broader critique of American establishment rhetoric.
Public opinion samplers are like doctors with the patient the individual or the community. Polls show conflicting trends in conservatism and liberalism, urban and college campus backlash, yet reveal a national concern about the future alongside optimism for personal prospects.
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