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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1970
Page
2
Telegram opinion notes welfare pressures on local governments facing rising costs and bureaucratic resistance as a proposed family assistance plan gains House approval and Senate consideration. The piece highlights cross state welfare shopping, student and worker pressures, and the focus on financial aspects of the plan.
The writer argues against making welfare a guaranteed federal right, contending it would entrench poverty and dependency, erode initiative, and oppose the American ethic of helping the genuinely needy while encouraging reliance on taxpayers. The piece contrasts work with a supposed right to government support and warns it would not solve the broader welfare crisis.
A column reports on a New York trend of men wearing pantyhose for warmth and ease, noting diverse wearers from police to skiers. It quotes a Platte County inquiry sample and references Dorothy Parker lines, suggesting curiosity about the fashion shift without endorsing it.
The Reagan campaign committee filed a contributions report listing Prank Sinatra 25000 God Hope 15000 Gene Autry 5000 Art Lickletter 4000 and Jack Benny 1500. Benny reportedly gave more than the stated amount while backing Reagan through the campaign band and fundraiser actions.
Art Buchwald reports at Washington that President Nixon stated he has no objection to making the SST report public, but notes reports prepared for the President must remain confidential. Max Lindbergh claims the document argues against SST due to future tourism and global political risks, with cautions about travel in 1975 and 1979 timelines.
A Los Angeles Times 1970 mock dialogue questions how the United States would be treated abroad if SST travel were restricted. Nations cited include Red China India Pakistan Australia Hong Kong Britain France West Germany and the Soviet Union as potential and unlikely partners. The piece uses satirical exchanges about tourism, tariffs, arms gifts, and political tensions amid the era.
A quiz style item lists topics on plants trapping baccta including sundéw pitcher plant and Verus's fiyrap. It asks where the Saven Cities of Cibola were fought by early Spanish toward Marice and answers with Zuni country near Gallup. It notes Texas as the largest catHaraising state and leads in oil, sheep, cotton and rice production. It ends with a comparison that spiders have eight legs while true insects have six.
A humorous column notes the oddities of ants and family tales as holidays near. It playfully critiques banana origins and a grander office mood while wryly defining a grumpish treasurer and an oldtimer who recalls voting-machine history.
The Telegrand issue proclaims freedom as a gift from God not government grant and denounces control and anarchy. It cites moral rules from the Coveting Commandment the Golden Rule and Independence as guiding principles.
An analysis argues that student activism stems from how students relate to the university as an institution, amplified by a liberal culture in elite American campuses. It notes Princeton's historical privilege, and a 1970 survey showing 70 percent of social science faculty supporting radical student activism while 80 percent disapproved, reflecting broader political self-identifications.
A nationwide faculty survey shows 63 percent backing Humphrey and 19 percent Nixon amid strong liberal leanings on campuses. The author argues faculty self selection into academia explains the figures, with tension between campuses and surrounding society predicted as elections approach. Distributed by King Features Syndicate.
An aging Munich cabbie, Heinrich Hadrich, reflects on bombing raids over Munich, the war’s impact, and postwar sentiment. The piece adds sporadic perspectives from locals, including a former POW, a guide, and a businessman, highlighting lingering resentments and uneasy cohabitation with former enemies.
A chaotic OCR style puzzle page lists many mixed terms and numbers across across and down lists. It includes fruit flavored items, cultural terms, rivers, continents, and fictional creatures, with scattered numeric codes and language cues demanding cross references.
The piece notes the city awoke to Christmas bustle with a grand record parade. It urges shoppers to begin early for better gift selections and less traffic, then humorously doubts changes in habit while stressing kindness as part of the season.
The GM strike cut workers incomes to 30 to 40 dollars weekly in benefits, reducing merchant sales and city tax revenue. It disrupted 39 000 GM suppliers, led to thousands of layoffs, and curbed steel and railroad activity, lowering fourth quarter GDP by about two billion dollars.
December 1940 notes highlight Higgins Industries inventor Andrew Higgins and his Eureka 40 foot speed boat famed for climbing seawalls and logs. Also referenced are local figures like Judge J. G. Higgins and early Columbus Era editors, with brief items on Burns and civic notices.
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