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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1976
Page
4
Editorial note from the Columbus Telegram dated Monday December 20 1976 promotes freedom moral action and individual responsibility. It asserts equal rights endowed by a Creator and urges readers to apply moral guides in daily life for personal and communal improvement.
Opinion argues federal financing for city projects is costly and laden with strings. It questions Washington overreach and urges voters to fund local needs directly, noting taxes already pay for benefits and urging direct local decision making.
The piece defends the annual office Christmas party amid detractors who fear social looseness and security risks. It argues most parties stay innocent, notes economic factors shape party fortunes, and remarks the boss weighs December budgets before celebration. The author concludes with nostalgia for the office gathering.
At 20 you wouldn t miss a sleigh ride for anything and you feel the urge to excuse yourself for doing something you know you shouldn t The column ends with a playful wish for Amtrak to get new trains for Christmas.
A department store Santa hears a 7 year old declare Santa a fake while a wary reporter opens up about lingering doubts. The piece blends humor with personal reflection on belief and memory, noting skepticism without fully abandoning belief.
Chicago tale recounts a penniless couple Mary and Joe facing welfare as they seek aid for an expected birth. A Cook County official directs them to emergency CTA fare, a hospital, and an urban progress center, illustrating the aid system and the struggle to obtain support.
Mary wild with postpartum delusion is hospitalized after an urban planning meeting turns surreal. Joe is jailed then released as Mary’s baby is placed in foster care, later restored to the couple amid custody hearings and urban renewal upheaval. The trio of foreign men is detained and later released.
The Carter administration must fashion closer bonds with capitalist nations to bolster confidence in the Western alliance. Emphasis should be on tightening alliances with the European Community and Japan rather than appeasing Third World nations, amid growing political and economic pressure on industrialized states.
Jim Bishop recalls his father Big John Bishop a lifelong debtor and cash only operator who ran a tight circle of paydays cash and deferred payments in a working class Jersey City neighborhood. The story traces the family’s frugal habits and the old man’s final request to die with dignity and leave a dinner for old friends.
The piece argues the United States relies on energy from Australia Brazil and South Africa and warns Carter to resist Third World demands and cartel pressures. It urges energy independence through surface coal, oil and gas drilling, and quicker nuclear licensing while contrasting liberal allies with economic inflation risks.
A 1929 quote laments cabinet hurdles by big men who fear senate insult. It argues that wealth and past corporate ties trigger opposition while unremarkable, financially failed figures pass as if protected by the Senate, contrasting loyalty to monopolies with independence.
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