This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 11 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1976
Page
4
Columbus Telegram editorial from December 23 1976 urges readers to promote freedom and moral action guided by the Golden Rule and the Declaration of Independence. It defends individual rights to life property and self control and invites correspondence to the Columbus Telegram.
Billy Carter, brother of Jimmy Carter, loses the Plains mayoral race amid local disdain for his boisterous image. Residents mock his fam e and predict he will stay on the sidelines while politics remains business as usual.
Arkansas voters rejected Amendment 58 by 67 percent, preserving the state right to work and blocking compulsory unionism. National figures predict broader implications as right to work forces push to repeal Taft-Hartley Act Section 14(b) in Congress.
As the election nears, sources suggest President elect Carter may propose a record budget deficit for fiscal year 1977 if a government program is needed to stimulate the economy. He has criticized Ford's imbalanced budgets and vows to curb inflation by limiting expenditures to income.
A letter to the editor thanks the newspaper for its coverage aiding the Platte County Unit of the American Cancer Society. Margaret F. Schmidt president and Herman Ernst ACS Director express gratitude for the successful meeting that organized the unit. The remainder questions Watergate coverage and suggests the burglary was minor.
Phil Pastoret reflects on nostalgia in car culture noting how memories of rough drives and rough holidays shape today’s appreciation. He recalls a holiday party where the toast would have felt odd to honor a ghost of travels and troubles from past journeys.
The piece discusses how the automobile reshaped American life by ending rural isolation and transforming daily work and travel. It frames the car as a pivotal but evolving chapter in the broader story of American enterprise and innovation.
James Otis born 1725 in West Barnstable Massachusetts rose from a Harvard trained lawyer to Crown bureaucrat then opposed royal intrusion on privacy. His fiery leadership and pamphlets opposed Revenue acts and led to a dramatic clash at a British coffee house and the battles around Bunker Hill.
A fusion of figures James Otis Charles Carroll and Haym Salomon is recounted as champions of freedom. The narrative shifts to John William Lambert an Ohio City inventor who predated Duryea in gasoline propulsion shaping early U S auto industry and free enterprise.
Jeffrey Hart argues that 6 to 10 million legal immigrants exist in the United States and labels current growth as out of control. He cites illegal immigration from Mexico and Latin America, Mexico’s high birth rate, and population projections while urging penalties on employers who hire unauthorized workers as a solution.
The Conference Board reports the Northeast as the most expensive region for new home buyers with an average price around 44 000. The West averaged about 40 500 while the North Central and other regions hovered near 39 600 and 37 200 respectively.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.