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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1969
Page
2
Columbus Telegram reflects on a staffer who bought tree lights, smashed them, and wonders if there is a rational reason for theft of home Christmas decorations. The piece notes decorations cost more, offers no thrill from destruction, and ends with a remark on senseless vandalism.
Officials describe vandalism as a recurring issue across several area neighborhoods. The piece advocates prevention by parents and relatives, stressing parental awareness of children’s locations, especially during the holidays celebrating a figure who taught joy and understanding.
The Telegram argues readers should promote personal freedom and self discipline, linking true liberty to moral guides like the Commandments and the Declaration. It asserts freedom is not license or anarchy but self mastery aligned with enduring truths.
The Canadian former Supreme Court Justice and MacMillan Bloedel chairman warned that the term Establishment is misused. He spoke in Los Angeles defending a "true Establishment" built on disciplined excellence and public service, not fame. He traced origins to Britain and historic models of civic virtue.
A Virginia born elite, cited by Clyne, is critiqued as an Establishment that advances reform yet resists progress. The piece warns that a militant minority uses moral veneer to justify lawless action while claiming true freedom, urging recognition of the balance between individual liberty and social obligation.
A vivid Christmas Day scene in Times Square as a Brooklyn boy named Heywood Campbell Bryan, a Warvard student and Morning Telegraph copy boy, observes Broadway's snowbound calm and dreams of journalism while awaiting duty. The empty office, drifting icicles, and city mood frame his early career hopes.
A young copy boy on a newspaper desk interprets several telegraph machines flickering with dozes of code. The telegraphs prophesy of a birth bringing a new future, as a veteran telegrapher deciphers the message into a single striking line: A Child Is Born.
Symptoms of toxemias include eclampsia and liver atrophy with prompt recognition and obstetric care. Regular prenatal visits, reporting symptoms early, and monitoring urine output headaches swelling jaundice or vision changes help prevent complications.
A fragmented puzzle of clues hints at a winter season crossword style, naming figures such as Margaret and Putin while mentioning months, regions, and various cryptic hints. The piece mixes crosswords like currencies of language with scattered references to politics, prophecies, and geography, forming a dense, enigmatic collage.
The new Nebraska Committee of 100 formed at a November Grand Island conference will hold its Columbus session on the coming Wednesday. C Hodumwinkel of Lincoln, Associated Industries of Nebraska, announced preliminary plans and officer elections to shape the group as a state wide economic advancement body.
A Christmas essay traces taxes from Caesar Augustus to modern America. It notes U.S. foreign aid and military spending, criticizes imperialist overreach, and discusses a new group Nations Taxaction Inc led by Col. Robert Castor to organize tax protest efforts across the country. It cites various Taxpayer groups and quotes Rep. Wilbur Mills on overreach.
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