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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1969
Page
2
The piece praises the 1969 moon landing as a landmark moment and asks what future years can offer in response. It lauds human resolve when faced with a challenge, noting the achievement as a dramatic demonstration of ingenuity.
The piece notes hope as two superpowers seek relief from a nuclear arms race while urging social justice within existing structures and a concerted effort to curb environmental harm. It frames the coming year as a continuing interplay of challenge and response.
Jim Bishop reflects on the futility of New Year resolutions in a humorous essay. He lists common vows about gambling drinking credit and dieting and jokes that they fail within a week. He says he will make no more vows at midnight and notes a world dominated by Vietnam inflation and riots. Copyright 1969 King Features Syndicate, Inc.
The Telegram asserts freedom as a divine gift guiding teachers to promote and preserve liberty, defining it as self-control aligned with moral guides like the Coveting Commandment and the Golden Rule. It warns freedom is not license and emphasizes personal responsibility and peace starting with the individual.
A public safety note explains ice thickness guidelines for skating and the correct self rescue method if someone falls through. It warns that one inch won’t support an adult, two inches supports one person, three allows small groups, and four or more is safe for skating, but never alone, and to roll onto solid ice away from the break before being rescued.
A fragmented word puzzle listing English writers and clues. It names J nelith Charlesnovelist and others, with references to several nations and terms, presenting a dense set of cryptic style hints about authors, works, and related words.
In Northern Ireland the government shifts to center as unions and students push for universal rights and housing. Miss Devlin envisions a cross‑community socialist movement, while Unionists fear a right wing surge led by Paisley. Riots in 1969 highlighted class divides among Catholics and Protestants in Belfast.
In Belfast Harland and Wolff and Short Brothers plants, 9,000 and 5,000 workers respectively kept at work amid hopes for unity. A 4,000-strong Harland meeting urged calm after August clashes, with Catholics and Protestants calling to break mutual recrimination. Trades unions resist extremism as North Ireland faces a fragile peace.
Seven inches of snow over the weekend drenched Columbus area totaling .53 inch moisture with no drift. The first snowfall of the season began Saturday morning, reached four inches by 6 p.m., added two more by Sunday, and another inch Tuesday for a weekend moisture total of .53. Temperatures stayed mild, with highs around 29 to 31 and lows near 20, with more snow expected Wednesday.
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