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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1976
Page
4
Editorial expresses belief in freedom and individual moral action based on the Golden Rule and the Declaration of Independence. It urges readers to understand and apply moral guides in daily living and to promote freedom in their community. Address for communications and permission to reproduce editorials are provided.
The piece reflects on New Year as a time for self inventory and setting goals while noting human nature to break promises. It recalls the nation's founding ideals, plans for a new administration to uphold heritage, and urges one core resolution to think and act as free people in 1977.
A reader defends a simple mid term graduation plan noting student effort and minimal family ceremony. The letter also reports several hundred Christmas light bulbs stolen on Christmas Eve in Platte Center with wires torn from homes and trees.
A humor column lampoons 1970s politics predicting Humphrey as a future figure while lampooning Ford with memoir mishaps and IBM Selectric. Carter allegedly inspires scandal as he speaks with a German accent and is photographed with a mysterious flame over his head, misattributed to Meany.
An ambiguous satirical piece features Richard Nixon attempting a church visit with a snake and tambourine, amid tense race relations. The pope issues a peace plea from the balcony. Two Italians in St. Peter's Square share a hug while Jean Dixon, wrapped in brown paper, seeks a private reading but is turned away.
The World Almanac Q A presents three trivia questions about state names capitals and Oscar sweeps. It includes an answer key with selections and a garbled numeric string at the end.
By Phil Pastoret a columnist riffs on authors writing from a hysterical angle and mocks the idea of an open season on a partridge in a pear tree. The piece uses witty aphorisms about goals and loaded guns to lampoon the holiday sentiment.
Jackie Gleason endures a fear of flying as he travels by air to New York amid a series of troubles with aging planes. He seeks a loan from a hardware store owner to ride a train after landing, while his film career and finances are noted in a stark, humorous portrait.
The tale follows Jackie Gleason as he struggles with a stalled car and scarce funds during a film outing. A hardware man loans him $200, enabling Gleason to travel by train and later board a plane, while he thanks God and saints for the help.
The author argues for a flat ten percent tax on all income and purchases, removing exemptions except a poverty floor, to increase revenue, broaden the tax base, reduce evasion, simplify collection, and spur growth. He claims higher taxable income, lower admin costs, and fairer taxation under this system.
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