03 Feb 1972
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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1972
Page
1
Washington column humorously traces hair length and fashion as women’s liberation conspiracy. It lampoons ancient times, suggesting long locks sparked male domination, with caveman contrasts and sports imagery mocking vanity and shifts in style.
The University of Kansas and six small private colleges in the region launch a cooperative program to blend academic strengths. Students can spend a semester on the university campus, study areas not offered at home schools, and join study abroad programs. The venture began with Saint Mary College near Leavenworth and includes Baker University Ottawa University Benedictine Colleges and McPherson College with Bethel planned.
Los Angeles report notes Berlitz language schools launched an incentive offering an instructional course promising students by April 17 to learn enough French to get around. The ad centers on a quick language shortcut tied to tax day reasoning and potential emigration.
Delivery costs listed for Columbus area with 2.00 per month, 31100 yearly by mail to Habroske and other states at 47.00, and second class postage details. Includes names of towns and note about the postmaster and Columbus Telegram address.
Lincoln report: A bill to increase the permissible mill levy for rural fire districts advanced some amendments but failed to secure first-round approval in the Legislature. The measure LB849 started by proposing raising the levy from one to two mills and drew changes from Sen. Willard Waldo to permit rural districts in under 36 sections of land, plus a district vote to raise the levy to two mills.
UPI writer notes the United Nations plans a week in Addis Ababa with 130 staff and mimeographs to spotlight Africa's issues despite a $144000 cost and a broke budget. Bush warns about finances as UN total budget tops $209 million. France and the Soviet bloc owe Congo and Middle East costs, while U.S. payments to the U.K. and agencies shape Congress mood for 1972.
Aboriginal artists in Arnhem Land create canvases from eucalyptus bark. They apply pigment using pant rules and pulverized colored stones as paint, while women’s hair serves as brushes.
Frontier Airlines filed with the Civil Aeronautics Board for authority to run service from Omaha and Denver area markets to O Hare International Airport in Chicago. It holds Midway authority but won CAB permission to suspend Midway for six months due to reduced demand from the recession. The carrier argues O Hare service would be more profitable, noting O Hare departures carry about twice the traffic of Midway. It estimates O Hare service could double Omaha Chicago traffic versus Midway and would allow higher frequencies on Lincoln Omaha Midway routes.
New York’s Webster’s dictionary now outsells complete Bibles in the United States, with Buster’s Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary passing 10 million copies since 1963. Merriam’s president David Replogle notes total dictionary sales near 30 million globally, while the Bible Society moves around 725,000 complete Bibles annually.
UPI reports final 1970 Census figures showing Nebraska with 515,069 housing units and 48.3 percent owner occupied. Among owners, 2,729 Nebraskans held homes valued at 50 000 or more, while 138,488 residents lived in five room homes and 102,225 in four rooms. Nebraska’s population was 1,443,493 with 1,051 units headed by Negro households from a 39,611 Negro population. The median home value stood at 12,400 with 1.4 percent vacancy for owner residences and 7.7 percent for rentals.
The entry notes February 3 1972 as the thirty fourth day of the year with celestial details Mercury and Jupiter in the morning sky Venus Mars Saturn in the evening. It recalls Horace Gregley born on this date and key events: 1913 income tax ratified, 1917 US-Germany diplomatic break, 1924 Wilson’s death, 1966 Soviet lunar unmanned probe landing, and a Samuel Butler quote on inaccuracy.
A Virginia farmer and patriot named Charles Lynch is credited with leading irregular actions during the American Revolution to punish thieves and outlaws, according to Encyclopaedia Britannica.
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