Federal agency offers booklet on buying firewood
A Federal agency the General Services Administration issues a 25 cent booklet titled Buy logs that will fit when laid across your grate. It explains logs come in lengths and thicknesses and warns that freshly cut wood may not burn well. The release notes the item is part of 250 publications in the winter Consumer Information Index.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Consumer Product Information Center
General Services Administration
GSA
Consumer Information Index
Office of Consumer Information
Pueblo
Cole
Columbus Telegram Freedom Edits and Moral Guidance
The Columbus Telegram proclaims freedom as self-control and divine gift, urging readers to promote liberty and moral living. It states freedom is not license for anarchy and cites the Ten Commandments the Golden Rule and the Declaration of Independence as guides. It is dated Saturday February 15, 1975.
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Your Freedom
Columbus Telegram
Columbus, Nebraska
Mortgage relief in Columbus contrasts with TV doom talk
In Columbus the mortgage scene remains resilient despite network doomsday narratives. Local banks continued lending during the downturn, while distant financiers pulled back briefly but have returned with fresh funds. Current conditions show up to ninety percent mortgage money available as out-of-town lenders reengage.
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New York
Washington
Great Plains
Columbus
Columbus real estate market optimism grows with new loans
Prospective buyers learn down payment loans and 8 percent rates. VA loans at 100 percent appraised value boost confidence as home listings rise for the first time in 16 years. New apartment complexes and duplex fourplexes planned or under construction, with multiple units opening in weeks and by May or June. Local businessmen financed these projects, reshaping Columbus housing.
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Columbus
Gas shortage sparks letter to editor over spending and debt
A reader criticizes federal and state waste, debt growth, and tax raises in a letter to the editor. The note references a clipping about a $175,000 AP study grant on the nutritive value of souls food, and mocks the Ford administration and political deficits.
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Associated Press
Firing hiring debate on unemployment figures and government payroll
A conversation in a office notes unemployment could reach ten percent and questions whether the government will cut its work force accordingly. The dialogue suggests doubt about the link between unemployment rates and payroll reductions.
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Tn Direct
Government should trim costs and cut taxes now
The discussion critiques spending to fix a weak economy and argues for reducing government burdens. It notes unemployment, wage concerns, and the belief that firing workers worsens joblessness. The visitor’s point is partly valid, urging fiscal restraint and calm logic over panic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Roosevelt
Trust busting by coffee with dentist in British Columbia
Arizona dentist Dr. Omer Reed warns that dealing with fearful patients shortens life expectancy and raises divorce and self harm rates among dentists. His remedy is to win patient trust with coffee chats after work, a method I tried at my dentist’s office to see if it works.
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Omer Reed
Arizona
U.S
Reed
British Columbia
Dentist's Divorce Fear Drives Crisis in Office
A dialogue unfolds about dentists facing emotional strain from anxious patients. The speaker warns that stress may lead to self harm and calls for urgent help as a receptionist offers an appointment in two weeks and police are contacted.
Petition of the Continental Congress to the King
From the Pennsylvania Packet 1775: a Continental Congress petition to the King requesting peace liberty and safety. The text seeks royal relief and interposition without conceding new rights, pledging loyalty and support for British authority while hoping for a gracious answer and long prosperous reign for the monarch.
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Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Continental Congress
Congress
Jay
Great Britain
Barbs Recall and The Edsel in Seventies Gaffes
A quirky set of political quips critiques past recall logic and GOP Edsel jabs for 1976. It notes a Democratic friend’s grumble about fiscal remedies missing the common household, mocks AM as always mediocre, and jokes about executive cleaning and a mathematician turning baker who made a homemade pi.
Musical Across Epreliation and Garlands
A garbled list of clues hints at a puzzle style with varied word plays. Names like Shakespearean and Sagariqus appear alongside mis-typed terms and odd phrases, suggesting a cryptic crosswords collection or a fragmented word game from an archival page.
Cloudland planning and the Ford budget debate
Washington sources reveal President Ford's advisers press a deliberate plan to slow energy demand and inflation through selective pricing and consumption controls. They claim such steps are essential to avoiding renewed dependence on foreign oil and a deeper recession, though questions remain about data and timing.
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Washington
Ford
Ward
Ray Cromley on the limits of economic theory in policy
The piece critiques Ford planners reliance on mathematics and computer models. It argues that numbers depend on shaky assumptions, with experts offering vague answers about impacts and variations. It suggests business and academic critics fear market share and tuition effects in programs.
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Robert S. McNamara
Defense
Ford
Housing quotas and their limited impact on housing markets
Quotas requiring 18 percent of new housing for low and moderate income families are discussed as costly and risky, likely yielding only token effects. Subsidized units may displace conventional housing, harming overall housing availability. Filtration studies from the 1960s show multiple relocations per new unit, with many movers in lower income brackets.
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Survey Research Center
University of Michigan
Bernard Siegan on housing subsidies and relocations
Bernard Siegan analyzes how income, housing costs, and subsidies shape relocation patterns. Higher priced new homes and rentals prompt more moves, while subsidized units displace low income families and alter community access. Zoning may be used to justify exclusion despite subsidies, potentially limiting overall housing availability.
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