Brezhnev Faces 25th Party Congress with Grain Shortfalls
The 1971 Brezhnev keynote praised growth as grain shortfalls and lagging industrial forecasts cloud the five year plan. The piece notes agriculture inefficiency, planning flaws, and a stifling bureaucracy as factors behind poor Soviet results and questions whether the old guard can yield to new leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonid Brezhnev
Brezhnev
Moscow
Kremlin
Russia
West
Soviet Union
Feeder Pig Expo Gratitude From Nebraska Pork Group
A letter thanks the Columbus Telegram for coverage of the third annual Feeder Pig Exposition held last week. The Nebraska Pork Industry Development Task Force, Nebraska Pork Producers Assn, University of Nebraska Extension, and participants in the expo, booth exhibitors, and pie contest bakers are acknowledged for making the event a success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Columbus Telegram
Terry Anderson
Nebraska Pork Industry Development Task Force
Nebraska Pork Producers Ass'n
University of Nebraska Cooperative Extension Service
Tomato soup shows private planning in free economy
A reader argues that providing a single can of tomato soup for Odessa, Texas, requires vast private planning from farmers to printers, while mail delivery adds little via government action. The piece rails against government involvement, noting self interest drives all services and contrasting costs with a beer example from the President.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Texas
U.S
Short cuts and a column of unsettled topics
The author lists several potential column subjects including abortion where President Ford is described as a moderate on abortion. The note frames these ideas as bothersome to develop and ends with a partial aside.
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Ford
Wit and Wobble in 1931 Political Talk
The excerpt quotes WH Rogers playful despair over running for office. He jokes about being asked to run as president or other roles while admitting indecision and inability to choose a side. The tone mixes humor and political self parody from June 28, 1931.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice of the Peace
Spdie Coeniey
Tar Age
Fragmented Opinion Snippets Highlight 1960s Figures
A collage of satirical blurbs and opinions referencing Jim Fiebig, Hubert Humphrey, and Ronald Reagan era politics. Jokes critique media focus, schooling, poverty surveys, and courtroom equity with sharp one liners.
Columbus Telegram Ideals of freedom and self control
The Columbus Telegram of Nebraska emphasizes freedom as a gift from God and a matter of self-control rather than government grant. It rejects license and anarchy, urging readers to align with moral guides like the Coveting Commandment the Golden Rule and the Declaration of Independence.
Megacolon and Hirschsprung's Disease overview in adults and children
Dr. Lamb explains megacolon or Hirschsprung's disease as congenital nerve loss in the lower colon causing outlet obstruction and dilation above it. Symptoms include distention constipation and gas. varied severity with management by diet laxatives or enemas and possible surgical removal of the obstructed segment with nerve preservation. Cancer risk is not increased.
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Hirschsprung
Foodword Puzzle Across 44 Concludes With Letter Clues
A cryptic style crossword clue list with scattered fragments and partial entries. The page shows numbered clues for across and down entries including names and terms like Lupino, Verd, and various thematic hints, though many letters are missing due to OCR damage.
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Gladden
Nicknam
Lupino
Helen
Ireland
Tides of political shift across the English speaking world
The piece outlines a broad rightward shift in major English speaking nations with New Zealand Canada and Australia turning to conservative coalitions. It notes Britain's Tory move under Thatcher and Labour strife between old socialist faction and new realists amid ongoing welfare policy debates.
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U.S
New Zealand
Labour
National Party
Canada
British Columbia
Pierre Trudeau
Australia
Gough Whitlam
Labour Party
Malcolm Fraser
Whitlam
England
Tory
Margaret Thatcher
Edward Heath
Anthony Crossland
Britain
Environment
Cardiff
Labour splits over social spending and production investment
The piece notes a Labour Party debate on social spending versus capital investment, with public expenditure rising to 60 percent of GNP and local government jobs expanding. It also highlights U S state politics with governors Dukakis Brown and a rightward trend in 1976 geopolitics.
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Labour Party
Labour
Harold Wilson
United States
Connecticut
Ella Grasso
Massachusetts
Michael Dukakis
West Germany
Helmut Schmidt
France
Spain
Italy
Greece
U.S
Urban greenhouses to curb poverty and energy crisis
Research Resource of Canton Ohio proposes city greenhouses heated by methane from garbage to cut unemployment and welfare costs. Frank and Carol Breckbill argue a new industry could grow food, create jobs, and use waste for alcohol and methane fuel, drawing on a Soviet model near Leningrad.
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Research Resource of
Canton
Ohio
R-R
Frank
Carol Breckbill
Canton City
Leningrad
Ussr
Garden of Eden
Breckbills
Calculated Competition and the Calculator War Across Asia
The Japan Economic Journal notes Japanese calculator makers won last year but now face undercutting by Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore, and Malaysia. Labor costs abroad threaten their home market while U.S. rivals faced similar pressures decades ago. Quality improvement, not just low wages, drives consumer benefits amid global competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan Economic Journal
U.S
Hong Kong
Taiwan
South Korea
Singapore
Malaysia
Japan
Gresham
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Peter the Great
Nation's Press Soup
the Mail
Rogers Sa
Will Roge
Editeo
Jim Fiebig
Hubert Humphrey
Antipoverty Agency
Roman Catholic Church
Ronald Reagan
Gerald Ford
George Wallace
Henry Kissinger
Edward Kennedy
Humphrey
Patty Hearst
Snodgrass
Your Freedom Newspaper
Nebraska
Citizen Smith
The
By Dave Gerard
Dr. Lamb
Lawrence E. Lamb, M.D
Newspap
Leah's Son
Spartan
Lorelei
Aleutian Island
Jeffrey Hart
Don Oakley
Berry's
Innsbruck
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