Social Security heading for collapse warned in Telegram opinion
The Telegram argues Social Security will collapse due to rising taxes on workers as birthrates fall and the burden shifts to the productive. It warns higher tax rates will provoke younger resistance and that inflationary finance would be used to keep the program solvent. The piece cites AP figures on retired pay costs and warns of broader government program failures.
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Associated Press
Congress
Proxmire
Detroit
Henry Ford
America
In Praise of Private Enterprise Quality and Quantity
The piece argues that wealth and private enterprise have expanded goods, stressing quantity for the poor over quality concerns. It contends underdeveloped regions need basic needs and production capacity, while free enterprise in the United States yields affordable abundance and eventual quality.
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India
Africa
United States
Denton comments on POWs and American freedom
Captain Jeremiah Denton Jr laments welfare state moral decline while praising POWs who endured years in Communist camps. He argues individual freedom, responsibility, and rebirth of faith are essential to restore America’s founding principles as returning prisoners reclaim opportunity and respect.
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America
Jeremiah A. Denton Jr
Siner
Themenlves
Jose
Politiva
Ameria
Jeremiah Denton
Binding the wounds in Washington during postwar speak
In a wide ranging exchange at the White House basement clinic Dr. Friedrich Feldkamp laments partisan attacks on the presidency while promising to bind national wounds. He blames "They" for prolonging dissent over Vietnam peace amnesty and draft issues, arguing healing requires both sides to cooperate and take responsibility.
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Washington
Nise
Friedrich Feldkamp
White Mouse
Feldkamp
Thor
Pr Feldkamp
Vietnam
Presiden
Dr. Feldkamp
White House
Thse
Feldkansp
Evérvene
Eni
Wounds and politics clash in a wartime hospital scene
Anir the dialogue shows Art Buchwald style satire where medical staff debate binding wounds while political divisions and reparations for North Vietnam are invoked. A doctor defends defense measures and accuses detractors of slander as a political struggle spills into the ward.
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Devtor
North Vietnam
Eieinkin
Telegram promotes freedom and self-control in 1973 issue
The Telegram newspaper from Columbus Nebraska in February 1973 argues freedom as a divine gift and personal self-control guiding moral conduct. It asserts peace begins with individuals and cites the Ten Commandments the Golden Rule and the Declaration of Independence as guiding truths.
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Telegram
Your Freedom
Jean
Foods for gaining weight and milk intake advice
A reader asks about high calorie high fat and high carbohydrate foods for weight gain. Dr Lamb states concentrated fats, sugars, and calorie dense items help most in small portions, while lean proteins alone don’t. He also recommends weight training and fortified skim milk as a safe approach, dispelling notions that fish and milk must not be eaten together.
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Lawrence Lamb
M.D
Gr. Lamb
Dr. Lamb
Pundits’ quotes ate crow on Vietnam policy
A sweeping critique of major editors and pundits who mocked Nixon era policy, contrasting their remarks with actual events. The piece catalogs quotes from the New York Times James Reston Tom Wicker Anthony Lewis and others, noting how reality contradicted their dire predictions from 1972 1973. It laments the media and liberal voices for underestimating political forces and the White House’s stance on bombing and mining campaigns.
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Barry Goltwater
Vietnam
White House
Ant
Boyy
T Congress
Nixon
George McGovern
James Reston
Font Wicker
Anthony Lewis
Teddy
North
Indochina
New York Times
Tom Wicker
le Deat
le Bue Tho
Xuan Thuy
James Keston
Henry Kissinger
Washington Post
Slanet Politburo
Hanoi
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Moscow
Charles Callingwood
Marvin Kalb
Eric Sevareid
John Chancellor
Halphong
Newsweek
Ted Kennedy
Chappaquiddik
Erlc Sovareld
Quang Tri
Call for a Department of Unforseen Consequences
In a critique of planning failures across government and industry a writer urges creation of a Department of Unforseen Consequences. Citing cost overruns in highways and growing auto driven change, the piece laments underestimation and proposes a vigilant, discreet corps to forecast future impacts.
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Hon Angee Tene
Columbus, Nebraske
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Bea
Riquor
Republi
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Rayer
Ashay
Exance
Isa
Jeffrey
Hart
William Proxmire
Wisconsin
Bellway
Bruce
Biossat
Ryne
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