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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1972
Page
2
Nationwide reflection on youth voting shows politicians overhype young voters while courting 18 year olds with ads. Youths often talk big but vote little, leading leaders to rethink reliance on the youth bloc amid inconsistent turnout and political posturing.
Felix Wankel unveils the Asch A9B, a sea worthy rotary engined car with a fighter plane like cabin. Tests on Lake Constance lead to a full size four to six passenger prototype next spring. He envisions a mass produced Zisch changing travel as the automobile did on land.
The piece discusses Phase II as a crafted, ambiguous plan to absorb labor, industry, and political pressure around wage and price controls. It contrasts this with hard ceilings and explains how delays and negotiations may soften impacts while shifting blame onto labor and other groups.
A critique denounces Rabbi Meir Kahane and the Jewish Defense League as promoting vengeance and segregation. It argues against violence and tribalism, recalling Coughlin and Paisley, and praises equal rights and American unity despite faiths. It notes Kahane’s book Never Again and links to apartheid fears, urging universal respect.
The Telegram issue from Friday January 7 1972 reports local Columbus Nebraska news and notices with community events, weather notes and brief society items. Key names and places reflect the town’s civic activity and daily life during that week.
A reader letter questions doctors focus on treating symptoms rather than causes and accuses the profession of profiting from surgery. The columnist defends medical aims, cites reader letters on leg cramps, and argues AMA works to protect public health while acknowledging human fallibility in medicine.
A garbled OCR puzzle snippet blends names, wordplay, and mismatched letters. It presents across and down clues with partial entries and unclear numbering, including references to Samuel, Ivar, and archaic terms, all tangled in a cryptic style.
The column analyzes Ohio Representative Jolon Ashbrook's New Hampshire bid to push Nixon toward a conservative path. It weighs risks for Ashbrook against Pete McCloskey, notes Republican support from Bill Loeb, and suggests a 20 percent target could influence Nixon’s strategy on domestic policy and defense.
A reader quiz covers suffrage in Liechtenstein, rate of exchange, the first woman to swim the English Channel Caroline Edette Curtruse in 1926, the youngest Union general George A. Caster at 23, presidents to vice presidents ratio with Nixon as 37nd and Agnew as 6th, and US coin design rules requiring congressional approval after 25 years.
A December benefit at the Cathedral of St John the Divine drew 5000+ to hear Bishop Paul Moore Jr promote a political campaign. The event, linked to the People’s Coalition for Peace and Justice, sparked protests from clergy and concerns over church funding aiding radical causes.
A self-styled Silent Citizen writes that society must build individuals to grow into better people and, in turn, better citizens, arguing personal improvement shapes civic virtue and communal responsibility.
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