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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1970
Page
2
An editorial cites the Wall Street Journal noting that school boards, superintendents, and teachers form a bloc against taxpayers. Closings are used to pressure voters to approve bonds and levies. In Youngstown and Oslo, districts faced repeated tax refusals with Thanksgiving closures amid rising taxpayer resistance.
The Journal notes a national shift against tax and bond requests for schools, citing brief closures and recalls in Youngstown and McArthur Ghia, with many states adopting coercive tactics and voters repeatedly defeating proposed budgets.
A Wall Street Journal report cites meteorologists linking Gary Indiana steel mill output to rainfall in LaPorte thirty miles away. From 1946 to 1967 LaPorte saw about 19 inches more precipitation than nearby stations. similar effects occurred in Belleville Illinois ten miles from St. Louis as cited by the National Pollution Control Administration.
A Forest Service analysis warns 750000 trees at six nurseries near Oakland Maryland face death from sulphur dioxide fumes from nearby power plants and a paper mill, while 1.2 million trees in the San Bernardino National Forest may perish due to Los Angeles automobile exhaust. President Nixon pledges action forging a three member White House Council on Environmental Quality as he signs air and waters protection legislation.
A piece by Dr Wayne Brandstadt explains byssinosis among textile workers caused by inhaling lint and notes proposed ventilation rules. It includes a reader Q A on sperm count, fertility, and postpartum intercourse timing after delivery.
A panel of US leaders in business labor and government met in Washington to discuss inflation in the 1970s. Participants warned about wage demands and monetary policy while citing industry price moves and unemployment as key factors shaping future inflation.
The Q A exchange confirms that Humphrey Bogart won one Oscar for The African Queen in 1951. The partner question identifies William Howard Taft as the only man to hold both the presidency and the chief justice post in American history.
A mixed word puzzle lists nautical terms and geographic names. Clues span water vessels, rivers, islands, and adjectives related to ships and sailing, with many scattered cross references and partial letters.
C Joseph Stetler of the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association calls congressional investigations the most thorough in the nation. He condemns adversary hearings as biased, outlining how an industry faces defensive attacks from the gavel fall and skilled committee staff.
Stetler addressed businessmen warning of Gestapo like tactics and hostile publicity from inquiries. He questioned if investigations serve as extralegal punishment against honest enterprises and urged studying ways to curb legislative inquiry powers from Barnum era norms.
A six week Georgetown program sponsored by the Charles Edison Youth Fund will host 100 U.S. student leaders to compare capitalist and socialist production and constitutional versus dictatorial political systems. Phase includes Capitol Hill internships and evening lectures by experts, with scholarships to promising students.
Winter chill grips the six county Columbus employment district with private placements rising to 80 temporary and 19 permanent in Platte Boone Nance Colfax Buller and Polk counties. End December registry shows 2 848 workers seeking jobs up from 2 803. Transfer of P F Luchsinger life and casualty insurance to Becher Hockenburger Chambers announced.
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