Deregulate Energy to Unleash Private Enterprise
The piece argues for ending government controls on energy production to avoid shortages and high costs. It cites historical controls on gas, mining, and oil, and contends deregulation would restore investment, boost supply, and lower prices through private enterprise.
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Congress
White House
American Economic Foundation
U.S. Revenue Commission
Bureau of Mines
U.S
Washington
America
Decorations on U S Highway 30 Trash In Columbus Route
A reader thanks Columbus residents for decorating the highway from Columbus to Duncan with beer cans soup cans and torn trash bags. The letter sarcastically notes the landscape is now more interesting due to widespread litter and mentions a new dumping site forcing the stretch. The writer commends the city while criticizing the mess.
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Columbus
Duncan
The Fixx puzzles and a hunter in a cave tale
A list of logic brainteasers from James Fixx’s Games for the Super Intelligent sent as a Christmas joke. It includes snail in a well, rope ladder rise, race track speeds, a bear’s color riddle, and a blackout clothing dilemma.
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Utz
James Fixx
Fixx
Actor Joins Ziegfeld Follies Amid 1924 Campaign Heat
A 1924 statement reveals plans to join the Ziegfeld Follies during a political year. The speaker notes demand from candidates for favorable remarks and claims personal familiarity with about 18 or 19 presidential contenders.
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Ziegfeld Follies
Puzzle collection challenges with ten brainteasers
A reader shares ten logic and math puzzles including puzzles about birds and beasts at a zoo, amoebas doubling to fill jars, and measuring with 5 oz and 3 oz cups. It presents answers and notes scoring, with puzzles 1 through 10 solved and discussed.
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North Pole
Freedom and Self Control Message in Columbus Telegram
The 1976 Columbus Telegram prints a moral pledge emphasizing freedom as self-control guided by God and moral guides. It asserts freedom is a duty, not license, and calls for personal responsibility aligned with truth. The note appears in the January 16 issue from Columbus Nebraska.
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Columbus Telegram
Columbus
Nebraska
Milk intolerance and spastic colon linked in medical letter
Dr. Lamb describes a patient with spastic colon and gas who improves by removing milk. A Johns Hopkins study shows high lactose intolerance among adults, especially blacks and Europeans, and suggests lactose can be split commercially. The writer criticizes dairy industry inaction and notes large potential market for lactose-free products.
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New England Journal of Medicine
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Johns Hopkins
Word Puzzle Clues From a Historical List
A compact set of crossword style clues includes terms like Donkey Penitential and The Moon with answers ranging across objects actions and descriptors. The list mentions Hawaiian motion and a rounded armadillo container indicating varied clue answers.
Congress grapples with mountain of mail and form letters
After 1934 congressman John McGroarty warned of rude letters, and today lawmakers face 25 million pieces a year to the House and 20 million to the Senate. They must answer, spending up to 36000 dollars per member this year on roughly 320 million units of franked mail, much of it form letters read by teen volunteers.
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Washington
California
John McGroarty
Congress
House of Representatives
Senate
Capitol
Pentagon
Capitol Hill
Ambiguity in Constituent Mail and Its Political Toll
A veteran recall shows how lawmakers use ambiguous form replies to handle abortion and other issues. The piece notes the use of IBM generated letters across Congress to simulate personal attention, while highlighting questions on effectiveness and the push from constituents to contribute for real results.
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Missouri
James S
Symington
Reagan arithmetic critique in New Hampshire campaign
The piece laments Reagan’s proposed tax cut offset by state welfare shifts as a faulty arithmetic plan. It cites Buckley’s ideas on keeping funds local and highlights income disparities from Mississippi to New York. It suggests New Hampshire faces possible funding losses for social programs amid national budget debates.
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Ronald Reagan
Bill Buckley
Washington
Mississippi
New Mexico
Arkansas
Reagan
New Hampshire
District of Columbia
Connecticut
New York
New Hampshire Welfare Debate in Reagan Buckley Arc
The piece critiques welfare aid patterns in New Hampshire comparing per capita figures to national averages. It argues Reagan should back Buckley’s plan to reduce transfer costs and offset deficits by cutting federal spending on education VISTA legal services subsidies and other programs while maintaining state relief services.
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U.S
Mississippi
New England
New Hampshire
Washington
Reagan
Buckley
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John Dowdy
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John Chamberlain
King Features Syndicate
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