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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1977
Page
5
The Columbus Telegram offers a civic minded editorial urging freedom and moral action rooted in the Coveting Commandment the Golden Rule and the Declaration of Independence. It invites readers to promote liberty and self control to improve Nebraska life.
The piece argues that government controls strangulate industries from Amish dairy to gas pricing, citing forced milk cooling methods and union mandates, causing closures and unemployment. It warns of gas supply shortages and economic harm while condemning regulators for high impact with seemingly stable prices.
Western networks ABC CBS and NBC walk out over a $50 million facility fee for the 1980 Moscow Games. They seek antitrust waivers to pool talks, while Satra negotiates provisional cooperation. The situation hints at heavy commercialization the Soviet bid had sworn to avoid.
An article excerpt targets readers with a Union Fidelity Life brochure that uses fear about cancer to sell policies. It cites alarming stats, urges action, and pitches family plans at $6.90 or $9.50 a month amid debate over whether such marketing serves public health or profit.
A Jim Finberg syndicated cartoon mocks public hysteria over cancer and its excessive media presence. It portrays cancer as a looming shadow on personal life and urges readers to ignore alarmist claims while noting strong consumer caution.
Citizens are urged to contact their lawmakers to share complaints, compliments, or viewpoints. The notice lists Rep. Virginia Smith and Senators Carl Curtis and Ed Zorinsky with Washington DC office addresses.
The piece notes charges that many congressmen from both parties took cash or favors from South Korean government-linked interests. It urges Congress to pursue investigations with zeal akin to Watergate and cites Egon Tausch's recent background study on corruption fundamentals.
James Earl Ray is analyzed in a four part Telegraph series by Jim Bishop, tracing his poverty stricken youth in Quincy Illinois and Ewing Missouri to a troubled army career and a life marked by crime. The piece argues Ray was selected by men from Birmingham to kill Martin Luther King. The narrative outlines his family poverty and early aliases, profiling his path from boyhood to the Criminology. The tone remains critical of Ray and of judges.
Observations trace corruption from 19th century capitalism to modern big government. Bribery shifts from private gain to state power, with figures like Vanderbilt resisting payoffs while regimes in Paris and the USSR normalize graft. The author argues limiting government power is the long term fix and questions congressional action.
Washington column argues for a whistleblower bill to protect federal workers who expose wrongdoing. It cites Robert Sullivan’s firing, praise for Elliot Richardson, and notes risk and rewards of openness. Stavins proposes oversight to shield informants and reform Foggy Bottom.
A satirical column argues abolishing drive-in banking would save a million gallons of gas monthly wasted in lines. It questions who would vet investigators of the CIA and jokes about bank cash and a waffle iron to cover expenses.
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