Opinion on voting and spending versus personal purchase
The piece contrasts voting for government funded benefits with buying goods in the marketplace. It argues that voters assume others pay, leading to support for costly Rolls Royce style programs, while personal spending shows Rolls Royces as least adopted after basic needs. It warns that voting shifts money to government control and undermines individual priorities.
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United States
Rolls Royce
Columbus Telegram 1975 Freedom Message Header
The Columbus Telegram issue from January 18, 1975 presents a garbled freedom message advocating liberty from government control. It echoes calls for individual rights and references the Deflation of Independence and peace, with unclear authorship and fragmented phrasing.
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Your Freedom
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Uellet Bronsnte
Promieve Inci
Freedani Masher
Columbus Telegram
Columbus, Nebraska
The People Speak Saying Amen to the Editor
A group of concerned citizens says Amen to a Friday Telegram letter criticizing Columbus mayor's nine pardons to reinstate a driver's license. They echo calls for rationalization and criteria behind the pardons.
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Richard Jadowski
Unslapping the Wrist: City Snow Cleanup Praised
A Columbus columnist shifts from critique to praise for city politicos, supervisors, and street crews for their swift snow removal during last week's blizzard. The article notes Columbus streets as a model of excellence within hours after the storm, contrasting with neighboring cities.
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Columbus
Friday Night Snow Removal Praise From City Dads
David Lyons commends downtown street crews for their work during the storm. He defends accountability while noting officials can give praise or discipline as needed, and lauds last week's snow removal as a great job.
Smothers vs Ford Aide Tactics in Watergate Era Debate
The piece contrasts how President Ford's aides and Nixon's might have shaped media timing around the Watergate era. It argues Ford's advisers favored delaying the economic address to boost Smothers Brothers television return, suggesting Americans preferred entertainment over the presidency.
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Ford
Gerry
Richard Nixon
White House
Smothers Brothers
Nixon
Mr. Ford
Tommy Smothers
Presidential address critique on television timing
Jim Fiebig argues that national presidential addresses imply trouble and should be delivered in short segments to blend with prime time, noting the public’s uneasy reaction to such broadcasts and suggesting a reevaluation of the tone and format of national messages.
Across and Down Word Puzzle Slanting Through Clues
A jumble of mismatched clues and partial phrases appears, listing across and down entries with mixed letter sequences. Names, numbers, and fragmented terms hint at a traditional newspaper word puzzle grid with several unreadable bits.
Minutemen formed in Massachusetts amid colonial tensions
In 1775 John Hancock urged readiness for action as British pressure grew. Minutemen formed in Massachusetts with 34 militia regiments, men 16 to 60, supplying firearms and cartridges, often led by patriot officers after Loyalist resignations amid Coercive Acts.
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Planning as Politics and the Limits of Land Use
The text argues that public land use planning is popular but flawed in a representative democracy. It questions the scientific basis of planning, noting subjective judgments and conflicting expert testimony in zoning cases. After years of experience, planners often disagree, making planning inherently uncertain and contestable.
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Landover
The Limits of Planning and Zoning in Local Governance
Bernard Siegan argues that planning is an opinion rooted in experience, not a precise science. He contends planners lack direct development capabilities and face political constraints as zoning becomes a tool of politics rather than planning, with outcomes altered by hearings, amendments, graft, and media pressure.
Engineers in Style Warn of Energy Manpower Shortage
Wayne B. Glenn, president of the American Institute of Mining Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers, cautions that the United States faces a growing shortage of professional engineers in critical energy sectors. He notes past spikes in demand during the space race and a continuing gap between engineering graduates and job needs, with about 75,000 engineers leaving the field annually and only 69,000 graduates each year.
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Wayne B. Glenn
American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers
Glenn
Western Hemisphere
Engineers urged to grow the national talent pool
At a Federal Energy Administration hearing Glenn urged a task force to estimate manpower needs for each energy source under Project Independence. He stressed boosting the total pool of engineers and technicians and shifting talent to critical areas. He advocated making engineering careers more attractive and socially desirable.
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Glenn
Federal Energy Administration
Derek Wyse
Executive Fitness
Wyse
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