Taxpayers rights clash with IRS in heated opinion piece
A lengthy Telegram Opinion argues taxpayers rights are violated by the Internal Revenue Service. The piece cites a booklet by a critic named A. Patrick Henry and references journalist Ralph de Toledano. It calls for refining tax law enforcement and outlines suggested taxpayer defenses and refusal to appear for examinations.
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Internal Revenue Service
Patrick Henry
URS
Ralph de ‘Toledane
IRS
Henry
FRS
de Toledano
Washington
Congress
Tours and thrills at local newspaper plant open house
A Telegram visit with advertisers, news sources and professionals toured the plant to view computerized phototypesetting, cameras, plate making and the offset press. The staff plans a general open house after building improvements and promises further announcements.
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Telegram
The Press Room Thrill Behind the Open House Edition
David Lyons recalls a special open house edition press run of 18 500 copies per hour. Each entrant signed a page, which was photographed plated and mounted on the press so they received a signed copy. The story conveys newsroom mystique and the daily thrill of delivering hot news to subscribers.
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Jerry Gaver
Newsboy
Newsgal
Duncan's dishonor and Haig dog transport scandal
Rep. Les Aspin charges and the U S European Command admits an Army staff car ferried General Haig's dog Duncan from Frankfurt to Stuttgart at government expense. Haig says he was unaware of the arrangement, while Aspin seeks accountability and a full report to the Army secretary. Reader comments criticize the President's focus on costs and question the credibility of the account.
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Les Aspin
D-Wis
U.S. European Command
Army
Alexander M. Haig
Duncan
Frankfurt
Stuttgart
Haig
Allied Forces
Europe
Aspin
United States
Luttgart
Mr. Ford
John Dean
Rep
Columbus Telegram: Freedom and Self Control Guide
The Columbus Telegram of Columbus Nebraska on Saturday January 25 1975 promotes information to empower readers to preserve freedom. It stresses self-control as the path to developing capabilities, cites God given freedom not political tyranny, and urges peace beginning with the individual.
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Columbus
Nebraska
Berry's World Cartoon Phrase Bites Bullet Dust
In a single panel, Berry mocks a dire choice with a punchy line about biting the bullet or biting the dust, reflecting his satirical take on tough decisions. The caption underscores a humorous yet sharp view of risk and consequence.
Illinois Across Puzzle Readable Fragments Lead To Previous Grid
A sanitized OCR shows scattered across and down clue fragments from an Illinois puzzle page. It lists mismatched entries for locations, words, and definitions such as names, animals, foods, and positions, with partial letter hints and garbled phrases.
Cochran Holds Fort Against Massachusetts Troops
From the Pennsylvania Packet dated January 1775 a Portsmouth letter reports two regiments sent to seize the fort. Cochran refused surrender and fired, soldiers seized 97 barrels of powder, then retreated to the countryside. Town leaders vow action as 1000s march toward town. The Governor and Council review the affair. attackers are described as the province’s best property and note.
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Portsmouth
New Hampshire
Boston
Cochran
Barbs By Phil Pastoret
A reflective column questions modern life and routines. The author laments how everyday tasks feel hollow and ponders why small inconveniences recur, such as plows arriving after a fresh shoveling. The piece uses nostalgic observations to critique contemporary living.
Republican critique on race quotas fuels midterm tensions
The piece argues the Republican Party has failed amid six years in power as HEW and Labor push affirmative action through Civil Rights laws and contracted hiring. It cites Office of Civil Rights figures, Johnson's 1967 Executive Order 11246, and the shift to enforced goals and timetables, asserting harm to middle America.
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Republican Party
Middle America
CIA
Watergate
Office of Civil Rights
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
HEW
Department of Labor
J. Stanley Pottinger
Lyndon Johnson
Opposition to affirmative action quotas in academia and politics
A critique argues that government quotas under the Philadelphia and Long Island plans, and later HEW driven rules, biased hiring and admissions toward minorities and women. It highlights biased faculty searches, misapplied minority definitions, and cases like Massachusetts where non-favored applicants were sidelined, urging reversal and equal treatment.
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Philadelphia
Long Island
Department of Labor
Department of Philosophy
University of Washington
Philosophy
University of Massachusetts
Gasohol as a fuel supplement eyed for energy crisis
The piece notes gasohol blends of gasoline and alcohol may ease the motor fuel crisis. MIT scientists reported higher fuel economy and better acceleration with methanol gasoline mixes. Nebraska begins a two million mile test using ethanol as an additive in cars.
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Ardent
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Nebraska tests gasohol blend from wood fuel
The state purchased 14 000 gallons of 200 proof ethyl alcohol from Georgia Pacific Chop for an ethanol gasoline blend in a drive test. 36 vehicles will run a 30 percent ethanol and 96 percent gasoline mix, aiming to save about 63 million gallons of annual fuel. Preliminary results due in months, with interest from six other states and international inquiries.
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Georgia-Pacific Chop
Department of Roads
Nebraska
Australia
Italy
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