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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1970
Page
2
Columbus Telegram notes dozens of legal notices appear this month about budgets for municipalities school districts counties and fire districts. Public hearings invite residents to discuss proposed spending as officials emphasize public information and involvement under the 1989 budget law.
The text argues against reform through mixed approaches and urges expediting the transfer of the Post Office Department to private enterprise. It claims reform and politics are incompatible and stresses privatization as the sole path.
The writer argues that changing the postal system from one political setup to another would be ineffective reform and cost taxpayers greatly. They insist true reform requires cutting taxes, a path not seriously pursued by Washington, and claim reform in any government branch adds expenses for law-abiding citizens. If reform is desired, remove politics from the postal service.
Dialogue frames Vice President Agnew as a full time dissenting figure who raises money for the party, attends fundraisers, and defends the administration while avoiding governing duties. The mock interview contrasts public perception with the reality of his role and potential succession.
Lee Mueller surveys NYC landmarks and attitudes toward Broadway, the Empire State Building, and the Statue of Liberty. He notes crowds shrinking on Liberty Island, the ease of waterfront travel, and the statue’s height plus the pedestal cost, with light commentary on tourism and lingering misperceptions.
A narrator recalls climbing the Statue of Liberty with a worn guide warning visitors. Inside the fortress it is dull and dirty with a cracked crown pane. The climb ends with a bleak view of New York and a reflection on neglected monuments and democracy.
The Bank of England on Threadneedle Street in London is popularly known as the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street. The first play by play broadcast of a football game on radio occurred on November 25, 1920, when a Texas station aired the Texas University game.
A fragmented OCR style list presents scattered clues and word fragments across diverse categories. The noisy readout includes numbers, language hints, foreign terms, and partial entries that resemble a crossword or word puzzle with references to maritime, zoological, and cultural terms, interspersed with place names and generic descriptors.
Plans for remodeling the American Legion Auxiliary hall at 2722 Fourteenth Street were approved at Tuesday night’s meeting. Improvements include a kitchen in the former chapel, an inside stairway, half basement rest rooms, new shingles, exterior refacing with white cement stucco, window screens, and installation of a maple floor. A purchase of 120 chairs was decided and the building committee personnel were named.
James Buckley, the Conservative Party nominee for US Senate in New York, gains a key wining ally in F Clifton White, the strategist who helped Anderson Carter in New Mexico, as Nixon seeks a philosophic Senate majority. White aims to run Buckley with professional skill across New York, leveraging Goodell’s shift and Ottinger’s liberal stance to tilt the race in Buckley’s favor.
The Telegram from Columbus Nebraska on July 9 1970 argues freedom as a God given gift not government grant. It calls for self discipline aligning with moral truths and the Ten Commandments and Declaration of Independence as a path to peace.
Doctor Wayne G Brandstedt answers readers questions on tuberculin skin tests tuberculosis transmission and prevention treatment with isoniazid and pasalate drug side effects and the impact of alcohol on TB patients. He notes that a positive test shows past exposure not active disease and emphasizes prolonged treatment and follow up.
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