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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1970
Page
2
A Telegram opinion argues Congress and the President promote 18-year-olds as voters to gain youth support. It questions the link between military service and voting rights, noting maturity, contracts, and constitutional age issues.
Opinion argues voting is a government granted privilege, not an unalienable right. It contends age rules could shift to 16 or even exclude over 69, requiring amendments, and cites Professor Harold Lasswell on who gets what in politics. It urges youthful voters to decide freely for freedom and to curb privilege by majority rule.
The Telegram issue of Wednesday July 15 1970 Columbus Nebraska presents a statement asserting freedom as self control guided by moral law. It emphasizes God given liberty not government grant, linking to the Golden Rule and Declaration of Independence as guiding principles.
A civic essay argues government is everyone’s business and that leaders must balance many bosses. It notes frequent criticism is inevitable and that stubbornly ignoring public input can hinder progress, while public opinion remains a powerful force shaping decisions.
The Latwo-way reversal illustrates how public vocal reaction can influence city planning. The public’s irritation with the one way traffic pattern at Cody Park resulted in the roads returning to two-way use after a fair testing period.
A child recalls a voyage to Uncle Marty’s New Jersey farm near Plainfield, traveling by open air tram and a smoke spewing train. The winter house, gingerbread porch, and red clay roads frame a mix of comfort and fear as dogs Leed and Reilly guard the property during a long, moving family journey.
The narrator recalls time on a farm with vivid vignettes of animals and workers. Reilly the chained dog lunges, Dick the horse dominates his stall, bees in boxes near the apple orchard, Aunt Kate in a molasses colored apron, and children learning chores. The piece closes with a long family vacation described as calm yet unsettling.
Q and A discuss porpoise speed noting capable of swimming 40 miles at Howe without apparent difficulty. The answer states high speed but phrasing is unclear and may mix typo of Howe.
A reader laments the City and School Board raising the levy for the coming year despite rising valuations. The letter urges officials to cut costs, find a more efficient administrator, and show pity to taxpayers amid drought, low prices, and inflation. Signed Disgusted.
John Chamberlain reports on unrest in Northern Ireland as Protestant and Catholic groups clash in Belfast and Derry. The piece discusses Ian Paisley, Fiery McCann, and Bernadette Devlin, with a London-centered view of governance and a poll showing 63 percent disapproval of arming northern entities from the south.
The piece notes 11 percent approval and six percent undecided on an issue, with no generation gap in opinions. It reports a push for peace from Cardinal Conway and Reverend Carson, supported by Archbishop Sims and Reverend Good, while extremists resist. It flags meddling funds, mentions Ian McCann with Lenin, and contrasts ecumenical progress with sectarian strife and a potential socialist outcome.
Phil Pastoret notes that reducing pollution could ease the hot air thermal pollution from certain sources. He laments scarce Bitomatic relations and urges practical steps to improve ecological balance.
The text asks about the original meaning of carat used in gem weighing, noting seeds and beans as weights, recalls America's first patriotic tune The Liberty Song in the Baslan Gazette of July 1, 708, and explains Coast Guard role in peacetime under Transportation and wartime under the Navy.
An OCR fragment lists numerous terms and clues spanning arts characters chemical items tribes Hebrew letters and place names with scattered numbers. It reads like a dictionary or puzzle page with entries such as Hydracarbon Indonesian motifs Malay references and various coded phrases, lacking a coherent narrative or event.
Hundreds are expected Sunday afternoon at the circus grounds on Columbus north edge to observe the bivouac of 406 officers and enlisted men of the 2nd battalion 18th U S Army Engineers en route from Fort Logan to Sparta Wisconsin. The unit will camp in pup tents and perform night procedures before departure Monday.
The question and answer note Queen Victoria was the last British monarch not to be the child of a sovereign, ascending after her uncle William IV. A second item asks about a popular apert from Tibetan language, tracing its name to the word nul meaning bull.
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