Ever Striving For Nebraska To Be An Even Better Place To Live
Editorial note from Columbus Telegram dated July 26 1976 outlines a commitment to inform readers and promote freedom and responsible living. It emphasizes self control moral guidance from the coveting command Golden Rule and Declaration of Independence and invites letters to the paper with address for communications.
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Columbus
Telegram
Nebraska
Columbus Telegram
P.O
Telegram Opinion Probes a Monopoly in Oil Industry
The piece critiques government efforts to break up major integrated oil companies arguing such fragmentation would raise costs and reduce efficiency. It cites John E. Swearingen of Standard Oil, asserting no single firm dominates crude production or refining and urging proof or retreat from anti oil industry pressures.
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John E. Swearingen
Standard Oil Co
Swearingen
Span
Standard
U.S
Digital watches revive American watchmaking leadership
The United States regains pace in advanced product technology through the booming digital watch industry led by firms like E. Gluck Corp. After decades of decline to Swiss and Japanese rivals, American electronics backed by free enterprise drives strong sales, with Gluck reporting over 300,000 digital watches sold last year and a total near three million watches annually.
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United States
Business Week
Eugene Gluck
E. Gluck Corp
Gluck
Europe
Fire and EMS groups vow battle over ambulance rules
A letter from Charles E. Peters, president of Area XI Ambulance Association, protests ambulance licensing rules and training limits across eight Iowa counties. He says the group has started a fight and invites cooperation with fire, rescue, and medical leaders plus state officials, while editors note Nebraskan health rules' deadline was withdrawn and dialogue opened.
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Iowa Volunteer Firemen's Association
Polk County Fire Association
Saylor Fire Department
Des Moines
Area XI Ambulance Association
Polk County
Washington D.C
Iowa State Department of Health
EMS
Charles E. Peters
Iowa
Telegram
Dave Lyons
State of Nebraska Department of Health
Board of Ambulance Advisors
Nebraska
Law and Death Row Inmates Across the Nation
The text reflects on capital punishment and its moral justification. It notes the Supreme Court definition as an expression of societal outrage and cites a large death row population with racial breakdown. It conveys the grim, personal impact of executions and the ongoing cycle of punishment.
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P.K
Supreme Court
Third party pressures reshape 1976 election
The piece surveys rising third party movements and potential ticket alignments if Reagan falters at Kansas City. It discusses Freedom of Choice Inc. and possible coalitions led by Jesse Helms or Phyllis Schlafly, Libertarians with Roger MacBride, Wallace factions, and Eugene McCarthy as an independent. It notes likely ballot access in many states and possible shifts in electoral college dynamics.
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Reagan
Kansas City
Jerry Ford
Jimmy Carter
Bill Rusher
National Review
Rusher
Ford
Freedom of Choice, Inc
Committee For the New Majority
North Dakota
Freedom of Choice
George Wallace
Jesse Helms
North
Caroline
North Caroline
Southwest
Phyllis Schlafley
Kissinger
Helms-Schinfley
Libertarian Party
Roger MacBride
MacBride
Robert Meier
CBS Television
Wallace
American Independent Party
American Independence Party
Eugene McCarthy
Louis Harris
McCarthy
Carter
Paul Blackman
Heritage Foundation of
Washington, D.C
Gene McCarthy
Senator Mondale
The Case for Public Execution and Tattooed Recidivists
A speaker denounces capital punishment and advocates public executions as deterrents. He calls for five minute color films of executions, mandatory viewing in jails, and tattooed red markers on repeat violent offenders to mark them for society. He argues swift relentless punishment and criticizes reformers and parole boards.
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Supreme Court
Syndrone
Big Bill Tilden the Largeness of a Genius Star
The memoirist recalls Frank Deford's Big Bill Tilden and the complex icon who dominated tennis yet bore deep psychological scars. From a 1946 Forest Hills summer to Tilden's late career decline, the piece tracks his genius, flamboyance, and stubborn focus on the court, ending with his 1953 death at age 60.
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Frank Deford
Big Bill Tilden
Tilden
Ernest Hemingway
Joe DiMaggio
DiMaggio
Yankee Stadium
Forest Hills
Frankie Parker
Ted Schroeder
Deford
Herbert Tilden
Bill Tilden
William T. Tilden II
Jay Gatsby
Big Bill Til
U.S
Cleveland
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