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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1971
Page
2
An opinion piece argues for strict enforcement on teenagers while criticizing mayor and council for alleged lax enforcement. It calls for two separate laws for teens and adults, and questions how Ashland police and the police magistrate handled recent resignations.
The piece argues that youth claim hypocrisy in parents and laws, noting marijuana and draft laws as discriminatory. It cites Columbus police as generally even-handed, though some feel subtle pressure. The Nologram reports many adults seeking anonymity, but names are published.
A local board debates a hot lunch program for elementary students, urging cost study and operational methods. The letter writers advocate a DIY approach if no taxpayer money is needed, discuss subsidies, safety, and convenience, and invite further public debate on funding and policy.
A historic column argues against a 1950 law enabling detention camps resembling World War II internments of Japanese-Americans. It cites constitutional safeguards, warns of a dangerous precedent, and urges public apathy toward government coercion and political action.
A reflective memoir fragment recalls a lifelong love of the sea from childhood visits to Sea Bright New Jersey and the Shrewsbury River shoreline. The narrator describes rough waves, salt encrusted power lines, seawall life, and coastal creatures, ending with time aboard a ship and writing aspirations.
A narrator recalls sailing aboard the Boheme from the Bahamas toward the Virgin Islands aboard a seven day Caribbean voyage. He praises the sea while recounting deck games and night scenes, noting distant mast fights and the old woman who had never seen the sea before.
A fragmented Telegram editorial asserts freedom as a gift from God and a personal self-control issue, stressing consistency with moral guides and the Declaration of Independence. It proclaims freedom is not anarchy, urging peaceful self-mastery aligned with moral principles.
Dear Dr Lamb asks about coconut oil fat content versus other vegetable oils and urges clear labeling. He notes coconut oil is nearly all saturated fat and criticizes “vegetable oil” labels while urging FDA labeling of saturated and polyunsaturated fats to protect consumers.
Fragmented OCR outlines a pastry shop, currency terms, energy unit hints, and scattered names. Readable items include references to a pastry shop, World War II era clues, and miscellaneous terms like currency, energy, and surnames, leaving many undecipherable fragments.
A column criticizes the Nixon administration and the Pentagon study of Vietnam for secrecy and improper authority. It argues the Times exposes Democratic leadership, questions wartime legality, and recalls WW2 advisers who echoed strategic maxims on surprise and concentration.
The piece critiques Joint Chiefs and CIA aims for unlimited force versus graduated responses in Vietnam. It cites officials like McNamara and LBJ, arguing that targeting airfields and petroleum supplies in three days ignores guerrilla warfare. The commentary questions credibility and strategic judgment amid 1964 campaign discussions.
The piece discusses how people justify right and wrong through various methods and endorses Jesus and Confucius as teaching a single universal standard. It presents the Golden Rule from Matthew 7 12 as the guiding norm and warns against emotion driven or expedient ethics. The aim is soul searching deliberation to ask what one would wish to have happen to oneself.
A survey by the American Newspaper Publishers Association's Bureau of Advertising using Gilbert Youth Research samples over 1,600 youths aged 14 to 25. It finds 23 percent read daily newspapers on a weekday, versus 78 percent of adults, with young readers showing similar time spent and engagement as adults and higher education correlating with newspaper orientation.
Letter to the editor argues for hot school lunches as a valued program meeting safety and time constraints for working families. The author cites travel challenges on Mason Road, weather issues, and the benefit of meals for socialization, while praising progress and educational facilities in the community.
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