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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1971
Page
2
Since 1789 Article V has slept until today when states begin pressing Congress to call a constitutional convention. In 1967 doubts faded as 22 states submitted applications amid disputes over one man one vote and Senator Everett Dirksen urged the convention as a remedy. The piece explores looming questions of selection, powers, and process.
The piece notes unease over a potential constitutional convention to address revenue sharing. It recalls Dirksen’s failed bid, cites Sen Sam Ervin’s proposed rules, and argues any amendment would need state ratification, warning the convention could undo the Bill of Rights after 182 years.
The Jicarilla Apache Nation of New Mexico, once dependent on government aid, has grown into a 1800 member tribe with manufacturing plants and diverse holdings. They reportedly invested 2,000,000 and use a computer to track business interests in electronics, appliances, gun bells, oil, gas, and timber. A stronger tribal government under federal oversight spurs private enterprise and self sufficiency.
A 1960s style notice predicts the U S Supreme Court will strike restrictive zoning that keeps out people, with Concord Township Pennsylvania and Nether Providence cited. The piece argues broader public interests trump local limits and notes resistance in northern areas paralleling school desegregation history.
Quotes criticize White House handling of Vietnam tensions in Southeast Asia. Remarks question the presidency's focus and the risk of broader conflict as war extends with no clear end, urging reassessment of strategy and potential consequences for the region.
The Telegram of Columbus Nebraska on Saturday March 5 1971 promotes freedom as a divine gift and personal responsibility. It emphasizes self control over production, rejects political power for freedom, and cites moral guides like the Ten Commandments the Golden Rule and the Declaration of Independence.
A garbled OCR list blends Indigenous tribal names, languages, and terms with scattered numbers and place cues. It reads like a lexicon fragment rather than a narrative, offering no identifiable events, dates, or coherent report.
Senator James Buckley weighs Nixon’s State of the Union aims and revenue sharing. He backs the eleven billion reallocation to states, probes five billion in new money, and proposes using tax collection to let states choose usage. Buckley highlights conservation, law enforcement, and strong military prep as priorities while noting blue collar voters’ role in conservatism.
Industry officials dispute the impact of TV bans as tobacco firms report rising sales. Executives from Phillip Morris and American Tobacco acknowledge talk of a shift but offer few specifics, while others note ads leapt to newspapers and question TV’s advertising value. The debate flags a broader fear for commercial television’s future.
Three South Vietnamese soldiers along the Ho Chi Minh Trail debate American strategy. They doubt invasions of North Vietnam, worry about American pullouts, and emphasize the burden on South Vietnamese troops without air support.
A chaotic dialogue among soldiers and officials discusses U S troop withdrawal, energy supply interdiction, and the potential political fallout for President Nixon and allies. They debate invading Cambodia and North Vietnam, affecting Thieu and international standings amid the rainy season.
A critical account lauds Alice Widener for pioneering coverage of the New Left and predicting campus upheavals while noting the Pulitzer Committee’s politics. The book details funding sources for New Left activities and portrays Widener’s eyewitness reporting on SDS and campus violence.
A Bucyrus Ohio Telegraph Forum report notes a New York State court ruling upholding an employer’s right to require clean shaving in hiring a baggage handler, amid wider history from Alexander the Great to Uncle Sam and a space Moonshaver invention.
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