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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1971
Page
2
A Georgia Pacific news release notes 9,000,000 new trees planted on GP tree farms in the past year, with 637 acres restocked and 250,000 acres previously non productive. The plan involves seedlings, helicopter seeding, and hand planting to replace older trees with oxygen producing youth, improving air quality and renewing a vital resource.
A United Press analysis notes California leads the nation in illegitimate births with higher rates among white and Black women. The uptrend dates to 1960, influenced by more childbearing age women, higher divorces, and permissive premarital attitudes. Poverty is not listed as a cause.
A Columbus area feature notes that Michigan Bell and other telephone offices are letting operators introduce themselves by first names in a bid to add a personal touch. Reactions are mixed with some hangups and others positive, though many just want the number.
A Wallington bank runs a sensational radio promotion offering customers a fondue cooking set for borrowing over 396 dollars, or a wooden salad bowl with butter knife, while deposits are sought as a way to boost lending amid changing financial times.
A satirical scene unfolds on Chestnut Street as Kellerman’s layoff sparks fear and a push to save. Stokesbury offers a $200 token loan with a washer, dryer, and fondue set, pressed by a plea for help, leaving the narrator moved and reluctant to show emotion.
A compact set of trivia Q and A addressing a labor strike city, frog meat, Constantine the Great, Aristotle, thunder speed, and plant photosynthesis. It notes Philadelphia as the strike site and includes concise factual responses.
The Telegram emphasizes personal freedom as a product of self control rather than political grant by government. It frames freedom as a moral gift from God, aligned with moral guides and constitutional principles, in a March 23, 1971 issue from Columbus Nebraska.
Nixon warns Vietnam not decisive in 1972. Rockefeller and Reagan propose welfare reform ideas. Rockefeller favors strict work enforcement, an Environment Conservation Corps, and residence rules to limit out of state aid, while Reagan advocates job requirements and broader public works. City and state officials weigh housing and housing for welfare recipients, as Times editors note lax administration.
A Dear Dr. Lamb column examines cigars versus cigarettes for health impact, noting cigars pollute air and are less inhaled, while some cigar and pipe users still risk cancer. It also addresses jet travel's role in a mobile society and a reader query about a toddler's bowel movements, advising diet changes and caution with laxatives.
A jumble of wordplay and cryptic clues lists names, places, and terms. It catalogs authors editors and various oddities with scattered references to coins rivers trees colors and professions in a playful crosswords style.
New York dispatch notes a shift in public humor about Vice President Spiro Agnew as satirist Earle Doud sees his album Spirit Agnew is a Riot meet resistance. Disc jockeys skip tracks and listeners criticize radio appearances while Doud touts his past sales success and targets middle America.
A young satirist, Dowd, discusses his stance on Spire, Mad magazine work, and Agnew. He notes no FBI trouble, claims not to live in McCook, and mentions his age as 19 while supporting a wife and children. He references a satire script from 1962 and recent tropical fish piece.
The Small Business Administration tightened loan vetting following a Bronx trucking loan linked to alleged mob ties. Senator John V. Tunney criticizes the move as privacy intrusion, while SBA officials defend it as prudent to protect taxpayer money. Commentary on South Vietnam’s October election and Thieu Ky dynamics follows.
A reflective note recalls a wise man engineering affairs to reveal bosses errors. Dreamy types insert a full date in work. An oldlimer remembers patronizing the store with best merchandise rather than the most trading stamps. About ten are driven to drink while others reach the pub from the bus stop.
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