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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1972
Page
2
Telegram opinion notes teachers take pupils on field trips to factories to show wealth creation. Waller Campbell recalls Vermont maple syrup making in February from sap to syrup, a cash crop that educated children on the full cycle of production and the economy.
The piece analyzes how conservatives shifted to the Republican Party while Wallace used a strategy to reenter the Democratic fold and unite the South. It argues Wallace’s approach leveraged the majority party to push moderation, contrasting with conservative gains that moved left, shaping a pivotal, if debated, historical footnote in Alabama’s politics.
A Senate Finance Committee proposal to assign Social Security numbers to all children entering first grade after January 1 prompts concerns about a nation turning people into mere numbers. Critics warn that vast data banks already collect finances habits and private life and a universal ID could expand government and corporate surveillance.
The article critiques polls as biased by small samples and many No opinion responses, arguing leaders chase poll results. It cites Nixon, Wallace, and FDR, noting presidents have relied on polls, sometimes against them. The piece wryly recalls a writer's fleeting popularity and predicts voters will dismiss polls when results clash with views.
A fragment from The Telegram in Columbus Nebraska dated Friday March 24 1972 argues that true freedom comes from self control aligned with moral guides like the Golden Rule and the Declaration of Independence. It rejects government grants as the source of freedom and emphasizes personal responsibility.
Dr Lawrence Lamb explains fetal development noting fish like gill stages during ontogeny. Gills appear near the upper fetus where heart and lungs form and arteries reorganize into adult vessels. The piece links ontogeny to phylogeny and emphasizes evolving organ development.
A Club of Rome technocratic warning on limits to growth clashes with Senator Lowell Weicker’s call for common sense and pragmatic controls. He cites mass transit revival and smarter communications as ways to bend exponential curves toward practical solutions rather than disaster.
Kip Features Syndicate reports Senator Weicker urging DAWN network to detect and warn environmental hazards from space. Japanese firms push clean engines and roofed roads to ease pollution, while Tokyo cleans up aluminum plants after red mud dumping. Weicker’s lecture to the Sierra Club drew limited pickup.
A discussion of inequality and specialization from Murray Rothbard and Milton Friedman. The piece argues that wealth grows through division of labor, not equal outcomes, noting Marx opposed specialization and that specialists pursue their own crafts within a broad market.
A university press summary argues that in a free economy opportunities are open to all races and sexes. It contends that consumers and employers care only for product quality and competence, not religion politics or color, and notes that prejudice persists mainly as social bias rather than economic barrier.
The American Sunbathing Association plans to open its parks to the public with about 20,000 members. Visitors will pay $5 for admission whether nude or clothed, as an open access policy without forcing spectators into areas.
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