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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1976
Page
13
Editorial from the Columbus Telegram urges readers to promote freedom and self control, invoking the Coveting Commandment, the Golden Rule, and the Declaration of Independence to guide daily living. It emphasizes moral action, responsibility, and equality under divine endowment.
The piece blasts a proposed Consumer Products Safety Commission ban on all but ladyfinger firecrackers after the Bicentennial Fourth. It ridicules federal overreach, warns of a future Stop Firecrackers From Going Off task force, and mocks the logic of banning everyday items to prevent harm. It ends with sardonic patriotism.
The article notes that wild horses and burros have doubled on Western public lands since 1971, threatening wildlife and rangeland. It cites costs of roundups, calls for helicopter trapping, and proposed legal changes to permit transfers to private citizens to reduce expenses and injuries.
Hartman Unit 84 of the American Legion Auxiliary thanks the editor for publicity and argues against capital punishment. John Toof contends punishment should focus on parents, not killing, and questions whether execution solves the problem of crime.
In Miami a 63 year old physician Dr Alfred Nadler faces eviction for a city park honoring Martin Luther King. Despite a 28 year practice serving black patients and house calls for the poor he resists relocation. Community members defend him as essential to the neighborhood. Local officials press to move forward citing park needs.
A University of Washington study summarized by Arthur L. Kobler in Human Behavior notes that between 1960 and 1970 U S police and civilians suffered numerous violent deaths, with only a few police officers punished. It highlights broad police use of deadly force, often in questionable cases.
Public opinion shows reluctance to punish officers in deadly incidents and greater concern about media criticism than police abuse of firearms. Supporters argue shootings in duty are justified, but Kobler warns the outcome could be law and order without justice.
In a backstage quip from October 28 1932 Will Rogers jokes about Washington under FDR and the absence of cabinet members. He says the President is campaigning in Indiana the Vice President is elsewhere and no one is running the country. The remark captures wartime political humor of the era.
The piece catalogs campaign antics and quips from the 1976 season, citing a Harvard poster mocking Fred Harris, jokes about Goldwater and Reagan, and eccentric political moments from New York and the press. It lampoons campaign symbolism, jokes about Humphrey, Muskie, and the era's moralizing rhetoric.
A reader asks if a man who leaps from a jet airliner while in flight would land at the same spot he launched from or slightly rearward due to relative motion. The query seeks a physics-based answer.
A humorous dispute over direction and reference points unfolds between a couple. The wife argues the woman is driving up the world toward the top, while the husband notes the lack of a universal reference frame. The dialogue ends with a remark on what makes a happy marriage.
A playful column by Phil Pastoret prompts readers to contribute collective nouns for newspaper readers, with a tongue in cheek entry inviting witty terms and audience participation.
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