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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1976
Page
6
The Columbus Telegram editorial emphasizes personal freedom and self-control as paths to fullest development. It argues moral action stems from Creator endowed rights, urging readers to apply the Coveting Commandment Golden Rule and Declaration of Independence to daily life and to share editorials with proper credit.
A nationwide survey of freshmen finds business the top choice for nearly 19 percent of students, with both men and women flocking to the field. Reasons include job availability, expanding opportunities for women and minorities, and a shift away from antibusiness sentiment on campuses.
In a letter to the editor parents of Columbus system students protest the 1976 77 school calendar. They question starting August 27 1976 shortening Easter vacation to 184 days 9 day spring break and late June 1 dismissal noting impacts on working families travel and babysitting. Superintendent Bellum explains teacher in service days reduce lost days and confirms last day May 27 with options for mailed report cards.
A fragmentary column by Phil Pastoret features rapid fire wordplay and social mockery. It jokes about secrecy and speed, hints at serious topics, and mentions break ins and racing contexts with tongue in cheek.
The piece notes a rise in Oriental influenced cults and meditation paths alongside Western discontent with progress. It contrasts street Krishna followers and monastic discipline with broader calls for inner calm, then pivots to a Milwaukee Nazi case where jurors lack knowledge of Nazism, highlighting widespread juror ignorance and bias in the legal process.
The piece argues famine alarmism wanes as ecologists and economists now favor development over zero growth. It credits U S farmers for short term gains, cites Harvard Business Review on purchasing power and education, and stresses infrastructure and storage needs as critical to feeding the world by 2000.
The piece depicts Williston Fish drafting a fictional will for Charles Lounsbury in a Chicago park. It grants children fields for play, streams, and meadows for their boyhood, and assigns lovers an imagined world with stars, roses, music, and enduring affection. The tone blends whimsy with a legal frame.
The text outlines a May day will by Williston Fish granting young men land and a life of rivalry, songs, and friendships while reserving for elders memories and poetry. Fish, once a lawyer, poet, and railroad executive in Chicago, accrued wealth and published works before his death at 81 in Western Springs, Illinois. A query remains whether he left a formal will.
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