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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1976
Page
2
A Telegram editorial lauds the film’s return to TV, noting a massive audience and high regard for the cast, direction, and lasting vitality. Viewers praise its energy, era depiction, and the memorable line Frankly my dear, I don t give a damn.
A former patient sues Dr Denton Conley and others for 91 million dollars claiming mental distress and costs from a 1969 heart valve implant and a 1978 replacement. The suit argues the patient endured a second operation and seeks 31 million to cure the damages while noting rising medical costs and frequent malpractice suits.
Local teenagers propose a supervised dance event to be staged in Columbus on Friday November 3 featuring a top regional music group. The act would perform for free with payment as a percentage of gross admissions after expenses.
A youth group from Columbus three high schools seeks a city wide venue for a teen dance after school policy blocks use of school facilities. They will handle promotion tickets staging and police, asking readers for venue ideas and timely suggestions to support their effort.
The article argues that Jimmy Carter will appoint more Black officials across the executive branch and raise their visibility in upper ranks. It notes Carter’s political debt to Black voters and suggests fiscal limits won’t curb his patronage power in high posts.
The court considers pregnancy disability pay for GE workers, hospital abortion access, Medicaid funding, and veterans’ eligibility in Philadelphia. It also reviews free speech for homosexual employees, corporal punishment in schools, and access to nonprescription contraceptives for minors.
The court weighs limits on busing in Wilmington and Indianapolis and requires unions and firms to adjust seniority practices to remedy past discrimination. Death penalty questions loom while law enforcement seeks revisions to Miranda. Yet the core focus is women’s equality and legal rights contested by social norms.
Ray Cromley argues slack industrial growth drives higher inflation and unemployment over time. He cites misused federal funds, subsidies, and federal tax exemptions as drains on private investment, hindering modernization and job creation while spurring wasteful municipal expansion and transit costs.
The piece traces postwar black social and economic progress from World War II onward, noting rising employment in white collar jobs, education, income, and urbanization. It highlights the growth from 100 to about 4,000 black elected officials, cites figures on black voting strength in elections, and argues Carter should elevate black leaders to top posts to reflect this shift.
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