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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1977
Page
8
Editorial from Columbus Nebraska dated Friday October 14 1977 urges readers to exercise freedom through moral guides like the Coveting Commandment, the Golden Rule, and the Declaration of Independence. It invites correspondence to Columbus Telegram P O Box 648 and grants reproduction rights with credit.
Readers react to an October editorial titled Telegram Opinion CG im business running schools. The piece criticized schools amid declining SAT averages, citing College Entrance Examination Board statistics and sparking reader reaction.
A Columbus editorial criticizes protracted teacher negotiations and legal consultations for harming student learning. It cites a Wirtz committee finding reduced reading and writing demands, notes concerns over salaries and strikes, and defends teachers while urging resolution to protect classroom education and SAT performance.
A reader vents about the cruel效果 of the telephone hold button describing endless silence after asking for someone, the delays during deadline calls, and the indignity of being kept on hold. The piece urges locating the button’s inventor and placing them in a phone booth on hold forever.
The piece argues Americans favor keeping the canal, citing a national pride resurgence and distrust of smaller nations. It credits Ford and Carter with pushing toward giving up the canal, while public vote leans against surrender. It warns a Senate rejection could trigger a wider reassessment of U.S. relations, including with the United Nations.
A critique of federal grants flowing to states and localities. The piece argues grants create layers of bureaucracy, require matching funds, fund planning studies, and employ many officials whose job is to secure more grants. It portrays central government as the Benevolent Giver driving local agendas.
Frank Carson, city editor, runs a crowded newsroom with 25 reporters and 15 photographers. His whisper silences staff as he cuts copy with a black crayon and makes the paper’s pink edition a boast of yellow journalism. Reporters chase tips from readers while vice and chaos define deadlines.
Jim Bishop presents a grim portrait of a veteran editor in a hard bitten New York city room. The piece follows Carson as he orchestrates late editions, confronts exhausted staff, and exits into a rain-soaked night, just another weary survivor of the newspaper world.
Congress says penalties for Medicare and Medicaid fraud will rise. The House approved harsher jail terms and fines. the Senate Finance Committee backed a similar bill, with President Carter expected to sign. Officials estimate fraud and waste reach about 10 percent of health program spending.
A 1934 quote illustrates digression as the President avoids inflation questions by shifting to a football topic. The line, dated October 14, 1934, shows a practiced smile and evasive reply rather than addressing the issue. It captures political communication and public memory of the era.
A police officer reveals his frustration with bystanders at car crashes. He dislikes the gawkers who crowd the scene to ask if anyone is hurt, wishing to pause time and understand what motivates such nosiness while he attends to the accident.
A narrator recalls the crowd lingering at a police stop as requests for news of injuries fade. People seek a shard of danger to color their routine lives, even if the response is simply that no one was hurt. The moment reveals craving for drama over truth.
The column humorously notes how prime western beef and the New York cut vary by coast. It playfully contrasts regional dining habits and accents through a lighthearted culinary quibble.
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