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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1975
Page
16
The article argues oil companies earn little from gasoline profits while governments collect far more in taxes. It cites an API breakdown of a 58.7 cent per gallon price showing 12 cents in taxes and 2 cents in oil company profits, urging tax cuts to lower pump prices.
The article notes the decline of family firms into a third generation due to fewer successors and the need for outside capital. Yet some private firms remain strong, such as White Rock sodas, Field Enterprises, L.B. Foster, Peter Frasse, and the Anderson Co. of Gary Indiana, supplying major markets and products.
A reader thanks the Columbus Telegram editor for help and coverage in promoting Discover Columbus Days. The letter credits the paper and its organization for making the events a tremendous success and extends a personal endorsement.
A narrator recalls a promised honeymoon at Niagara Falls turning into a dismal journey. Rain, illness, and funerals punctuate a trip from Hilton Head to New Jersey and upstate New York as events disrupt hopes for joy. The writer reflects on despair and jokes with friends amid tragedy and illness.
The narrator notes slow sales at Jim Bishop Ford and car trouble during a Pennsylvania to New York trip. A tire blows near Holland N Y and a visit to Dr Russel Jandoli at St Bonaventure University follows. RussIn intensive care and later assures it is nervousness not a heart attack while family friends Vince and Virginia Letro are described.
In a 1932 excerpt edited by the UM Rogers Memorial Commission, a Will Rogers statement criticizes Congress for a two billion dollar relief bill aimed at bankers and new industries. He argues aid should favor those who can endure loss even without a loan. The remark is dated January 22, 1932.
Readers are urged to write to their lawmakers including Rep. Virginia Smith at the Longworth Building and Senators Carl Curtis and Roman Hruska in Washington DC to register complaints praise or views. The notice lists mailing addresses 1005 Longworth 2213 Dirksen and 209 Russell for direct correspondence.
The piece argues freedom is a divine gift and personal self-control, not government license or anarchy, urging readers to live by the Golden Rule and the Declaration of Independence as moral guides. It asserts that peace begins with individual responsibility and restraint.
Reader asks about persistent floaters and vision loss. Dr Lamb explains floaters are shadows cast by changes in the vitreous gel and notes current treatments are limited while highlighting emerging procedures by researchers like Dr Gholam Peyman that promise future restoration of sight.
Fragmentary OCR entry listing multiple crossword style clues and answers. Contains scattered terms like Nazi leader and vital force with neighboring entries and numbers, suggesting a puzzle or clue list rather than a cohesive article.
Island in Oceania and other clues yield terms such as Fiji, Tahiti, and Samoa. Lair hides in cryptic form within the puzzle while laity and life appear in related entries. The list includes medical and literary references alongside Latin or abbreviate forms, ending with a star entry.
A reflection on changing public attitudes toward labor and management. The author recalls past grievances against coal police and company unions, notes liberals now opposing big union influence, and describes a New York theater event for Charles Weidman marred by a demanding union fee. Congress debates a common situs picketing bill expanding union power.
The column critiques John Chamberlain and union leaders over common situs picketing in building trades. It notes construction costs rising, public opposition shown by polls, and potential Senate or White House passage despite widespread anger at labor hierarchy. It questions democracy when a minority wields influence.
C John Miller of the Independent Petroleum Association argues that oil is unfairly scapegoated by government policy failures and cites 33 committees and 1,000 energy bills in the 94th Congress. He notes limited final action and says repeal of depletion on oil and gas costs over $2 billion yearly for exploring new petroleum reserves.
Miller says the Nixon era two tier price controls keep about 60 percent of domestic oil capped at 5.25 per barrel. He urges decontrol of new oil and exemption for stripper wells to spur investments of 75 to 100 billion annually through 1985 to reduce foreign energy dependence.
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