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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1976
Page
4
Editorial from Columbus Telegram urges readers to promote freedom and moral action guided by the Golden Rule and the Coveting Commandment. It emphasizes self-control, equal rights, and responsibility to preserve liberty and property, inviting reader engagement and responsible citizenship.
An editorial in the Daily Colonist warns Canadian industries increasingly invest in the United States due to higher wages taxes and government interference. It cites Coleman Northern Telecom Dominion Bridge Noranda and Dominion Textile moving operations south and notes dire foreign investment trends and a widening Canada US cost gap.
A reader from Columbus Nebraska warns against Communist Party campaigning on TV and urges voting. In a separate letter a city employee decries underpayment and argues citizens face inflation and limited raises.
The piece reports widespread unemployment benefit abuse across cities including Chicago Los Angeles New York and Michigan with ads seeking cab drivers and cases of fraud and avoidance. It notes a rise in total payments from 2 billion in 1960s to 18 billion by 1975 and states 21 states have exhausted funds leading to borrowing from the federal treasury. It singles out fraud types and urges voters to oust “Gurus of Giveaway.”
The piece argues that elections trigger politicians to mask contempt for the public and push platitudes. It notes President Ford intensifying campaign messaging with law and order themes to outpoll Carter, reflecting the era's heavy emphasis on cliched rhetoric and political hustle.
The author argues crime is driven by individual will and social values, not poverty or drugs, criticizing law and order approaches. Government praise of violent tactics and the notion that law equals crime are challenged, urging personal responsibility and societal maturity.
Columbus Telegram publisher recounts a Nebraska Outstate Daily Publishers' and Advertising Directors' gathering where an OSHA Kansas City official sparked dismay. The piece criticizes OSHA no knock inspections, calls for constitutional concerns, and laments heavy penalties and unclear enforcement.
Column reflects on aging and money management with a witty line about teen girls becoming a “shriek” in the stormy metaphor of life after forty.
The piece notes Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter both linked to Nebraska birthplaces. It mentions a 1960 Columbus High graduate and a Tempe Arizona Famous Names Night honoring local notable figures, including Ford. The context implies broader recognition of prominent names beyond familiar fame.
The Tempe Daily News notes a playful gathering featuring Jimmy Carter, Billy Graham, John Adams, Tony Orlando, Julie Andrews and Charles Dickens with no debates. Carter, son of Doris Carter of Columbus, is described as an engineer and not a peanut grower, and his wife Regina Johannes is cited as daughter of the Ernest Johanneses.
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