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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1976
Page
4
A 1976 Columbus Telegram editorial urges readers to promote freedom and moral action guided by the Coveting Commandment the Golden Rule and the Declaration of Independence. It emphasizes self control responsibility and the aim to improve Nebraska communities.
A reflection on the upcoming national TV debates between Carter and Ford. The piece notes debates favor the challenger or the public eye more than the front runner and recalls Nixon Kennedy 1960 as a cautionary example of visual impressions over stated policy.
The piece notes how Polish humor survives daily hardship under communism. It highlights clandestine humor publications and a cartoon where a commissar debates corn and God with a farmer. The dialogue satirizes authority and asserts resilience amid repression.
A man tracks down a former high school friend after 14 years in search of a past connection. The buddy, once athletic and brilliant, avoided sports and academia, drifted through a bank job, a studio, and a stint as a beach bum before considering a Florida escape and a failed promotion.
A United Feature Syndicate panel shows Jim Fiebig reflecting on hard times with no security and daily hustling for money. He reveals returning to his old bank job with a promise of no promotion, then laughs and smiles, suggesting a wry sense of resilience.
A light column by Phil Pastoret on shop annoyances and social quirks. It riffs on mooching cigarettes, political admiration, and rude passengers in a brisk, humorous tone.
In the Thompson Rink at Dartmouth eight Hobey Baker Trophy plaques honor Hobey Baker, viewed as Princeton's greatest pre WWI athlete and a charismatic figure in early college sports, highlighting a lasting legacy as college athletics evolved.
A critic lampoons politicians who treat freedom as scarce, arguing that praising sacrifice as its measure misreads liberty. He mocks calls for a Freedom Conservation Commission to regulate free choice, suggesting such slogans risk eroding actual rights.
In Fairfax the 89 year old Charles Perkins fought a commitment to a state hospital for the mentally ill after clashes with social service agencies. A court appointed lawyer argued the system wrongly confined him and a jury freed him noting the guardians overstepped.
The speaker questions welfare overreach and defends individual choice. He cites pastKentuckian cases, urges restraint on coercive aid, and critiques proposed licenses and ration books as limits on freedom. He argues legality often guides public opinion more than philosophical consistency.
The Philadelphia aristocrat Hobey Baker, Princeton football great pre WWI, is recalled for skills and sportsmanship. He later joined the Army Air Corps, becoming a squadron leader and ace, then died in a 1918 Spad crash near Toul France in unclear circumstances.
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