From Letters to Wrestling and Winter Costs
Readers respond to pre printed Christmas letters and satire on secret service babysitters. Inflation shifts for Twelve Days of Christmas gifts and a Chadron Record anecdote prompt notes on poverty, frostbite rules, and the place of wrestling in school sports.
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Secret Service
Colorado
Susan Ford
World Wildlife Fund
London
Lords
House of Lords
Christmas contrasts of wealth and want in times of recession
A 1960s style commentary notes six million jobless workers and rising prices while describing hope for midyear recovery. It argues the downturn is a correction from past excesses and urges firm leadership to blunt future peaks and valleys.
Counter to separation of powers in district seat fight
With 90 legislative days ahead the 1975 Unicameral faces a contested 48th District seat between William Nichol and Terry Carpenter. The editorial urges full legislative review, not court intervention, and calls for open votes and access to all ballots and defenses before seating.
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William Nichol
Terry Carpenter
Nichol
Carpenter
Allen J. Beermann
Scottsbluff
Turbine engines spark debate in auto history notes
The article recalls the turbine engine's Indy 500 debut with Granatelli and Jones, its record runs, and the USAC restrictions lowering air intake to 480 horsepower. It also covers Chrysler's $7.8 million turbine car project with the EPA and Atomic Scientists' Bulletin critique of costs, fuel use, and testing since 1963.
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United States Auto Club
Andy Granatelli
Granatelli
Parnelli Jones
Indy
Auto Club
New Chrysler Corp
Environmental Protection Agency
Bulletin of Atomic Scientists
Detroit
Atomic Scientists’ Bulletin
Omaha World Herald
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