Columbus Telegram, The (Newspaper) - August 16, 1973, Columbus, Nebraska If wo do not that en- duriny principles can tils covered bore Is need tor education B Carson 193 YEAR THE Member Associated Press TELEGRAM WEATHER OUTLOOK Generally fair through day Lows Thursday night low and mid 40s Highs Friday In the lower 94s Winds miles per hour Thursday night COLUMBUS NEBRASKA THURSDAY AUGUST 16 1973 14 Today Sundays Niw Guy Day rt Laber Day and Diyi EUC SinglO Copy 1974 wheat allotment set at 55 million acres WASHINGTON Scc- of Agriculture Karl L Buiz announced today a 1974 wheat allotment of 05 million acres for harvest Ho said this would produce enough wheat lo meet export and domestic demands a year from now Officials expect farmers will be encouraged by the currently record high prices lo exceed the reaching CO million or more harvested acres The allotment is a basis for government payments and not a curb The allotment designed un- der the new Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act which lakes effect in 1974 would vide a wheat crop of 1.78 billion bushels a spokesman said That is about what the ture Department said will be the expected demand for all wheat including exports in the season This year's crop although a record nearly 1.72 billion els is being rapidly by exports for Those ready total more than one lion bushels according to re- ports filed by tlw exporters The allotment is the acreage wheat farmers will be teed government payments if freemarket prices fall below a target set up in lire new law The 1974 target will be per bushel Market prices currently are much higher nearly a bushel in some areas for ery in September Under the new law if wheat market prices average below the target during five months of July through ber the government will makeup the difference between what farmers get and the get price Glen A Weir associate ad- ministrator of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service said the 55 million acres in the allotment should be considered only as a and that farmers are free to plant ns much as they choose If past experience is an in- we might get GO million harvested acres possibly Weir told a reporter It could bo less but he in- is there If CO million acres are vested next year it could mean ii crop of 1.85 billion bushels for use in the season That would mean some addition to the nation's carryover or re- serve stockpile A harvested acreage of at least 55 million acres would compare with 53.7 million maled this year Weir said UK 1974 yield was projected at about 32.5 bushels per acre compared with an estimate of 32.0 for this year A acre crop vested would be the most since farmers reaped 55.3 million in A crop of 69 million vested acres would be the most since 1953 when the crop was taken from 67.8 million The new law signed by ident Nixon last week also vides for a price support loan rale beginning next of per bushel up from the in effect for 1973 wheat Farmers will be eligible for a price support loan on all the wheat they grow next year not just share of the national allotment which is used to de- termine target price subsidies Officials said they announced the 1974 wheat program now so that producers of winter wheat planted in the fall for harvest the following summer can plan accordingly Winter wheat planting mally begins about now in the Southern Plains and constitutes the largest kind of bread grain produced in the United Stales As announced recently the department said again there will be no set-aside or allowed under tlx 1974 wheat program The set-aside rules were re- for the 1973 wheat crop in hopes of boosting production about 7.2 million acres were kept out of production this year Nonce County Selective Service records to be administered here With the cessation of inductions Selective Service as required by law goes into a As a result of this change in responsibilities of agency and its draft boards Nance County records will be administered in t h e Columbus area office The Columbus office will now be administering the records of Platte Colfax Polk Butler and Nance Counties The local board members of Nance County will continue lo function and have complete responsibility for the classification of Nance residents as in the past In the standby operation of Selective Service young men reaching 18 years qf age are still required to register They have GO days in which lo do this wilh the period starting SO days before the birthday When the young man reaches 10 he will he assigned a lottery number the lottery to be held early in the calendar year The year in which he readies his birthday will be the year he stands ready for possible induclion Slate Director of Selective Edward C Binder notes that a small number of registrants with the lowest lottery numbers assigned during the year in turn 19 will be classified in order lhat defense posture of- the United States will have his necessary back-up capability should it ever he required Congressional action would be required gf course before these men would be subject I o induclion To assist young men of Nance County wilh registration responsibility following arc available as Veterans Service Officer Dayle L Rumsey Marvin McAfee Court House Kenneth R Reiser Genoa The area office is maintained al 2413 23rd Street Columbus TWO D 4710 Drive and a Scolf L Adamy Street taken to Community Hospital afternoon and treated for bumps and bruises following an accident at Street and Avenue motorcycle collided with a car driven by George E of rural Lindsay Included to the motorcycle and lo Ilia car unhurt A accident early lids morning driver L Heft 3723 Street and lo a highway sign nt list Street 114 II til e WASHINGTON AP After declaring that the Watergate scandal should be turned over to the courts President Nixon Two will share bingo prize fl CIll LAST MINUTE WORK Connie president of Columbus Area Artists works on paintings she will exhibit along with 50 other club members and area non-member artists at the third annual Art Show and Sale this weekend at Frankfort Square Exhibits will be up from to p.m Saturday and from 11 to 5 p.m Sunday Work exhibited and for sale along 400 feet of will include batik oil water color acrylic carving drawings and stain glass area artists are welcome lo participate City Council okays option on 30 acres for parkland Columbus City Council took an option on about 30 acres of land in northwest Columbus during their Wednesday night meeting planning lo pay a total of about for the parcel The land owned by Eugene and Freida Tredway and W E and Maxine Callihan is legally described as the west three quarters of northeast quarter of southwest quarter of- section 13 township 17 range 1 less the road It is on north side h Street Total sale price is subject to a survey to determine the exact acreage each acre lo cost The opt i-o ir purchased at a cost of is good until 10 Sept 14 Purchase of the land if it takes place is part of Ihc City's park expansion program Also officials are considering plans lo establish a fire station waterworks facilities and perhaps a swimming pool or other recreation Mayor Fred Gerber told at wind-up of the short meeting over at about 10 p.m lhat lie was to meet al noon today wilh representatives That offer said to be only 60 Mayor Fred Gerber has asked Columbus Telegram I o correct lie impression lhat the City was offered 100 acres of land near the cily limits for The actual offering was CO acres he said The Telegram's information came directly from e agreement offer signed by the present owners It does mention CO acres but sets the legal description as east GO acres of the north half of northwest quarter of section 13 township 17 north range 1 west and the north half of half of northwest quarter of the same section City Attorney Jerry Norris says the agreement intended to offer GO acres although Ihc actually look in 120 acres Anyway the offer was so let's forget it of Allied Mills who are planning a plant near Columbus They are discussing over million in industrial development bonds Gerber said finance the construction Other will block some streets near the Armory during a donkey baseball Department of roads completed a survey of on west 23rd Street and doesn't recommend a pedestrian crossing lighting system at lhat site now referred lo streets and grades committee American legion Club wants expense diagonal parking Thomas Bernstein received permission lo install sidewalks line up with existing ones rather than as required by ordinance Loup Power District received permission lo pave part of alley in the block their new headquarters will occupy there was discussion on making alley one-way and that will be studied b y committee Hearings were set 8 p.m Sept 5 on dance licenses for the Brown Derby and A number of new sidewalks were ordered or requested Okay was given a new chlorinator at the ad Approvals were given Hillside Estates and N C Rogers subdivisions Fair skies forecast Two will share in Bingo Bucks as winners of last week's Newspaper Bingo They are Mrs Waller Miller Columbus who picked up her lucky card at Gibson's Discount Center and Sylvester Bernt whose winning card came from Person's Sport Shop Bingo Bucks spend like money at some 40 participating business firms Cards for taking part in the game are available without charge froin these and are filled out by matching the numbers on the Bingo Bugs which appear in Telegram advertisements Next week is the and final week of the games and all colors of cards will be played Lebanese airliner is hijacked TEL AVIV AP A nese Boeing 707 airliner with 120 persons aboard was jacked en route from Libya lo Lebanon today and at Lod Airport in Tel Aviv The number of the hijackers their nationality and their in- tentions were not clear Israeli officials said 30 persons were let off he plane and that others disembarked after Israeli troops stormed aboard the East Airlines jetliner An Israeli military man said the plans was jacked by at least one man armed with two pistols and that one person was wounded by gunfire turned today to his plans lo move forward on pressing and foreign issues The While Mouse reporting an initial overwhelmingly lo the dent's broadcast Wednesday night said lie will begin speaking out on issues of national interest on Monday when he appears at the ans of foreign Wars national in New Orleans From New Orleans he will fly on to his San Clemente lif estate where he will hold a news conference prior to first in five months In the Wednesday night speech and an accompanying statement Nixon again claimed that he was not in- in the scandal and The time has come lo turn Watergate over lo the courts where the questions of guilt or innocence belong The time has come for the rest of us to get on with urgent business of the nation Deputy press secretary ald L Warren said Nixon today appeared to he determined to get on with the pending ness of the country and that's what he is doing Warren singled out the my foreign policy legislative proposals and the energy crisis as issues the President feels should be addressed Warren turned aside most questions seeking answers to Watergate questions which on left unanswered in his tele- vision address Asked whether Nixon would respond to specific Watergate questions at his news ence Warren said it is honored that you can ask any question you want and the President will respond Tim spokesman said telephone calls received by the Write House since the ad- dress were running 5 lo 1 or G lo 1 in support of dent's views Warren bristled at one point when a newsman noting con- remain between version of Watergate events and testimony before the Senate committee asked if on would be willing to take a lie lesl I resent the implication in your question and I won't re- Warren said Highlights of Nixon's speech WASHINGTON AP Here al a glance are highlights of President Nixon's speech and prepared statement Wednesday night on the Watergate PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE AND ed that he had no prior edge of Watergate break-in and was not aware of any cover-up THE INVESTIGATION dered thorough and aggressive investigation repeated reports said no persons other than en subsequently indicted were involved didn't learn until March 21 others were Involved and that there had been a ELLSBERG IN- Said he first learned of break-in March 17 rather than March 21 as he said previously EXECUTIVE Did not authorize for Watergate defendants PRESIDENTIAL is essential will continue lo oppose releasing White House tapes POLITICAL illegal acts committed in 1972 pledged lo en- sure lhat such abuses are nol repealed THE for turning questions of guilt or innocence in Watergate over lo the asked for help in carrying out the goals of Iris administration 82 at 1 p.m 64 tow this morning 85 high Wednesday 93 high year ago 70 low year ago Sunrise Friday Sunset Friday category again Friday after- noon Valentine reported ent stale low early Thursday of 55 degrees Chadron and linc shared lie stale high Wednesday of 93 degrees By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Typical August days and cool be expected in Nebraska through stall of he end al least The National Weather Service called for generally fair skies 111 rough Friday with at their low mark ranging from the upper 50s extreme west to the iniH 60s east Highs should reach the mid Ms Forecasters continued a fire danger ment into Friday along wilh a livestock safety statement Temperatures in the 90s combined with humidities aging 40 per cent and winds of 10 to 15 miles per hour will re- sult in a very high category of the fire index except for tions of eastern and central braska which received lial rains Tuesday night The same conditions apply In in confined areas Weathermen said the in- dex would reach danger Jack Holmquist heads Task Force on Housing A new Task Force on Housing lind its organizational meeting this morning and set plans for a survey of community housing needs The group selected Jack as chairman and decided lo mcel each Thursday at in the Happy Chef A representative of Department of Development will be invited to next week's meeting to help plan the survey Dick president of the board of said lie will survey the local real estate people to see what housing is available for sale or rent now Anyone with i d c a s or suggestions for Ihc task force is invited lo write or call Ihc Columbus Area Chamber of Commerce McCarthy to speak to CU students OMAHA Neb McCarthy a former U S tor and candidate will speak lo sity students next Thursday during Welcome Week His speech is scheduled for 8 p.m Classes begin Monday Aug 27 except for dentistry students who begin Tuesday Index Markets Page 2 Horoscope 1 Home News 4 Women's News Page 5 Entertainment Page 8 Comics Page 9 Pages 10 II Classified Pages 12 13 Record New accidents reported 2 Total to date 709 Last year 569 Injuries 106 Fire calls lo date 68 Last year 63 Days without call 5 Ambulance calls Last year 397 Former Milford mentor signed as Columbus basketball coach The Columbus High School basketball coach will be Dennis A Bargen who has signed a contract to coach and teach for fbc school year He has been at Milford High past five years accumulating a record His teams were in the state class C tournament in 1970 and again in 1973 and won four Alias Conference and three district championships Supt Fred said We arc proud to have on our staff and know that he will continue fine basketball program lhat has been a part of this and will be an asset to our students school and community Bargen replaces Jack Johnson who recently resigned Bargen 30 received h i s bachelor's and master's degrees from University of Nebraska al He is married lo the former Jo Lynn of Sidney and they have two sons Jeff 2 and Ryan four weeks They plan to move to Columbus in next week Tiie coach is a graduate of Hardy High School He also has DENNIS A BARGEN been employed iit St Patrick's High School Sidney as basketball head track and assistant football roach athletic director p h y s i c a 1 education director assistant principal and teacher of biology and physiology President's talk draws widely divergent reactions By JEFFREY D ALDERMAN Associated Press Writer It was quiet in the large liouse at the Knox dairy farm in The President was on television talking about Watergate H Knox 53 watched I lie color set in lie corner of Hie living room from the couch gelling up once to get a can of beer His wife Barbara 51 sal in a nearby chair silent Their daughter Jean fell asleep in her mother's lap ward Ihc end of the speech Their son Paul 22 and his fiancee Martha Griswold ID who lives on a small farm in the town were there Paul sal next to his dad Martha in a chair lo Mrs Knox The hired hand Frank Flis 18 was here and Dick Smith 55 a neighbor from nearby wandered in later As Iho gathered around Ihc In New shire among oilier Americans tuned In were those in a bar in Pa in an expensive home in San Francisco mid middle class outside cago A congressional aide watched in Washington Sonic Salt Lake Cily businessmen viewed the address from a vate club I think al first I was ably sympathetic lo Nixon said a burly man who was born in Montreal I think there are very few people who could be hung out on a line like thai and he questioned about every little thing I'm wondering how anyone would do I'm sure 1 wouldn't do very There's a lol of things thai KO on farm thai 1 don't know continued who says lie and his wife are Republicans who voted for on in 1972 Across the country in tlic ex- pensive Presidio Heights lion of San Francisco lawyer William K 50 watched the speech in his I h r e brown shingle home I thought it would IK a ly calibrated combination of pre-emptive omission and apology nnd what it said a Democrat who donated money lo the campaign It was a speech tening to it 1 think I have be- come more of u cynic than ever a of the uf California board of regents who opposed con- Republican lov Reagan nn a of surs Iho program with his anil Mimu friends Gad lie looks like a Jean his wife said of Hie President In the luxurious Dora Hold in Miami Beach Fla Zack Smith here or an ance convention said before Nixon You've got to trust your President like you believe in God After watching speech in his carpeted hotel room Smith 27 a bachelor from Asheville said in his slow southern I be- lieve em I know lie's a damn politician but I believe him I got lo In another room in Ilin site of the Re- publican National Convention Headquarters in 1972 Joan and Dick both 27 and in Miami Beach for a vacation watched the same speech He'd kill his own mother for a postage groaned Joan as Nixon reiterated his release the Watergate tapes If he's innocent lie d d c s n I have to make Contractor Hubert Smith watched from the liar a tavern a half a block from the Bethlehem sled plant in Tins mnn is sible or irresponsible said Smith 50 a Democrat who did not vote for Nixon They're not my words I read them somewhere But that sums it up The owner of the bar Peter Colello 62 was moro minded I voted for the guy hut never a Republican councilman said I was paying a pound or Italian lunch Now I'm paying He's too damned busy trying to alibi himself to rln the country any good Al and Eileen Massura lounged in the paneled family room of their room split-level home in Oak Lawn a suburb of Chicago He spoke in generalizations as he usually said Ki- leen Massura -13 lie failed to explain himself on specific questions Her husband Al -17 What does he have to ex- Massura is a masonry con- tractor in business for himself His wife has an in nursing I'm sure he Nixon couldn't have known everything that was going lie said This man as president has lo over- see very many things It's not just a matter watching over what John Dean is doing today or what John might he doing His wife Ho is so aloof Here is this little god but of silling on ML Olympus lie Is sitting at Camp At the University Club a vate club you can bring ynur liquor in predominantly Mormon Salt Lake Cily a bunch assembled in the bar House David K Quinney 51 former executive nf a general construction firm He laid the fads out and didn't try to whitewash I've always thought Nixon was a guild speaker In DC Waring Partridge 27 an aide for a and i former in Vermont for the Committee for lion nf the speech his head in hands on knees II liad nothing uf sub- said the Yale ate f had the feeling thai three-quarters of what he had given us is a hitler pill nnd he's saying swallow it we have more years FOR FAST ACTION TELEGRAM WANT ADS DIAL
