Sewer hookups for Wagner and Stires residents approved
Columbus City Council approved sewer hookups for Wagner and Stires Lakes residents at 1h Street and 4st Avenue. The plan, tied to a water and sanitation report, notes 254 homes, up to 769 occupants, and 180 undeveloped lots with lakefront access. The project would use an eight inch main serving up to 1,000 people, with shutoff rights if capacity is exceeded.
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Terry Anderson
Wagner and
Stires Lakes
Columbus
Water and Sanitation Committee
Bill Neater
Merlin Lindahl
Nebraska Public Power District
23Th Avenue
14Th Street
Mike Mullin
NPPD
West Park
Adams Street
Police and Rights Committee
Ed Ridenour
Civil Defense
Irvin Brownell
Civil Defense Organization
Columbus-Platte County
Merle Hadcock
Brownell
Ridenour
Gerrard Park
Gene’s Electric of
Milford
Case Power and Equipment
Hansen
Ftystrom Engineering
Bath Street
Ith Avenue
Health and Accident Insurance
Pacific Mutual
Metropolitan Life
Bankers Life of
Nebraska
Nebraskaland Allied Agency of
Bankers Life
Jack Florendo
Florendo
Platte County
Police Pension Fund
Jim Lippstrei
Lippstreit
ASP Construction Co. Inc
K-Mart
39Th Avenue
Carnage House Estates
Planning Commission
School Board
Joe Bonk
Ath Street
3Rd Street
Sertoma Club
Jerry Micek
Sertoma
Bob Jensen
Hast Pawnee Park
Park Board
First National Bank and Trust of Lincoln
Wholesale Price Index slides for fourth straight month
The Labor Department reports the Wholesale Price Index fell 0.4 percent in March marking its fourth consecutive monthly decline the first such streak since 1963. Prices for processed foods and feed dropped 2.5 percent while industrial commodities rose 0.2 percent. Treasury Secretary Simon warns inflation remains a greater danger than recession as government borrowing could push rates higher.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Treasury
William B. Simon
Weather slows hiring in Columbus Nebraska
Weather conditions slow the normal March rise in labor demand in the Columbus Nebraska job service area Boone Butler Colfax Platte and Polk Counties. April 1 applicants total 752 up from March and nearly double a year ago with 412 female 286 under 22 and 118 45 or older.
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Columbus
Nebraska Job Service
Boone
Butler
Colfax
Platte
Polk
Viet Cong ready to negotiate if Thieu ousted
Viet Cong diplomats said they would negotiate a cease fire if President Nguyen Van Thieu is ousted. Opponents urged leadership change as anti-Thieu protests grew in Saigon. curfew tightened and clashes occurred near churches. Thousands fled with refugees, Americans prepared to depart as banks saw depositors withdraw funds. The piastre exchange rate hovered near 2000 to $1 amid political and military turmoil.
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Viet Cong
Thieu
Saigon
Perior
Nguyen van Thieu
UPI
Thien
PRG
Provisional Revolutionary Government
Neuyen van Binh
Government Immigration Department
Duncan in Platte County A Names and History Snapshot
This item traces Duncan Platte County, detailing its many names from Jackson to Woods Duncan, the post office origin Cherry Hill in 1809, and the spread of Swiss and Polish settlers led by early figure John Ernst. It notes the Union Pacific photographer's 1875 view featuring John Ernst’s family and the old station used as a town hall.
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Keith Bryan
Platte County
Duncan
Union Pacific
George Duncan
Woods Duncan
Jack Duncan
Jackson
Dakotah County
Cherry Hill
U.P
John Ernst
Columbus Records First April Low At Four Below
A new weather record in Columbus dropped to four degrees above zero marking the coldest April reading. The prior record, six degrees, stood for 39 years on April 3, 1996. Omaha and Lincoln also posted record April lows while a high pressure system kept skies clear and temperatures in the 40s to 50s across Nebraska.
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Columbus
Nebraska
Kansas
Omaha
Lincoln
Grand Island
Americans seek to adopt Vietnam orphans amid calls
Americans flock to adopt orphans from Vietnam or donate money and supplies. Richard Lyons of AID says requests fall into two kinds: those driven by compassion and those seeking to expedite existing adoptions. Betty Ford voices sympathy but notes family limits. A Vietnam UN appeal urges generosity. A Birmingham family learns their adopted baby, 10 months old named Le Van Kim, is arriving in Chicago with an eye injury but otherwise healthy.
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United Press International
South Vietnam
State Department
Richard Lyons
Agency For International Development
Department
Golly
Bke
United States
Betty Ford
Los Angeles
United Nations
United Nations South Vietnam's U.N
Vietnam
Biningham
Ala
David Vann
San Francisco
Friends of All Children
Chicago
David
L4 van Kim
City Hall Pressroom Painted Canary Yellow Amid Spying Row
The second floor pressroom at City Hall is being painted canary yellow, unrelated to Mayor Daley’s charge of yellow journalism over police spying reports. A city official cited a casual survey showing reporters favored the color.
Approval for resurfacing 30 segment on US 30
The Nebraska Department of Roads has FHWA approval to resurface a section of U S Highway 30 about eight miles east from near Schuyler. A design study report is available for inspection at the NDOR district office in Norfolk and copies can be requested from the department by mail.
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Nebraska Department of Roads
Federal Highway Administration
Schuyler
Norfolk
Department of Roads
P.O
Lincoln
Nob
Farmer John seeks rematch in weather cow contest
Huntsville Texas news notes Brimmer the 34 year old cow led most of the weather forecasting contest against the National Weather Service before losing in the final round. Owner Jot McAdams 58 plans a rematch praising his herd and criticizing high tech forecasts.
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Huntsville
Tex
UPI
Brimmer
National Weather Service
Jot McAdams
Irwin Bolbrecht
Houston
Bolbrecht
NWS
Brier
East
Texas
McAdams
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Stires
Hansen Enterprises
13Th
2Nd Avenue
Dallas R. Berney
Albion
Osceola
David City
Geneva
International Red Cross
Red Cross
Central Highlands
Farmer John
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