Tax rebates spark plans and bill paying among eight residents
Deb Gondringer reports eight area residents were asked how they would use their tax rebates. Most said they would pay bills or put the funds toward household expenses. Several noted uncertainty or small totals affecting plans.
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Deb Gondringer
Raymond Cattan
Tempo
Warren Albert
Gene Shotkosii
St. Edward
Rose Davis
Don Birkel
Bellwood
Jimmie Zimmerman
James Kassen
Matt Keratowski
Hearings start Tuesday on Ford's military aid request
Senate leaders warn of tough odds for Ford's 722 million emergency military aid for South Vietnam. Stennis opens hearings Tuesday while Mansfield and Abourezk push humanitarian options, UN and Red Cross backing. White House briefed on draft legislation as critics cite April 19 deadline and evacuation risks. Lincoln convention set for April 18-20.
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Ford
Washington
Stennis
Congress
United Nations
Red Crags
White House
Ron Nelsen
Nessen
James Abourezk
D.D
Senate Democrats
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Mansfield
Pleasant Weekend Forecast With Sunny Skies Ahead
The weatherman predicts a pleasant weekend with sunny skies and mild temperatures. Highs near 55 today and around 60 Sunday, lows near 45 tonight, with a gradual warm trend into early next week and increasing clouds by Wednesday.
Jobless Losing Cushion Strains Auto Plants Across Industry
The SUP program to aid idled autoworkers is exhausted at Chrysler and nearly depleted at General Motors, with Ford and American Motors still funded. The UAW negotiated benefits guarantee 95 percent of take home pay, but the long downturn drains the fund as GM and Chrysler cut checks and layoffs rise. Economists warn recovery may come later this year with recalls possible near capacity production.
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Richard Hughes
UPI
Chrysler Corp
Chrysler
General Motors
Ford Motor Co
American Motors
United Auto Workers
Walter P. Reuther
UAW
Auto
New York
Irwin Kellner
Hanover Trust
Kellner
First National City Bank
United States protests Hanoi over South Vietnam offensive
The United States filed a formal protest to Hanoi on Friday demanding an immediate halt to its military offensive in South Vietnam. The State Department released the protest note and urged Paris peace signatories to use their influence to stop fighting and enforce the Paris agreement.
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United States
Hanoi
Washington
UPI
South Vietnam
State Department
Communists step up attack around Saigon and Xuan Loc
Communist gunners shelled government paratroopers in Saigon and near Xuan Loc as heavy fighting continued Friday. Paratroopers suffering 10 wounded after being relocated to the edge of the city, with government troops clashing with North Vietnamese forces at the city’s outskirts and around Phan Rang, Ben Tranh, and Phan Thiet. Air strikes by South Vietnamese planes totaled 70 around Xuan Loc as tanks and armored units pressed advances in the region.
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Saigon
UPI
Xuan Loc
Phan Rang
Ben Tranh
Phan Thiet
Four Girls Staters to Represent Columbus at Cornhusker Girls State
Four Columbus juniors have been chosen to attend Cornhusker Girls State June 5 to 11 on the University of Nebraska Lincoln campus. The 34th annual workshop, run by the Nebraska American Legion Auxiliary, will include Lin Selig Beth Burdine Lori Roy and Carol Ernst as 1975 delegates with Joni Tank Cathy Korger Ann McWilliams as alternates. The program teaches government through a mock city county and state setup with about 400 attendees each year.
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Columbus
Cornhusker
University of Nebraska
Lincoln
Department of Nebraska, American Legion Auxiliary
Jee Hegi
Columbus Ala
Lin Selig
Beth Burdine
Columbus High
Lori Roy
Scotus Central Catholic High
Carol Ernst
Lakeview
Lin
James R. Selig
Nebraska
Forensic League
Trinity Lutheran Church
Luther League
American Legion Auxiliary
Joni Tank
Gaillard Tank
Scotus
Lawrence Roy
YARC
Catholic Daughters of America
Court Little Flower
Lori
St. Isidore Catholic Church
Nebraska Association of Student Councils
Job's Daughters
The
Unitarian Church
Beth
Girl State
Legion Auxiliary
Ann McWilliams
James McWilliams
Girls State
Concert at CHS Promises Diverse Spring Program
The Columbus Senior High School vocal music department stages a 7 30 p m spring concert in the auditorium on Tuesday April 15 directed by Robert V Larsen with accompanists B F Meschke Norris Augustin Denise Augspurger and Scott Melerding. Admission is 50 cents. The program features the concert choir solo and small group selections including classics popular tunes a mini minstrel set and contests by small groups and soloists.
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Columbus Senior High School
Robert V. Larsen
B. F. Meschke
Norris Augustin
Denise Augspurger
Scott Melerding
Jesus
Kathy Bembry
Glee
Karin Saalfeld
Ms. Interlocutor
Sue Engel
Ms. Bones
Shari Krepel
Ms. Tambo
Bill Batley
Ballin
Jack
Byrd to Speak at Lincoln Jefferson-Jackson Dinner
West Virginia Senator Robert Byrd will be the guest speaker at the 1978 Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner in Lincoln on May 3. Dick White, the state Democratic party chairman, announced the event.
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Lincoln
Neb
UPI
West Virginia
Robert ©. Byrd
Dick White
Democratic Party
Soldier sets tiddlywinks record at Camp Casey
Steven Knutzen and Pvt. Charles Hicks of the Second Division, both in Korea, reportedly broke the Guinness listed mark for continuous tiddlywinks play by 40 hours. They began Friday at 9 and ended Sunday after an electrical outage halted the session, and Knutzen was also named Charlie Company Soldier of the Week.
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Steven Knutzen
Columbus
Mel
Vernon Knutzen
Fort Smith
Ark
Camp Casey
Korea
Steven
Charles R. Hicks
Knutzen
Hicks
Tiddlywinks
Sgt
E-5
Charlie Company
Evacuation of Phnom Penh by U S Forces
The State Department said hundreds of Americans and Cambodians were evacuated from Phnom Penh by helicopter with U S Marines securing takeoff and warplanes as escort. The operation, Eagle Pull, aimed to protect evacuees as rebel forces closed in.
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Washington
UPI
Phnom Penh
U.S
State Department
Thailand
John Gunther Dean
Okinawa
Hancock
Gulf of Thailand
Platte Center hosts county Legion meet
Platte Center hosts the Platte County American Legion Spring meeting on Sunday April 13 at the Platte Center City Auditorium. County Commander Roy Jeffers of Columbus presides assisted by Mrs. Duane Backes and Mrs. Norman Kurtenbach from Lindsay. The evening includes a 6 pm cocktail hour and a 7 pm dinner. A business meeting follows with officer elections. Special guests include Leigh district commander elect Lowell Feye and Past District 7 Commander Leo Corbin. Ben McKeeman of Belgrade will speak. It is a covered dish affair with meat provided by the host post.
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Platte County American Legion
Platte Center City Auditorium
Roy Jeffers
Columbus
Duane Backes
Norman Kurtenbach
County Auxiliary
Lindsay
Lowell Feye
Leigh
District 7 American Legion
District 7
Leo Corbin
Hooper
Ben McKeeman
Belgrade
McKeeman
State Legion Americanism Committee
Department of Nebraska Legion
Platte Center
Relief supplies reach Hanoi for South Vietnam aid
A U.N. spokesman said the first relief supplies for areas of South Vietnam under Communist control have arrived in Hanoi by air and are moving south in Viet Cong trucks. France added $475,000 to the emergency fund, lifting U.N. Indochina totals to about $10 million.
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United Nations
UPI
U.N
South Vietnam
Hanoi
France
Kurt Waldheim
Indoching
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Cambodia
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Senate
Lincoln, Neb
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Nate
Cathy Korger
Donald Korger
American Legion Junior Auciliary
Herman Ernst
National Honor Society
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Victoria Niedfeldt
Kenneth Niedfeldt
George Burdine
CHS
Byrd
Iefore Juice
Khmer Rouge
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