School board weighs expanding administrative staff
Columbus City Schools Board of Education met Monday night to discuss adding an administrator at Junior High to handle administrative time amid high turnover. Supt. Bellum and Principal Bradley noted student needs and planned to consider proposals at the May meeting.
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Columbus City Schools Board of Education
Fred Bellum
Columbus Junior High
Bellum
Larry Bradley
Marjorie K. Weber
Larry Wynna
Valley View School
Coaches Club
CHS Sym
Lincoln School
City Council Meets Wednesday in City Hall Chambers
The Columbus City Council will convene Wednesday at 8 p.m. in City Hall Council Chambers at 11th Street and 2nd Avenue. The agenda is described as mostly routine with Tuesday morning preparations complete.
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Columbus
City Hall
11Th Street
2Rd Avenue
Knights honor 1975 Good Neighbor award winners
Area group and Columbus area individuals named by Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben for the 32nd Good Neighbor awards for unselfish communal deeds. Recipients include The Pushers Genoa Hazel Smith Albion Joe Hertmanek Clarkson Betty Mapes Fullerton Lois Pearson Genoa Fritz Engel Humphrey David Parry Sr Monroe Elsie Schagrin Newman Grove Mr and Mrs Gottlieb Kuhn Platte Center Leona Foust Schuyler Carleton Anderson Stromsburg and more.
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Columbus
Knights of
Ak-Sar-Ben
Ak- Sar-Ben
Ak-Sar- Ben
Pushers
Genoa
Hazel Smith
Albion
Joe E. Hertmanek
Clarkson
Joe
Betty Mapes
Fullerton
Girl Scouts
Nance Historical Society
Lois Pearson
Silver Creek
Fritz Engel
Humphrey
David Parry Sr
Monroe
Elsie Schagrin
Newman Grove
Gottlieb Kuhn
Platte Center
Leona Foust
Schuyler
Los Angles
Carleton Anderson
Stromsburg
Polk County March of Dimes
Salvation Army
Heart Fund
Weather Brief For Nebraska Fog And Mild Temps Ahead
United Press International reports a southerly moist air flow dimming visibility with morning fog across Nebraska. Partly cloudy skies and a chance of morning fog forecast for tonight and Wednesday. Lows in the mid 30s to lower 40s and highs in the 60s expected through Wednesday.
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United Press International
Nebraska
Nebraska lawmakers lift helmet bill in motorcycle safety wager
In Lincoln Nebraska the Legislature voted 28 to 14 to raise LB328 the motorcycle helmet bill after a prior April 7 defeat amid debate over states rights and federal funding The measure would require helmets meeting ANSI Snell or federal safety standards with flexibility in standard choice and faced a potential loss of 7 million dollars in federal highway money.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
William Nichol
Scottsbluff
Kremer
Frank Lewis
Bellevue
Congress
Lewis
Ralph Kelly
Grand Island
Kelly
Ren Cope
Kearney
Kissinger says Ford would back contingency fund plan
Secretary of State Kissinger told the Senate that President Ford would accept a congressionally proposed contingency fund to help evacuate Americans from South Vietnam. The plan, urged by Senate Foreign Relations Committee members, could be funded up to 722 million dollars, with possible reductions. Ford seeks 722 million in military aid plus 250 million in humanitarian aid and expanded authority for troop use in evacuations.
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UPI
Honry A. Kissinger
Ford
South Vietnam
Kissinger
Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
White House
U.S
Congress
Heavy fighting in Beirut rocks the city again
In Beirut Palestinian guerrillas and Phalangists clash for the third day with mortars rockets grenades and machine guns. Bombs blast through the morning as heavy street fighting surrounds Chiysh suburb south of downtown. Police report no injuries as stores close and police patrol the streets.
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Beirut
UPI
Chiysh
County board debates dump site locations and bids
County Board of Supervisors met with Columbus officials to review three bids for a city trash disposal site tied to a new compactor. Two bids are near Duncan and one northwest of Monroe. A public hearing is planned around 10 a.m. at the May meeting.
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County Board of Supervisors
Columbus
Jerry Norris
Duncan
Monroe
State Department of Environmental Control
Nortis
Board of Supervisors
Ray Hajek
Lost Creek
Corps of Engineers
Scotus Central Catholic honor roll lists 118 students
Scotus Central Catholic High School announces its third quarter honor roll featuring 118 students across grades 9 12. The list includes 27 seniors 39 juniors 24 sophomores and 28 freshmen with multiple students earning 4.0 3.5 and 3.0 GPA distinctions across the class year.
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Scotus
Scotus Central Catholic High School
Summer abroad beckons Eugene Goering earns FFA exchange
Eugene Goering of Platte Center a Lakeview High School student has been accepted into the FFA Work Experience Abroad program for three months this summer. The National FFA Center says he will work in agriculture in one of 20 participating countries, living with a host family to learn lifestyles and share agricultural ideas. He is active in Letterman's Club staff National Honor Society wrestling and intramural basketball. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Glen Goering with vocational agriculture instructors Jin O Hare and John Miyoshi.
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Platte Center
Lakeview High School
FFA
Future Farmers of America
FFA Center
Alexandria
Eugene
Goccing
Letterman's Club
Glen Goering
Jin O'Hare
John Miyoshi
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