17 Apr 1973
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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1973
Page
1
Omaha Nebraska Tuesday livestock prices show barrows and gilts 50 to 100 lower with varied bids for porkers. Cattle and calves mixed with steers and heifers mostly higher. feeder prices firm. Sheep lambs sold early with limited prime lots. receipts expected cattle and hogs around 400 and 5,500 respectively.
In Council Bluffs the city council debated cable television policy amid a deadlock over a 15 year franchise for Cablevi4 Inc, a Denver-based unit of Television Company. A plan to submit the franchise to voters was discussed pending final presentation to the council. Egg and poultry prices were reported with mixed changes and steady poultry markets.
Fragmented OCR text shows scattered names and prices with unclear context. Readable items include Carey Teleoram, Heathership, Tatton, Keb, Keb, and a listed price of 450 per bile alongside several proper nouns and place references.
A renovation project at Moreton Bark in Omaha received federal funding approval on Tuesday. The total cost is set, with the federal share provided by the Land and Water Conservation Fund and the city of Omaha covering the remaining half of the expense.
A delayed AP report from Shadron Nebraska notes a traffic fatality with minimal readable details. The injured party is identified as David Jee Mh of Chadret, rider in an accident involving a mowing truck.
The page provides an erratic horoscope for Wednesday April 18 covering Aries Taurus Leo Virgo Libra Scorpio Sagittarius Capricorn Aquarius Pisces and a brief mention of a birthday child. It mixes dates and phrases with typos and unclear guidance but notes travel warnings, financial cautions and personality insights. The tone resembles a late local newspaper astrology column with detached, general predictions and scattered names.
Martha Mitchell told AP she wants to testify before Sen. Ervin’s Watergate committee with details never heard before. She accused the White House of lies denying a Saturday meeting between President Nixon and her husband and said officials aim to scapegoat him. She warned she may reveal more if summoned.
A year-old Kearney man, Larry D. Smith, was booked by Kearney police on shooting with intent to kill, assault and battery, carrying a concealed weapon, and other charges after a motorcycle chase through downtown. Officers fired back during the exchange as the suspect barricaded himself inside a home before surrendering. fear gas was used and Judge J Karl Taylor ordered him held without bond.
The family of May Neater and Donald Sliva Sliva acknowledge Fr Price Sisters and St Isidores parishioners Tarnov and Bergan Mercy staff for prayers cards and visits. They express deep gratitude for sympathy shown during the deaths and bereavement, signed Mr and Mrs Ruy slis and family.
The metal rod shown in today’s Name-It is a medical device inserted into the right thigh bone of David Ravdhouser after his leg was badly broken. It aided the healing process and helped stabilize the fracture.
Banks must set dual lending rates for small and large borrowers as the Commerce Committee on Interest Dividends announces the plan. The policy allows small business rates to respond to costs while large business rates adjust more freely to market conditions though with cautions against disruptive moves. Banks are urged to implement immediately without raising profit margins unduly, a cap defined by the best two of the last four years. Jerome Bonaparte, brother of the emperor, married Elizabeth Patterson of Baltimore and started an American line that ended in 1945.
Three Nebraskans Jeliy V McCollister Dave Martin and Charles Mone supported a plan to set a ceiling on rates at current levels. The measure failed in the House with a 269 to 149 defeat.
Negotiations between the Lincoln Education Association and the Nebraska Department of Education stalled, with no progress reported as efforts to reach a settlement between the two sides continued.
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