Platte County planners send final land use plan to supervisors
Platte County Joint Planning and Commission finished its comprehensive land use plan and sent it to the Board of Supervisors after a July hearing. Chairman Bob Bowe noted changes and said printing should occur late this month with September meetings likely for review. The plan sets direction but contains no enforceable rules until further hearings and approvals.
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Bob Bowe
Planning Commission
Bowe
Platte County
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Loup Power District
Board of Realtors
City asks residents to water on alternating days
City Administrator Lloyd Castner urges Columbus residents to water lawns only on days matching their house numbers even or odd to ease peak load on the water system. He notes previous cooperation reduced strain and welcomes continued conservation.
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Columbus
Lloyd Castner
Ee Castner
Cold front pushes across Nebraska with cooler temps
United Press International reports a cold front crossing Nebraska brought a drop in temperatures with scattered light rain in western and north central areas. Midday readings ranged from the mid 60s west to the lower 80s southeast, highs near 90s in the southeast, and overnight lows dipping to the 50s and 60s. The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies through Friday with a chance of isolated thunderstorms.
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United Press International
Nebraska
City approves salary increases for most city workers
City Council adopts salary hikes recommended by the Safety Insurance and Personnel Committee with department supervisor appraisals. Raises retroactive to Aug. 1, but Fire Department employees not included due to pending department head actions. Council also debates sidewalks on Howard Boulevard and hires Hoskins Western Sonderegger to study downtown traffic signals.
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Stan Linhorst
Safety, Insurance and Personnel
Lincoln Engineering
Hoskins- Western-Sonderegger
Inadequate pay cited as major problem in Columbus Police
A Police and Lights Committee report to the City Council calls low salaries the top issue in the Columbus Police Department. It notes starting pay lagging 8-20 percent behind similar Nebraska cities and 20-25 percent below Platte County Sheriff's starting wages, plus concerns over promotions, retirement, supervision, nuisance calls, and court procedures. The council filed the report with no action.
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Platte County
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Steessen
Drive launched to finance Columbus Days festivities
Discover Columbus Days finance chairman Bob Gangel reports early fundraising success from team captains Jim George, Carol Syslo, Dan Jochum, Ken Greiner Jr., and Larry Schrodt. The Grand Ball on Oct 9 at Platte County Agricultural Park features King Ferdinand II and Queen Isabella II, with Ted Weems Orchestra, $10 public tickets, and 19 or older entry. Tickets via Columbus Area Chamber of Commerce.
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Dan Jochum
Ken Greiner Jr
Larry Schrodt
Discover Columbus
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Isabella II
Platte County Agricultural Park
Ted Weems
Columbus Area
Mystery illness in Pennsylvania linked to Legion convention deaths
State scientists tentatively rule out influenza as the cause of a mysterious illness that killed 23 people and sickened at least 161 Legion convention attendees in Philadelphia. Officials cite possible viral or toxic factors while federal and local teams investigate environmental conditions and histoplasmosis as a ongoing lead. The latest death is Arlene Muffley, 55, who attended the convention two weeks earlier.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Milton Shapp
Phildelphia
American Legion
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Leonard Bachman
Bachman
Philadelphia
Legion
Arlene E. Muffley
Lycoming County
Grim Colorado flood search continues near Loveland
Volunteer divers inoculated against disease search murky pools as dogs sniff river banks for more bodies from the weekend flash flood on the Big Thompson River. Officials request infrared devices to locate buried remains. death toll estimated 150 to 200 with over 100 bodies counted.
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Loveland
Colo
UPI
Big Thompson River
Bob Watson
Ralph Morgan
Morgan
Viking lander arm faults prompt failure analysis in Pasadena
UPI reports the Viking lander may have a faulty retracting boom arm used to scoop Martian soil. A failure analysis team is identifying four possible causes from electronics to motor failure, with photos to be sent to Earth Friday for timing of the fault. Viking 2 is en route to Mars to land Sept 4 near moist northern terrain.
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Pasadena
Calif
UPI
Mars
Thomas Young
Earth
Red Planet
Young
Viking 2
Oil output falls to eight million barrels a day
Federal Energy Administrator Frank Zarb said U.S. oil production has dropped to about 8 million barrels per day, the lowest in over a decade, while imports rose to a record. He noted progress in reducing consumption but warned the shift to foreign oil may not ease before Alaska oil reaches the lower 48 in 1977.
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UPI
Frank Zarb
U.S
Zarb
One dead in area plane crash in Abie Nebraska
A single engine airplane crashed and burned in a field at the southwest edge of Abie, Nebraska, killing one person. The sheriff's office said the victim’s name was being withheld pending notification of relatives.
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Abie, Neb
UPI
Butler County
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