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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1977
Page
7
Douglas and Lomazen Company of Farmington Hills Michigan reports a 15 percent sales rise and 10 percent net earnings gain for the second quarter ended June 30 from a year earlier. Six month totals reach 50.3 million in sales and 2.03 million earnings.
Steven P. Christensen is appointed quality control supervisor at Allied Mills Wayne Feed plant in Columbus. He will oversee incoming raw materials and finished products. Christensen, a 1976 Iowa State University graduate in agricultural business, resides in Columbus with his wife and child. Western Union opens a new Omaha office at Nineteenth and Dodge, moving from the Woodmen of the World Building to clear space for a downtown education center.
Sears, Roebuck and Co. asks owners of two exercise cycles to contact Sears stores for free seat and post replacements due to a metal post potentially pushing through the seat. About 17,000 units sold since 1975 include dual action exerciser model 16628260 and stationary cycle models 392.28280 and 466.29680. Do not use until corrected.
Gordon Buchholz Columbus Division superintendent celebrated 35 years of service with Loup Power District. He began in 1942 as an apprentice lineman, rose to line foreman in 1952, became line superintendent in 1970, and was named division superintendent in 1971. He and wife Betty have three daughters and three grandchildren. He is active in several clubs and churches and enjoys golf.
Dr Del D Weber, named chancellor of the University of Nebraska at Omaha, has strong ties to Columbus and Platte County. Born in Columbus in 1932, he comes from a career spanning Cleveland State University and Arizona State University, where he led the College of Education. The Webers plan to arrive in Omaha around September 1.
Ray Gladfelter, once of Columbus and an early WJAG Norfolk recruit in 1952, was saluted in Washington, D.C. for his 25th anniversary in broadcasting. He is the son of Blake and Mrs Gladfelter of 4204 15th Street and serves as president and executive director of the ITV Co operative, a Washington nonprofit forming its first year.
A new Wheeler's Store opens on the west edge of Schuyler along Highway 30 with hours from 4 a.m. to 11 p.m. weekdays and 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturdays. Sunday hours vary seasonally. John Matasovsky manages with wife Debra, new to town from Beatrice. Riley's Bar changes ownership to Harold and Mrs Huismann from Colorado.
Babson's Reports foresees strong defense and commercial growth for aerospace through 1979 with $11.5 billion in 1977 and $12.5 billion in 1978 defense orders. Space program and space shuttle aid space sales, while Lear Siegler pitched as a buy. Warns caution for some contractors, locks in few positions for Lockheed and McDonnell Douglas.
Alyeska Pipeline Service Company's rehabilitation program plants about 1 million willow cuttings in areas north of the Crooks Mountain Range to restore critical big game habitat disturbed by pipeline and road construction. The effort aims to reestablish vegetation and provide cover for wildlife.
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