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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1976
Page
2
New York stock prices show mixed moves at 1 p.m. CDT with the Dow Jones average at 983.28, down 3.40 points. Industrials led losses while trans and utilities rose modestly and numerous stocks across sectors posted varied gains and declines.
UPI reports Omaha market activity with hogs weighing 200 to 300 pounds up to 1.00 higher and 300 to 375 pounds around 39.50 to 40.50. Cattle and calves total 1,500 with steady to active demand, feeders dominant, cann ers and cutters 21.00 to 24.50. No sheep reported and Monday estimates project cattle and calves at 6,000, hogs 5,000, sheep 700.
Live cattle and frozen pork futures shown for August through February contracts with open high low and last prices. Hogs and pork bellies also listed with bid volumes and settlement figures. Postal note included with Columbus Telegram subscription and rate details.
Prices cited reflect typical local market levels with minor variations among firms. Traders note slight differences across nearby vendors and urge buyers to compare offers before purchase.
ALBION The Boone County Fair horse results list Grand Champion gilting Jerry Carder St. Edward and Grand Champion mare Patti Stevenson Petersburg. Winners span junior and senior divisions with positions for Lynne Wardeman Teresa Archer Teresa Carder Patti Stevenson and others across horse pleasure purples horsemanship reining barrel racing and pole bending events.
British Prime Minister James Callaghan accepted an invitation to Canada for September 10 to 18, with two days in Ottawa for official talks on bilateral and international issues. Actress Rosalind Russell underwent hip replacement surgery in Los Angeles for arthritis.
In Fort Worth Texas lawyers for Priscilla Davis argue an $80 000 bond for T Cullen Davis does not guarantee his appearance in court claiming the suspect is a wealthy man with uneasy witnesses The district attorney defends the amount noting bonds aim to assure appearance and that high bonds are common in murder cases
Hartford reports a Court of Common Pleas probe targets attorney Joseph R. Apter described as a mystery figure unseen for years who hires other lawyers by phone. Chief Judge Sexton pauses judgments in about 250 cases involving Apter, who typically appears through substitutes for credit union loan collections. Hartford lawyer John W. Marino says he has spoken to Apter on the phone but never met him.
Lincoln Nebraska five thousand eight hundred fifty seven widows and five thousand eight hundred three children of Nebraska veterans receive VA pensions though death was not from military duty. Eligible dependents include widows widowers and minor children of wars veterans with need based pensions set by income under four thousand five hundred dollars. Applications should be filed with the Lincoln regional office or via local veterans groups.
UPI reports U.S. District Judge Robert V. Denney declined to grant a new trial for Harry Don Marley former Sequoyah State Bank president convicted in a 360000 scheme to defraud Nebraska grain dealers Marley was convicted June 1 on one wire fraud count relating to a 55000 grain swindle in York He and 14 others were indicted August 1975 Marley dismissed from the bank after indictment Denney found the evidence showed Marley knowingly misrepresented funds and aided a known scheme to defraud Redwood Farms account ledgers showed insufficient funds The main defendant Elvin Woody of Sallisaw Oklahoma established the account in question The case faced a setback earlier when Woody was shot during an Oklahoma dispute covering the same matter The article also notes a Nebraska vacationing couple visiting Johnson's Lake and Lake McConaughy en route to Grove Lake
The House Agriculture Committee plans a final vote next Tuesday, but action may not reach the House floor before Labor Day and likely after the October 2 adjournment. If vetoes occur or action stalls, program operations would continue under current law and court battles over cuts would resume.
State Senator Orval Keyes urges Governor Exon to meet Papio flood project residents in Sarpy County Millard and west Omaha before deciding to oppose two Corps of Engineers flood control dams. He warns a Colorado style flood could displace thousands and kill hundreds.
Washington (UPI) reports that no Nixon or Agnew family members have been invited to the Republican National Convention opening Aug 16. The RNC says no official communication with either family. Nixon will miss his first convention since 1948, with planners expecting thousands of delegates, families, guests, and media personnel.
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