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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1976
Page
2
Actor Rod Steiger, 1968 Oscar winner for In the Heat of the Night, is recuperating in a private room after a nine bypass heart surgery at Daniel Freeman Hospital. A hospital spokesman said he is progressing well and could not estimate discharge, having moved from ICU to private care.
Lower Loup Natural Reserves District and University of Nebraska Forestry plan a timber survey across Boone Garfield Wheeler Valley Greeley Sherman and Howard Counties in east central Nebraska. Fieldwork will identify species age and timber volume and assess disease or insect risks to guide potential thinning and market prospects. Public shelterbelt funding and tree cooler installations are also noted to aid survival and wind protection.
In a bridge play detailed by Oswald and James Jacoby, South ducks the first heart, wins the follow up, and executes a strategic finesse sequence. After a trump to dummy, East’s diamond shift leads to a successful queen finesse and three tricks for the defense. A later finesse against West’s queen of clubs secures the rubber, illustrating that precise entries and endplays can negate guesswork. The column also explains revokes when a declarer misleads by leading from the wrong hand, noting a revoke occurs if a player holds and plays a card from his own hand.
Schuyler Chamber of Commerce officials announced 11 new businesses established in Schuyler this year. They also noted chamber membership rose from 140 in 1975 to 50 this year.
Lincoln based University of Nebraska Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources released an 18 page report on Nebraska forage crops. It notes a shift to silages and forage feeding as grain prices rise, with more pasture and crop residues used in beef and dairy. The study highlights insect and disease control as key problem areas and projects total grassland acreage to stay near 25 million acres while production per acre rises.
The First United Church of Christ Ladies Guild met Thursday and thanked Mrs. Robert Neuhaus, Mrs. Randy Malacek and George Bruhn for a church cleaning. Guests welcomed included Mrs. John A. Glandl of Norfolk Mrs. Willie Shaer of Peoria Ill and Mrs. Oswald Meiselbach. A report on land irrigation and rangeland management urged promotion of conservation grazing and silage as a key roughage source for Nebraska farms.
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