Capitol comment on Alps traffic snarl through Brenner Pass
A Saturday in the Alps description notes thousands of travelers from Austria and Germany heading to Adriatic resorts, with locals from the south seeking mountain destinations. The piece highlights a 15 kilometer gap in the freeway-like Brenner route causing heavy traffic and delays, likening it to Nebraska’s Interstate 80 in disruption.
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Lincoln
Neb
Alps
Austria
Brener Pass
Adriatic
Iuly
Nebraska
Nelvaska
Europe
Denmark
Switzerland
France
Italy
Germany
Amsterdam
Virgin Territory
Mounain
Interstate 80
Omaha
Rome
Florence
Naples
Pompeii
Rhine River
Rees
U.S
United States
Beef bartering system hinges on supply and demand
Chicago AP reports beef pricing reflects a complex barter system where farmer returns depend on demand, supply, and market willingness to pay. Prime beef trades around 53 to 55 dollars per hundredweight, while other factors include weather, crop quality, and nationwide market communications shaping estimates for slaughter and retail needs.
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Chicago
Verno Butz
National Livestock and Meat Board
Buzz
Butz
Mosh
Community Calendar highlights Columbus Area events
The Columbus area calendar lists meetings and events from the Chamber of Commerce breakfast at 7:30 am to council sessions at City Hall. It notes the Frankfort Square Art Show on the 18th and 19th, the St Isidore parish annual bake sale Aug 18 6:30 pm to midnight and Aug 19 roast beef dinner, county board sessions Aug 2 to Sept 22, and the Elks awards banquet with Gene Leahy as speaker.
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Chamber of Commerce
Happy Chef
Platte County
Board of Supervisors
Calumbus
Ag Park
Elks
Gene Leahy
Fewer wholesale florists but sales rise 1965 to 1970
Washington AP report shows a drop in wholesale florists and a lower share of flower sales to mass markets, while wholesale terminals saw sales rise from 1965 to 1970. A ERS Cornell Purdue survey found nearly 107 million dollars in 1970, averaging 200000 per firm, with roses and carnations leading sales and together with chrysanthemums and gladioli making up 71 percent of grass sales.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Economic Research Service
Cornell
Purdue Universities
Retail food marketbasket costs rise sharply in year spring
Washington AP reports the quarterly Agriculture Department outlook shows a 15 percent rise in the retail cost of a marketbasket of foods from the previous quarter. Farm value of food products climbed 10.5 percent year over year to 1971 levels, with meat driving much of the increase and consumers spending more on domestic farm foods in 1972.
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Washington
U.S
Agriculture Department
WZL
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Columbus Telegram
Columbus
Capitol
Area Chamber of Commerce
Andser
Kessler
Chivas Regal
Pabst
Liquor Mart
Columbus Savings
S&h
DOS & IL
14Th Street
26Th Avenue
Nebr
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