Personal notices and events fill Columbus Week listings
Guests of Mrs Anna Swan include grandson Dale Martfeld and family from Sacramento with travel plans to South Dakota and Colorado. Local events feature a Sunday night blue country band. bowling league meetings set. Navy, Air Force personnel achievements noted. shopping ads and bakery hours listed. and community members attending weddings, graduations, and college orientations in nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Swan
Dale Martfeld
Sacramento
Calif
South Dakota
Longmont
Loveland
Colo
Berlin Wall marks 18th anniversary amid border shifts
Berlin celebrates the wall’s 18th year as reports claim East German guards are installing booby-trap bombs along the western border. A study group tallies 171 border deaths since 1961, while talks between East and West Germany begin to ease tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
OPT
East Germany
West Germany
Bogan
West Berlin
Baltic Sea
Hesse
Tax hike offsets low price in Nebraska gasoline
Nebraska regular gas averaged 62.9 cents per gallon, a record, driven by an 8 percent state and 4 cent federal tax. The Cornhusker Motor Club notes state fuel tax rose to 94 cents per gallon on August 1 to offset a slight drop in base price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
UPT
Nebraska
Cornhusker Motor Club
Motor Club
Motor Clube
Lincoln
Grand Island
North Platte
Norfolk
Scottbluff
Community calendar August events and notes
August calendar lists events at Holiday Inn including Nebraskie Licensed Beverage Association Convention, Rotary Club meetings, Sertoma, City Council, Commodores gathering at Waggner Lake, Farmers Market, Parents Without Partners at Columbus Family Y, Platte County Historical Society Museum open to the public, and a Reunion note about Reunion Island status and French possession history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraskie Licensed Beverage Association
Holiday Inn
Industries, Incorporated
Rotary Club
Elks Country Club
Discover Columbus Committee
Sertoma
City Ofives
Commodores
Hay’s
Optimist Club
Kiwanis Clule
Ountry Club
Commodores Stewk Fry
Waggner Lake
Dave Durens
Farmers Market
Frankfurt Square
North Side
Parents Without Partners
Columbus Family Y
Platte County
Sodgiery Museum
Lath Street
220D Avenue
Berkowitz Begins Psychiatric Testing In Brooklyn Hospital
David Berkowitz alias Son of Sam begins two week mental evaluations at Kings County Hospital Brooklyn as psychiatrists probe his responsibility for eight murders across New York and monitor his movements under guard. Police report he spoke of a transformation in the Army and LSD experiments while friends describe a descent from a gregarious Jesus Freak to a withdrawn figure. A Brooklyn grand jury convenes to consider an indictment as guards tighten security and a frenzied public seeks justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPL
David Berkowitz
Son of
Sam
Friday
Berkowitz
Kings County Hospital
Brooklyn
Daniel Schwartz
Forensic Psychiatry
Schwartz
Korea
Paul Billow
Saginaw
Mich
Valley College
Fort Knox
Billow
Hillon
Olld
Robert Viglante
New York City
London
Boston
Yonkers
N.Y
Hospital Report Columbus Hospital Admissions and Births
Admissions list includes Susan Hill Mrs Rose Kiuntke and others in Columbus. Dismissals name Arnold Hollmann Mrs Joseph Schwartzzer and several more. Births record a son to Gene and Debbie Williams in Columbus eight pounds Aug 12. A daughter to Steven Engel at 658 Countryview Estates six pounds four ounces Aug 12. A son to John Krafka at 36 Big Meadows seven pounds five ounces Aug 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Hospital
Susan Hill
Rose Kiuntke
Columbus
Arnold Hollmann
Joseph Schwartzer
Frank Zelasney
Howard Christensen
William Markhofer
Jeffery Porter
Paula Kamphaus
Gulu Post
Gene Hassenstad
Gene Gregory
Debbie Williams
Rt. 5
Steven Engel
Countryview Estates
John Krafka
Big Meadows
Towns claim unique Platte County names and Columbus variants
Platte Center Cornlea and Tarney each claim to be the only places with their names in the nation per the Postal Directory. Humphrey has a twin in Arkansas while Columbus appears as a common name across many states and in related places like Columbus Air Force Base and Columbus Circle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Platte County
Platte Center
Cornlea
Tarney
United States Postal Directory
Humphrey
Arkansas
Columbus
Nebraska
Kentucky
Ohi
Sinais
Indiana
North Dakota
Montana
New Mexico
Wisconsin
Fannsyl
Kansas
Georgia
New Jersey
North Carolina
Texas
Mississinai
New York
Columbus Air Force Base
Mississippi
Columbus Circle
Columbus City
Columbus Junction
Iowa
Columbus Grove
Ohio
Polk County WIFE chapter organized with Nebraska officers
A Polk County chapter of WIFE Women Involved in Farm Economics was organized in Osceola with three Nebraska national officers Joy Ankery Marilyn Spiker and Joan OConnell present. Officers elected include Belly Majors president Berniece Jones vice president Maury Rose Girard recording secretary Joan Beebe corresponding secretary Dorothy Davis treasurer and steering committee members Ann Pedrosa Jennie Kamohr Barbara Carlson Fern Wyman Marlene Sterup. The next meeting is scheduled for Osceola American Legion Club on Monday Sept 13 at pm with Polk to select a steering committee member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osceola
Polk County
WIFE
InfseYren
Folk
York
Seward
Butler
American Legion Club
Nebraska
Joy Ankery
Dalton
Marilyn Spiker
Joan O'Connell
Sidney
Belly Majors
Berniece Jones
Maury Rose Girard
Fern Wyman
Marlene Sterup
Polk
Columbus Photo Contest Opens to Public in City Briefs
Columbus Telegram notes Columbus Camera Club hosts a photography contest with full rules at local photo stores or the public library. Other items include a health care teams vs hospital girls game at the National Guard Armory, Scotus annuals available Aug 13 74, a newspaper pickup reminder, and a pet pound with list of animals to be destroyed soon. Elks Club Ladies Golf Association handicap tournament set for Thursday on the front nine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Camera Club
National Guard Armory
VEW Auxiliary Hosts Clinic and Socials in Albion
The VEW Auxiliary held an informal Aug 8 meeting at the Vet's Club in Albion announced an Aug 22 cancer clinic with Do It Yourself Gualac slides for Boone County adults. Plans include a freshmen newcomers party and a bingo event for the Nebraska Veterans Home in Grand Island on Aug 21. Mrs Marge Whillen won the attendance prize and refreshments were provided by several members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albion— Veterans of Foreign Wars
Vet's Club
Hoxh Wahun
Nebraska
American Cancer Society
VEW
Boone County
New Basin
Nebraska Veterans
Grand Island
Marge Whillen
Janel Atkinson
Pat Beierman
Elsie Colin
Mary Mikired
Ladd
Anistuth Berglund
Opal
Sally Bolin
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Frankfort Square
Navy Aviation Electronics
Johnnie TD Freitas
Nancy
Arnold Odell
Genoa
Naval Air Technical Training Center
Millingtay
Tenn
Migs
Cindy Keller
California
Mt. San Antonio College
Walnut
Clifford Keller
Sullie Bunk
LeRoy Minkal
Ang
Silver Creek Rawn
Dean Marshall
Sue
Lake
Lbj
Marseskee Bay
Tex
Southwest Texas State University
San Marcos
Russell Stender
Claire
Karen
San Diego
Emil Zoucha
Helen Korgie
Columbus Manor
John Korgie
Dennis Hasselquist
West Covina
Sid Hasselquist
Gloor Bakery
Michael Bangert
Ayr, Neb
Air Force Communications Service
Wichards-Gebaur Afb
Grandview
Bangert
Offut Afb
Deborah
Irs
Dora Barada
Magic Mirror
Charles Putnam
Chuck
Vail
M. Christine Hayes
Mount St. Francis
Colorado Springs
Dick Hayes
Jerome Langan
Pat Kenney
Robert
Cornvil Bluffs
B. W. Cuba
Buda's Carpet & Furniture
13Th Street
Parker Furniture
Navy
Deborah Dickson
Robert Dickson
Stramsburg
Orland, Fla
Naval Training Center
Kearney State College
Gateway of
MJ. Mrzlak
Mrzlak
Gateway
Albion
James Getzfred
Julie Getzfred
George Young
Joey
Lloyd Young
Lew Gelafred
Leo
Adams Central High School
Hastings
Berlin Wall
Indian Ocean
Madagascar
Reunion
France
Rhode Island
Moskowitz
Son of Sam
Long Island
Queens
Bronx
South Carolina
Arizona
West Virginia
Oklahoma
Creston
Louisiana
Oregon
Lindsay
Lindsey
Pennsylvania
Monroe
Maine
Utah
Virginia
New Hampshire
Washington
Connecticut
Tennessee
Bernard — Ohia
Alabama
FOXES
Wefensday
Fleischer Rexall
Columbus. Nebraska
Columbus Telegram City Briefs
DeMetay
Terry Micheels
Masonicoe
Elks Comuity Club—Ladies Golf Assn
Walt Disney Productions
Monte , Carlo
Jean Jones
Don Knotts
Julie Sommars
Joseph Spenner
ANSE
Joseph Brenner
Phil Zelasney
Donna Prososki
14Th Street
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