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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1971
Page
8
A fragment notes United Press International reporting that Benjamin Franklin’s maternal grandmother owned an indentured servant who, in a controversial turn, married the man who purchased her. The claim centers on lineage and colonial social norms, reflecting on family ties and era practices.
The highest temperature reported Monday by the National Weather Service was D8 degrees at Parker Arizona. Today's low was 29 degrees at Bradford Pennsylvania.
A pair of college professors introduced no fault auto insurance, once mocked, now drawing legislative interest. Massachusetts and Puerto Rico show large drops in bodily injury claims and costs, while opponents question constitutionality. Sixteen states study similar bills as support grows.
A tropical low over Florida was moving northeast toward the Georgia South Carolina border. Small craft from Jacksonville to Cape Fear told to stay in port and vessels north of Cape Fear to Cape Hatteras warned away. The National Weather Service issued flash flood alerts for Georgia and South Carolina, with coastal tides 2 to 3 feet above normal.
Viet Cong frogmen sank the U S merchant ship Green Bay in Qui Nhon Harbor early today by detaching and exploding 600 pounds of explosives attached to the hull. Four crewmen aboard the 11,000 ton vessel were injured, including one American. Identification of the American was not released.
Federal crop observers reported corn leaf blight development remained static over the past week in Lincoln. The state Division of Agricultural Statistics said the crop was 40 percent into the dough stage, with some fields nearing dent stage and a second brood of European corn borers under watch. Soybeans, sugar beets, dry beans and potatoes showed good progress amid limited insect issues.
Ainsworth man was arraigned in Brown County Court Monday on first degree murder charges in the fatal shooting of Wilma Crazy Hawk, 33, of Ainsworth. An attorney was appointed and he was ordered held without bond. Preliminary hearing set for Wednesday. The victim was found at the home of Matthew Goodbreast, a half-brother to Bear Nog, about 11:30 p.m. Saturday. The Hambertonian, held each year at Du Quoin, HL, is called the Kentucky Derby of harness racing.
There were more Herefords, both commercial and purebred, marketed annually than any other beef breed in the United States. The sentence highlights Hereford prominence in the national cattle market and implies ongoing industry growth and demand.
Sir Walter Raleigh, imprisoned in the Tower of London for treason, penned his History of the World during confinement, reflecting on global events and his own fate as a captive scholar.
Farmers of the United States will need to raise 433000 hogs annually for each additional million of population. This projection ties meat supply to demographic growth, highlighting agricultural scale in national planning.
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