21 Aug 1972
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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1972
Page
1
A garbled horoscope page offers advice across signs Taur uf Gemini to Pisces with mis-typed dates and odd phrases. It urges cautious credit, social activity, modernizing systems, and listening to others, though many lines are unclear and contain misspellings and jumbled terms.
New York AP column cites a quip about salt abundance in oceans and notes the peregrine falcon as a rapid liar candidate in a lighthearted mail bag piece.
The report lists junior division purple award winners across multiple categories such as garden display, woodworking, posters, and toy displays. Names include Joh Koben, Brian Rezac, Judy Stastny, Tim Vrana, Janet Arps, and many others, with entries spanning art, safety, entomology, and pre school toy displays. The surrounding text also contains varied quotes and regional notes about strikes, dentistry, and humorous aphorisms.
In Indianapolis Louis B. Russell Jr, 47, hosted friends and neighbors to celebrate four additional years of life gained from a heart transplant. Guests included Mrs. Johy Annick of Milwaukee and Mrs. Edward Rigden, also of Milwaukee, whose brother donated to Annick. A Providence Forge, Virginia attendee offered congratulations, mentioning her 17 year old son shot and replaced by Russell’s new heart at MCV on August 24, 1968.
Rites are planned Tuesday in Overland Park Kansas for Dilbert R Palen a native of Oval Nebraska who died Friday night He was an advertising specialist for a Kansas City firm and a former president and research director at Dr Walter Thompson Advertising Agency Chicago An obituary note from the Omaha area lists his affiliations and roles in the advertising field.
Published each evening except Sundays and holidays. Subscription rates list carrier and mail options with yearly and monthly prices. Readers in various counties receive mail deliveries and are urged to notify the postmaster of changes of address promptly.
Allen Benson from near St. Ex ward shares a corn shucking peg used about 75-80 years ago by his mother Hannah Benson. The device helped separate the ear from the husk, a primitive but useful tool before cans and plastic bags.
Researchers at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution study turning sewage into oyster meat by feeding sewage to algae then to shellfish such as oysters scallops and quahogs. Dr John Ryther leads the project and notes potential output of 900 tons of oysters annually from a 30 000 person town worth about 5 million but cautions many problems remain including cost and safety concerns.
At the Butler County Fair David City event, trophies were awarded in multiple weight classes. Winners included 5,000 Pound Stock West Ed Drieson of Hornick Iowa. 4,000 Pound Hot Rod Virst Marvin Kollman Scribner. 7,000 Pound Stock John Broadwell York. 12,000 Pound Stock Lyle Wheally Pocahontas Iowa among others, with many top placers from Ravenna York Carroll Scribner Modale and nearby towns.
Purple ribbon winners in four booths include Abie Busy Beavers Sunny Pits Pans Little Misses West Fuller Go Getters and Plum Creek. extension clay displays show Summit Extension Chal ranking top honor.
The Associated Press reports three additional traffic deaths in Nebraska, bringing the year’s highway fatality total to 487, up from 471 on August 21, 1972. Victims include Leni Biral, 56, of Switzerland, who died of injuries after a collision near Genoa. Lloyd Couture Jr., 24, of Sioux City, Iowa, killed in a pickup crash southwest of Allen. and John Bosler, 17, of Union, Oklahoma, who died when a wrecker truck rolled east of Hemingford. Permafrost definitions conclude the excerpt.
Princess Ubokatana of Thailand wed Peter L Jensen at All Souls Episcopal Church in San Diego ending her royal claims 24 days earlier. The couple, both 21 and MIT classmates, say she is now Mrs Jensen and no longer royalty.
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