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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1976
Page
7
Mr and Mrs E J Briswalter of Sun City Arizona are the parents of the guest and plan to stay about a month. Other items note cafe hours and social gatherings with local families and clubs in the area.
Vacationing this week at Roy Lake South Dakota were Mr and Mrs Ray Woodrick with son Roger and their daughter and son in law Mr and Mrs Larry Honke of Lincoln. Also visiting were Mr and Mrs George Hipp of Bremerton Washington and relatives in St Edward. Other items note a steak fry a bear archery clinic and a beauty college enrollment.
Community calendar lists a walk-in brunch hosted by Parents Without Partners with times and venue details. A history society gathering, a Dairy Queen Commodores event, a Right to Life chapter meeting, and a Kiwanis Club lunch are scheduled with locations. Mr and Mrs Wilbur Heins and family left for Lamesa Texas after visiting relatives and were honored at a Platte Center neighborhood picnic hosted by several local families.
Hospital report lists admissions for Owen Parry Genoa Holly Nicholite George Frost and Columbus. Dismissals include Mrs. Randall Stecher and daughter Leigh Virgil Stone Mrs. William Held Theresa Ziemba Mrs. Ronald Weyer and daughter Columbus. Birth recorded for Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kohler Schuyler a son born August 20 weighing nine pounds twelve ounces at 311 East 19th Street Schuyler.
Platte County District 9 announces the 1976 77 term starts August 30 with orientation 9 to 11 30 a.m. and board meeting in the afternoon. Regular classes begin August 31 9 a.m. to 3 45 p.m. with grade locations and lunch policies noted. Parents urged to respond by August 26 1976 and contact board members Dick James Carroll Schreiber or Robert Schreiber with questions.
City items announce CHS yearbooks may be picked up Thursday 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the commons with receipts and parental permission required for others. A signing event is scheduled that evening from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in front of the school. Other entries note Elks County Club Ladies Golf Assn Fun Day, Job's Daughters proficiency performance, Residers Club meeting, Columbus High yearbook activity cards for 1976 77, and a Legion Auxiliary public card party on August 24 at the Legion Club.
Lincoln Nebraska UPI The McCarthy petition drive seeks to place Eugene McCarthy on the Nebraska November ballot as a presidential candidate. Backers notarized petition names in Secretary of State Allen Beermann's office and plan to challenge Nebraska election laws. Beermann says the group cannot meet existing requirements but may use the notarized names to push the issue.
Mayor Ivan Cooper and the Viola village council plan to return about 9500 dollars of unused revenue to roughly 300 taxpayers. Each resident may receive twenty or thirty dollars in rebates this fall, described by Cooper as akin to returning a cup of sugar to a neighbor.
Federal Judge George Hart placed Jake Jacobsen on two years probation after suspending a two year prison term and a $10,000 fine for paying John B. Connally $10,000. Hart cited the long illness of Jacobsen's wife as a key mercy factor. Jacobsen previously pleaded guilty to aiding Nixon milk price supports.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission scrapped its plan to require a child resistant cover for matchbooks noting public comments and lack of a specific design. It may pursue other safety steps such as lash protection or relocating the striking patch, but the cover need not be inherently child resistant.
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