One a year Yonkie makes own violins
Art Yonkie, 81, builds violins as a main hobby after arthritis slowed him. He started in 1992 fashioning a Stradivarius style instrument from scrap wood, detailing handwork from thicknessing to sound bar shaping. He practices carpentry and painting, and his wife is his primary customer.
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Local Weather Readings and Sun Times
Readings show a high of 99 and a low of 54 for the period. Sunrise times are 6 47 on Sunday and 6 48 on Monday with sunset at 8 17 Sunday and 8 45 Monday.
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Ford studies fuel loan plan to spur synthetic fuels
President Ford weighs a semi public corporation to loan billions to private industry for synthetic fuel development. The idea would issue government guaranteed bonds to raise capital for private loans while avoiding direct federal funding. Nessen cautions no decision has been made as advisers present options. Ford continues vacation activities before traveling to Montana to discuss energy and inaugurate Libby Dam hydro project.
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FBI probes deaths in Ann Arbor hospital mystery
The FBI began a full scale inquiry into a string of suspected drug related incidents at a Veterans Administration hospital in Ann Arbor. Medical sources say at least 15 patients were targeted with a muscle relaxant that may have caused two deaths and several respiratory arrests. The hospital tightened drug controls and increased security as investigators examine 16 most suspicious cases including two fatalities.
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Killer of Nazi goes free in Virginia release
John Patler, who ambushed and killed American Nazi leader George Lincoln Rockwell in 1967, is paroled from Pulaski Correctional Unit after eight years of a 32 year sentence. Patler, a former American Nazi captain, was described as a model inmate who studied art.
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City Pool Closes Under Hot Spell
Columbus area residents faced early pool closures as temperatures neared 10 degrees with more heat forecast for the weekend. The Pawhee Park swimming pool shut Thursday evening due to a shortage of guards who had not returned to duty.
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Lusche Family Earns Agriculture Bicentennial Award
The Lawrence Lusche family of rural Columbus received the August Agriculture Bicentennial Award from the Columbus Area Chamber of Commerce. The Lusches, long tied to farming in Section 23, Platte County, have deep roots dating back to 1856 with Henry Taniche’s fort and the Lusche claim cabin on Shell Creek. They are active in 4-H and FFA, with Lawrence and Marion serving on local boards and church groups.
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Couples For Christ
Fire Causes $1.2 Million Loss At Nebraska Campus Building
A fire on the University of Nebraska Lincoln East Campus destroyed the plant industry building. Total damage is estimated at $1.2 million with $500k-$700k to the structure and $400k-$500k to equipment. Final figures may take 30 days, repairs could reach $1.5 million depending on electrical work. Three departments housed there face displacement. researchers fear long recovery for plant pathology.
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UPI
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Barrassi
Harley Schrader
Lincoln
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National Science Foundation For
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Elvis Dickason
Roger Uhlinger
Nebraska enacts broad new laws amid resolve and debate
The 1975 Nebraska legislature sets many measures to take effect Sunday, including a state insect designation for the honeybee, higher mortgage usury limits, two new reformatories, an enhanced sexual assault statute, parochial students allowed on public buses, and workman’s compensation patient choice. Other provisions govern groundwater use, flood plains, and agency oversight. Some laws carry emergency clauses. a helmet law faces a temporary injunction delaying its start.
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