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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1977
Page
8
In a 1977 bridge column Oswald and Jim Jacoby West misplayed a diamond slam after South misread and pursued a risky overtrick. West and North failed to overruff and the hand collapsed, highlighting errors in South’s play and North’s rebid decisions.
United Press International reports 85 year old Guy Hasse of Madison died in a two car collision one mile east of Madison on a county road intersection. State Patrol says Basse’s car was broadside struck by a vehicle driven by 22 year old Randal G. Larson of Preston. The crash occurred Tuesday. An earlier unidentified pedestrian killed August 18 on Highway 50 near I 60 is identified as Michael W. Schultz 28 of Sacramento California.
In Beirut a predawn Druze leftist ambush and a downtown market bombing killed and injured several, prompting rightists and security leaders to warn of flames hard to extinguish. Arab League peacekeepers increased checkpoints as clashes spread to Chouf hills SE of Beirut.
Washington reports disclose terms of the proposed treaty to govern the canal through 2000 and beyond. An American will head the canal until 1990 with Panamanian deputy, then reversed, while a U.S. agency will oversee operations with five Americans and four Panamanians on the board. The United States will retain operations during the interim, fund development aid to Panama, and allow future capacity studies including a third lane if warranted.
A poll of mail sent to 65 U.S. senators finds 93.4 percent opposed to the Panama Canal treaty and 6.6 percent favored it. Conducted by the American Conservative Union, the poll was released at a Young Americans for Freedom convention led by Rep. Phillip Crane, who cited about 100000 pieces of mail analyzed.
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