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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1976
Page
7
The UPI Nebraska crop report shows subsoil moisture short in 95 to 96 percent of counties, topsoil short in 95 to 96 percent, and only small improvements. Irrigated corn held up but dryland corn declined to mostly poor condition. sorghum and soybeans fell to fair, with alfalfa decline and third cutting near 70 percent.
Christine Haskett, 17, hid in the Queen Elizabeth 2 cabin with her waiter boyfriend Arnie Ashmore during a Southampton voyage to New York. She was discovered, moved to a shore contact, and charged with one way airfare home. Her father vows a talk with Christine and her boyfriend.
Jack Cleavenger Nebraska public institutions director weighs a $2 million federal grant for community health services. He worries about strings attached and notes the state would bear all costs, complicating the funding decision.
Governor declares 40 counties disaster areas and proposes allowing zero acreage in cases where distressed feed grain is used only on the farms for silage grazing or plow down. Exon urged approval to reduce per acre penalties and enable forage use with no penalty for farmers. Farmers may apply for a five percent loan to cope with very low yields.
Council President Vincent Tofany warned Labor Day motorists face record travel and increased risk. Officials estimate 13.1 billion miles will be driven from Friday evening to Monday night, with 360 to 460 potential deaths and 15 000 to 18 000 disabling injuries, urging seat belt use and no drinking and driving.
The Dutch parliament endorsed the government’s handling of Prince Bernhard’s links to the Lockheed payoff affair, with only two Pacifist Socialist Party deputies in opposition as the Lower House voted Monday to not pursue criminal prosecutions.
Lincoln based hearing reveals charges that state patrol undercover agents engaged in drug use and improper conduct. A 196 page report includes sworn statements and alleges threats against one informant. Officials call for tighter supervision and removal of ex convicts as agents while probing top leadership.
OPPD says three years of Fort Calhoun nuclear generation saved customers more than 42 million in fuel costs. General manager Ralph Shaw notes the plant produced about 7 billion kilowatt hours, supplying roughly half of OPPD's demand and avoiding higher coal or oil costs by using nuclear energy.
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