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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1969
Page
1
A long list from Washington details call up orders by date through 1970, enumerating dozens of draft batch numbers across months, with entries from January to December. The record reads as a continuous ledger of induction sequences, reflecting year long mobilization activity and the scope of drafts.
The Garden Club met in the library club room with roll call. Reading on evergreens was given by Mrs. Enna Bruner. Cards were sent to Mrs. Wesley Glock in Litcola General Hospital and thanks received from Mrs. Ray McEleary for hospital cards. Plans began for the annual Christmas party. A Nebraskan student weekend visit was noted, with family stays and multiple local visits described.
Nine new Job's Daughters were initiated by the group with Kay Mop and members Jane Hamilton Lora Palmblade Jan Beckler Vicki Fraka June Widle Jacque Widle Randi Ridenour Karin Koerwila. Special guests included the girls' parents and Mrs Bertha Neiden of Lincoln. Honored at the meeting were Mrs Ed Ridenour and Mrs dita Vilmann, with Thanksgiving decorations noted at the serving table. Jacque Carter presided. Mrs Norman Carter hosted. Mines Merle Johnson Glade Wyman and Robert Tooker assisted.
Larry Lueschen arrived home from Great Lakes Naval Training Center after completing active duty as a hospital corpsman. He served in San Diego and Vietnam with the 1st Marine Division and was released from active duty, returning to the United States in September 1988 and recently completing a 14 month assignment at Great Lakes.
The Nebraska Equal Opportunity Commission opened a downtown Omaha office in the Uke Barbach Building. State Director Heid Devoo said the new site will be a convenient and accessible place to register complaints about housing and employment discrimination.
Amy Sue Lukert infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Wayne Lukert was baptized by Noy Zehnder at Redeemer Lutheran Church with sponsors Mrs Donald Kucera and Darrell Lukert. Dinner guests included Carl Christenson Russell Gertrude Larkert Columbis Minnie Radford Seward Grace Will Monroe Darrel Lakert and Bon Kucera and families.
United Press International reports quotes from students and officials on draft lottery dates. Manuel Wright of the University of New Mexico says he is honored yet anguished and would refuse prize wait for deserv ing men over 30. Fred Comstock of Michigan State University notes being 29 makes him feel doomed. Police briefing notes identify suspects in the Sharon Tate murder case and anticipate further indictments. John W. Lewis files a federal suit urging abolition of stockades as military political prisons.
A North American Baptist Church conference will meet Monday at the Baptist Church in Creston with a Tuesday rally at Shell Creek Baptist Church for the Creston and Redeemer Baptists of Columbus. Speakers include missionary cam Rev Earl Ahrens of Monte Vista Colorado as the Nebraska association begins meetings at Columbus Redeemer's church. Thanksgiving guests and local gatherings are noted with multiple families visiting from Columbus Lincoln Fremont Mortalk and Creston. Highest continent elevation fact reported: Antarctica averages about 8000 feet above sea level with mountains piercing icecaps.
President Nixon urged a national campaign to combat hunger and malnutrition rooted in poverty. At the White House Conference on Food Nutrition and Health he promoted Assured Income Food stamps and universal fund distribution, while backing adequate family planning services and a commission on population growth. He warned against delaying findings and promised follow ups a year after the conference.
St. Marys Parish Council of Catholic Women met at the Rectory with reports from committees. New parish members James Kutka and Leroy Isbel Tummlies were noted. Vestment repairs were done by Mrs. Lee Snell and Mrs. Jerry Menke, and new boy surplusses were purchased.
The USS Reubendames was the first warship sunk in World War I by torpedo in October 1941 off Iceland while on convoy duty, before the United States officially entered the war.
Robert B. Hurlbert, en route from New York City and Karigay City, stayed with his parents in Houston, Texas, while visitors from Lincoln Omaha and Verdigree attended the Hurlberts. Nebraska Wesleyan Sunday featured 80 churches with NWU students Jack McVay Fred McVay Jacque Hendricks and Mark McGee speaking. Meade residents D C Robinson and C K Nixon joined Bernard Clark family in Lincoln for a visit.
The Lindsay community hosted a wedding at St Anne's Catholic Church for Robert Ellis and Mary Jean Behrens. Guests included Jim Bellers, Jerry Nienaber, Dwayne Lindherst, and families from Osmond, Omaha, and Platte Center. Mass was held at a home for Clara Nienaber's 100th birthday with Father Robert Nienaber officiating.
At Houston Space Center a broken rubber glove exposed eleven scientists and four technicians to lunar material. Apollo 12 researchers paused work for up to 36 hours as astronauts Conrad Gordon and Bean arrived for quarantine. Breccia rocks found promise new clues, delaying some examinations.
Dale Navnburg placed second with an essay titled Now will the Moratorium affect Peace Efforts in Vietnam written for County Government Day at Albion. Other juniors from St. Edward High School attending the program included Rosie Reardon Steve Bauslert Connie Baker Lerry Cruise Tom Nildasson Julie Keeshen Jenkis Schuck Alan Weeces Jethra Norman Collen Maliahey Julie Haas Steve Flaherty Dean Miller Dan Hiller and Kathy Kasper.
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