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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1969
Page
1
The December horoscope column mocks holiday forecasts with humorous misprints and quirky predictions. It lampoons zodiac signs, suggests absurd cautions, and ends with a playful note about the season’s commercial stakes.
Albion officials awarded Ed Kumaman the courthouse remodeling contract at 13 800. Work must finish within 120 days. Plans relocate the assessor, law library, clerk and judge offices, and create a new upstairs layout with lower ceilings and a combined county and district court on the upper level.
Humphrey American Legion Auxiliary held a Christmas dinner at city hall after a short business session. They donated 8 ibulian to Beatrice State Home and awarded prizes to Mrs. Esther Frey Mrs. Gertrude Schueth and a guest Mr Avadil. Mr Liewer celebrated an 82nd birthday as Mrs Marvin Teesacher led the meeting.
In Muskego Wisconsin the Ronald Ekler Wirehow family and their pets likely avoided greater harm after a Thanksgiving dinner when a faulty furnace released carbon monoxide. Police and fire officials rushed the group to hospital for treatment as several family members and pets fell ill during the night.
Albion readers note two birth announcements: a daughter to Mr and Mrs Roger Ernestt and a child to Mr and Mrs Daryle Furby of Kearney. Details include birth weights and measurements though fragmented in the OCR record.
President Nixon appoints Neil A. Armstrong the first man on the moon as chairman of the Peace Corps National Advisory Council. Armstrong will serve unpaid on a part time basis to continue space program work. Michael Collins, Apollo 1 partner, named assistant secretary of state for public affairs.
A promotional pitch emphasizes life insurance with time payment options and protection for the future. The ad urges readers to plan ahead with no obligation and assures continued food supply in case of misfortune. The speaker offers to help arrange coverage.
Judge Rupert Down found Myr. and Mrs. Raymond Koenig guilty of assault and battery after their son testified they dragged him by a six inch beard to persuade him to leave a girl and return home to his wife and child. Dean fined them but remitted costs and noted he might have done the same.
The five point draft from White House hunger conference panels urges President Nixon to back a national hunger emergency and an income guarantee of 5500 for a four person family, plus universal school food, temporary programs, local anti hunger efforts, and a feeding plan for this winter. It also notes potential $1 billion a year waste in military food that could fund feeding the hungry, per Dean Rhoads of Lincoln Manufacturing.
President Nixon met separately on Wednesday with Philip Habib acting U S negotiator at Paris and with Sir Robert Thompson the British guerrilla warfare expert just back from Vietnam. The White House said no decision on further troop withdrawals and no announcement. Australia is the only continent that is also a nation.
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