18 Dec 1972
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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1972
Page
1
Omaha Neb AP reports livestock quotations with hogs mostly higher across weight classes and sows up. Cattle and calves mix lower on steers and cows while heifers and feeders hold around mid 30s per hundredweight. lambs and wooled lambs show strength amid limited supplies. Estimated Tuesday receipts list cattle 5 thousand, hogs 6 thousand, sheep 70.
Albion Schools Superintendent Gerald Jordan announced that Friday 2 p.m. dismissal marks the start of Christmas vacation for students and teachers. Buses depart at 2:10, with classes resuming Jan. 3, 1973. A Sew and Chat Club Christmas party revealed secret pals for 1973, with gifts and bingo and card games at a local cafe.
The Carer Telegram publishes from 124 27th Avenue Columbus Nebraska. Subscription rates listed include delivered carrier within Columbus at 4.47 per month and mail rates for Nebraska and other states at 17.00 per year. Change of address instructions mention returning pastasster sheets and providing new address.
Albion family hosts Albert Hutchinson and kin in Nalcrest Florida while Maxwells plan Christmas with their son in Madison Wisconsin and other families travel from Colorado Arkansas Oklahoma and California to celebrate. Several couples visit relatives in New Mexico California Kansas and Colorado for six weeks and beyond with many relatives staying through the holidays.
An erratic horoscope page offers Aries through Pisces guidance on business, finances, romance, and personal duties. It highlights practical actions, warnings about spending, and notes about a child born today, with scattered typos and unclear phrasing throughout.
A University of Nebraska senior, Jim Pratt of Ames, Iowa, won a national William Randolph Hearst awards program scholarship for a news article on a Kansas town's killings. Second went to Waller HM Frank of Nevada, and third to Hirebeeca Christian of Des Moines for a feature on a long-ago Castro friendship. The awards total 63,650 dollars.
Police investigated an Omaha fire bombing at the Southside Terrace Homes. Two incendiary devices exploded. damage ranged from 600 to 1500 dollars. Nathaniel Dyer, 20, and Eleanor Underwood, 18, were treated at a hospital. Bobby Maxwell, 20, was arrested on suspicion of possessing a stolen weapon. The apartment sustained heavy interior damage and was deemed unlivable for weeks.
Arthur Hoff failed to file a state Business Profits Tax return for a one dollar sale by his wife and was fined 80 dollars. The story notes Mrs Hoff earned 132 dollars from similar parties with 131 dollars in expenses, while Hoff faced a 10 dollar daily penalty totaling 80 dollars for the delayed filing.
Scottsbluff hosts a general meeting for beet growers amid concerns over the pending 90 million sale of Great Western Sugar Co. to Greater Western Producers Cooperative. Nebraska growers discuss poll results and potential actions, aiming to gauge support and steer industry reform.
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