Substitutes face early bell signals and last minute calls
Educators describe the rush of early morning substitute calls between seven and seven thirty to fill classes starting near eight. They note not knowing students names and little prep time as drawbacks, yet many substitutes praise teaching as rewarding and akin to starting a ride in a harness.
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Stan Linhorst
Meridith Ernst
Blasig
Mary Ziegenbein
Otto Snarr
Jack of All Trades
Senior
Ziegenbein
Telegram to skip Saturday edition for holidays
The Columous Telegram will go to press about noon Friday with no Saturday edition. Publisher Dave Lyons announced the business office closes at noon Friday and reopens Monday morning. Similar schedules apply to other offices as Christmas Eve and New Year’s approach.
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Columous
Dave Lyons
Chance of snow flurries Friday in Nebraska
A weak high pressure ridge brought clear to partly cloudy skies across Nebraska with statewide temperatures rising into the 30s and 40s. Friday will be cloudy with a chance of snow flurries as a warm front lingers and temperatures dip slightly from the 30s to the 20s in some areas.
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United Press International
Nebraska
Nebraska Panhandle
Fae Nebrecha
Lorecaat
Bates
Charles Thone
Rneb
U.S. Economic Development
Thone
Thurston County
Auburn
EDA
Columbus Receives 725000 Federal Grant For Local Projects
Columbus to share in 725000 in federal Public Works Employment Act funds announced in Washington. Funds will finance a 860000 water storage tank near Platte College and a 75000 underground sprinkler system at Van Berg Golf Course. Other Nebraska allocations include Metro Tech industrial training center 2720000 and Santee Sioux tribal health center 1690000.
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Olumbus
Washington
Platte College
van Berg
Nebraska
Lloyd Castner
Metropolitan Technical Community College
Omaha
Santee Sioux ‘Tribe
Nebraska City School System
Metro Tech
Winnebago
Nebraska City
Lincoln
Plattsmouth
Douglas County
City of Valley
Fort Calhoun
Village of
Ceresco
City of LaVista
Christmas Dinner Open to Public at Federated Church
Pastor Lee Hicks and his family host a Christmas inner at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Federated Church 2704 Station Street. He asks residents who know someone alone on Christmas day to call 564 7172.
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Lee Hicks
Federated Church
Hicks
Carter's Cabinet complete with Califano and Sorensen
President-elect completes his 1 member Cabinet naming Joe Califano head of Health Education and Welfare to tackle energy issues and Theodore Sorensen to lead the CIA. Schlesinger to help craft a viable national energy policy. Sorensen, 48, Kennedy adviser, replaces many undersecretaries. Bell to be attorney general, described as likely short term.
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Joe Califano
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Carter
People's Department
Schlesinger
Griffin Bell
Library sale seals deal with Columbus businessman
The Columbus City Council voted 7 to 0 to sell the present library building to Dean Soulliere for 69000 after earlier bids of 96050 and 61000 were rejected. An ordinance will formalize the sale which will vacant the spring and move to the old west NPPD site.
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Columbus
Puncilmen
Tom Kumpf
Dean Soulliere
Soulliere
Old West
NPPD
Oil Slick Near Georges Bank From Grounded Tanker Argo Merchant
Nantucket Shoals sees a 100 mile oil slick from the Liberian tanker Argo Merchant. Coast Guard reports wind shifts push the slick toward Georges Bank while Navy divers inspect the seabed for sunk oil and sailors check the bow for damage. The captain was reportedly asleep when the vessel ran aground.
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Nantucket
Mass
UPI
Nantucket Shoals
Argo
Georges Bank
Coast Guard
Georges Banks
Massachusetts
Stelios Madias
Madias
Candlemaking Through Time From Ancient Waxes To Modern Molds
Verona Schoept demonstrates home candlemaking using wax from saved candles and simple molds. She notes dipping and molding methods, wax types from paraffin to beeswax, and tips on wicks tops and mold choices for clean results.
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Irene O'Brien
Verona
John) Schoept
Whal
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Jan Brown
Kathryn Senior
Snarr
Ernst
Columbus Junior High
Hoto
Telegram
Valentine
McCook, Rile
Chadron
Califano
HEW
Sorensen
Khandibus
Christ
Kelly
Earnoe
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