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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1975
Page
5
Local notices list Christmas guests visiting in Nebraska and surrounding areas. David and L E Greenwalds plan Omaha and Virginia trips while MONA More Platte County Assessor notes tax exemption deadline. Several families from Lincoln, Omaha, Janesville, and Shelby extend holiday visits and baptisms are noted at St Robert Church.
Reservations only for a New Year’s Eve event at the Brown Derby featuring the Urkoski Orchestra from 9 PM to 1 AM. Also notes Christmas gathering with Mr and Mrs Paul Ernst and extended family from Dubuque and York, dining at Cleo Kuntzelman’s home.
Community notices list holiday gatherings at Micek’s Bar and family visits in Leigh and Columbus, a Masters Tournament bowling qualifier in Columbus, a box card sale at The Art Printery, and a wedding dance at New Havens Ballroom. Various local residents and families from Leigh, Columbus, Wisner, Arlington, and Tallahassee are mentioned, with holiday travel and funeral attendance noted.
Tonight Mr and Mrs Bill Engert and family join Mr and Mrs Hugh Fugleberg and son of South Sioux City and Mrs Werner Johansen of Osceola for a post Christmas gathering at Mr and Mrs Virgil Johansen’s Osceola home.
The Sidney educational release program using Western Nebraska Technical College facilities will close next January. State Corrections Director Joseph Vitek calls it a noble experiment as eight of nine inmate students have been transferred. College officials cited trouble and costs, noting 35 to 40 student goals were not met and travel time between Lincoln offices and Sidney hindered operations.
Inmates at the New Hampshire state prison started a four hour disturbance when 200 demanded Christmas dinner releases for a dozen solitary inmates. About 135 cells damaged beyond use, three people injured, four employees seized, riot gear police deployed, fires set, hostages escaped, prisoners later contained and treated. Governor and state officials planned investigations.
A weak earthquake was reported by Japan's Meteorological Agency as felt in Kanagawa and Shizuoka areas southwest of Tokyo. The quake occurred about 3 50 a.m. and registered a 1 on the Japanese scale in Yamanashi province and Yokohama.
Frances Hansel 69 of 1463 18th Avenue dies at Behlen Community. Albert Goering 72 of Platte Center dies after months of illness. services at McKown Funeral Chapel with burial in Roselawn Cemetery. David M. Ryan, former Columbus resident, funeral in Denver. William P. Mullen 77 dies at St. Francis Hospital. services at St Mary Cathedral with rosary at Livingston Sondermann. Merlin Phillips 89 formerly of Leigh dies December 25. services set for Leigh United Church of Christ with Leigh Cemetery burial.
The State Justice Department issued an opinion that a spokesman from the State Roads Department says will anger many truckers. Assistant Attorney General Steve Smith said the current method of adding tool boxes or tanks to bypass the 60-foot length rule is illegal. The law allows 65 feet for truck tractors in combination, but the opinion indicates the discussed combinations must meet the 60-foot limit.
TARNOV- St Anne Sodality held a children's Christmas party at the parish hall Saturday afternoon. Games were played and prizes awarded. Santa Claus distributed sacks of candy as the group sang carols and refreshments were served by Mines. Ted Rosenthal Dennis Hanzel Hermie Krings and Ray Jarosz.
Lakeview High held its annual Snowball Dance in a Winter Wonderland setting. Crowned king and queen were seniors Mike Coan and Brenda Rosche. Attendants included seniors Nancy Bruckner and Merlin Grotelueschen, juniors Ivy Bakenhus and Dan Rosen thal, sophomores Debbie Luchsinger and Ennis Vacha, freshmen Monica Mullin and Tim Mueller.
A one car crash on Nebraska 22 near Scotia left one person dead. The Nebraska State Patrol did not release the victim’s name pending relatives’ notification. The car, traveling westbound, struck a bridge shortly after dawn.
The U S Navy submarine Kamehameha crew and officers, three months from home with classified whereabouts, returned to Groton on a chartered flight in time for Christmas. They flew from Spain after turning the ship over to a new crew and were bused to the submarine base to reunite with families at Windsor Locks Bradley International.
NORRISTOWN PA UPI The Jones family welcomed Jenny a 3 year old from Song Nam Korea as their seventh child after a year long legal battle. Federal action allowed her entry for medical reasons making the Christmas arrival a family miracle despite immigration hurdles.
Preliminary hearing date of Jan. 13 set for David Munsinger charged with possession of more than one pound of marijuana. He was released on his own recognizance. Wife Gayle not charged as previously reported. Munsinger home raided last weekend. Traffic fines listed for multiple individuals include speeding and improper parking fees. About a dozen meteor showers occur each year from Earth's passage through meteoroid streams left by comets.
Columbus Telegram city brief notes a St. Bonaventure class of 1965 reunion mass moved to 6 p.m. Saturday December 26 at the Holiday Inn, instead of at St. Bonaventure. Also reports two noninjury accidents near Lark Bar involving a B-D Construction pickup and a hit and run, with damages of 90 and 800 dollars. AA and AlAnon meet Sundays. Rising City couple observes wedding anniversary December 28 from 2 to 4 p.m. at Rising City Fire Hall with no gifts requested. Concordia Guild meets at Immanuel Lutheran Church on Monday.
The Kuta family gathered Sunday at the social hall. Attendees included Tom Kuta and Rose Ann, Don, Virgil Kuta and family of Silver Creek, Alvin Kuta and family of Humphrey, Jack Kurtenbach and family of Kearney, Gene Kuta and family of Columbus, and Norbert Kuta and family of Platte Center.
In Queen Charlotte's Hospital a mother, Marietta van Dorp, 29, and Dutch banker wife, delivered quadruplets by cesarean on Christmas Day. The three girls and a boy, all under four pounds, remained in incubators but were reported doing fine.
Behlen Community Hospital records show admissions for Mrs. De Tritten Salley Settlemeyer Columbus Bruce Zimmerman Richland and Mrs. Emma Watt North Bend Mameé Dahl Mary Jonas Kristi White Schuyler Mrs Ronald Schrage Howells Louis Racek Morse Bluff plus births at Platte Center and a baby girl for Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Johnson at Schuyler. Dismissals include multiple residents across Bellwood Monroe Humphrey Shelby and Schuyler facilities.
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