Retired Platte Center man carves wood and rocks at home
Walter Arndt, a former farmer, now pursues wood carving and lapidary in his garage. He makes bowls goblets and pots from local red cedar and other woods, and polishes and mounts stones collected on the farm and on travels. He studies rocks and gem settings, then gives cracked gifts to family and friends.
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Walter Arndt
Platte Center
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Towa
Platter College
Arizona
Alice
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Little People Find Perfect Little Son For Adoption
Adam, a year-old kept in foster care, was chosen from five Little People of America candidates by Robert and Mary Spector of Lebanon New Jersey. The Spectors contacted the Nebraska Children’s Home Society, learned Adam was alert but nonverbal and receiving speech therapy, and after approval flew to Omaha to bring him home. His smile and trust marked his first moments with his new family.
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Hit
Robert
Mary Spector
Lebanon
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Spector
Little People of America, Inc
Harris van Oort
Nebraska Childrens Home Society
New Jersey
Childrens Home
Spectors
Cory Lueschen
Johnn Lueschen
Economic indicators show faint start for new year
Washington AP reports economic indicators gave weak signals for the new year with a 0.2 percent November drop in leading indicators, insufficient to form a trend. Commerce chief economist Courtenay Slater says the small change cannot be read as meaningfully negative or positive, while half of indicators rose and half fell.
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Courtenay M. Slater
Commerce Department
Federal Reserve
Farm Prices Rise Again in December
U S Department report shows farm prices received by farmers up one percent between November 16 and December 15 marking the third straight monthly rise. Higher hogs cattle and corn prices offset declines in lettuce olives and tomatoes. Farm expenses also edged up half a percent while remaining five percent above a year ago.
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Agriculture Department
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Telegram to Publish Monday in Columbus Timing Changes
Telegram will publish Monday January 2 with presstime around noon due to adjusted hours. The business office closes at noon and most offices and Government Agencies will close. Some Columbus stores will be open while others remain closed.
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Park to return and testify on influence-buying probe
South Korean rice dealer Tongsun Park will return to the United States to testify in court about an alleged influence-buying operation in Congress. The Justice Department will drop its bribery and influence-buying indictment after truthful testimony, with Park then immune from further U.S. prosecution except for possible perjury. House ethics chairman Rep. John J. Flynt criticizes the deal as a facade that limits congressional access to Park while allowing Seoul to control testimony.
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Tongsun Park
United States
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Justice Department
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South Korea
House Ethics Committee
Rep
John J. Flynt
Flu strains spark U S outbreak reports across multiple states
The CDC reports widespread influenza like illness in Wisconsin New Jersey Pennsylvania and Tennessee with sporadic cases in Michigan Arizona Georgia and Hawaii. A Texas and Victoria like strains amid H3N2 variants drive outbreaks. a nursing home in Brighton Colorado sees 50 of 125 ill with five deaths.
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United States
National Center For Disease Control
CDC
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New Jersey
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Hawaii
Russia
CIA
Soviet Union
Hong Kong
Albany
Suffolk County
N.Y
Brighton
Colo
Texas
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Colorado
Missouri
Ft. Leonard Wood
Carter pledges no U.S.-started war in toast to Poles
President Carter told a Warsaw audience that the United States would never start a war, except by mistake, while warning that the Soviet Union would only act when provoked. The event followed clashes with about 100 dissidents outside the palace as Polish police dispersed the protest. Carter also praised Poland's human rights record but noted dissidents were barred from a news conference and planned to answer questions in writing.
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America
Soviet Union
Edward Glerek
Union
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Local Readings and Sunrise Times Summary
Local readings show 32 high Friday and 6 high year age one low year ago. Sunrise Sunday at 5 08 sunset Sunday 7 58, sunrise Monday 5 05 sunset Monday 7 58.
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