Consulting firm to evaluate Columbus personnel program
A private consulting team led by Stanley Dial and Hugh Catherwood will interview all city employees to draft a new personnel manual, assess job classifications, pay scales, and fringe benefits. The $8,000 study, financed by a U.S. Civil Service Commission grant, aims to compare Columbus with similar cities without rating individuals.
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Columbus
Ameeion
Denver
Stanley Dial
Hugh Catherwood
Lloyd Castner
Catherwood
U.S. Civil Service Commission
United Way Luncheon Names Local Award Recipients
United Way of Columbus will hold its annual awards luncheon Thursday at noon at Otenk Inn. Hockenberger Jr drive chairman urged all participants in the successful campaign to attend along with others interested in United Way. Recognition will go to those who helped reach the highest local goal. John Peck and Past President Fred Chittenden will participate in the program.
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United Way of Columbus
Otenk Inn
Hockenberger Jr
United Way
John Peck
Fred Chittenden
Columbus girl wins national Student Cartoonist of the Week
Lisa Lyons of Columbus, chosen from thousands of entries in the VEC Newspaper in the Classroom program, received a certificate from Columbus Telegram publishervid Lyons. Her award honors editorial cartooning tied to current events and critical thinking, with film strips lasting across 17 local schools and 13,000 nationwide.
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Lisa Kneifel
Center
David Lyons
The
Columbus Telegram
Emma Becker
Saint Bonaventure School
Telegram
VEC
Columbus
Stan Linhorst
Lae
Lisa
Saint Bonaventure’s
VEC Telegram
Lisa Byvid Lyons
John Whitehead Named to Fill 21st District Court Seat
Gov J James Exon named Columbus attorney John Whitehead to fill the 21st District Court vacancy left by C Thomas White. Whitehead and R Steven Gehshel were nominated by a judicial committee. Chronology: born March 4 1939 at Loup City. educated at Loup City High School St Benedicts College Atkinson Kan 1961 and Washburn University School of Law 1964. He moved to Columbus 1965, served as deputy county and in private practice since 1972. He joins Knights of Columbus Optimists Elks Chamber of Commerce Platte County Bar and other groups.
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J. James Exon
Columbus
John Whitehead
C. Thomas White
Whitehead
R. Steven Gehshel
White
Supreme Court
Exon
Loup City
St. Benedict
Walker, Luckey and Whitehead
City of Columbus
Knights of Columbus
Optimists
Elks Club
Chamber of Commerce
Platte County
OPPD Cancels Fort Calhoun Unit No 2 Project
The Omaha Public Power District board voted 4-1 to cancel the Fort Calhoun Nuclear Unit No 2 contract, ending the $1.2 billion project. Board members cited cost, safety concerns, and long delays as reasons for abandoning the largest construction in the Fort Calhoun facility. NPPD directors chose to stay in the project on a separate matter.
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Omaha
UPI
Omaha Public Power District Board
Fort Calhoun
OPPD
Fort Calhoun No. 2
Robert Corn
Robert Blankenship
John P. Munnelly
Rosemary Skrupa
Richard Sievers
Corn
NPPD
Energy crisis idles two million workers
A blizzard in western New York triggers a state of emergency in Buffalo with 500 National Guardsmen and 45 mph winds. The winter 1976 77 has produced record snow, 160 inches in Buffalo, and 23 storm related deaths in Erie County and Rochester area. nationwide unemployment climbs to 2 3 million with Ohio leading losses. energy relief measures and coal use urged.
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New York
Buffalo
Midwest
Stanley Makowski
National Weather Service
Rochester
Erie
Ohio
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Carter
House Democratic
House Committee
Senate
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Boston
Evening with Ronald Reagan at Columbus Senior High
Tickets are on sale for An Evening with Ronald Reagan set for Saturday March 26 at the Columbus Senior High auditorium. The $6.50 ticket covers coffee, the annual meeting, and the dance at Ellis Country Club, with purchases available at Adams Clothing Bordy Tooley Card and Gift Art Columbus Bank and Trust and via postal office box 515 or phone 564 2769.
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Columbus Senior High Auditorium
Ellis Country Club
Adams Clothing
Bordy Tooley
Art Columbus Bank and Trust
P.O
Warmer Nebraska forecast amid arctic high pressure shift
The National Weather Service expects warmer temperatures across Nebraska with highs in the 30s to mid 50s and overnight lows ranging from 5 below to 21. Cloudy southeastern Nebraska may see light rain or snow flurries Wednesday while western areas stay partly cloudy with highs in the upper 30s to low 40s and eastern areas in the 30s.
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United Press International
National Weather Service Today
Nebraska
the Weather Service
Scottsbluff
Valentine
North Omaha
Imperial
School board weighs factors in declining enrollment
Columbus City Schools will not buy modular classrooms. The board, after a long meeting, approved moving the resource room to North Park instead of using mobile units, citing a $50,000 cost and uncertain fall availability. The district also eyed junior high to senior high reconfiguration and discussed staff reductions tied to lower enrollment.
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Dick Howe
Columbus
Board of Education
Lincoln School
North Park
Fred Bellum
Lost Creek
Bellum
Jim Sterup
Larry Bradley
Pat Beckenhauer
Bradley
Columbus Education Association
William Grant
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Indiana
Otis R. Bowen
Sault Ste. Marie
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Ronald Reagan
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