City Council unveils one year street plan for Columbus
Columbus City Council released a one year plan widening 33rd Avenue including the viaduct at an estimated 1.62 million. A six year plan covers Howard Boulevard and 3rd Street with an estimated 1.089 million. Public hearing set for Feb 18. Policy notes include moving permits, liquor transfer, downtown improvements, and street light upgrades. The Platte County Historical Society lease of the old Burlington Depot was approved through Jan 1 1977.
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Ng Terry Anderson
City of Columbus
Columbus
33Rd Avenue
8Th Street
22Nd Street
Howard Boulevard
45Th
48Th Avenue
3Rd Street
35Th
48Th Avenues
Ken Greiner
Jacobson
1Mth Street
27Th Avenue
Glur Cement Works
Greiner
Highway 30
Don Vari Aspire
Glen Khick
Richland
Sth
Hoong
Louie's
Public Property Committee
Frankfort Square
Neligh
Air Vista
Cal- Way
Jaup Power District
Fred Gerber
Platte County Historical Society
Burlington
13Th Street
22Nd Avenue
Royal
Jerry Kneitel
Kneitel
County Historical Seciety
Burlington Railroad
CHS Winter Band Concert Set Tuesday
Columbus High School band under Larry D. Marik presents its winter concert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the high school auditorium. The 0-piece band performs Carter and deChlik works plus Reed’s Mancial for Concert Band, with a film of the marching band from the November Nebraska Marching Band Festival in Uncalat shown. tickets at the door.
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Columbus High School
Larry D. Marik
Carter
Reed
Space Tax tourism bill passes Nebraska legislature
Nebraska lawmakers approve a bill allowing counties to levy up to 403 percent sales tax on hotel and motel stays to fund tourism and convention promotion. The measure, debated by Sen. John Cavanaugh of Omaha, passed 25 to 23 and goes to the governor. A five member committee would manage the proceeds and approve contracts with groups for services.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
Sun
Ron Cape
Kearney
John Cavanaugh
Omaha
Cope
Cavanaugh
Rail aid bill signed by Ford
President Ford signed a $6.4 billion railroad aid bill paving the April merger of seven bankrupt railroads into the Consolidated Rail Corporation. The measure was amended at the last minute to avert a veto, enabling a major industrial reorganization.
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UPI
Ford
Congress
Northeastern
Consoldated Rail Corporation
Four Die as Freights Collide Near Archbold Ohio
Two Penn Central freight trains were switched onto the same track and collided head on near Archbold Ohio. Four crewmen were killed, a Penn Central official said. One crewmember on the westbound train escaped and was hospitalized at Fulton County health center.
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Archbold, Ohio
UPI
Penn Central
Ohio
Howard Gilbert
Fulton County Health Center
France Orders 5000 Troops On Wartime Alert In Djibouti
French forces in Djibouti were placed on wartime alert after a border clash with Somalia over a bus hijacking rescue. Four Air France jets carried 841 reinforcements from Paris to Djibouti as AMX tanks faced Soviet T34s along the frontier. A battle near Loyata left a child and a national Kinmen killed as a battered bus was stormed.
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Afirs
Essas
UPI
France
Paris
Somalia
Air France Est
Orly
French Somaliland
Loyata
SONA
Earthquake Death Toll Tops Two Thousand in Guatemala City
Guatemala City reels as a 7.5 magnitude quake devastates towns and landslides trap roads. Red Cross head Jose Alvarado estimates over 2,000 dead, 1,500 to 2,000 seriously injured, and 15,000 with minor injuries. Hospitals overflow, aid scarce, international relief slow to arrive.
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Guatemala City
Guatemala
UPL
Jose Alvarado
Red Cross
Paramos
Alvarado
Grizaio
Haviluras
el Salvador
Belize
Mexico
University of San Carlos
Panama Canal Zone
Ford Humphrey race seen by top UPI observers
United Press International reports major GOP and Democratic leaders weigh in on the 1976 race. Nelson Rockefeller and Barry Goldwater predict Ford likely to win the Republican nomination with Reagan possibly challenging in early contests. Hubert Humphrey projected as Democratic nominee by Muskie, who sees him as possessing broad national appeal. Ford proposes a New England energy center and Udall promotes a regional crash energy program as debates center on energy and abortion.
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Allen United Press International
Nelson Rockefeller
Barry Goldwater
Ublican
Ford
GOP
Edmund Muskie
Hubert Humphrey
New Hampshire
New
Rockefeller
Remieres
Ronald Meagan
Florida
Reagan
UPI
Goldwater
Muskie
Euphrey
Humphrey
Hubert
Boston Herald American
New England
Solar Energy Institute
Wdall
Boston
National Energy Research and Conservation
Cold Arctic Nebraska Weather Through Friday
Cold temperatures and light snow or flurries covered Nebraska with a stationary high pressure over eastern South Dakota keeping arctic air in place through Friday. Temperatures today ranged from near zero in the north to about 10 in the southeast, with Wednesday highs from 3 at Valentine to 20 at Omaha and Beatrice.
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United Press International
Nebraska
South Dakota
First Filing Opened for Village Board Trustee Race
Election commissioner Dorothy Kyciss announces the first filing period for this year’s village board seat. Leonard N. Bender filed to run for election to the Comlea board of trustees.
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Dorothy Kyciss
Leonard N. Bender
Comlea Board of Trustees
Primaries Stay May Calendar After Unicameral Vote
Lincoln Nebraska primary elections will remain in May after a bill delaying the date failed in the Unicameral. Sponsored by Sen. Gerald Koch the measure would have moved primaries to September while preserving the presidential primary in May. Independents would have gained mixed ballot access. proponents argued the delay wastes time and money for campaigns.
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Lincoln
Neb
Gerald Koch
Ralston
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