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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1973
Page
1
Live cattle steady to higher with 320 to 350 charges noted. Cows steady with three loads of choice 900 lb heifers at 43.25, utility cows medium quality dairybreds and canners. No sheep. Receipts Monday estimated with cattle and calves around 5,000.
Athens University students clashed with police during a protest over draft deferments and university governance. Police blocked traffic as ambulances ferried injured to hospitals while students at the law school supported peers at the nearby Polytechnic Institute amid a 17 day strike demanding more influence in administration.
SANCOLN Neb AP Gov J J Exon said he signed the repeal of a voter purge provision from four years ago. The bill cleared the legislature 44 to 1 and ends a rule that any registered voter who did not vote in two consecutive general elections would be removed. Exon said the change will aid voter registrations.
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James Evans aged 53 has been named executive director of the Urban League of Nebraska to replace the resigning Dank V. Claster. Evans, a former executive director of the Missedue Foundation and a Temple University graduate, moved to Omaha from Chevy Chase Maryland and holds a Columbia University masters in social work. He previously directed social services at Cedarcrest State Hospital and taught sociology at Mattatuck Community College while running a private social work consultation service.
Forty Ak-Sar-Ben post graduate scholarships of 159 dollars each are available for Nebraska teachers. Nick T. Newberry chairs the committee. Shanley L. Hawley will administer the program with an 11 member panel. Applications should be addressed to Hawley.
Aries Taurus and Gemini receive guidance on daily routines recreation and personal focus while Cancer Leo Virgo Scorpio Sagittarius Capricorn Aquarius Pisces offer warnings and prompts for balance communication and planning. Children born today may show strong personality traits affecting early development and potential career paths.
Hal Boyle profiles Jack the itinerant performer who beguiles readers with tales of misfortune and misadventure. The handout man, a long familiar figure, moves through daily life with stories of missed jobs, family troubles, and health scares, earning tips while preserving a fragile dignity.
Federal official delivers a 3.86 million section grant to Nebraska Crime Commission for fiscal year 17d payments from the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration. Gov. J. J. Exp and Atty. Gen. Clarence A. Mayer receive the check from William Smith of the SEAA. Total allows a 1.5 percent increase from last year and 367,000 is allotted to improving corrections.
A Nebraska auction lists an irrigated farm with 4 acres and 1 acre pasture, two irrigation wells, a six room house, barn and other outbuildings, plus farm equipment including multiple tractors and a 196? Oliver combine. Located near Columbus, Silver Creek, and Osceola with sale set for Tuesday March 6 at noon. terms require 20 down and balance by May 1, 1973. Owners are Minnie Koxisek and Tered.
The Kansas House planned final votes on several measures including a resolution urging Congress to limit daylight savings time to the period between Memorial Day and Labor Day. Also up for final approval were bills on second offense for driving with a suspended license, raising public utility deposit interest, and a failed amendment to the DUI license rule. The Senate, meeting at noon, will vote on pesticide law exemptions for private property and two new bills creating a state Department of Credit Lations and allowing credit unions to share in loan risk and income.
The report notes wild African dogs can attain speeds above 40 miles per hour in bursts while traveling, and maintain an average pace of about 3 miles per hour for extended legs of travel.
NORTH PLATTE Neb API Nebraska Midland Rail road Co plans a narrow gauge steam powered tourist line near Buffalo Bill Cody's former home at his Ranch. James Cnely purchaser of a steam locomotive and seven cars from MicK Hills Co Railroad will run three mile round trips this summer with state land use approval and a refurbished Union Pacific depot at Brady.
Richard G Waldhaus, a 25 year old American prisoner of war, arrived by air in San Francisco after seven months in Viet Cong custody. His mother Dorothea Waldhaus of Carlif, California, recalled the shock of seeing him he was emaciated but said he seemed happy. Waldhaus spoke softly about peace and unity and sniffed a carnation on arrival. He gave no details of his imprisonment.
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