Recycling project at CHS collects boxes for plants
Allen Wilke uses beverage box bases for customers to carry home bedding plants and for packaging after sale. Columbus High School ecology class collects the boxes led by Ralph Eickhoff, aiming to reuse waste and reduce disposal problems. Wilke pays $5 per bundle of 100 after boxes are prepared.
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Allen Wilke
Wilke Landscape
Wilke
Columbus High School
Ralph Eickhoff
Eickoff
VA Expenditures in Platte County Highlight Nebraska Total
The Veterans Administration disbursed 124 million dollars in Nebraska in fiscal year 1975 with Platte County totaling 1,527,403 in expenditures. James C. Smith, VA Regional Office director in Lincoln, notes disability compensation and pension checks reach 47.4 million statewide while GI Bill programs total 31.3 million and hospital operating costs exceed 34.2 million. The four Nebraska facilities include hospitals in Omaha, Lincoln and Grand Island and a Lincoln regional office.
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Veterans Administration
Nebraska
Platte County
James C. Smith
Lincoln
Omaha
Grand Island
Meat payment bill advances in Nebraska legislature
A bill LB434 advancing 26-5 would require meat buyers to pay packers within 48 hours and retailers within seven days. Senators debated discounts, USDA role, and potential hardship for small stores amid concerns about big chains and fairness.
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Lincoln, Neb
UPI
America Beef Packers, Inc
Loran Schmit
Bellwood
Agriculture Committee
Orval Keyes
Springfield
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Keyes
USDA
Omaha
Eugene Mahoney
James Dickinson
Mahoney
Iowa
Kansas
Bill Burrows
Adams
Schmit
Nixon and Wife Depart for China on Historic Visit
Richard Nixon and Mrs Nixon depart Los Angeles for a second visit to Peking aboard an Air China Boeing 707 with aides. The 20 hour flight from LAX began at 9 20 a m PST as the party headed to China for historic talks and state visits.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Richard Nixon
China
Air China
Nixons
Los Angeles International
Peking
Winter storm watch issued as Nebraska girds for snow
Central and eastern Nebraska residents face a winter storm moving from the Panhandle with near blizzard conditions. A travelers advisory extends through western Nebraska for blowing and drifting snow and hazardous driving. Two to four inches of snow expected in the Panhandle tonight as eastern Nebraska sees rain turning to snow and colder temps overnight.
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United Press International
Nebraska
Panhandle
Kansas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Maddox Attacks Carter as Dishonest and Radical Liberal
Former Georgia governor Lester Maddox labeled Jimmy Carter dishonest and radical liberal at a New Hampshire news conference. He compared Carter to George McGovern and warned Carter is a fraud while citing Carter's Georgia governorship record. Ford, Reagan, and Wallace referenced as 1976 campaign context.
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Manchester
N.H
UPI
Lester Maddox
Jimmy Carter
Maddox
George McGovern
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Carter
Georgia
New Hampshire
Atlanta
George Wallace
Ronald Reagan
Tricky Dicky
January CPI Holds U.S. Inflation at 0.4 Percent
The Labor Department reports a 0.4 percent rise in the Consumer Price Index for January, driven by higher postal rates and medical care costs while food, gasoline, fuel oil, and new cars declined. The 0.4 percent increase follows a 0.6 percent average rise in the prior three months.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
Department
Greenspan
Commerce Department
Hearst admits Yoshimura urged contact with parents during fugitive days
Patricia Hearst testified that roommate Wendy Yoshimura urged her to call her parents but she refused fearing the Harrises would kill them. Prosecutors pressed on why Hearst did not seek help or escape while separated from the Symbionese Liberation Army. The article also notes January CPI shifts and GDP growth signals, with Greenspan optimism about recovery and ongoing high unemployment.
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San Francisco
UPI
Patricia Hearst
Wendy Yoshimura
James L. Browning Jr
Miss Hearst
Symbionese Liberation Army
Browning
Miss Yoshimura
Harrises
Ebner seeks Platte County supervisor seat
Columbus contractor Bill Ebner of 819 Becton has filed to run for the Platte County Board of Supervisors second district. The seat is currently held by Wilbert Thiele.
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Columbus
Bill Ebner
Becton
Platte County Board of Supervisors
Wilbert Thiele
United Way drive nears target but misses goal in Columbus
United Way of Columbus reports $71,000 raised toward a $73,600 goal, reaching 96.5 percent. Drive Chairman Jerry Jilek notes no awards luncheon but thanks workers and firms for support, while optimism grows for next year. Top donors include Becton Dickinson and Dale Electronics.
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United Way of Columbus
Drive
Jerry Jilek
Jilek
Becton- Dickinson
Dale Electronics, Inc
Nebraska Public Power District
Behlen Manufacturing Company
Douglas-Lomason Co
Mysterious Postcard Delivery From Sweden to Nebraska
A postcard mailed from Uddevalla Sweden to Eugene Goering Box 39 Nebraska arrived Feb 1 with no town in the address. Mrs. Rost, a Sargent Nebraska cousin, mailed letters to Goering relatives in Omaha, and the Sargent postmaster queried her about Goering. The card’s path remains unexplained. Goering, a Platte College student, spent a summer with Gunnar Berntsson in Uddevalla, son of Mr and Mrs Glen Goering.
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Eugene Goering
Sweden
Sargent
Neb
Platte Center
Ruth Mark
Goering
Platte College
Gunnar Berntsson
Uddevalla
Glen Goering
Telegram covers Nebraska high school wrestling titles
Telegram reports on the Nebraska high school wrestling championships with Columbus aiming for a third straight Class A title and many area schools contending in other classes. Rich Gaver and Terry Anderson provide coverage on site for the Telegram sports section and future editions.
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Nebraska
Telegram
Columbus
Rich Gaver
Terry Anderson
Nebraska voters to decide separate questions on education issues
The Unicameral approved splitting two proposed ballot questions for May. Voters would separately decide on public school contracts with private entities for handicapped education and on private college students receiving state grants and loans. The plan passed 285 to attach the amendment to LB666 and 3046 to move the bill forward, with Sen. Ernest Chambers again opposing both questions.
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Lincoln, Neb
UPI
Nebraska
Frank Lewis
Bellevue
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