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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1973
Page
1
Markets show mixed cattle and hog data with varying price ranges. Hog quotations include 210-250 lb at 7.50-8.00 and 260-270 lb at 7.00-7.50, while cattle and calves list steers and heifers steady to higher with prime and high-choice grain-fed beef noted, and sheep showing modest gains on shorn lambs. Estimated receipts for Thursday project cattle and calves around 1,000. hogs about 3,000. sheep around 200.
Gallo Stone top the Men s Classic League at Columbus Bowl with a 228 game by Rudy Gallo and Ardean Stone posting a 61? series. Diane Stenger close behind with 213 219 and 613 while Joe Ervin posted 200 217 for 610. National Bank rolled 1 000 in three games and Deano s Diner totaled 2 876. Spicy League saw Pat Snow high a 1M game and Charlotte Weiser 27 series.
Lincoln AP report shows Nebraska livestock tending as a dominant farm chore last week. The Division of Agricultural Statistics notes above average livestock death losses despite cold snaps reducing mud in feedlots. Ranchers report adequate winter feed though sorghum and corn harvest progress remains limited.
Delivers by carrier in Columbus priced per month while mail rates apply by region. Change of address instructions urge notifying the local post office and carrier when moving.
Roy Stouts Troop 178 marked Scout Week by attending services at St Peter Catholic and United Methodist churches. Bellwood auxiliary members planned February work at Retorded Center, mailed Valentine provisions to Beatrice Home, and prepared music for upcoming district convention. Local families visited Morris Minnesota for a wedding and weekend guests included Mr and Mrs Duane Zimmer. Twelve Cub Scouts and parents held a pot luck at the Bellwood Fire Hall with a skit and bingo. Alfred Hosher presented 4 inch gilt to the Cal Scouts for organizational use.
The page presents a garbled daily zodiac forecast for all signs Aries through Pisces with mixed typos. It offers guidance on personal papers, contracts, cooperation, travel, and self-improvement, plus a parental note about a child’s future education and early career training.
American and Danish psychiatrists report that adopted children whose biological parent was an alcoholic show a higher risk of drinking problems and psychiatric treatment, hinting at a biological inheritance. The study in Archives of General Psychiatry examined 55 Danish men adopted early in infancy, comparing them with 70 adoptees whose parents had no alcoholism history.
Tryouts for the Platte Valley Playhouse Comedy Barefoot in the Park will be at 7 30 p m Thursday and Friday in the Platte College Pine Arts Building Lincoln Neb AP Ray R Young of Omaha was named to a four year term on the Welfare and Public Institutions Advisory Committee by Gov Exon His term ends January 1 1977
Ak-Sar-Ben concludes its six week membership drive with 32,607 members, down from a 55,870 record. Five hundred people attended the final report meeting Tuesday night at Ak-Sar-Ben.
Lincoln Neb AP local officials backed a bill to have the state cover all costs for treating mentally ill patients at the Nebraska Psychiatric Institute and regional centers, arguing it would save counties but draw opposition from the state institutions director who warned of abuse and unsafe shifts. The proposal also seeks to transfer jurisdiction of Nebraska Psychiatric Institute to the University of Nebraska, a move disputed by NU and the Institutions Department.
In Omaha an elderly burglar stole valuables from the apartment of Mrs Hielen Metcalfe widow of former Lt Gov Theodore Metcalfe during their funeral week. Police said the thief pried in with a pipe wrench and took a sapphire ring a diamond watch $200 in travelers checks and possibly up to 1000 in cash from the late official's home.
Gov J James Exon said IBM has pressured legislators and staff to keep Nebraska’s business, as the Legislature backs off involvement in choosing a state computer services vendor. He noted bids from 12M, Univac, and Honeywell. costs rose from 14000 monthly in 1966 to about 120000 now, with no new bids invited since the original contract.
Three Silver Creek High School students Joan Beck Denise Schipparell and Robert Peterson named Outstanding Teenagers of America for 1973. They qualify for state regional and national honors and scholarships totaling 7000 dollars with one boy and one girl receiving 1000 national scholarships and regional and state winners earning 300 regional scholarships.
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