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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1977
Page
2
Local column notes daily stock market activity in Columbus Nebraska with brief ticker mentions and market weather across leading exchanges. Reporting emphasizes daily swings and notable movers among regional investors and businesses.
UPI reports hogs and cattle prices with declines across weight classes and steady to lower sheep. Hogs 6200 head with lighter offerings down 1.00. cattle 5000 head with steers and heifers 75-1.00 lower. cows steady. Wheat and stock indices slide with Dow Jones at 932.10, down 1.33.
UPI reports live cattle and frozen pork belly futures with opening high and low, last price and volume. Key contracts include Live Apr 34.50 to 34.65, Jun 36.05 to 36.20, Oct 41.25 last, and Frozen Belly Mar 51.00 to 51.10 with May 52.10. Sly quotes appear for select dates.
The Internal Revenue Service on Sunday granted tax exempt status to Papillon School, approving its policy in admission and all school activities.
Nebraska and federal inspectors launch a large program to treat about 30 000 head of cattle in Dawson County after scabies infestation. State veterinarian Dr Norman Kruse calls it a major outbreak and notes at least 30 quarantines while investigations probe origin and controls to prevent recurrence.
Colorado Governor Richard Lamm leads 19 western states in proposing amendments to the Federal Disaster Assistance Act of 1974 to allow advance funding for droughts. He cites Institute of Behavioral Science findings and urges federal readiness for unemployment, insurance, and tax relief. Governors to present drought impact to President Carter on Monday.
Don Otto F. Schaap, 58, and Lois Schaap, 48, of rural Ravenna, died when their light plane performing aerial maneuvers crashed on a hilltop in a corn field about three miles west and one mile north of Valparaiso in Saunders County. The crash site burned. witnesses described stalls and spins before impact.
Weekend crashes in Papillion and near Lincoln killed Melody Hahn, 30, of Omaha, and Michael Berry, 20, of Lincoln. Hahn died after a one car crash on 36th Street and Nebraska 370. Berry died in a two car collision at Holdrege and Northwest 48th Streets.
Eight members of the U-Share-It Club met with Mrs. John Carlson on Thursday. The United Methodist Women held a general meeting Wednesday afternoon in the church basement with eight members present. Mrs. Ted Wyman served as hostess and Mrs. Bill Wyman will host next. Myrtle White hosted a Washington birthday bridge get together Tuesday afternoon with winners Mrs. Frank Schuldt and Mamie Bump.
Platte College schedules two more sessions of the Agricultural Institute with Crop Production Chemicals-Selection led by Norris and Gellerman of Farmers Cooperative Grain Co. and CIBA GEIGY reps. March sessions run 7 30 to 10 p.m. in West Education Center room 205, focusing on chemical selection for soybeans corn alfalfa and range land and weed insect problem identification. Final session covers irrigation management by Robert Snoozy with details on water relations laws and financing. Registration March 8 8 to 8 30 a.m. in the Fine Arts Center.
A bull fatally gored a dairy farmer tying a cow to a stall wall at the Agricultural Research Institute in Braunschweig West Germany. Police said a policeman shot the bull after the attack. The incident ended the bull’s life.
Mr and Mrs Harold Eller of Leigh attended the confirmation in Cozad for their grandson Jon Mark Eller son of the Rev and Mrs Robert Eller Rev Eller and family plan to move to Oklahoma City Oklahoma where he has accepted a call to Ascension Lutheran Church.
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