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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1974
Page
2
Conservatives protested the movie premiere in Rome while First Lady and others arrived. A ticket holder was barred for a tomato filled handbag at a charity showing. The Teatro dell Opera was searched after bomb threats. no explosives found.
Al Akhbar in Cairo accuses Secretary of Defense James Schlesinger of indirectly threatening force to end the Arab oil squeeze. The paper argues such action would halt oil production and warns military action would devastate industrialized nations. Schlesinger doubted force would be used.
Commodore Corp plans to shut its mobile home manufacturing plant in Falls City Nebraska within five weeks. About 120 workers are affected. Police detained roughly 20 during the shutdown period for questioning and release.
ALCW met at Shell Creek Lutheran Church naming Mrs. Chris Simonson president and appointing Mrs. Clifford Manson and Mrs. Dean Jensen to the scholarship committee. Stewardship committee includes Mrs. Loren Eng, Mrs. Kenneth Eng, and Mrs. DeLayne Nelson. Officers also include vice president Mrs. Sidney Forre, secretary Mrs. Lloyd Larson, treasurer Mrs. Reuben Benson, stewardship secretary Mrs. Leo Anderson, and education secretary Mrs. Leonard Johnson. The piece notes the Second World War context with the British navy holding 12 battleships.
A Harris poll of 1,496 households across the United States shows 21 percent in favor of a special presidential election in 1974 if found constitutional, 36 percent opposed two years before the 1976 vote, and 14 percent undecided. The survey notes Vice President Ford could seek Congress to call such an election if constitutional obstacles are absent amid Nixon’s possible resignation or impeachment.
Deborah Doane of Essex Connecticut becomes the academy's first female student in its three year history. The University of Vermont graduate will train in all marine technology aspects, join the cruise as a deckie, drill and stand guard, with inactive Navy status and a Military service commission after two and a half years.
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