Crossroads dedication recalled on city hall auditorium
The article recalls Lawrence Welk’s 1935 dedication dance for Columbus city hall and auditorium, the Delphians and other groups funding a 17 by 21 foot terrazo floor map titled America’s Crossroad. It notes the floor’s donors, quarried marble chips, and the long community effort from 1926 to 1935 led by the Delphians and firemen to beautify the entrance.
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Stan Linhorst
Lawrence Welk
Columbus Fire Department
Delphians
Old City Auditorium
4Th Street City Hall
City Hall
U.S
Columbus
America
Lincoln
Meridian
U.S. 30
Welk
Schuyler
Delphian Society
Daughters of the American Revolution
The
Women’s Relief Corps
Catholic Daughters of America
Business Women
Emiel Christensen
Eld
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Catholic Daughter’s of America
Columbus Woman's Club
Union Pacific Safety First Auxiliary
Woman's Relief Corps
American Legion Auxiliary
Belgium
Italy
Christensen
Kramer High School
EPA approves Sutherland plant Unit 2 review in Nebraska
Nebraska Public Power District aims to build Gerald Gentleman Station Unit No. 2 with EPA approval pending. Dr. Eric Sloth says emissions must meet no significant deterioration limits for sulfur dioxide and particulates, with 30 days for public comment on the preliminary federal review. The Nebraska DEQ will conduct its stricter review and include Unit 1 in its study.
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Columbus
Neb
UPI
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Nebraska Public Power District
Sutherland
Eric Sloth
NPPD
EPA
Gerald Gentleman Station
Sloth
Nebraska
Department of Environmental Control
Gerald Gentleman
Local Readings And Sun Times For The Weekend
Local readings show 25 at midnight and 32 high on Friday with a low of -9 last year. Sun rises 7 57 Sunday and 5 17 sunset Sunday then 7 57 sunrise Monday with sunset 5 18.
Carter proposes 15 to 18 billion stimulus plan
Carter outlines a two year economic program with tax cuts and job creation totaling 15 to 18 billion dollars annually. A 4 billion dollar permanent tax cut targets low and moderate income families and a temporary Social Security boost plus a 7 to 11 billion dollar rebate package aims to accelerate consumer spending.
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Carter
Congress
Carter Aide
Inesses
Lifejackets found linked to vanished tanker Grand Zenith off Cape Cod
Two orange Grand Zenith lifejackets were found 300 miles east of Cape Cod, the first confirmed debris from the 642-foot Panamanian tanker carrying 8.2 million gallons of industrial fuel for a Massachusetts power plant. The 38 crew, all believed lost, were last heard from nine days ago amid heavy seas north of Nova Scotia.
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Boston
UPI
North Atlantic
Cape Cod
Hoyland
Quincy
Mass
Somerset
Coast
Coast Guard
Dallas
Cape Sable
Nova Scotia
England
Miniatures recall childhood scenes
Frank Reznicek a Columbus retiree and lifelong inventor creates authentic handmade scale models of horse drawn equipment and other items. Using white pine and red cedar he crafts wagons buggies and helper pieces from Sears 1900 catalog pictures and paints by hand. His small Midwest business ships models nationwide and he plans a new walkin plow model.
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Frank Reznicek
Columbus
Reznicek
Sander
U.S
Sears
Midwest
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Erica
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Ways and Means
Russell D. Long
Senate Finance
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Bernard Hoyland
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