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Columbus Telegram

Location

Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Jan 16, 1976

Page

3

NRDs Authorities and River Flood Control Provisions

The article outlines NRD powers to build and maintain reservoirs dikes and levees to prevent overflow and to drain crop or wetlands. It details land use rules surface water control and the move toward state or federal regulation overrides and the formation of Improvement Project Areas for localized drainage and water supply projects.

Nrds Soil Conservation Service S.C.S NRD NRC EPA District Court Nebraska Natural Commission

Weekend Aries and Taurus horoscopes for January 17 1976

Aries urges taking charge but avoid overbearing behavior as rebel tendencies rise. Taurus faces unusual home front eruptions yet can weather the storm with steady resolve.

ARIES Taurus

Nebraska lawmen push for tougher crime fight and better police

Senator Eugene Mahoney told lawmakers the people demand protection from criminals and questioned reliance on committees and commissions. He urged stronger penalties and police funding, while officials defended the State Crime Commission’s expanded role since 1969 and its administration of grants and crime programs.

Charles E. Wieser Lincoln Neb UPI Eugene Mahoney Omaha State Crime Commission Mahoney Paul Douglas Crime Commission Judiciary Committee Judiciary Roland Luedtke Lincoln Gary Anderson Axtell Commission Douglas Harris Owens Anderson Owens Alan Vander Staag Regional Law Assistance Administration Kansas City Nebraska

Parachute Jump Commemorates 700th Jump of Hector MacMillan

British Army sergeant Hector MacMillan marked his 700th parachute jump with a full Scottish leap. The report ties the event to historical remembrance 200 years ago and notes broader themes of war and village ravaging as observed in the era.

United Press International Hector MacMillan Connecticut National Park Service CNS

Bridge Scorecard: West Leads Nine to Contract

A bridge hand shows South in 3NT after an INT Pass Pass Pass sequence. Opening lead of nine from West against the East West stack hints at signaling and distribution for the final contract. North-South vulnerable, score depends on line of play and defense.

Notrump decision in bridge play shifts play after club sequence

East wins heart lead and shifts to clubs to force defense. West clears clubs allowing South to count eight tricks before a failed spade finesse. North chooses three notrump over seeking a spade fit, with 16 opposite 10 totaling 26 in a 4-3-3-3 shape.

East West South North

Proper three card club suit bid decision in bridge

A Carolina reader asks if any three card club suit is properly bid. The answer notes certain hands like AXXXYKxxx AKxxx merit an opening one club since the hand is too strong to pass and weak four card majors are not opened.

Carolina

Biologists find method to stop vampire bat attacks

UPI reports US Fish and Wildlife Service biologists say injecting cattle with the anticoagulant diphenadione can halt most vampire bat attacks. Bats bitten by treated livestock die within three days from internal hemorrhaging. another method is to apply anticoagulant to captured bats and release them.

Washington UPI Argentina Mexico Latin America U.S

Albion Board of Education picks new officers

Newly elected Albion Board of Education officers include Warren Taylor as president Richard Michael as vice president and William Karges as secretary Ex officio secretary Gene Smith and ex officio treasurer C G Sherrill also named in the slate

Albion Albion Board of Education Warren Taylor Richard Michael William Karges Gene Smith C.G. Sherrill

Ford's bookish image and press ski outing in Vail

Richard H Growald notes President Ford enjoys reading varied books from Polish folk art to Kissinger. An image problem persists as critics label him an amiable bumbler, though policy actions in office have moved Watergate and Vietnam to the past. Ford should be judged by record, not gum chewing reputation.

Richard H. Growald UPI Washington Gerald R. Ford Vail Colo Ford White House Franklin D. Roosevelt Dwight D. Kennedy S. Truman Lyndon B. Johnson FBI Oval Vince Lombardi Abraham A. Kissinger Capitol Yale Law School Rogers C.B. Morton Congress

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