Open delegate process looms in early primaries
Delegates will be chosen through neighborhood Democratic precinct meetings as campaigns for New Hampshire Massachusetts Vermont and Florida primaries seek momentum. Polls in seven southern states show Carter narrowing Ford edge while Reagan leads in the region. Wallace draws crowds in Florida and Birch Bayh faces representation rules impacting caucus progression. Ford and Reagan sharpen efforts amid comments on Social Security and campaign strategy.
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Ford
Ronald Reagan
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Vermont
Florida
Carter
George Malice
Reagan
Darden
Wallace
Sen
Hubert Humphrey
D-Minn
Pennsylvania
Milton’ ‘Shapp
Orlando
California
Birch Bayh
Indiana
Iowa
Awards highlight Knights of Columbus Council No. 38 banquet
The Knights of Columbus Council No. 38 held an exemplification and awards banquet at the K C Hall on Sunday evening. The Placzek family of Columbus received the Catholic Family of the Year plaque. 25 year members and honorary members were recognized, with twenty new members exemplified including six from the Columbus area. The event drew about 150 attendees with Byers as grand knight and John Love as master of ceremonies.
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Knights of Columbus Council
K.C. Hall
Mike
Agnes Placzek
Columbus
Placzek
Os Behlen Manufacturing Company
William J Thiele
L. E. Minette
Arnold Melcher
Leo
Eugene Bernt
Dan Cerny
Raymond Czapla
Alvin Fuchs
John Stachuka
Wiliam Thiele
Edward Liss
Silver Creek
Chester _Cymanski
O.F.M
Cleveland
Dennis Kresha
Jerry Jarecke
Ted Kula
Jim Peters
Wilbert ‘Thiele
Patrick Brock
Byers
John Love
Lowan given 18 month sentence for forged instrument
Kuhn of Council Bluffs Iowa received an 18 month term in the Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex Lincoln after pleading uttering a forged instrument. Behrens of Columbus was sentenced to six months in Platte County Jail with no work release on probation revocation. Babel of Lindsay awaits 60 day evaluation at the complex. A presentence investigation was ordered for Tichota of Columbus on felony driving while intoxicated and auto theft charges.
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Hard Kuhn
Council Bluffs
Nebraska Penal T and
Lincoln
David Behrens
Columbus
Platte County
Larry Babel
Lindsay
Thomas Stock Farm
Russell Tichota
Sutherland killer Simants to face sentencing in Lincoln County
Lincoln County judge set January 29 for Simants sentencing after a seven woman five man jury convicted him of killing six Kellie family members in Sutherland. Sheriff comments framed the case while national figures discuss court action and security amid Northern Ireland violence.
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Gilster
Lincoln
Simants
Henry Kellie
Sutherland
Kellie
Bing
Te Net Door
Lincoln County
Hugh Stuart
State Supreme Court
Bellwood youth among 17 alternates for Air Force Academy
In Bellwood, a youth is listed as one of 17 alternates nominated by Rep Charles Thone to attend the U S Air Force Academy this fall. Thone's two principal nominees are David Votipka. The alternates will compete for vacancies. eight of Thone's 30 nominees in 1975 were accepted.
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Sonn v. Schit
Bellwood, i
Charles Thone
Air Force ‘Academy
Thone
David Votipka
Academy
Doomsday Wave Fails To Dampen Adelaide Beach Attendance
Premier Don Dunstan greeted a 10 crowd on Glenelg Beach as a predicted doomsday tidal wave fizzled with a six inch ripple. Believers fled to hills while skeptics toasted with champagne, and clairvoyant John Nash’s prophecy of noon destruction did not occur.
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Adelaide
Australia
South Australia
Don Dunstan
Glenelg Beach
Inch Ripple
House Pointer
John Nash
God
UPI
Nebraska Weather: Cold Front Drops Readings Across State
Mid day temps ranged from 41 in Omaha to 28 in Valentine and Chadron. Overnight lows reached 18 in Alliance to 35 in Omaha. Snow depths varied with 4 inches in Scottsbluff and 2 in Alliance. Winds NW 15 to 30 mph. Highs expected mid 20s east and mid 30s west. Continued cold with fair skies into midweek.
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Omaha
Valentine
Chadron
Alliance
Sidney
Norfolk
Nebraska
Scottsbluff
Grand Island
Kimball
Steady License Issuance Report For Platte County
Platte County reports 8 107 auto licenses issued by Friday 38 percent of the 21 300 expected in 1976. Treasurer Marietta Newman notes only the first two days Jan 2 and Jan 5 saw long lines as registrations and tax payments progress.
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Marietta Newman
Platte County
Ford outlines cautious State of the Union with tax and social calls
President Ford's bicentennial address to Congress previews a mildly optimistic State of the Union. Officials say he will push a $10 billion tax cut extension, raise Social Security tax to fund rising benefits, and revise Medicare with a $500 annual hospital limit, while avoiding broad new spending.
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Wasmumutun
Ford
Congress
Union
House
Senate
White House
Crowds Disrupt Officials at Fremont Columbus High Rivalry
After the Columbus Fremont game, 17 officers from both schools patrolled the area as crowds milled and a disturbance erupted. William J. Mentzel, 18, Fremont, and two Columbus juveniles were charged. police used mace to quell fighting. Fremont won 50 48.
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Columbus
Baxa
Axa
Fremont
Southern sayings book highlights North Carolina humor
Raleigh based writer Dan Schwasser notes Roy Wilder from Spring Hope plans a larger edition of his dialect collection. The book traces terms like stuck egg dog and right smack dab to southern speech, with scholars linking many to Chaucer and Elizabethan roots. Wilder anticipates a spring hardback release.
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Dan Schwasser
Raleigh, N.C
UPL
Roy Wilder
South
Wilder
Spring Hope
N.C
North Carolina
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