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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1973
Page
1
Stock market prices today show the Dow and index levels in New York with fluctuating values. Early afternoon trading notes industrial stocks gaining and loss leaders across sectors as investors watch for shifts in overall averages.
Markets show cattle and hogs firming with gains across weights. Omaha Livestock notes barrows and gilts up about 50 cents, steers and heifers lifting 25 to 50 cents, and all prime and high choice grades easing near record highs amid strong demand. lambs also higher with 400 head slaughtered and receipts tallied as cow and feeder activity remains robust.
Officers of Silver Star Silver Creer No 290 Easter Star were installed. Names include Sharon Frizeeff Bruce Prizzell Donna Coffin Roy Coffin Myrtle White Dorothy Burger La Verne etc. Roland Carlson served as installing officer with Myrt le White and Kathleen Schadt assisting in various posts.
The Albion Junior Club reports five dollar donations from Mrs. Lloyd Hart and introduces Mrs. Dennis Reicks as welcome committee chair. The club donated seven dollars to the National Kidney Fund and a retarded children's fund, and to the Nebraska National Forest tree-planting project in the club name. Donations also went to the Chapel of Hope Training School in Geneva. A committee will study the Wolf Nursing Home auxiliary, the club will join the April cancer drive, and chairmen were named for an upcoming sewing contest.
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Lexington real estate and insurance man William Barrett announces bid for Republican state chairman to succeed Milan Bish of Grand Island. Bish plans to resign after about two years. State Central Committee to meet before May 1 to nominate a candidate. Barrett ran for party chairman in 1971 but withdrew for party harmony amid Bish’s campaign. Barrett has long been active in precinct and ward work.
The text provides a fragmented zodiac column with Taurus and Leo hints, urging steady progress at work and social plans. It mentions Taurus and Leo focusing on timing, entertainment, and professionalism, alongside scattered references to Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, and Pisces. The prose is garbled but suggests mood guidance and personal reminders rather than concrete events.
Kal Boyle comments on how people measure ownership by possessions and status noting that bragging about cars and houses often hides a lesser measure of personal worth and wisdom, as many fail to realize true value extends beyond material goods.
Leigh hosts a Colfax County Key club meeting as ministers discuss a nationwide effort to place a Bible in every home. Leigh churches will deliver to homes in Shantor and Wilson precincts during March with 2200 New Testament copies ordered and more to come. A sermon on simple living follows the project talk, stressing wealth as a danger to happiness and the value of human relationships.
Leigh Sunnyside Chubr voted to give 1 to the Mouse of Yesteryear Association at Mrs Rose Hampels home Thursday. Guests included Airs Richard Reichmauth Mrs Emil Kasik Mrs Frank Reichmoth Sr Mrs Marlon McMullin and several others. New member Mrs Ahrens. prize winners listed. February hostesses named. Funeral services set in Pacific Beach for the widow of a former Omaha pastor Nancy Niven.
The House will begin using a fully electronic voting system that issues each member a plast ic photo ID card and allows voting at 49 stations on the floor. A master station records written ballots, and a scoreboard displays names and votes while panels show final totals. The change promises faster votes and clearer records, aiding party leaders in persuasion.
Real estate transfers listed include multiple parcels in Columbus and surrounding areas. Names include Marie Pfeifer, Emily Shank, Charles Pearse, Helen Jarosz, Alexander Feik, Thomas Gue, BW Farms Int, Donald Hill, and others transferring various lots, blocks, and sections to spouses or heirs. Also notes a violet petal scent study claiming $3000 per ounce and lab-made violet scent from lemon grass oil and chemicals at $1 per ounce.
Silver Creek High School names Cindy Tonker as the Betty Crocker Homemaker of Tomorrow winner for seniors based on written homemaking knowledge. She earns a special award from Genial Mills and remains eligible for state and national honors.
U S military officers forecast Cyt aninist forces will revert to guerrilla warfare, terror, and assassination after a cease fire in South Vietnam. They doubt any international supervisory body can prevent it, even with thousands of policing troops. Confidence in South Vietnamese leadership remains mixed amid concerns over air support and advisory reliance.
Monroe High School announces nine students named to the semester honor roll. Seniors Peggy Coun and Aleki Bernt lead the list, joined by junior Saralyy Marti, sophomores Melva Gerlsch Kathy Suhmidt and Carl Steloha, and freshmen Beverly Mahe Von Sailer and Day Uurueh. Honorable mention goes to seniors Susan Kummer Debra Gertsch juniors Marie Kummer and Richard, and sophomore Kurt Slee.
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