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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1977
Page
2
Dollar values show a mixed session with major indexes slipping. Dow Jones Industrial Average at 961.71, down 5.82. transports at 225.22, down 1.75. utilities at 109.41, down 0.67. 65 stocks at 311.88, down 2.04, as listed Columbus market names reflect broad declines.
UPI notes Omaha market activity with hogs at 4,000 head and cattle and calves at 5,500. Hogs steady to higher for most butchers with price ranges by weight. Cattle and calves show firm to higher trends with prime and choice looms, cows up 25 to 50 cents, and limited farm-rolled lots. Sheep small, lambs weaker on some weights, Tuesday estimates show cattle and calves at 5,000, hogs 4,500, sheep 400.
Mercantile quotes show live cattle, frozen pork bellies and live hogs trading with Feb Apr Jun contracts. Last prices range from the high 30s to mid 40s for cattle and hogs and around 53 to 55 for pork bellies, with daily sales volumes listed.
The Columbus Telegram issue lists publication details and subscription rates for Columbus and Nebraska, noting holiday closures and carrier, mail, and out-of-state prices. It also instructs readers to notify changes of address and provides a missing Telegram contact line with hours.
Chicago grain prices show fluctuating ranges across wheat corn oats and soybeans with highs lows and closes reported in percent figures and the general trend indicating volatile activity in the futures market. The data includes multiple readings for each commodity reflecting day trade shifts and rounded close values.
Third Class Larry E. Anderson of Columbus serves aboard during the five week Caribex 1-77 drill off the East Coast. Nations involved include United States United Kingdom Canada Brazil and the Netherlands. The exercise ends with an amphibious landing at Onslow Beach North Carolina in the final week of July. Anderson is a 1968 Columbus High School graduate who joined the Navy in July.
The article outlines St Bonaventure Church in Columbus from its 1877 baptism records to its 1909 church expansion and English sermons since 1918. It notes parish leadership, school efforts, cemetery upbringing, Franciscan health care ties, and a forthcoming centennial booklet titled Our Parish 100 Years.
Daily astrology for February 1 1977 gives mixed guidance across signs. Aries should avoid trivial issues Taurus misreads transfers Gemini balance books Cancer blames others Leo leaks secrets Virgo envies friends Libra weigh gains against ethics Scorpio kindness risks friction Sagittarian quick grasp lacks depth Capricorn faces rival blockers Aquarius starts but may quit early Pisces cautions on asking favors delaying new relationships
New paths will open for you this coming year to give greater im petus to your ambitions. You might even employ new methods you're not presently aware of.
About 75 Nebraska National Guard personnel including 25 from Columbus will depart Saturday for Camp Roberts, California, in an experiment involving units of the 134th Infantry (Mechanized). Troops will travel from five Nebraska locations by air or charter, with advanced parties leaving Friday, then most will train at Fort Carson, Colorado in June.
Silvers Creek residents Mrs. and Mrs. Madeline Powers led high scores at two bridge tables while Marie Kirby entertained her bridge club last week, highlighting local social activity.
NBC vice president Carl Lindeman said a rights agreement with the Moscow Olympic Organizing Committee and Soviet Television was reached in two days of bargaining. NBC president Robert T. Howard indicated signing would occur Tuesday with IOC approval pending.
The report notes 1976 was 5.7 percent colder than 1975 and 16.6 percent colder than normal. From December 27 1976 to January 13 1977 temperatures stayed below 32 degrees F, creating many degree days and signaling higher heating bills. Each degree below 65 F adds a degree day based on daily average.
Colfax County Agricultural Society officials and their spouses discuss plans for the upcoming fair. Members named include George Reininger Jerome Cech Clarkson vice president Gene Sobota and other society officers.
Crestonites visited Clarkson Thursday with Mrs. Edith Moran and Anton Srb then travelled to Madison to call on Ida Hellbusch and Dr. W J Ritter. Mr and Mrs Otto Kohila of Rogers visited Joe Hanak on Wednesday.
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