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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1974
Page
2
Live stock quotations from Omaha show hogs higher by 50 to 150, with weights 260 pounds and up rising to 38 to 30 dollars per hundredweight. Cattle and calves move 2 to 3 dollars higher on steers and heifers, primes hit 43 hundred dollars for large steers, lambs up 25 cents for spring slaughter, with receipts estimated at 600 cattle and calves, 5,400 hogs, and 500 sheep for Tuesday.
The list outlines Ak entries for Tuesday at DIAATIA Ak SarBea with a 3800 dollar purse in the first race and 4000 in later races. It includes numerous horse names, bidders, and eligibility notes though many spellings are garbled. Second and third races show purses of 4000 and 1000 with a variety of horse names and riders referenced in jumbled form.
A cluttered Capra Telegram page lists subscription details and multiple racing entries. It includes subscriber addresses, rates, and extensive horse names with race purses and entrants, reflecting a bustling local publication and event schedule.
Pershing College in Beatrice was offered to Nebraska regents as a state gift. A committee will study accepting the defunct college with 65 acres and buildings donated by the Chamber of Commerce and college owners for educational use. The 1865 opened school closed years ago, similar to Hiram Scott College in Scottsbluff.
A Norfolk meeting to gather information on needed juvenile services for a state wide plan will be held at Norfolk City Auditorium on July 10 from 9 to 12. Citizens, youth, community groups, school welfare and criminal justice agencies and others are invited to participate coordinated by Dr. Brian Sarala of Griversi Nebrak coordinating the study with other agencies.
In Atlanta, the King family endures another tragedy as the elder Mrs. Martin Luther King Sr. dies, following earlier losses within the family. The report notes mounting grief and the public’s attention to the evolving narrative surrounding the King household.
AP reports country singer Merle Haggard in satisfactory condition in a Michigan hospital after collapsing with severe stomach pains and fever before a Sunday concert. He had suffered abdominal pain intermittently for years. wife Ronnie Owens noted dialysis medications accompanying the seizure. Hospital officials said he would be observed and tested today.
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