Sunday night storm devastates Columbus area with widespread damage
A Sunday night storm tore through Columbus causing uprooted trees, damaged homes, and power outages. Officials report peak winds over 14 mph with extensive telephone and electrical service interruptions. one funnel cloud sighting caused no damage. Fire crews handled a diner sign fire and occasioned by a blown branch. Saturday night rains damaged crops near Rising City and David City, with cornfields reduced to stumps.
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Columbus
Loup
Deana
City- David City
Duane Kantor
Bee
Kantor
Eastern
Boone
Nanceounties
Thom
St. Edward
Benedict
Grecula
York
Omaha
Allied Mills to build full line feed plant in Columbus
Allied Mills Inc and Pain & Sutherlin Inc with Columbus Area Chamber announce a new feed plant project on highway 40 east of Bebler Manufacturing in Columbus. Roy E. Woick Jr states the plant will produce feed, bag and bulk mineral products with an annual capacity around 60,000 tons serving Nebraska customers, construction planned to start summer and finish late summer 1974.
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Allied Mills, Inc
Paite & Sutherlin, Inc
Columbus Area
Iink
Wayne
Allied Tills
Nebraska
Miied Mills
United States
Allied Mills
Cozad
Narr
al Blo Creek
Central Nebraska Packing Company
North Platte
Columbus
Holy Shively
Nebraska Public Power District
Gene M. Patton
Allied Mil
Shy Tadnetrigs , Inc
Lea Dowd
Lor Berkheimer
Tie Industrial
Behlen
Larry Traschhouser
Weekend traffic crashes injure several in Columbus area
Reported by Columbus Police over the weekend, five accidents involved injuries. Names, addresses, and damages are listed for numerous pedestrians and drivers, with Cheryl Ann Boswell and Daniel Lewis hospitalized for arm and collar bone injuries after a Saturday collision on 28th Street and 26th Avenue.
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Columbus
Colum
28Th Street
26Th Avenue
Cheryl Ann Boswell
Jah Street
Daniel Lewis
Wth Sree
Jensen Community Hospital
Boswell
Kyle
Davy
23Rd Street
1St Avenue
Arlene R. Olt
Minden Drive
Paul Bona Puhatski
Grant Trapils
Miel
Rita M
Higo
West Point
Patrick J Gdowski
Behlen Street
7Th Street
Wallany
Muleneuer
6Th Street
Edith M. Beary
Kearney
Math Street
Myra L. Hinton
Hole d. Sleddens
Sed Avene
Giecola
Severe weather hits Nebraska damaging several areas
Severe storms and heavy rain plagued northeastern Nebraska from Sunday into Monday, with reports of damage near Emerson and around Offutt Air Force Base near Omaha. The National Weather Service issued warnings as residents faced up to two nights of severe conditions.
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Jne
Emerson
Nebraska
Offutt Air Force Base
Omaha
Patra
Unusu
Eppley
Lincoln
Grand Island
Davey
Beatrice
Plassmond
Havelock
Waverly
Columbus firemen respond to six weekend calls
Firemen answered six calls over the weekend including a rural fire and several grass fires. Actions included a store fire at Doughnut Shop on 1462 33d Avenue with damage confined to a storage room, and a car engine fire owned by Elmer Egger. A grass fire on a vacant lot near 4th Street and 15th Avenue was extinguished before arrival, a lightning strike hit a Dane's Diner sign, and a branch sparked a utility fire near 1th Street and 31st Avenue.
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33D
Pam
Elmer Egger
Lth
Ard Avenue
4Th Street
15Th Avenue
Dane's
1Th Street
31St Avenue
School board meets tonight in Columbus area
Columbus School Board convenes at 7 30 pm to review bids and items on a brief agenda including reports resignations staff salary recommendations and future meeting dates amid a weekend windstorm that caused tree damage power outages and structural impacts across Boone Nance and surrounding counties.
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Columbus School Board
Ole
Fire at Liss Manufacturing Company in Columbus
Firefighters were dispatched to Liss Manufacturing Company in Columbus after a hinge was reported. Responders assisted the Nancaire Department as the blaze damaged the premises and its contents.
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Liss Manufacturing
Columbus
Nancaire Department
Liss Manufacturing Company
Nantean
Dante
Nebraska leaders urge cautious driving on July 4
Gov J J Exon and state patrol chief urged Nebraska drivers to be careful on Independence Day. They urged lower speeds and adherence to traffic laws to prevent tragedies on the holiday.
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Lincoln, Neb
J. J. Exon
Nebraska
Hetler
Exon
Cat James Kruger
State Patrol
Krieey
Tornadoes strike three states amid severe storms fatalities rise
Severe weather cut across the upper Midwest with nineteen tornadoes reported in Minnesota, Nebraska and South Dakota. Two deaths were confirmed as lightning and flying debris caused injuries. Warnings extended through Missouri Nebraska Kansas as storms toppled power lines and damaged infrastructure from Aberdeen to Grand Island and Des Moines areas.
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Associated Press
Upper Midwest
Minnesota
Nebraska
South Dakota
Missouri
Kansas
Reshmere
Min
Price Check Shows Butter and Eggs Still Rising Nationwide
An Associated Press market basket survey across 15 food items in 14 cities finds butter and eggs among the pricier items with overall price changes from June to today. The survey tracks monthly changes, noting some items up, some down, and several unavailable on certain check dates.
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Crwiler
Utter
Janie
Mareaed
Ems
Atlanta
Ibsa
Font
Thutler
Miler
Miami
Los Angeles
Albuquerque
Seattle
Nixon
Boston
Chicago
Dallas
Detroit
Ins Angeles
New York
Philadelphia
Providence
Salt Lake City
Almuquerque
Mtinmni
Piladelphia
Dale Wurg
United States hikes Cambodian raids amid cease fire talks
Washington reports U S fighter missions in Cambodia rose to the 200s after weeks of about 150 daily. Defense spokesmen cited improved weather and Cambodian rebel attacks as reasons for the uptick while noting no rise in B-52 sorties. The administration aims to pause Indochina bombing by August 1 with possible further action after August 15.
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United States
U.S
Cambodia
Pentagon
Defense Department
Innasai
William Beecher
Bit
Beecher
Congress
Presi
Nixon
Indochina
Aone
Fas
Receher
Adiminiscarion
Isc
Can
Hivlia
Exports of U S grain to Russia near completion
Officials at Port of Houston elevators said exports of American grain to the Soviet Union are nearing completion after a winter start. About two thirds of roughly 33 million tons have been shipped, with 40 vessels tied up near Galveston and waiting for berth space alongside piers.
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Russia
Houston
Mardy
Ani
Galveston
Soviet Union
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