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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1976
Page
2
UPI notes that hog buyers were steady to 25 cents higher with 3000 head posted. No 1-3 hogs ranged 51.75 to 52.25 for 210 240 lb, with other weights quoted. Cattle and calves totaled 400 with steady demand. slaughter steers 1000-1150 lb 38.50-39.50, heifers 37.75-38.75, cows 23.00-28.00, and canner cows 23.00-26.00. Friday estimates forecast cattle and calves 300 hogs 2500.
Chicago Mercantile Exchange futures show live cattle and frozen pork bellies with several contract lines. Prices vary by month with last sale values around 40 to 46 for cattle and mid 60s to low 70s for bellies and hogs trading near mid 40s to 50.
The Columbus Telegram lists publication details and subscription costs. It notes daily except major holidays and outlines carrier and mail rates for Nebraska and out-of-state subscribers, along with a change of address instruction to notify the postmaster.
A 17 year old Cincinnati lifeguard Camille Leugers was barred from attending the Democratic National Convention by the city's Political Activities Advisory Board. The board ruled her role would be active political participation contrary to city rules prohibiting certain political activities by city employees. Leugers expressed disappointment but said she would not push the issue and would rely on her mother to call in sick to allow attendance if possible.
Townsend Speakman of Philia is credited with inventing soda water in 1807 and later adding fruit juices as flavoring to create a flavored soda. The breakthrough marks an early step in modern soft drink history.
The FDA plans to prohibit trichloroethylene TCE used to remove caffeine from coffee and possibly in beer and spice oils. The move follows an NCI study linking TCE to liver cancer in mice. Some brands like Brim and Sanka already stopped using TCE. methylene chloride remains allowed pending further study.
San Francisco vendors offer rusted bridge cable chunks as souvenirs. Prices range from 50 for a four inch piece to 25 for a three inch piece, coated in orange. The Golden Gate Bridge District lends its name to promotions while Cablecraft ships thousands of units and expands to mail order.
U S District Court Judge William Orrick Jr extended Patty Hearst's psychiatric evaluation by 90 days at the Bureau of Prisons request. Hearst, 22, has been held in a San Diego federal facility after kidnapping charges and related bank holdup. The extension pushes the first 90 days of testing through July 11 and now to October 11 pending results. Carter had ordered the study and death of Justice Carter altered the sentence after exams.
Fritz Efaw, after seven years in exile, flies from London to New York as a delegate to the Democratic national convention. He expects arrest and represents the British branch of Democrats Abroad. The Overseas Voting Bill allows Americans abroad to send delegations and vote in November. Efaw is an alternate delegate who would vote only if a slot opens.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stemper and their sons drove to Aurora Colorado after spending several days visiting Mr. and Mrs. Frank in Bellwood.
Silver Creek residents hosted visits from Lincoln's Mr and Mrs Marvin Nyetrom at the Roscoe Age home. Calif visitor Mrs Thelma Hunter joined relatives the Metzer family for Sunday dinner. Bill Hunter attended with his mother and Mrs Cora Brochman in Osceola. The Martins spent Monday in Albion at the Mort Grosch home for a celebration.
Mrs Stella Hobbensiefken and Leonard Johnson traveled to Colorado Springs from Friday to Tuesday to visit with her son and his family. Mrs Robert Westfall and her children from Council Bluffs stayed with her parents the Johnsons over the weekend. Bruce Luchsinger of Minneapolis and Debbie Luchsinger of Appleton joined their grandparents Ed and Nickolite for the holiday. James Nickolite and family from Columbus joined on Sunday.
The Platte Center July 4 weekend parade awarded prizes across many divisions. Winners include the Lindsay American Legion, Monroe High School sophomore class and Platte Center St. Anne Sodality in the froat division, and 13 Original Colonies, the four soldier boys, and Becky and Uncle Sam in the children’s division. Other winners spanned the comic, antique, horses and ponies, and band categories, with multiple individuals named for costumes and beards.
Nebraska will use nearly one million dollars in federal funds to tackle nonpoint source pollution across 13 river basins. The NRC aims to form Policy Advisory Committees in each basin, including local officials and citizens, to set priorities and guide implementation. Citizens can join via their local NRD office. Broken hip notice follows.
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