Drop plan for Ed Ray Day in Chowchilla canceled
Fear of armed abductors at large led Chowchilla officials to postpone Ed Ray Day. The Dairyland Union School superintendent cited danger as parents refused to gather with gunmen still loose. Ray, 55, guided students to freedom after last week’s abduction and rescue.
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UPI
Ed Ray
Lee Roy Tatum
Dairyland Union School
Frank Edward Ray
Ray
Livermore
San Joaquin Valley
California Highway Patrol
Dumas
Nebraska Weather Forecast Eyes Possible Showers and Thundershowers
Cooler, partly cloudy conditions with a stationary front in the southeast Nebraska region. Daytime highs reach the 80s while overnight lows drop to the 60s. Tuesday shows highs from 75 to 95 and overnight lows from 58 to 72 amid northerly to northeasterly winds.
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United Press International
Nebraska
Alliance
Mullen
Scottsbluff
Omaha
Lincoln
Viking Sends First Color Photo From Mars
Viking 1 radioed back the first color image from Mars showing a reddish desertlike surface under a blue sky. Scientists note the color evidence supports an early Mars with Earthlike weathering and potential for past life, with three biology instruments due results in three weeks.
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Pasadena
Calif
UPI
Viking 1
Mars
Arizona
Earth
Moon
Viking
Thomas Mutch
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Martian
Chryse
Mutch
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Local 4-Hers shine at Nebraska State 4-H Horse Show
Two Columbus youths excel on opening day at Fenner Park in Grand Island Nebraska. Lisa Schaefer 13 earned first in the three year-old gelding class aboard Bee Bar Lee. Cara Sober 13 won reserve champion in the yearling filly halter class with Skiplette's Papoose. Other placings include Lisa Cumming Calvin Schwartz Debbie Hamernik and Kim Kummer in various age groups.
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Columbus
Fenner Park
Lisa Schaefer
Bee Bar Lee
Virgil Schaefer
Cara Sober
Dick Coen
Calvin Schwartz
Humphrey
Lisa Cumming
Debbie Hamernik
Kim Kummer
Public hearing on Platte County planning zoning tonight
Tonight a public hearing at 8 in the Platte County District Courtroom invites public input on the county comprehensive plan for planning zoning. Bob Bowe says the zoning and planning commission will meet 30 minutes earlier to discuss hearing mechanics in an open session.
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Platte County
Bob Bowe
Zoning and Planning Commission
Planning Commission
Platte County’ Board of Supervisors
Bowe
Board of Supervisors
Local authorities back child safety program nationwide effort
The National Child Safety Council launches a program to cut avoidable child deaths. Columbus Police Chief Wes Baxa and Platte County Sheriff Don Franzen endorse the project financed by local business donations. Law enforcement and schools will distribute safety manuals posters films and folders to children through police outreach.
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Wes Baxa
NCSC
Ted Prochnick
Telegram
Terry Anderson
National Child Safety Council
Columbus
Platte County
Don Franzen
Baxa
Council
Senate votes to override Ford veto on public works bill
The Senate override of Ford's veto on a 3.95 billion public works and cities aid bill aims to create over 300,000 jobs with House support expected to follow. The measure includes 2 billion for projects, 1.25 billion for aid to avoid layoffs, and 700 million for water plants across 33 states amid rising unemployment.
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Washington
Aflcio
Afl-Cio
Executive Council
Ford
Edmund S. Muskie
Dmaine
House
Senate
cost of living rises 0.5 percent in June
UPI reports the June consumer price index up 0.5 percent driven by fuel costs and energy prices. Inflation trends are expected to stay elevated with energy and food costs contributing to a 6 percent annual rate and real spendable income falling 0.9 percent in June.
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Washington
UPI
Treasury Department
Herman Liebling
Liebling
Labor Department
Department
Senate backs broad Watergate reform bill
The Senate approved a sweeping Watergate reform package creating a permanent special prosecutor to investigate crimes by top officials from the president down. It bars presidents from naming campaign top officials as attorney general or deputy and adds a government crimes office within Justice. The measure also grants Congress its own legal counsel and requires comprehensive financial disclosures.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Richard M. Nixon
McKown Leaves Row on Heritage House Board
Joe McKown announces he will step down after nine years on the Columbus Housing Authority Heritage House board. The retirement creates a vacancy for the 8.4 acre complex with 100 units housing about 130 residents, originally funded by a HUD grant, first leases dated Feb 15, 1971.
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City of
Columbus
Heritage House
Joe McKown
McKown
Columbus Housing Authority
John McGhy
Paul Pfeifer
Mildred Oehlrich
Joe Kobus
Ray Aerni
Bill Gregorius
Cliff Keller
Ray Wiese
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