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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1974
Page
3
Gerald Quinn of Burwell developed a front mounted hydraulic posthole digger using his tractor’s hay fork and hydraulic pump. He started in 1968, earned a patent in February, and notes the unit can reverse digging direction and spot fences without backing up, aiding fast repair of hard ground.
Gary Marley of Omaha, 31, died on an operating table after a motorcycle collision with a car in South Omaha. He suffered a broken leg and was taken to a hospital for surgery where he died, a police report indicated. The death will not be counted against Nebraska’s 1974 highway fatalities.
Lincoln Nebraska AP Davey was sworn in Monday as a member of the state Legislature representing the 48th District. He will serve the unexpired term of former state Senator Carpenter who resigned after losing in the Democratic lieutenant governor primary. Governor Exon appointed Davey after Carpenter declined to reconsider. Davey, a Scottsbluff resident and associate of Carpenter, took the oath from Secretary of State Beermann.
Dr Fredrick Niedner 54 was re elected on the first ballot as president of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod Nebraska District. Delegates numbered over 30 voted in secret. Niedner sought reconciliation amid a dispute over biblical interpretation and Seminex tensions at Concordia College in Seward. Continuous contenders included Hoyer Harppap Meyer Heimnitz, with more than 600 attendees present.
The U S Postal Service plans to end Sunday service at all Nebraska post offices with no Class 1 rating by July 1. About 30 communities will lose Sunday staffing. customers can still pick up Saturday mail but offices won’t be manned on Sunday.
Two Minnesota men William G. West and Jerry H. Lallerman received three years probation and $5,000 fines each in Douglas County District Court after pleading no contest to burglary charges linked to thefts from Horsheim Jewelry Co in Omaha. The pair, arrested May 28, 1973, fled in a car but were later captured. Minnesota will supervise their sentences. Police valued the watches above $100. Law officers said the charges included burglary tools in addition to burglary, which the judge treated as incorporated.
Daniel Sanford an 18 year old of Wood River was struck and killed by a Union Pacific freight train in Hershey Nebraska Saturday night. He was son of Mr and Mrs Frank Sanford of Wood River and had been staying with relatives at Hershey. The engineer said he saw the youth on the tracks and blew the whistle repeatedly but Sanford did not respond.
Lincoln Nebraska AP November 3 James Exon announced the resignation of John R Baylor from the Court of Industrial Relations Saturday Exon appointed Wallace Rudolph to the bench replacing Baylor Exon thanked Baylor for his long service on the court Exon said he accepted Baylor resignation with regret
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