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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1977
Page
2
A dense periodical stock table lists firms and percentage changes with numerous tickers such as Celanese CenTel General Electric Exxon Mobil and IBM among others. Investors scan for price shifts and notable gains across industries from energy to consumer goods.
UPI reports at 1 p.m. CDT the Dow Jones 30 industrials up 7.38 to 910.53, the 20 trans up 0.24 to 236.22, the 15 utilities up 0.74 to 111.74, and the 65 stocks up 1.86 to 308.86 in mixed early gains.
Hogs 2 200 head with 50 to 75 cent gains for 1 200 to 230 pound ranges. No 1 3 200 230 to 250 lb 43 75 to 44 00. Sow prices steady to 50 higher with most gains under 450 lb. Cattle 1 150 mainly feeders. slaughter classes underrepresented. Monday receipts estimate cattle 6 500 hogs 5 000 sheep 600.
Chicago Mercantile Exchange shows live cattle hogs and frozen pork bellies futures. Prices rise and fall with open high low and last figures across three contract sets, indicating trading activity and volumes for live cattle frozen bellies and live hogs.
Columbus Telegram details carrier and mail rates for Nebraska and out-of-state subscriptions. It notes holidays when published no Sundays and requests subscribers to inform changes of address to the local postmaster and the paper.
More than 100 travelers aboard the 8,272 ton ferry William Carson were saved uninjured after the vessel struck a submerged iceberg 18 miles off St. John’s Labrador coast. Crewmembers and passengers were airlifted by helicopter or taken aboard the Coast Guard icebreaker Sir Humphrey Gilbert after drifting on lifeboats and ice floes for up to eight hours.
HyGain Electronics will appeal a National Labor Relations Board judge’s ruling that the firm discriminated against union members from Allied Industrial Workers Local 907. The judge ordered reinstatement for employee Robert Howard and barred restraints on workers distributing literature.
Columbus Junior High announces honor roll for fourth quarter 1976 77. Ninth grade students include Jeff Adkisson Steve Anderson Vicki Applegate Miki Averett Julie Barnes Jan Barton Miles Beach Michele Behlen and many others. Eighth grade honorees include Ricky Anderson Juri Armstrong Doreen Augspurger Jon Augustin Tracy Belitz and additional names. Seventh grade honorees listed with numerous students. CROSS-COUNTRY PHONE note reflects historic transcontinental line July 29 1914.
SCHUYLER Carl F Hazenberg a Florida based field research agronomist spoke Wednesday night to area farmers at the Oak Ballroom. He outlined controlled plots showing how different soils and crops respond to various fertilizer combinations and stressed balanced diets for crops and livestock.
Thirteen youths joined a two day tractor safety course at Agricultural Park led by County Extension Agent Robert Vobbl and instructors. The program covered causes of tractor tragedies, safety in starting and stopping, power take off, fuel handling, and maintenance with Sheriff Don Franzen and State Driver Examiner E Maxson contributing. Red Country International provided tractors as students practiced patterns and maneuvers.
New York introduced the first motorized taxicab fleet in 1907. Guests at the Plaza Hotel rode free in red high seated cabs from Paris as publicity, while the term taxicab originated in New York. The word taxi traces to taximetres from a French company and cab to cabriolet.
Chicago reports outline a suspected conspiracy to murder Jewish businessman Sidney Cohen by cyanide fumes. Authorities examine whether Schultz acted alone or with others, uncovering notes referencing Adolf Hitler and a possible July 1 deadline. A secret basement cell, restraints, Nazi material, and child safety clippings are found at Schultz’s Calumet City home.
FBI agents in Omaha arrested Arthur F. Pace of Redondo Beach California on a wire fraud count for using a red box to obtain free calls from a pay telephone. Pace was seized at the New Tower Motel after the device triggered the payphone’s coin signal. he posted $100 cash to be released and faces up to five years in prison and a $1,000 fine.
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