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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1977
Page
2
Former Oklahoma House Speaker Carl Albert, 69, was treated for minor injuries after a weekend hit-and-run in McAlester. He stepped in front of a car, the driver sped away, and Sampson Benjamin was arrested hours later and released pending investigation.
Platte College opens rehearsals for Fiddler on the Roof and Tevya and His Daughters at the Fine Arts Center Theater. Cast includes Hugh Webb as Tevya with Golde played by Margi Helgenberger, and Vicki Neidfeldt as Tzeitel with several family and village roles listed among Deb Liebig Bob Meyer and Barbara Averett in supporting parts. Performances June 24 25 26 and July 1 3 for the musical. Tevya and His Daughters runs June 24 30 July 2.
Moscow reports the Soviet Union officially rewrote the national anthem to remove Stalin praise and feature Lenin. The changes affect the third stanza, with Sergei Mikhalkov and el-Registan credited as lyricists. The score remains Alexandrov’s martial tune, now played warmly.
Omaha police report a self styled Ku Klux Klansran, Robert E. Lauritsen, 84, arrested on suspicion of felony assault with a firearm after a 17 year old neighbor reported a man wearing a nylon stocking over his head forced entry at gunpoint. The suspect, free on bond pending an appeal of a prior sexual assault case, allegedly struck the woman and fled. she escaped serious injury.
Washington United Press International reports Justice John Paul Stevens is intensifying his push to move the Supreme Court away from the community standards test for obscenity. He has dissented three times this term, arguing for civil regulation over criminal obscenity and challenging the blurred line between offensive and protected speech.
United Press reports heavy rains and thunderstorms across the Plains Sunday night into today. A tornado touched down near Kenasaw Nebraska with no injuries. Bladen Nebraska reported baseball sized hail with no major damage. Rain stretched from Texas to Oregon with flash flood watches in Idaho. Strong winds ripped a camper in Albany Georgia and light showers affected the Atlantic Coast from Maryland to southern New England.
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