Columbus Parks Offer Abundant Facilities and Picnic Areas
Columbus operates 13 parks spanning 360 acres with Van Berg Golf Course on 58 acres and 32 acres undeveloped planned for future use. Pawnee Park hosts about 130 000 to 135 000 picnickers, shelters for 800, 200 tables, grills, and lagoons for fishing, while other parks feature playgrounds tennis courts and ball diamonds. vandals pose ongoing challenges with trees fixtures and flower beds, though Kudron credits park beauty for resident pride and calls for community care.
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Hanover
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Pawnee Park
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City of Columbus
Pete Ludwig
State Game Commission
Gerrard Park
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Loup Completes Columbus Project Ahead of Schedule
Loup Power District crews from Columbus, Albion, Fullerton and Humphrey finished work in the north central Columbus area bordered by 31st and 28th Streets and Linden Avenue and 31st Avenue. The project was completed one week early, avoiding planned power interruptions for the neighborhood next week.
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Fullerton
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28Th Streets
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31St Avenue
Oklahoma State campus hit by twisters. limited injuries
Tornadoes ripped through Oklahoma State University on Friday night damaging half the campus major buildings and overturning cars. Hospitals reported four to five people treated for minor cuts and bruises and a woman broke a leg when a camper overturned in high winds.
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Stillwater
Okla
UPI
Oklahoma State University
OSU
Hathaway sworn as interior secretary amid environmental debate
Former Wyoming governor Stanley K. Hathaway was sworn in as interior secretary after a 60 to 36 Senate vote. He urged prudent development of energy resources while protecting air water and land, insisting conservation alone cannot ensure energy security. Democrats warned over his coal policy record during eight years as governor.
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Washington
UPI
Wyoming
Stanley K. Hathaway
Senate
Hathaway
Ford
Interior Department
Senate Interior Committee
Rabin Kissinger hold new talks on Sinai peace plan
Israeli Prime Minister Rabin and Secretary Kissinger met in intensive talks and agreed to continue Sunday in New York. They discussed restoring Israeli negotiations with Egypt over Sinai, including possible withdrawal from Mitla and Gidi passes and oil field concessions in exchange for UN presence and Suez passage rights.
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UPI
Yitzhak Rabin
Henry A. Kissinger
Middle East
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Sinai
Rabin
Mitla
Gidi
Abu Rudeis
Israel
U.N
Suez Canal
Kissinger
House International Relations Committee
State Department
Waldorf Astoria Hotel
Rain Showers Return With Warm Weekend Forecast
Weather outlook shows rain tonight ending Sunday morning with highs near 85. Tonight lows around 58 and Sunday temperatures in the upper 70s. Monday to Wednesday forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and a chance of thunderstorms.
Brezhnev cancels planned Egypt visit over sour relations
Soviet leader Leonid I. Brezhnev has canceled his planned visit to Egypt this year due to deteriorating Soviet Egyptian ties. Cairo sources cite Moscow upset over Egypt’s liberalization and ties with Libya and the U S role in Middle East diplomacy, calling relations "very bad."
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Leonid I. Brezhnev
Egypt
Cairo
Libya
Moscow
Anwar Sadat
Sadat
United States
Middle East
Brezhnev
UPI
Maurice Guindi
12 Die In Seoul Train Bus Collision At Crossing
A train and a bus with hundreds on board collided at a railroad crossing 155 miles southwest of Seoul. Police reported 12 deaths and about 50 injuries in the Saturday morning crash.
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Seoul
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Friday the 13th couple wed in hospital room
In Boston, Thomas Brennan 28 and Arlene Sickell 25 married in Brennan’s hospital room after he survived a May car crash in Dorchester in which a four inch fence post pierced his chest. they plan a church ceremony later once Brennan recovers. The wedding was held with a small party at the bedside and vows in the Episcopal rite.
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Boston
UPI
Thomas Brennan
Boston City Hospital
Cupid
Arlene Sickell
Brennan
Arlene
Michael
Brockton
Dorchester
William Fox
Earthquake Shakes Tokyo Spurring Coastal Warnings
A strong earthquake struck northern Japan with a magnitude of seven near 125 miles east of Hokkaido. The Japanese Meteorological Agency issued tidal wave warnings for Hokkaido coastal areas and northern Honshu as no damage or casualties were reported immediately.
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Tokyo
UPI
Japan
Japanese Meteorological Agency
Pacific
Hokkaido
Honshu
Brezhnev Seeks Global Pact Banning New Weapons
Moscow reports Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev urged an international agreement to ban the development of new weapons of mass destruction. He spoke Friday outlining a path to curb advanced weaponry on a global stage.
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Moscow
UPI
Leonid I. Brezhnev
U.S. business clears inventories fueling production rebound
Commerce Department data show April sales of $1.9 billion from inventories, a 0.7 percent stock decline leading to a seasonally adjusted total of $267.08 billion. The two month liquidation lowers excess supply and positions industries at about 65 percent capacity for higher output. Mellon Bank reports 85 percent of income tax rebates cashed or deposited, signaling stronger consumer spending alongside rising retail and auto sales.
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Richard Hughes
UPI
U.S
Commerce Department
Mellon Bank of Pittsburgh
Early June car sales show solid start for four automakers
DETROIT UPI four U.S. automakers report May 1-10 period sales up 9 percent from early May. Chrysler AMC GM Ford vary with gains and slips. Overall 157 573 cars sold, near year-ago levels but still the lowest for June opening in 14 years.
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U.S
Chrysler
American Motors
General Motors
Ford Motor Co
AMC
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