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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1973
Page
1
Omaha livestock quotations show mixed hog prices with gains of 50 to 75 cents and bids around 40 dollars for various weight classes. Cattle and calves receipts are steady with high demand for high choice and prime steers, while heifers stay strong and cows range lower. Estimated Tuesday receipts list 5,000 cattle and calves, 5,000 hogs, 500 sheep.
USDA reports June 1 feedlot inventories at 9.499 million cattle and calves, up 4 percent from two years earlier, with placements in seven states down 10 percent from May. May slaughter sales declined 4 percent. high feed costs and pasture availability cited. Iowa Nebraska Kansas Texas Colorado all show varied changes. May prices averaged 43.19 per 100 pounds for steers and 43.99 for heifers, up from last year.
A power shortage caused by an electrical workers strike forced 100,000 industrial employees home and halved train and streetcar services in Melbourne while Sydney's commuter services continued. About 5,000 New South Wales Electricity Commission workers demanded a 35-hour week and 4,000 Victoria workers faced pay-related cuts.
Advertising and subscription notice for The Cage Telegram partnership based in Columbus Nebraska. Includes delivery and mail rates across Platte and surrounding counties with annual pricing and change of address instructions.
A garbled set of zodiac notes gives scattered guidance. Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces entries urge health, appearance, discipline, finances, and personal progress, with vague dates and generic advice. It mentions Moon Children and child prospects, urging calm, effort, and ethical guidance.
Entries for Tuesday's Ab Sar Ben Race include four races with purses 1000, 43006, 1500 and 4000. Notable horses and connections listed: Hidden Rex Meier Randy's Dan Cetveren Dashing Devon Errards Moon Hancock Old Siam Marine Lively Apart Anderson Roman Whit Long Distance Call Peter Wolfe Hairandae Moyers and others. Also eligible lists and jockeys Reeves Lively Herrera Fraseman Baxter and Petersan among multiple horses.
Based on June 1 conditions the Nebraska winter wheat production is forecast at 104,676,000 bushels, up 11 percent from a year ago. Yield is indicated at 3 bushels per acre, up 2 from last year, with favorable weather and rain promoting growth through May and moisture expected to carry crop to harvest. maturity varied by area and in general was later than 1972.
A Grand Island fire destroyed a 1977 model motor home with an estimated loss of 15010 dollars on Saturday afternoon. The blaze started when the vehicle's carburetor backfired while being primed. Mark Sehule of Grand Island received minor burns on his hands from fuel ignition.
Three young convicts seeking a transfer held four hostages for almost 18 hours in the Kentucky State Penitentiary before releasing them unharmed. They were allowed a pews conference as part of an agreement with authorities and had intended to kill two corrections officers and no inmates if guards rushed the canteen.
Rani Lavneh, son of Avraham Levenbraun, was given a zero year prison term for contact with an Atatak guerrilla agent. The sentencing concludes the fourth trial tied to a spy and sabotage ring aimed at stirring revolution. Israeli police broke the network last December as six Jews and 27 Arabs were convicted overall.
BRUSSELS AP The Common Market leaders face questions on Western Europe buying cat and animal feed from the United States and the impact on prices at home. They also discuss currency support against the U.S. dollar. A rubber tree must be at least six years old before latex tapping can begin commercially.
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