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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1977
Page
10
Babson researchers see a potential upside despite inflation and rates. Dow indices show divergence with Transportation outperforming Industrial. Economic activity in early 1977 runs stronger than anticipated, suggesting a favorable second half. Families in Florissant and Shelby visit relatives as noted in the community notes.
City Council of Columbus Nebraska meets in open session at City Hall. Mayor Johansen and eight council members vote on licenses, bids, resolutions, ordinances, and department reports. Several committees approve contracts and budget moves including a traffic system study and a flood of public works items.
The June 7 1977 Columbus Nebraska City Council met in open session as Board of Equalization to hear appeals on Street Improvement Districts 45 and 47 and to determine fair and equal assessments for replacement sod costs. It heard residents complaints about the assessment formula and after discussion the council approved the engineer’s recommended assessments by a vote of five to two with one member absent. The session adjourned and the record was approved June 15 1977.
Washington humor columnist Dick West warns of an upcoming ESP gap between the United States and the Soviet Union. He cites parapsychology secrecy, telepathy and psychokinesis as military threats and imagines synchronized thought waves to level cities. He predicts leaks from the CIA and possible ESP funding in SALT talks.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reported by June 15 freight tonnage on the Missouri River reached 877,232 tons between Sioux City and the mouth above St. Louis. It was 10.68 percent below the prior year’s pace, with last year exceeding 3 million tons shipped on the river.
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