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Columbus Telegram

Location

Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Jun 30, 1976

Page

2

Stock Market Roundup Columbus Ticker Report

The Columbus Telegram lists midday stock moves from wew via UPI with gains and losses across industries. Firms include IBM, Am Can, Intel, Exxon, Boeing, General Motors, Procter & Gamble, Coca Cola, and Cities Service, among many others with percentages shown for daily shifts.

Wew UPI Goodrich AllisChal Gulf Oil Alcoa Cent Pwr Can Inco Ltd IBM T&t Int T&t Anaconda Iowa P&l Ashi Oil Johnson Ad Rich Kennecott Aveo KeysCons Beards Kopper Kresge Bendix Kroger Beth Stl Litton Boeing Lockhol Borden Mar Oil Capcbd Owens Ill Columbas Penn Cen Comaate Penny Comsat Pfizer Phil Pet Procterg CPC Exxon St. Regis Firestone San Fernd Ford Mtrs Sears Fruehauf Shell Oil Gam Sko Simmons So Pac Gen Sperry Std Eds SO Ind Tel Stons JP Stude Texaco Tex Inst UN Carb UN Elec Utd Corp US Steel West UN Wstghse Weyerh Wickes Woolwrth

Omaha Livestock and Cattle Market Report

Hogs traded 3,700 with mixed price moves across weights and grades. sow prices eased. Cattle and calves activity 4,700 with steady to weak close, several loads of prime and choice steers and heifers noted with prices across weight ranges. Slaughter lambs and ewes seen steady with firm slaughter lamb values and higher vice for shorn ewes. futures show live cattle and hogs with gains in several contracts.

Omaha UPI

Amtrak Panama Limited Derails Killing One In Mississippi

The Panama Limited passenger train traveling from Chicago to New Orleans derailed near Goodman Holmes County Mississippi. Eleven cars and two engines left the tracks about 8 15 a m. Police reported one dead and several injured with three presumed trapped in a car. Cause under investigation.

Goodman, Miss UPI Amtrak New Orleans Chicago Mississippi Mississippi Highway Patrol Goodman Pickens Holmes County

Marsh seeks changes to Nebraska Unclaimed Property Act

Nebraska State Treasurer Frank Marsh proposes amendments to the Unclaimed Property Act to streamline return of abandoned money and securities. He would present recommendations to the 1977 legislature, citing increases in receipts and the need for reciprocity with other states.

Lincoln, Neb UPI Frank Marsh Nebraska Marsh Betty Stuckenholz St. Paul, Minn Omaha Santa Clause

Balloonist Karl Thomas Missing on Atlantic Balloon Flight

The U.S. Coast Guard dispatched a search plane to locate Karl Thomas, a 27 year old attempting the first Atlantic crossing in a balloon. A C130 from Elizabeth City, N C searches the projected path while tracking emergency beacons after last radio contact Sunday night. Thomas left Lakehurst Naval Air Station last Friday and was reported missing after contact with an Alitalia flight.

New York UPI U.S. Coast Guard Karl Thomas Atlantic Ocean Coast Guard Governor's Island Elizabeth City N.C Thomas Ofborn Thomas Lakehurst N.J Naval Air Station Alitalia

Senate backs farming exemption from OSHA rules

The Senate approved 90 to 1 an amendment removing most farming operations from OSHA coverage. The Durkin Abourezk plan would exempt farms with five or fewer workers on a typical day and up to 12 on a busy day, plus exclude family members. It also would shield all businesses from first offense fines if violations are not serious.

Washington UPI Senate Departments of Health Education and Welfare and Labor William Hathaway Maine OSHA John Durkin D-N.h James Abourezk D-S Way

Alice Texas Named for King Ranch Heiress

The city of Alice in Texas traces its founding to 1888 with initial names Bapdana and Kleberg before being renamed for Alice King Kleberg, daughter of Richard King of the nearby King Ranch, and it was incorporated on June 2, 1904.

Alice, Tex Bapdana Kleberg Alice Alice King Kleberg Richard King King Ranch

Families visit and travel notices from Platte Center area

Mrs Vaughn Deay of LeMar Missouri and Maurice Wolf of Excelsior Springs Missouri visited relatives in Platte Center and traveled home Sunday. St Joseph School of Nursing alumni dinner and a 50th wedding anniversary were noted in local circles with several gatherings and birthdays observed.

Mike Hetherington Ron Moody Sullivan, I Dolores Kruse Odelia Macken Lorraine Mausbach Papillion Wilford Dittmus Chestnut, NL

Detroit faces possible garbage shortage for new power plant

Detroit officials warn a planned 100 million garbage recovery plant to generate power may lack enough trash. Environmental chief Conley Abrams says the city collects about 3,000 tons daily, while the plant would need around 7,000 tons. private haulers could close the gap, prompting a proposal to claim all city trash.

Detroit UPS Conley Abrams Environmental Protection and Maintenance Department Detroit Edison Co Public Lighting Commission Abrams

Harvesting Under Way Across Nebraska Wheat Fields

Harvesting has started in Nebraska with wheat yields reported across several counties. Test weights range 58 to 62 pounds per bushel, moisture 12.5 to 17 percent, and cutting is expected to continue this weekend with yields in Oxford Lebanon areas around 29 to 40 bushels per acre. Temporary labor offices opened in Hodgrege McCook Imperial Grant and Ogallala to assist farmers.

Hastings, Neb UPI Nebraska U.S. Labor Department Hodgrege McCook Imperial Grant Ogallala Oxford Lebanon

Green Thumb program to hire 27 more Nebraska workers

Rep. Charles Thone says Nebraska’s Green Thumb program will add 27 workers starting July 1. The project, funded by the Labor Department and run by the National Farmers Union, currently offers up to 20 hours weekly for 118 elderly participants. New hires will expand to counties not yet served.

Washington UPI Charles Thone R-Neb Nebraska U.S. Labor Department National Farmer's Union Thone

Cattle Feeder Group Calls Immediate Price Study

The National Livestock Feeders Association orders an immediate staff search for factors driving persistently weak cattle prices. NLFA President Donald Hunter says many of the association’s 12 000 members fear exits from the business as prices run about 8 to 10 dollars per hundredweight below the needed 47 to 49. He warns the industry cannot sustain high quality beef supply under such losses.

Omaha UPI National Livestock Feeders Association Board NLFA Donald Hunter Centerville Association Hunter

Student cleans highways with tiny carpet sweeper

Mike Erickson, a 26 year old University of Minnesota theater arts student, travels coast to coast using a two and a half pound carpet sweeper to collect debris and roadkill. From Norfolk Virginia he aims for San Francisco by mid October averaging forty miles daily and reports many animals including possums skunks raccoons dogs cats frogs and birds along the way. He says farm dogs pose the main hazard and his sweeper is bent after a run in with a German shepherd near Mt. Sterling Kentucky.

Minneapolis Erickson Lexington Norfolk America San Francisco Mt. Sterling

New policeman hired at Albion

The Albion Police Department has hired Tim Suey of Albion as a part time officer. He replaces William Spiegel a Boone County deputy sheriff and part time officer. Suey previously served eight years with the Nebraska State Patrol.

Albion Rtment Tim Suey William Spiegel Boone County Suey Nebraska State Patrol

Dinner meeting set at Albion Vet's Club

Albion announces a WWI era meeting of the Albion Vet's Club scheduled for August 15. A note mentions pollsters being fooled on November 1, 1948, the day before the presidential election.

Albion

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