City council watches highway project updates and staff changes
Columbus City Council received an update on road projects with delays due to right of way issues and questioned past engineering figures while weighing Beatrice Funds property purchase for off street parking. Officials discussed street districts, annexation, hiring, and plans for a new pool and Pawnee Park dredging with cost sharing.
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Columbus
Ron Rystrom
Kirkham, Michael & Associates
State Roads
2Rd Street
33Rd Avenue
Ching
Rystrom
24Rd Street
38Rd Avenue
York-Columbus
33Rd Avene
23Rd Street
Rystram
Gambit
E.H. Lohr
Beatrice Funds
12Th Street
2Th Avenue
Cauncilman
Darrell Olcot
Olesti
Nebraska Highway Commission
Barney Micek
Tiquar Central Commission
Dave Murphy
Gerald
Nebraska Employment Division
County Supervisors Approve Funds and Appointments
Platte County Supervisors learned they will receive 53151 in federal aid for the 1971 72 fiscal year. The board approved Linda Daixen as clerk in the County Assessor office. A 2825 bid for jail improvements was received but no action taken. A March 12 special meeting at 9 am was set to discuss seven hospital accident insurance proposals. Local and state representatives asked the county to fund an Opportunity Center for retarded children. no action was taken.
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Platte
Linda Daixen
Ray Hauser
Opportunity Center
Economy in Action Advances City Hiring
In Los Angeles a new administrative assistant in the Board of Public Works was approved at about $11,000 annually. The move follows a city order for immediate actions to pursue economies across departments.
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Ios Angeles
Board of Public Works
Caunel
Bullington seeks full report on March 1 incident
Plane County Civil Defense Director Jacek Bullington requested a full report on a March 1 meeting involving city officials and Army personnel tied to helicopter use on ice jam repairs in the Platte River. He asked for details on participants, authority, and why negotiation clearance was not secured. The council planned a joint meeting with County Board and civic defense leaders.
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Plane County Civil
Defense
Jacek Bullington
Columbus
Bullington
National Guard
Erame Svoboda
Platte River
Atty
Nepoliate
Columbus-Platte
Turks Kidnap Four U S Airmen in Ankara Ransom Demand
Four U.S. airmen were abducted near Ankara by a group calling itself the Turkish Liberation Army. They demanded 400000 dollars within 16 hours and threatened execution at 6 p.m. Friday. Police arrested one ringleader. four kidnappers remain at large. The victims are Jimmy Sexton, James Gholson, Larry Meaver, and Richard Caraszi.
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Ankara
UPA
Turkish Jeoptes Liberation Arty
U.S
Hayes
Ale
Nan
Mete Tekin
Atycar Atd
Amkara
Middle East Technical University
Jimmy J. Sexton
San Angelo
Tex
James M. Gholson
Alexandria
Larry J. Meaver
Denver
Cole
Richard Caraszi
Stamford
Conn
Jimmy R. M. Finley
Forth Worth
Turkish Peoples Liberalian Army
Hinley
Land sale eyed for future junior high in Columbus
Columbus School Superintendent Gail Sims says the proposed junior high may not be needed for eight to ten years. The district will buy 24 acres in northwest Columbus at 2.50 an acre, below appraised value, with farming lease potential in the interim. Architects will study expansion at Lost Creek and North Park Schools, prioritizing Lost Creek for expansion.
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Columbus
Gail Slms
State
University of Nebraska
William Caliban
Sims
Lost Creek
North Park
Bath
Father forces son to harm father with public safety item
Colorado Springs police say a despondent father, Earl Gibson Begun, forced his eight year old son Earl Eugene Denson to injure him with a .38 caliber public safety item after trying a knife. The son refused the knife, but then the father handed the weapon to the boy and instructed him to shoot. The father was mortally wounded. The child was taken into protective custody briefly. authorities say the boy did not understand his actions and was ordered to keep it secret. The father’s troubles included job loss and car repossession. he was separated from his wife.
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Colorado Springs
Coto
Earl Gibson
Garl
Earl Eugene Denson
Ling
Denson
Denso
Partly cloudy forecast nudges Nebraska through midweek
United Press International reports a relief from winter doldrums with a partly cloudy pattern through Friday across eastern Nebraska. Lows tonight mostly in the 20s, highs Friday in the 30s to 40s, with the Panhandle seeing a few showers and cooler readings in spots. Scottsbluff hit 50 degrees midweek, McCook logged a 4 degree overnight low.
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United Press International
National Weather Service
Panhandle
Scottsbluff
McCook
Nebraska
Ice jams spotted on Platte and Elkhorn rivers
Army Corps reps conducted aerial surveys of the Elkhorn and Platte rivers to assess ice jam conditions. Seven jams reported on the Platte and Elkhorn, with one on the Elkhorn near Wisner releasing about 85 percent of the river flow. Crews continued a round the clock emergency levy extension at North Bend as surveys of the 19 county disaster area are planned to begin and wrap by March.
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United Press International Army Corps of Engineers
Elkhorn
Platte Mivers
Platte
Y Sal
Clifford Dempsey
Fort Carson
Cotp
Elkhorn Ab Wisner
Dempsey
Highway 92
Tso Rivers
North Bend
Corps’ Emergency Operations Center
Omaha
Plate River
Columbus
Loup River
Gretna
Committee Named to Halt Skyrocketing Car Insurance
Lincoln based State Insurance Director Samuel Van Pelt announced nine members to a committee studying ways to curb rising car insurance rates. Formed after February promises, the panel will draft recommendations for the department to present to the 1872 legislative session. Members include Loren Andrews of Lincoln, Hal Bauer of Lincoln, M J Hruckner of Lincoln, Patrice Cooney of Omaha, Dan Loring of Omaha, Harry C McKellan of Lincoln, Dwight Perkins of Lincoln, Dave Pierson of Lincoln, and Harry Williams of Omaha.
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Lincoln
Samuel van Pelt
van Pelt
Legislature For Action Committee
Loren Ls Andrews
Hal Bauer
M. J Hruckner
Patrice Cooney
Omaha
Dan Loring
Harry C. McCkellan
Dwight Perkins
Lincol
Dave Pierson
Harry Williams
South Vietnamese forces near Sepone in Laos battle
South Vietnamese troops supported by Marine reinforcements and US air power push toward the Sepone supply hub in Laos. Officials say forces are 15 to 40 kilometers inside Laos along Route 4, with heavy combat around Hill 31 and near the Laos border. US air support reports high casualties for both sides and large weapon losses.
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Saigon
Laos
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Sepone
Sepoie
South Vietnam
Taclan Camaicd
Hill 31
Battte
Cambodia
U.S
Inspector cites inspection gaps on new Maple Park homes
City electrical inspector Ben Shadle told the City Council he cannot inspect new Maple Park Addition houses. He said FHA guaranteed homes built by Hecher-Curry Co. were wired without inspection and red tags on uninspected houses were removed. The judiciary committee will study the issue and report back.
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City
Ben Shadle
Efler
Maple Park
Shadle
FHA
Hecher-Curry Company
Judiciary Committee
President Nixon to hold foreign policy news conference
Washington reports President Nixon will hold a news conference on foreign policy at the White House today.
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Washington
UPL
Nixon
Pam
Exon vetoes food tax credit increase bill
Gov. Exon vetoed the bill to raise food tax credits, saying abolishing the sales tax on food would better address prices. He noted the plan would push costs higher and urged officials to face the issue without increasing taxes. The unicameral legislature has five days to attempt an override.
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Gov. Exon
Tancoln
UPH
J. J. Hxon
Crofton Law
W. Fin Hach
Exon
Burbach
Teruion
Americans Die In War As Laos Fighting Surges
UPI reports heavy action in Laos raised U.S. combat deaths to a six month high last week. Official figures show 5,107 enemy troops killed and meaningful battlefield losses by Government forces as the steel drive into Cambodia continues.
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Saigon
UPI
Laos
U.S
Indochinea
Mearee Og Ganyna
Legislature wrestles with health security resolution
Lincoln Nebraska lawmakers tangled in procedure over endorsing the National Health Security Program amid confused rules in the Unicameral led by Gov. Frank Marsh. Letters to Congress were sent, a kill motion passed, and a reconsideration debate stalled, leaving the fate of the resolution uncertain.
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Lincoln
UPI
Congress
Frank Marsh
Omaha
David Stahmer
Nebraska
Kearey den
Gerald Stronger
Marsh
Lakers
Htm
Congressiaal
Crofton Sen
JW. Burpach
Omaby Sen
Hichard Proud
Wag
Omaha Sen
Ernest “Chambers
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Nebraska Soil & Water Conservation Commission
Harry Fowler
Milan Austin
Duane Gay
Rita Cl
Columbus Hide and Metal
Randall Addition
Pete Lakers
Knights of Columbus
25Th Street
An Avenue
Chick Wesley Baxa
3Rd Avenue
Union Pacific
SS. Bonaventure
St. Anthony
St. Isidore
VEW
Legion
Army Corps of Yay Coady
Loup Hiver
Platte County
Baxa
John Ingold
State Game and Parks Commission
Pawnee Park
Kepekli
Ares U
Oimon’s
E. i
Injarias
Nan Oy
Saipan
Highway 9
Salgurk P
Wee
Nguyen Cau Ky
North View
Sucecud
Asi
Benning
Eugene M. Ketcuc
Bt Williams
Caliey, Jr
Gul Exen
Ijal
Ptanosle Linn
Chambers
Reas
Owas
Beail
Scottshiuft
Terry Carbenter
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