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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1971
Page
8
A heavy rains triggered a landslide at a mining camp in Paseo department northeast of Lima burying 400 to 600 residents out of 1,000 workers. Preliminary death estimates place the toll in the hundreds as water from Lake Yarabutrin overflowed into offices, plants, warehouses, and mining installations.
Crews from power and roads departments labored Friday to restore electric service after a blizzard that shut down travel and knocked out power across Loup County. Loup Power District reported most residents back online by 3 am, while scattered outages persisted in Nance Platte Boon and Colfax counties. Northwestern Bell and General Telephone listed numerous phone and service outages in Columbus with restoration expected by evening. Snow totaled three inches with 30 mph winds causing downed limbs and continued drifting in sheltered spots.
Two former Columbus residents, S. Sgt. Galen Ahrens and his wife Linda, both 23, were killed when their car collided with an empty gasoline transport about 42 miles west of Wilber during a blizzard. Their children Steven 16 months and Matthew five were hospitalized in good condition. The family was en route back to Arizona after visiting Mrs. Melvin Atvens in Columbus. Funeral arrangements are pending at Zajicek Funeral Home, Wilber.
Nebraskans faced widespread outages from strong winds as the worst winter storm yet. NPPD noted Levinner and Oakland hardest hit with crews sent to York and Boward. Omaha lines caused fires and other issues. about 60 percent of affected areas were back in service by early morning.
Nebraska legislature approves several noncontroversial measures including a bill to add the Agriculture Department Director to the water pollution control list. Debate noted over environmental balance and costs with a broader proposal to create a single environmental control agency under discussion. Other bills early approved include dropping fish tagging requirements and adjusting dog license fees for first class cities.
A Soviet sponsored booklet by nine sinologists claims China seeks to provoke war between the United States and the Soviet Union to dominate world power. It accuses Beijing of courting a de facto alliance with Washington and pledging nonintervention in Indochina to shield nuclear sites.
In Council Bluffs Iowa a one year old boy was trapped with a finger stuck in a rollaway bed for 61 hours before rescue. Paramedics cut away part of the bed and hospital staff removed the remaining frame, freeing his finger. He suffered bruising and was sent home after treatment.
The 17 to 5 vote by the Senate Appropriations Committee keeps the supersonic transport project alive, with industry, White House, and labor backing. Proxmire signals floor fight ahead as House action casts doubt on continued funding and a renewed Senate vote likelihood fades.
The Labor Department reported a 0.2 percent rise in the consumer price index for February, the second straight month of small gains well below the recent 1968-70 inflation average. Despite slower overall inflation, prices for food, clothing, and medical care rose, while mortgage rates and used-car prices fell.
New York. Louis Armstrong has shown improvement and is responding well to treatment for a heart ailment at Beth Israel Hospital. A spokesman says he spent a comfortable night with regular pulse and normal blood pressure after earlier reports of critical condition.
Saigon reports a rapid drawdown of forces in Laos with fewer than 14,600 South Vietnamese soldiers remaining inside Laos. Helicopters ferry the last defenders past Khe Sanh amid repeated Communist artillery and rocket fire on the base area. Spokesmen describe the movement as a rotation and note ongoing pulls from bases north of Route 9 while American helicopters empty large units from Firebase Brown and other positions. The Saigon briefing cites about 143,000 troops pulled from Laos over 43 hours, with thousands more redeployed and new arrivals at other camps along the Ho Chi Minh trail corridor.
Mexico City expelled five Soviet diplomats in a move described as the most serious between the two countries since relations were cooled. The action surprised Moscow and followed Mexico recalling its ambassador. officials did not tie the expulsion to the alleged subversive plot. The diplomats ordered to depart included a chargé d affaires and several secretaries. the Soviet ambassador was on vacation.
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