Columbus City Council debates bids and curb plans on lengthy night
Columbus council splits on removing liquidated damages from the 33rd Avenue improvement contract delaying opening of bids set for April 14. Several items crowd three hour meeting as bids for Gerrard Park building and park equipment are approved and hearings set for code updates and road gravel purchases. Public power deal and city administrator search discussed amid a broad agenda and sidewalk and parking restrictions near schools.
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Terry Anderson
33Rd Avenue
Columbus
Bruce Brandenburg
Don Peterson
Tom Kumpf
Merle Johnson
Gerald Micek
Carroll Olcott
Les Pillen
Beloit Kinzer
Tn Eather
Gerrard Park
Park Fund
Finance Committee
Micck
Nielsen Chevrolet
Water Department
Joe Bonk
Planning and Zoning Commission
Columbus Chamber of Commerce
Partners In Progress
Louis Miessner
Gerber
Kump
George Johansen
12Th Street
40Th Avenue
Bob Woboril
Roth Construction
Platte College
St. Isidore Church
St. Bonaventure
St. Anthony Church
American Legion
VFW
Bayles
Virginia Smith
Board of Equalization
17Th Street
28Rd
76Th Avenue
9Th Street
10Th Street
D1st Street
31St Street
North Park School
Adams Street
West Park School
43Rd Avenue
Bray Drive
24Th Avenue
1Ath
16Th Streets
27Th Street
Fairacres School
Senate votes to boost 1974 tax rebates and issue SS checks
The Senate tentatively approves a Mansfield substitute raising 1974 tax rebates to 12 percent with a $240 maximum and authorizes a $100 Social Security check for recipients. The plan skirts oil depletion and foreign income amendments, with final passage possible in several days. Also reported, Gen Omar Bradley, 82, suffers a cerebral stroke and remains in serious condition at UCLA Medical Center after prior lung clot surgery.
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Washington
Senate
Mansfield
Senate Finance Committee
Los Angeles
Omar Bradley
Ucla Medical Center
Bradley
Inflation cools slightly as food costs rise less
February CPI shows total prices up 0.6 percent, matching January, while food costs rise just 0.1 percent the slowest in seven months. Other goods lift 0.8 percent amid higher utilities, rent, medical and apparel costs. Gasoline edges higher. weekly earnings climb for nonfarm production workers, but real spendable income falls.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
CPT
Bureau of Labor Statistics
U.S
Refugees on the move amid Vietnamese retreat
In the Central Highlands Communist gun emplacements fired over 200 mortars on a refugee convoy disrupting a fragile truce during a government evacuation. Communists control eight southern provinces this year as U.S. officials fret over a secret pullback, amid a flood of more than a million refugees moving under Communist admission.
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Saigon
UPI
South Vietnam
U.S
Vietnam
Israeli cabinet holds marathon peace session in Jerusalem
UPI reports Secretary Kissinger postponed his flight to Egypt hour after hour as Israel’s cabinet met. The Rabin led team fed new ideas on Middle East peace, which Kissinger planned to relay to Anwar Sadat. He then planned to fly to Aswan to meet Sadat after four delays.
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Sadat
Kissinger
Aswan
Anwar Sadat
King David Hotel
P.n
GM recalls 4,000 workers as output rises
General Motors declares the recall of about 4,000 laid off workers, mostly in Michigan, due to higher output of compact and subcompact models after April 1, while idling 2,530 staff in Pontiac at the track and coach division for a week starting March 1. The company counts around 137,500 workers on long-term layoff, including 10,000 not in prior figures.
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Detroit
UPI
General Motors Corp
Michigan
Pontiac
Mich
Congress Divides Over CIA Sunken Submarine Salvage
Congress debated the CIA sponsored salvage of a Soviet submarine near Hawaii. Some lawmakers questioned the $350 million cost and urged tighter budget oversight while others argued the recovered parts and old codes could yield valuable intelligence. Senate and House panels prepared to scrutinize intelligence funding amid detente considerations.
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Washington
UPS
Congress
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Pacific Ocean
Hawaii
Ford
John Sparkman
D-Ala
Senate Foreign Relations
Howard Hughes
House
Senate
Frank Clairch
Didaho
Senate Intelligence Committee
Church
John Tower
K-Tex
Lions talent contest sets record entries
Noon Lions sponsor a community talent show at Platte College Fine Arts Theater on Friday at 7 30 p m. Fifty three entries representing about 65 area youths compete in four age divisions elementary junior intermediate and senior. Admission is free and the event aims to boost local music and talent programs.
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Colummbus Noon Lions
Platte College Fine Arts
Noon Lions
Spring Arrives as Nebraska Ends Winter With Mild Day
United Press International reports winter ends in Nebraska with sunny skies and mild temps. Friday brings official spring at 2 57 PM as highs reach upper 60s to low 70s near the western and eastern regions. Overnight lows dip to the low 20s with increasing clouds.
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United Press International
Nebraska
Mercury
Lowes
Anid Fis
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Don Korcek
Bruce Hansen
Mike Rice
Mike Glur
Rudy Glur
Jim Sackett
Lindsay Ball
Columbus High School
Council
Susan Ford
Vail
Colo
Ner
Russia
Lions Talent Contest
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