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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1977
Page
2
UPI reports Omaha livestock prices with hogs 50 lower in some cuts while cattle show steady to 25 higher. Buyers note loads of 1100 to 1225 pound steers and 900 to 1075 pound heifers with varied prices. sheep insufficient for trade. Tuesday estimates list 5,000 cattle, 4,000 hogs, 300 sheep.
Chicago Mercantile Exchange futures show live cattle and frozen pork bellies trading withApr Jun Aug and Jun positions in cattle, pork belly March May July in the 54 to 43 dollar range. Hogs also listed with multiple contract prices and closing figures.
Sixteen members inducted into Chi Sigma Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa at Platte College ceremony. Thomas Coday administered the oath with Larry Zimmer presenting candidates and Cindy Niedfeldt gifting carnations. Six active members elevated to full membership while others were listed alongside their hometowns. John Putnam led a program on Music as a Cultural Influence. Chapter to attend 59th National Convention in Minneapolis on March 31. sponsors Randy Benson and Mrs. Evelyn Bruegger.
The Zion Sewing Circle hosted Family Night with a pot-luck supper and student skits directed by Stephanie Zarnke and Margaret Kugel. Mrs. Victor Olson Jr. was appointed secretary. A Lutheran Women’s Missionary League Workshop was announced for April 19 at Peace Church in Columbus. New drapes for the confirmation room arrived and the Mariners Mercantile banquet was reported by Circle members.
About 370 students from Osceola Shelby Leigh and Schuyler Central will compete at Wayne State College in Spanish German and French events. They will present songs and skits and vie for plaques and awards during the annual day.
University of Nebraska faces a March 21 23 hearing by the Appropriations Committee on its 1977 78 budget. Gov Exon proposes trimming 11.2 million off 112 million while regents seek higher cash and revolving fund ceilings. The board also approved utility cost increases and a smaller general fund request for the Medical Center.
The UPI report notes spring officially began at 12 43 p m EST amid fresh snow across much of the U S with New York and New England cities seeing sleet and snow. Nebraska Missouri and Kansas reported heavy weekend snows causing outages and travel trouble while Chicago and Michigan faced additional flurries and a new Rockies born storm prompting travel advisories.
Schuyler Colfax ASCS director Gene L Willers says federal wheat disaster payments under the 1973 act and 1977 program will operate like 1976. Farmers must file disaster applications at the ASCS Office to be eligible, with appraisals starting about April first and destruction contingent on on file. Greenland is noted as the world's largest island at 840000 square miles.
Kris Stoffel named FHA Sweetheart at the annual FFA FHA Sweetheart Dance. Attendants included Cal Liermann Dick Mullenhoff Bryce Grotelueschen Sue Mueller Paula Asche and Norma Thalken. Loseke served as FFA president and reporter and earned ag mechanics and homestead improvement awards while being a State Farmer applicant. Stoffel, four year FHA member, won the Key Encounter Award.
Horoscope brief offers daily guidance for each sign from Taurus to Pisces. Advises temper control for Taurus and caution with finances for Cancer and Libra, urges grit for Leo, and warns Pisces to read documents before signing. Energy directors caution against overextending and advise prudent, measured actions.
In the Nebraska legislature Sen. Patrick Venditte of Omaha led a bid to stiffen penalties for marijuana possession. His amendment would raise the limit to five years or a $10,000 fine for possession of one pound or more, but failed 24 to 12. A separate Venditte proposal to raise penalties for under one pound also failed, while current penalties remain in place.
Oswald and James Jacoby discuss Blackwood use in bidding with five clubs as a double role to show number of aces. A hand where South asks for kings and North shows one king leads to a seven spade sequence and simple seven. North’s jump to four spades signals nineteen high card points with no singleton.
A Pennsylvania reader asks which player played each card before the trick, and the response is simply that the answer is Yes.
Iowa state officials warned that oil shipped for road use contained enough PCB to kill or cripple many. The mix up happened when Minnesota storage oil was sent to Capitol Oil in Omaha and then distributed to Cedar Falls and Fort Dodge areas. The tainted oil was stopped before spreading.
Tamara Meedel of Blair High School won the 1977 General Mills Family Leader of Tomorrow in Nebraska. Mack Schermer of Columbus High School and David Walahoski of Newman Grove High School earned honorable mention. Meedel will receive a 1500 dollar college scholarship and may compete for one of four national awards to be announced April 21 in Washington DC.
On Sept 14 1969 the tanker SS Manhattan completed the first commercial navigation of the Northwest Passage north of Canada marking a historic Arctic sea route milestone.
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