Crow as Pet Delights School and Neighbors
A crow kept as a pet by David and Cindy Liss near Park School amuses students and neighbors. The bird, adopted after a nestless brood, roams the area, steals items, teases people, and sometimes helps find lost keys, while interacting with a neighbor’s dog and the local wildlife.
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Stan Linhorst
Crown
Park School
David
Cindy Liss
Liss
Vince Galley
Galley
Highland Park School
David Liss
Linkletter to keynote Columbus awards night at high school
Columbus Area Chamber of Commerce will honor several community leaders at a Saturday evening program before Art Linkletter speaks at Columbus Senior High School. Industries Incorporated and the Women’s Division receive special recognition for 25 years of service. plaques will be awarded, followed by Linkletter’s remarks and a dance by the Larry Marik Quartet at Ellis Country Club. Tickets are $5. public admission.
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Columbus Area Chamber of Commerce
Jerry Engdahl
Engdahl
Art Linkletter
Columbus Senior High School
Industries Incorporated
Chamber
Larry Marik
Ellis Country Club
Jim Holmberg
Linkletter
Columbus
Platte scholarship winners announced across multiple categories
Twenty one students earned Platte scholarships in accounting shorthand typing mathematics chemistry and sciences. Top scorer in each category receives a one year tuition waiver others win a semester waiver. Names include Humphrey High Nancy Kresha Paul Mausbach Leigh Schaad Reine Davis Le oa Hruska Fyfe Force Schermer Hayward Olsuska Swedenburg Hajek Niedfeldt Czarnick Behne Sucha and two returning 1975 honorees Schaad and Hajek.
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Platte
Eeee
Robert Snow
Humphrey High
Nancy Kresha
Paul Mausbach
Leigh
Janet Schaad
Eoping
David City
Reyne Davis
Laura le Oa
Chris Hruska
Heins
Columbus High
Lenne Fyfe
Pat Force
Mack Schermer
Beth Hayward
Duane Olsuska
Clarks
Craig Swedenburg
Match-up families sought for new project in area
A program begun by Multi County Service Unit 143 aims to match handicapped or senior citizens with families willing to share their homes. Director Ann Crawford says the goal is home type care for loneliness and physical needs, with families paid for the service. no matches yet and interested persons can contact the Service Unit office.
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Ann Crawford
Weather winds surge as Pacific front nears Nebraska
Forecasts warn of 50 mph southeast winds across Nebraska as a weak Pacific cold front advances eastward. Fire danger rises tonight before cooler, drier air reduces risk on Wednesday. Temperatures peak in the upper 60s to mid 70s today with 20s to 30s lows tonight across western to eastern zones.
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Nebraska
Weather Service
Panhandle
Wyoming
Alliance
Beatrice
Scottsbluff
Norfolk
North Platte
Reagan and Wallace challenge in North Carolina primary
President Ford and Carter face upset bids from Ronald Reagan and George Wallace in North Carolina as 61 Democratic and 54 Republican delegates are at stake. Early returns show turnout and weather favorable across the state with campaigns concentrated in key regions.
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Raleigh, N.C
UPI
Ford
Georgia
Jimmy Carter
North Carolina
Ronald Reagan
George C. Wallace
White House
Reagan
Wisconsin
Wallace
Montgomery
Ala
Carter
St. Louis
Vermont
Massachusetts
Florida
Illinois
Harris
Bentsen
Rhodesian power transfer proposal rejected by leaders
White Rhodesian leaders rejected Britain's plan for a two year power handover to majority blacks, warning it would ignite uproar. Britain offered to revive talks between Ian Smith and Joshua Nkomo amid a negotiated transition.
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United Press International
Britain
Ames Callaghan
London
Ian Smith
Joshua Nkomo
Smith
NPPD approves 150 million revenue bond sale
The Nebraska Public Power District board approved a 150 million revenue bond sale at 7.32 percent net interest. Funds will help cover part of the Gerald Gentleman Station coal plant near Sutherland, with a syndicate led by First Boston, New York, securing the low bid.
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Nebraska Public Power District Board of Directors
NPPD
Gerald Gentleman
Sutherland
First Boston
New York
City seeks users and buyers for idle city land in Columbus
The city of Columbus looks to lease or sell unused municipal land as NPPD moves its offices and city facilities shift. The plan lists four objectives to keep a viable central district, improve public facilities, and maximize taxable property while relocating the library, city hall, police, and other spaces to new or existing structures. The move includes plans for a new fire site and potential retail use of former condemnation areas, with several small parcels slated for lease or sale.
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Terry Anderson
Columbus
City Counsil
Nebraska Public Power District
NPPD
11Th Street
23Rd Avenue
25Th Avenue
15Th Street
Library
City Hall
Lloyd Castner
Hall of Justice
Platte County Sheriff's
26Th Avenue
14Th
15Th
14Th Street
21St
22Nd Avenues
Castner
City
Howard Boulevard
19Th Street
12Th Avenue
City of
Central Public District
Central Public
Exon asks Unicameral to reconsider Beatrice settlement
Gov. J J Exon seeks a unicameral reconsideration using the Beatrice State Home settlement to address what senators call an overreach in spending controls. A $29 888 appropriation funds a special panel tied to the Beatrice lawsuit with possible court action if blocked.
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Lincoln
Neb
UPI
J.J. Exon
Aeto
Beatrice State Home
Exon
Beatrice
Paul Douglas
Douglas
U.S
Albert Shatz
Omaha
Burrows
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Behlen
Prairie Creek
Silver Creek
Denise
Telegram
N.C
South
Atlantic Coast
Washington
Supreme Court
Pittsburgh
Seward Prosser Mellon
Brooklyn
Eugene
Pennsylvania
San Francisco
Buenos Aires
Tina
Isabel Peron
Beirut
Lebanon
Federal Trade Commission
General Motors
Unicameral
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