Scriven Named Outstanding Columbus Police Officer of 1974
Edwin Scriven, a Columbus patrolman since 1973, was named the city's Outstanding Police Officer of 1974 at the sixth annual Police Appreciation Banquet. The event, hosted by American Legion Hartman Post 84, drew about 200 attendees and featured the Columbus Apollo Club and remarks on Americanism by Ray Oltman.
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Edwin Scriven
Columbus
Wes Baxa
American Legion Hartment Post 84
the Legion Hall
Scriven
Hartman Post
Lions talent contest winners announced at Platte College
First place in the Lions Club youth talent contest went to Matthew Sojka and Paul Reinker in piano categories, Joan Widhalm won senior vocal honors, and Bruce and Wayne Zimmerman topped the junior accordion drum duo. Second and third places were awarded across interpretive dance, tumbling, guitar, drums, violin and more from Columbus, Humphrey, Richland, Bellwood, and surrounding areas. The event drew 52 entries, 70+ youth participants, and about 400 spectators. First-place winners advance to the District 38-E contest on May 4 at Platte College.
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Lions Club
Platte College Fine Arts
Platte College
Joan Widhalm
Humphrey
Bruce
Wayne Zimmerman
Richland
Beth Ann Hinrichs
Columbus
Heidi Sloth
Bellwood
Terri Bernt
Old Man Winter Returns With Snow Bursts Across Nebraska
Light snow and blowing snow pester Nebraska as a new storm system moves from Iowa toward Wisconsin, with Omaha reporting 74 degrees and Mullen at 34 for highs, while Valentine's 10s to 20s give way to mid teens across the north central counties.
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Nebraska
Iowa
Wisconsin
Oregon
National Weather Service
Valentine
Scottsbluff
Omaha
Mullen, Chadron
Alliance
Othe
Heavy Snow Delays Travel Across South Dakota
South Dakota authorities urge motorists to stay off roads as a spring snowstorm creates near zero visibility and heavy drifts. Reports show Gettysburg eight feet deep, Lead thirty inches, Deadwood thirty five inches, and Huron ten inches. Wind hampers plowing with snow blown back over cleared patches.
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United Press International
South Dakota
Pierre
Gettysburg
Deadwood
Huron
Pennington County
Minnehaha
Capitol
Mrs. Smith Sponsors Cedar Rapids Reclamation Bill
U S Representative Virginia Smith of Nebraska introduced legislation to authorize the Cedar Rapids reclamation project along the Cedar and Loup rivers in Wheeler Gresley Boone and Nance counties. The plan would irrigate 26800 acres for flood control recreation and wildlife. features include a dam reservoir near Spalding and irrigation canals.
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U.S
Virginia Smith
Nebraska
House of Representatives
Cedar Rapids
Cedar and Loup
Wheeler
Gresley
Boone
Nance
Spalding
Cedar River
Congress
House Committee On Interior and Insular Affairs
Smith
Utility worker falls from pole near Columbus
Cornhusker Public Power employee Bob Hamling from Route 1 fell while working on Mason Road about eight miles north of Columbus. He was rushed by emergency unit to Behlen Community Hospital. X rays were taken and he was not admitted.
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Cornhusker
Behlen Community Hospital
Bob Hamling
Columbus
Mason Road
Hamling
Tax negotiators clash over housing tax credit in talks
Washington House and Senate negotiators failed to agree on a tax bill today with sharp disputes over a $2,000 housing credit and large new deductions for home and child care. Al Ullman warned completion may slip to Tuesday night amid tough Senate demands.
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Washington
UPI
House
Senate
Ways and Means
al Ullman
D-Ore
Conference Committee
Ullman
Six unsolved murders terrorize rural Graham County Kansas
In north central Kansas six bodies found since November provoke fear in Hill City area. Victims include Beth Barry Betts two five year olds and Elise Betts eight, Diane Lovette nineteen, Cheryle Young twenty one and her three year old son Guy. Investigators seek Emmet Betts and probe a panel van sighting near the Lovette car.
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Kansas County
Kansas
Beth
Barry Betts
Elise
Marquette
Illinois
Diane Lovette
Fort Madison
Iowa
Cheryle Young
Downey
Calif
Guy
Wakeeney
Denver
Robert Closter
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Western Region
Clester
Young-Lovette
Clutter
Garden City
Truman Capote
Richard Eugene Hickock
Perry Edward Smith
Herb Clutter
Hickock
Smith
Capote
Cluster
Graham County
Hill City
Randall Weller
Weller
Columbus Area Chamber of Commerce awards meeting set
Final arrangements announced for the Columbus Area Chamber of Commerce annual awards meeting on April 5 at Columbus Senior High School auditorium. Paul Harvey will speak after a 7 p.m. coffee hour, with tickets at $5 and 150 remaining. Local awards to be presented by outgoing President Max Kiburz and incoming Jim Holmberg.
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Columbus Area
Bob Walgren
Joe Zapotocky
Chamber
Max Kiburz
Jim Holmberg
Mothersingers
Cliff Koutnik
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Jimmie Peters
American Legion
Terry Anderson
Vince
America
Baxa
Matthew Sojka
David Davis
Judi Elston
Bruce Zimmerman
Paul Reinker
Andy Jensen
Ralph Eickhoff
Lisa Rodgers
Mullen
Norfolk
Chadron
Hansen
Telegram
Dick Howe
Mrs. Smith
Harold Johnson
California
de Ha Akes
Hill City, Kan
Kansas Town
Emmet Betts
C.C
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