Viet Cong seize South Vietnam labor union HQ
The Viet Cong announced in a broadcast that Communist workers seized the Confederation of Labor in Saigon, replacing it with a liberation union. They labeled the top union leader a traitor, and ordered old members to report within 24 hours as farms factories and businesses were nationalized. United States officials discussed aircraft title and aid restrictions amid the upheaval.
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United Press International
Viet Cong
South Vietnam
Saigon
Confederation of Labor
Bangkok
Committee For the Defense of Labor Rights
Tran Quoc Buu
Buu
Peking
New China News Agency
Hong Kong
Washington
Defense
James Schlesinger
United States
Wet April Sets Columbus Rain Record Since 1944
April rainfall reached 4.74 inches in Columbus, nearly double the 2.48 normal and the wettest month since 1944. The first four months of 1975 totaled 7.34 inches, about two inches above the 5.41 norm, with a cold mean of 46.5 degrees and frequent chilly days.
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Columbus
Sadat to Meet Ford in Salzburg for Talks
The Egyptian Foreign Ministry announced President Anwar Sadat will meet President Ford in Salzburg Austria on June 12 for talks on bilateral relations and Middle East issues. Israeli sources said Rabin will meet Ford in Washington this summer to push peace negotiations after talks in Salzburg.
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United Press International
Anwar Sadat
Ford
Salzburg
Austria
Middle East
Yitzhak Rabin
Washington
Sadat
Gerald Ford
United States
Egypt
Penal reform bill gains endorsement in Nebraska legislature
Lincoln senators endorsed LB417 35 to 1 amid doubts of a gubernatorial veto. The amended bill, championed by Sen. Roland Luedtke and Sen. John Cavanaugh, would replace the Men’s Reformatory with a medium minimum facility in Lincoln and plan two more institutions, plus community based services and minimum jail standards. Gov. Exon’s stance remains crucial for final passage.
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Lincoln, Neb
UPI
Roland Luedtke
Lincoln
John Cavanaugh
Omaha
J. James Exon
Luedtke
Cavanaugh
State Building Fund
Judiciary Committee
Department of Corrections
Richard Marvel
Hastings
Appropriations Committee
Platte County Ag Society awards ten $400 two year scholarships
Ten students receive Platte County Agricultural Society scholarships to Platte College worth 400 dollars for two years. Recipients include Cynthia Niedfeldt Lila Janssen Susan Beiermann James Brock from Lakeview High School and others from Columbus Senior High Scotus Central Catholic Lindsay Holy Family Humphrey St Francis and St Edward. Three principal award winners will be named Saturday.
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Platte County Agricultural Society
Platte College
Cynthia Niedfeldt
Lila Janssen
Susan Beiermann
James Brock
Lakeview High School
Jeanne Boyle
Richard Goedeken
Columbus Senior High
Ronald Miksch
Scotus Central Catholic
Marie Hemmer
Lindsay Holy Family
Rita Zach
Humphrey St. Francis
Carol Cumming
St. Edward
Lee Rupp
Monroe
Platte County
Columbus
Cynthia
Kenneth Niedfeldt
Lila
Harold Janssens
Platte Center
Susan
William Beiermanns
Optimist
Unemployment Rate Rises to 34-Year High in April
The Labor Department reports April unemployment at 8.9 percent the highest since 1941 as more people entered the job market. Employed total rose to 84,086,000 while unemployed climbed to 8,176,000.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau
Congress
John T. Dunlop
Jobless picture improves in Columbus area
The Columbus Nebraska Job Service reports April shows leveling employment trends across Boone Butler Colfax Platte and Polk Counties. 817 registered jobseekers May 1 with 56 percent female. 67 placements in April, 25 women 21 under 22 and 9 45 plus. Detasseler demand seen as possibly rising. veteran placements 18. Schedule reads Albion Schuyler Osceola and David City offices in May for outlying area assistance.
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Columbus
Dallas R. Berney
Nebraska Job Service
Boone
Butler
Colfax
Platte
Polk
Berney
Albion City Hall
Schuyler
Osceola
David City
Nebraska Weekend Showers Threat Amid Very High Fire Danger
A high pressure center in southern Indiana dominated Nebraska weather while moist gulf air brought showers and thundershowers to parts of the state. The National Weather Service warned very high fire danger for rangelands west and north of Yankton to McCook, with showers expected to diminish tonight in the east and south central counties.
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United Press International
Indiana
Nebraska
Gulf
National Weather Service
Yankton
S.C
McCook
Debra Wolff Receives Columbus PCA Scholarship
Debra Kay Wolff of Howells High School earned the Columbus Production Credit Association scholarship to attend Platte College. The award recognizes service in the local PCA area and is open to children of association members. Debra, daughter of John L. and the late Mrs. Wolff of Clarkson, has been active in 4-H, served as president, led the student council, was FFA president, and participates in school music playing the church organ.
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Columbus Production Credit Association
Debra Kay Wolff
Howells High School
Platte College
PCA
Debra
John L. Wolff
Rt. 1
Clarkson
FFA
Ford decries House action on Vietnam aid bill
President Ford urged rapid legislation to fund evacuation and refugee resettlement after the House killed a 327 million humanitarian aid bill 246 to 162. He called the vote unworthy and cited fears over relocation plans while aides say Morgan backs a new Vietnam aid bill and hearings to assess costs and needs. State Department estimates 84,000 plus possibly 10,000 to 20,000 more South Vietnamese may be resettled in the United States.
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Washington
Upi
Ford
Congress
House
John Buchanan
Ala
Emma Lazarus
Thomas E. Morgan
House International Relations
Morgan
Ford Administration
House International Relations Committee
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
State Department
Intruders Take TV and Food From Platte Center Home
A console television a bowl of roast beef and half a loaf of bread were taken from Tom Neemeyer's Platte Center area home owned by Gilbert Janssen. Deputies found the intruders had just left as Neemeyer returned. a search yielded no leads.
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Tom Neemeyer
Platte Center
Gilbert Janssen
Sheriff's Department
Neemeyer
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Platte County Ag Society
John Toof
Scotus
Carl Cheloha
Alan McGee
Columbus High
Richard Toof
Roy McGee
Agricultural Society
James
Lavern Brock
Creston
L Club
Leanne
Richard Boyle
Thespians
Richard
Darrell Goedekens
Distributive Education Clubs of America
Ronald
Arthur Miksches
Marie
Floyd Hemmers
Lindsay
Rita
Richard Zach
Humphrey
Carol
Gene Cummings
Genoa
Ronald Mirsch
Debra Wolff
Ford Deplores House Action
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