Livestock Market Slips as Hog Prices Lead Declines
Omaha livestock notes show hogs 3 700 head with under 240 lb down and over 240 lb up. No 1-3 200 lb 48.75 49.25. 240-250 lb around .75. prime cows around 41.50 to 42.75 with some 43.00. Calves and heifers down 50 cents to 1.00. market includes postage paid rates and Columbus mailing details.
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Omaha
New York
UPI
Johns-on
Kennecott
AlldChemave, Kopper
Kresge
AllisChal
Kroger
Alcoa
Litton
Am Air
Lockhd
Cyan
Marcor
ElPwr
Maytag
T&t
Procterg
Elanese
Quak Oat
RCA
N Tel
Revlon
Rockwell
Safeway
St. Regis
CocoaCola
SanFernd
Columbas
Sears
ComwEd
Shell Oil
Comsat
Simmons
So Pac
Sperry
SO Indl
Jana
Stons JP
Reere
Stude
du Pont
Texaco
Ustman
Tex Inst
Ipaso NG
UN Carb
UN Elec
Irestone
wrdMtrs
Radiauf
Trans
Il Pwr
Inco,Ltd
Iowa P&l
Chicago
Vietnamese calendar girl Trung Kien, 15, shown with gun and tank
In Hanoi controlled Vietnamese radio, Trung Kien, a 15 year old calendar girl, is described as a cadre of a South Vietnamese tank unit leader who used a captured U S rifle to kill 12 soldiers and directed operations from a motorbike during the fall of Saigon. She is pictured in a 1976 calendar wearing a green canvas hat and armed beside a tank.
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Bangkok
Thailand
UPI
Trung Kien
South Vietnam People’s Army
VNA
Hanoi
Saigon
South Vietnam
Leigh Public Library Moves to Main Street Building
Leigh residents watched the Leigh Public Library relocate to a brick faced building on Main Street for 4800 dollars. The move involved loading 11 boxes at a time with help from local volunteers and board members including Clinton Henry. Memorials since 1962 funded shelves and carpeting with about 6200 more expected.
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Leigh Library
Clinton Henry
Robert Neuhaus
Main Street
F. O. Nelson
Neuhaus
Robert Engelbart
Duane Hoff
Arlen Beck
Richard Neemeyer
Sunflower Ceramic Shop
Civic Club
Henry
Leigh Women’s Club
Mader House
Leigh Village Board
Auxiliary honors Gold Star members at Platte Center
Platte Center American Legion Auxiliary meeting honored Gold Star members Mmes Richard Reins Ben Jarosz and Doris Novak. A poem by C E Flynn was read. Memorial day assignments and Easter basket centerpieces were discussed. Lincoln convention dates were announced and a nominating committee named. Birthday songs and prize winners were noted.
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Nebraska Legion and Auxiliary
Lincoln
Sokol
Louis Jarecki
Susie Bower
Gilbert Janssen
Arden Mark
John Jaixen
Arné Mark
Mmes
Ford Liebig
Josie Sliva
Tom Kuta
Louis G
Doris Novak
Anna Bogus
White named Nebraska Indian Commissioner
Felix White of Bismarck North Dakota is appointed director of the Nebraska Indian Commission replacing the fired Robert Macey. White had previously refused the post but accepted after the salary rose from 16000 to 17500 dollars at the May 14 meeting chaired by Louis Larose.
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Lincoln
Neb
UPI
Felix White
Bismarck
N.D
Nebraska Indian Commission
White
Louis Larose
Commission
Robert
Macey
Domestic auto sales surge to 29 month high in April
Detroit automakers report April sales of 788,024 cars, up 52 percent from a year ago. GM led gains with 59 percent, Ford 35 percent, Chrysler 96 percent, AMC down 21 percent as industry shifts toward 1976 models amid improving economy and near record consumer confidence.
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Detroit
UPI
U.S
American Motors
Ford
Walter J. Oben
Chrysler
General Motors
AMC
Dog causes mishap in county road crash
Deputy Wayne Steele investigated a one car accident Friday around 9 p.m. four miles east and 1.5 miles north of the county road when a dog ran into the path of his vehicle. He swerved to miss the animal and lost control.
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Schuyler
Wayne Steele
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Columbus, Nebraska
Omaha Livestock
Mbus
Columbus
Ska
Nebraska
Platte Center
Thomas A
Meee
Stu
S.m
LEE and Wrangler
Denis
Western
Hassebrook Farm Service
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