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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1973
Page
4
A column from The Telegrons recounts whimsical yet cautionary tales about cats in Columbus Nebraska, tracing how feline obsession drives eccentric neighbor encounters. The piece mixes humor with streetwise warnings about pet ownership and city rules.
Earl Wilson reports on a carnival of Watergate spoof and showbiz gossip. Comedians Alan King Mickey Rooney and others riff on Nixon during Florida and New York appearances while security checks probe Rockefeller dinner musicians.
Platte County Extension Service partners with Lakeview High School for a May 9 30 and June 1 tractor safety course at Platte County Agricultural Park Administration Building. Agent Bob Vohoril says the program covers maintenance handling and safety of tractors. Fee is 3 dollars and open to youths between 16 and 19. Applications available at the county extension office.
Collected fines and court costs from Columbus cases include Paul Greenlee for willful reckless driving with 50 dollars plus 14 dollars costs and a 30 day license suspension, Fredrick Sutton for no registration 35 dollars, Kathleen Wasco for curfew violation 10 dollars, Steven Kallweil for minor in possession 100 dollars, Richard Ryba for assault and battery 77 dollars plus 22 dollars costs, and multiple speeding, registration, and license violations. Other named individuals face similar traffic and minor offense penalties with specified sums.
A fragmented OCR listing many horse names, jockeys, and race numbers appears, with mentions of races such as THRO RACE and FIFTH RACE and purses like 4400. The text shows numerous improper spellings and garbled items but indicates a horse racing program with entries, eligibility, and prize money.
Beef-O-Rama at Albion will be held at the Soane County fairgrounds in the show arena. Under 19 entrants from 4-H or Future Farmers of America may compete in breeding, market heifers and steers with judging set from 8 to 10 am. Local officials and university staff will present ropples and awards, lunch offered at noon, and event hosted by Tay Becker with co chairs Ione and Ranco County agents Gary Mariéle and Kathy Geiger.
SCOITSBLUFF Neb AP Mrs Bealzica Voller of North Platte was elected to head the Licensed Practical Nurses Association of Nebraska at its 23rd annual convention in Scottsbluff About 200 people attended. Other officers include Frances Mohrbutter Mitchell first vice president Lindy Leibee Kearney second vice president Alto Morvis North Platte third vice president Bernadine Spencer Scottsbluff secretary Sharnig Drews Omaha treasurer Wannie Thomas Lincoln.
Ikes team tops the junior Blue Rock shoot with 85 points. Garber Rearing Enterprises led the field followed by CBS Center Service and Henke Cons. Top gunners were Bill Van feat with 21 of 23 and Paul Liest with Gen Stachura each taking a pair. Chamber of Commerce directors participated in Kinpt Kenployis Parquet event.
About 150 prestigious colleges must end sex discrimination in admissions under Title IX by mid 1970s. Institutions have up to six years to comply if transition plans are received by July 1. The memo, sent to Notre Dame Harvard Yale and Vassar, urges identifying obstacles to compliance and clarifies nondiscrimination does not dictate gender quotas.
In Omaha a testimonial dinner honored Creighton University Medical School faculty. Dr. Harold N. Neo, the first salaried part time chairman of internal medicine, joined the faculty in 1946 and Dr. John E. Courtney, Creighton alumnus, joined surgery in 1938. The dinner was part of a two day post graduate course on pancreatointestinal diseases.
Washington AP report shows farmers received 43 cents of the consumer food dollar in January-March, the highest since 1955, amid higher costs for livestock poultry vegetables and oilseeds. The market basket averaged 1414 dollars, up 6.3 percent from Q4. Farm value rose to 614 dollars, up 15 percent from last quarter. middleman share 799 dollars, up 6.4 percent.
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