16 May 1974
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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1974
Page
1
A dense OCR dump shows unofficial results with many candidate names and vote tallies across offices such as Governor Lt Governor Auditor Treasurer and various county and state posts. The fragmentary text lists names like Schmitz Beermann Johnson and others with numeric tallies and party designations, interwoven with county and district references.
A scrambled clipping lists subscription details and delivery notes for a small newspaper. It mentions a Columbus address, holidays like Memorial Day and Independence Day, and delivery by mail or courier, with unclear pricing and recipient instructions. Named items and exact dates are partially legible but not coherent.
DSDA Nebraska Market News reports egg prices mostly unchanged with Grade A large 32-35 and A medium 21-29 while A small 16-23 and B large 28. Poultry prices show farm hens at 34 and commercial ticks 6-7. Live stock quotes from Omaha list hogs firm to 50 cents lower, futures varied. cattle and calves mostly steady to lower, cows down about 1.00, lambs scarce. Friday receipts expected cattle 500, hogs 5,000, sheep few.
The Taigh Community High School Stage Band will perform at County Shelter 7 on Saturday inviting the public to attend a picnic supper for any family that wishes to join.
Top seed John Newcombe of Australia meets Paul Gerken of Fast Norwalk Conn for a chance to reach the Alan King Tennis Tournament quarter-finals in Las Vegas. Four players advanced to the quarters as the $155,000 event nears its later rounds with a $30,080 purse and a $21,000 car prize to the winner.
AP reports from Nebraska show varied results. Tilden approved a 150000 bond for water system upgrades while Albion voters backed a 30000 bond for a new courthouse. Wayne rejected Weed central authority, Buffalo County incumbents fell including County Attorney McMullen, and Wausa saw a narrow defeat on alcohol sales. Falls City elected Dale Shaffer mayor and Virginia Tisdel as first woman council member. Fremont primary pitted Wennstedt against Brainard. Humboldt re elected Paul Lewis to a third term. Gretna council members Westenburg and Sawyer retained seats, with a sewer or water issue approved. LaVista filled four council seats. Springfield voters backed recreation mayor Kreifels’s reelection. Blair counts absentee ballots in sheriff races, Valley saw write in Rodger Waldron gain 2% and Carroll Smith lead at 46%.
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