Columbus zoning hearing on 72 apartment units planned
After a planning denial, Columbus City Council must decide on Augustine of Lincoln's rezoning request for 72 apartment units at 23rd Street and 18th Avenue. A Wednesday 8 p.m. council meeting will hear the proposal amid community service clubs backing a southern Columbus Bike Trail project. The report notes bike use permission from the Corps of Engineers is required.
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Columbus Planning Commission
Columbus
Nebraska Weather File Reports Mixed Sun and Showers
Sunny skies and warm southerly winds covered eastern Nebraska while western areas faced scattered thundershowers. Winds from the south at 10 to 25 mph with gusts to 35 40 mph. Highs expected in the 70s and 80s on Wednesday.
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United Press International
Nebraska
Wes
Boston council president urges busing reversal
Boston Council president urged the Justice Department to seek Supreme Court review of lower court school orders in Boston. She said the orders risk a “demise of a great foe” and warned Attorney General Levi, Solicitor General Bork, and Assistant Judge W. Arthur of danger in Boston.
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Washington
UPI
Justice Department
Supreme Court
Boston
Hicks
Edward Levi
Robert H. Bork
Onudge W. Arthur
Beirut in turmoil as fighting floods the city
Heavy shelling and sniper fire ravage Beirut for a second day. The death toll rises past 1,200 with 179 killed and 340 wounded on Monday, while Libyan and Palestinian factions push for a Syrian pullout amid house to house fighting.
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Beirut
Lebanon
UPI
Abdel Salam Jalloud
Kamal Jumblatt
Jalloud
Libya
Tremors Hit Soviet Central Asia After Major Quake
Moscow reports new quakes in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan as relief teams rush aid to Gazli and surrounding towns. Tass notes damage in Bukhara and Gazli with communications cut and no casualty details provided amid cautious Soviet briefings.
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Moscow
UPI
Central Asia
Tass
Tashkent
Bukhara
Gazli
Afghanistan
Ines
Chief Justice criticizes Congress over unworkable fast trial law
Chief Justice Warren Burger denounces Congress for passing an unworkable speedy trial law and for failing to provide more federal judges. He cites a drug case that must be dismissed under the 90 day rule and urges cooperation between branches while noting the judicial conference’s speedy trial plan. The shortage of judges has lingered for four years.
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Washington
UPI
Warren E. Burger
Congress
Law
Judicial Conference
Ford in must win Michigan bid to revive campaign
Ford faces a must win in Michigan against Reagan as Carter seeks momentum in Maryland. Brown aims to upset Carter in Maryland to bolster his bid for the Democratic nomination. Polls close at 6 p.m. EDT with weather and turnout factors noted. Delegates and uncommitted delegates shape the race toward the national convention.
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Michigan
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Jimmy Carter
Maryland
California
Ford
George Wallace
Ronald Reagan
Carter
Detroit
Reagan
New York
Pennsylvania
West Coast
Texas
Indiana
Wallace
Oatchione
Brown
Udall
Henry Jackson
Farmers Market Planned in Columbus This Summer
County Extension Agent Bob Woboril announces a Saturday Farmers Market in Columbus from July 31 to September 4 starting at 10 a.m. on the city parking lot south of the American Legion Club. Vendors must grow produce locally to limit outside truck gardeners, with a goal of at least a dozen sellers each week. The market aims to help growers sell excess and shoppers access fresh produce.
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Columbus
Bob Woboril
American Legion Club
Voboril
UPS fires about 125 workers amid strike wave and talks
About 125 United Parcel Service workers were fired for not returning to work as a Teamsters strike entered its second week. Continental Trailways expects bus service to resume in nine southern states once unions approve a tentative three year contract. Ratification results to be released Wednesday morning.
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United Press International
United Parcel Service
Continental Trailways
UPS
Teamsters
Ohio
Kansas City
Kan
Louisville
Amalgamated Transit Union
H. W. Loring
Continental Tennessee
Lakeview honors students at annual awards program
Lakeview High School held its annual awards night recognizing numerous students for scholarships and special honors from donors and departments. Recipients include Vicky Niedfeldt and Dave Muhle for $2,000 Platte County Agricultural Society scholarships, Vickie Hassebrook for $400 Platte College scholarship, and Patricia Janssen with the Geraldine White $75 scholarship among many others across academics arts and citizenship.
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Lakeview High School
Vicky Niedfeldt
Dave Muhle
Platte County Agricultural Society
Platte College
Vickie Hassebrook
Mitch Ehmke
Paul Peterson
Platte
Diane Loseke
Soroptimists
Carol Ernst
Miss Ernst
Janet Liebig
Evns Caanona
American Legion Party Fest
SS. Coes Sas
Arlis and
Niedfeldt
Geraldine White
Cal White
White
Patricia Janssen
Lakeview
Doane Glen Senden
Linda Rodehorst
Michelle Schmidt
Dan Lutjens
John Ekstrand
Monica Mullin
Cindy Siefken
Renee Wilke
Kris Saalfeld
DeLoris Behle
Brenda Janssen
Sondra Mohrman
Jean Mortenson
Brunken
Amy
Ivy Bakenhus
Arlis
Ann Ekstrand
Goering
Lori Kapels
Joan Nelson
Janet Sempek
Glenda Plettner
Liebig
Maria Bohuslavsky
Barb Goedeken
Mueller
Laurie Jarosz
Sharon Ann Melcher
Cindy Schumacher
Debbie
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Palestine Liberation Army
Green Line
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Ray Schoessling
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Debbie Liebig
John Wardeman
Arlis Goering
John Wilke
Tim Mueller
Sara Brunken
Sue Menke
Brenda Rosche
Ann Wurdeman
Doug Coffey
Rick Lin
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