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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1976
Page
2
New York Dow Jones averages at 1 p.m. CDT show declines in most indexes while hog and cattle prices rise on the Omaha market with ranges for various weight categories and prime and choice steer values noted. The report lists specific bid ranges for hogs, cattle, heifers, cows, and pigs, along with utility and commercial stock figures.
Mr and Mrs Chris Kamenske and their daughter and son in law Ken Rech and family spent the weekend with relatives in Red Oak Iowa. Their granddaughter Susan joined them in Bellwood for a two week visit. Several guests attended the Hiller wedding and visited Mrs Anne Michael last week including Mark Gonzalez Eileen Michael and others from Petaluma Calif San Francisco Denver Colo Traverse City Mich Lebanon Okla and McCook.
Chicago Mercantile Exchange listing shows live cattle prices with open highs lows and last trades for Aug Oct Dec. frozen pork bellies and live hogs futures quoted with bid ask values and volume. Notable figures include live cattle August at 47.30, October 46.50, December 46.10. frozen pork bellies August 75.80, February 64.10. live hogs June 51.25, July 50.45, August 46.55.
Columbus Telegram lists subscription rates and a missing telegram notice. The ad mentions a reward of 64,274 dollars and a contact time on Saturdays, urging subscribers to report changes of address and missing items.
Mrs. Lee Hegi, American Legion Auxiliary poppy chairman, reports May 20 observance drew 37 volunteers who handed out poppies on business streets, at shopping centers and supermarkets. Proceeds support veterans and families via financial aid, youth programs and scholarships in the Columbus area.
Severe storms hit Texas with tornadoes and hail killing two in a Lake Belton mobile home park. Dallas faces damage while Graham and other towns report millions in losses. Minnesota farmers raise funds for cloud seeding amid the worst spring drought since 1910, with crop losses around 600 million.
Ma B. Joel D. Nelson earned a high school diploma at Newman Grove during commencement exercises. He plans work at Lindsay Manufacturing and studies diesel mechanics at Nebraska Technical College starting January 1977. May 7, Donna Nelson earned an associate degree in accounting from Platte College while serving as Newman Grove Housing Authority executive director. May 20, Lt. Michael G. Nelson earned an MBA from the University of Southern Mississippi at Hattiesburg, as his wife Linde completed an MBA at Civ Institute of Technology.
Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Johnson, Mrs. Stella Hobbensiefken, and Leonard Johnson attended baccalaureate and graduation at Dana College in Blair. Mrs. Robert Westfall of Council Bluffs, daughter of the Johnsons, was among the graduates, and Mrs. Lester Renken now of Schuyler received a degree.
Bellwood Noble Grand Margaret Hosher presided at an initiation night meeting and a true report on the dinner was presented. Plans were made to decorate graves by Mrs. Walt Hoshor and Mrs. Robert R. Bell.
House ethics panel under Chairman John Flynt plans to decide next week whether to investigate Rep. Wayne Hays over alleged payroll abuse of Elizabeth Ray. The panel may grant Hays’s request to review the matter, while federal grand jury activity into Miss Ray’s claims began in a tentative state.
Investigators digging near Ann Arbor unearthed two more unclaimed male bodies, bringing the total exhumed to three in the Wayne County investigation into alleged improper dismemberment for medical research. The men were buried in August 1975, eight months after death. Glenda Reed's body with a missing head was exhumed earlier.
The Cornhusker Motor Club reports Nebraska gasoline prices have topped levels not seen since the 1973 Arab oil boycott. Omaha averages 59 cents per gallon regular, with major brands up 5.2 cents. Scottsbluff sees as low as 47.9 cents, while statewide ranges span 47.9 to 65.9 cents.
State police investigated a vandalism incident at the Louisiana State Capitol grounds after marijuana plants appeared among flowers. Lt. Norris Deville said officers removed the plants, tested them, and used a plastic model display as part of an education campaign to show what illicit cannabis looks like.
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