Library bids and new books for Columbus project
The Columbus Library reports bids for equipment opened on Oct 20 and came in below estimates. Renovation bids will be advertised soon as cash allows. Donations to the Foundation are sought to meet the March 1, 1977 target. New books include Blood and Money, The Positive Principle Today, Ceremony of the Innocent, and Harriet Beecher Stowe.
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Thomas Thompson
Texas
Norman Vincent Peale
Taylor Caldwell
America
Pennsylvania
Ellen Watson
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Noel B. Gerson
Mrs. Stowe
Bellwood Families Host Weekend Visits and Birthday
Gilsdorfs visit Bellwood with Elena Semin and Mary. Related gatherings include Ruth Cockson hosting family and neighbors for Kurt Cockson seventh birthday. Bellwood Methodist Youth collect UNICEF and enjoy social hall refreshments.
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Bellwood
Galen Gilsdorf
Elena Semin
Mary
Walt Weaver
Lisa
Dennis Klawonn
Lincoln
Ruth Cockson
James Cockson
Kurt
W. W. Ernst
Ken Liebschwager
Columbus
Ken Schroeder
Ryan
Lee Kobra
David City
Ruth
Joe Cockson
Methodist Church
Unicef
Dick Bouton
California
Robert Raric
Phi Beta Lambda Members Have Busy October at Platte College
Platte College PBL members installed 1976-77 officers with Paulette Carrig as president and Bruce Korte as vice president. State officers Patty Tworek and Murray Michener attended the Fall leadership Conference at Hastings Central Technical, while PBS chapter sent reps to the Mountain Plains Regional Conference in Rapid City. Advisors Sanders and Burnham joined sessions on fund raising and programs. The chapter also hosted a white elephant auction and candle sale as fundraisers.
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Platte College
Phi Beta Lambda
Paulette Carrig
Bruce Korte
Leigh
Cathy Jilek
Myrtle Thompson
Newman Grove
Andy Wieser
PTCC
Patty Tworek
Murray Michener
PBL
Central Technical Community College
Hastings
Leon Sanders
Neil Burnham
PBS
Mountain Plains
Rapid City
S. C
Miss Burnham
Nebraska
Michener and
Tworek
Larry Bruns
Lynn Higgins
Ford Edges Carter as British Bookmakers Favor Ford
In London UPI reports that President Ford edged Democratic challenger Jimmy Carter to become Britain's favored candidate in the U.S. election. Ladbroke and William Hill pegged Ford at 5-4, Carter at 20-21, with Carter previously the favorite.
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London
UPI
Ford
Jimmy Carter
U.S
Ron Pollard
Ladbroke Bookmakers
Ladbroke
William Hill
Hill
Carter
Loup Power District Pays Counties in 1976 In Lieu Taxes
Platte County receives 4856 dollars as the first half of 9713 in lieu-of-tax payments for 1976 from Loup Power District. The second half is due April 1 next year. total 1976 payments to four counties reach 21478 dollars. Last year counties and districts within the district received about 478982 in payments and discounts. Under retail agreements municipalities get ten percent of gross retail revenues within their limits. Counties get five percent, and entities like school districts receive a 33 1 3 percent discount on services.
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Platte County
Loup Power District
Loup
H. Keith Newton
Democrats Certain of Controlling Congress in Election
Democrats appeared certain to keep control of the new Congress with a 62 38 Senate edge and a 286 145 House bulge, though exact margins varied as undecideds and retirements reshaped the picture. GOP strategists forecast possible gains but remained cautious about the final split.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
Senate
House
GOP
James L. Buckley
R.-N.y
J. Glenn Beall
R.md
Vance Hartke
D.ind
U.N
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Buckley
Paul Sarbanes
Beall
Indianapolis
Richard Lugar
Hartke
S.I. Hayakawa
San Francisco State
John Tunney
D.calif
Harrison Schmitt
New Mexico
Joseph Montoya
Out-of-staters visit Creston
Local notes list visits and illnesses from Creston Iowa with residents from Kerkhaven Minn Shenandoah Iowa Des Moines and Wayne. Obituary note reports death of Steve Kmoch 69 Omaha former Creston businessman.
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Creston
Earl Barrett
Kerkhaven
Minn
Paul Gorman
Floyd Anderson
Shenandoah
Iowa
Ida Moran
Mercy Hospital
Des Moines
Geo. Summers
Nadine Summers
Merlin Preston
Wayne
Steve Kmoch
Omaha
Harry Palmater
St. Peter
St. Paul Church
Emily Ritter
Kansas City
Grain dealers report large grain piles in Nebraska
The Nebraska Grain Dealers Association estimates nearly 6 million bushels of corn and grain sorghum sit piled on the ground as piles keep growing. Executive president Bob Anderson called railcar supply tight but said the main issue is limited space at terminal elevators already full.
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Lincoln, Neb
Fruit prices mixed as citrus output rises in 1976 77
Agriculture Department forecasts higher prices for apples and grapes while citrus prices fall with a record orange crop. The Citrus crop is seen 14 percent above last year, with larger harvests for most fruits except Florida tangelos. Non citrus fruit production falls modestly due to smaller apples, grapes and tart cherries.
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Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
Florida
Young Disciples to Perform at Christ Lutheran Church
The Young Disciples folk group from Concordia College Seward will perform at Christ Lutheran Church at 8 p.m. Sunday November 7. The nine-member IMPACT volunteers spread their message through guitars tambourines and song with past shows in Iowa Kansas and Nebraska and plans to travel to Colorado this year.
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Christ Lutheran Church
Impact
Concordia College
Seward
Iowa
Kansas
Nebraska
Colorado
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13Th Street
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