Community Leaders Launch Hospital Expansion Drive
Community leaders gathered for a dinner and briefing to start the Columbus Community Hospital Expansion Fund Drive. The project, funded by a federally guaranteed loan of 2 513 166 dollars, targets ER and radiology upgrades, a larger emergency room, obstetrics center updates, and expanded specialty departments with new generators and improved patient areas.
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Columbus Community Hospital
Columbus
Jim George
Robert Gangel
Telegram
Stan Linh
Nine Teams Enter Grand National Mixed Bag Hunt in Columbus
Nine teams participate in the Grand National Mixed Bag Hunt and Conservation Days in the Columbus area. The event features celebrities from Fleetwood Enterprises and other sponsors, with Saturday conservation activities at Camp Pawnee and the Izaak Walton cabin and a Grand National Banquet at Platte County Agricultural Park. Tickets are available from local sponsors and merchants.
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Columbus
Saveryone
Camp Pawnee
Izaak Walton
Platte County Agricultural Park
Buck's ‘Shoes
Ernst Olds
Town & Country, Realty
Person's Sport Shop
Tweet's Shop
Adams Clothing
Wunderlich’s
Bordy's Clothing
Gene's Minnow Mart
Columbus Telegram
Columbus Area Chamber of Commerce
Wholesale prices rise 0.6 percent in October fuels inflation risk
The Labor Department reports October wholesale prices up 0.6 percent led by a 1 percent jump in industrial costs driven by fuel, power, lumber and autos. Farm prices fall 12 percent and food prices drop 0.7 percent while the index shows 3.5 percent annual rise.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
Carter plans news conference during transition week
President elect Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale prepare for transition briefings in Plains Georgia. A televised news conference is set for 7 30 p m with no major appointments expected and Mondale to join later from Minnesota.
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Jimmy Carter
Ford
Plains, Ga
UPI
Walter Mondale
Monaale
Minnesota
Georgia
Gerald Ford
Carter
Bane Town Plains
Britain proposes March 1978 for Rhodesia independence date
Geneva dispatch reports Britain suggested March 1 1978 as the independence date for Rhodesia under black majority rule. Ivor Richard, British chairman, told four black nationalist leaders and the white Rhodesian delegation the date fits legal and constitutional steps needed.
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Geneva
Switzerland
UPI
Britain
Majorty Rae
Ivor Richard
Richard
Columbus teachers face salary talks with board over base and benefits
Industrial Relations Court may aid in setting pay for 1976 77 Columbus City Schools teachers. The CEA and Board of Education largely agree on base of about 8 599 with increases for experience and education, while insurance plans spark contention. A fact finding panel backed the board on most points except insurance. The board proposed raising the base to 8 539, and comparisons with Fremont and other districts show total compensation varies widely.
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Board of Education
John Tooley
Tooley
CEA
Columbus
Fremont
Grand Island
Hastings
McCook
Norfolk
North Platte
Scottsbluff
Zehring wins Telegram football contest with perfect card
Marilyn Zehring of 822 340 Street is the sixth perfect entrant this year, correctly predicting all games and naming the Mystery Man to win $90. She has entered since moving to Columbus 12 years ago. Other missed picks listed alongside participant addresses and local shops offering entry blanks at Kwik Shop and other outlets.
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Maruyn Zehring
Street
Telegram
Ofrs
Zehring
Columbus
Coldest Valentine High and Low Temperatures Reported
United Press International notes a high pressure system in the South Dakota area and a cold front moving across Nebraska and Valentine. Overnight lows plunged to extreme cold in Valentine, with forecasts calling for clearing skies, mostly fair conditions, and rising temperatures across the state Friday.
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United Press International
South Dakota
South Sioux City
Valentine
National Weather Service
Valentine's
Nebraska
City Council Hears Parking Report and Library Bid
City leaders reviewed downtown parking policy during a six month free two hour trial and the related costs. A lawsuit involving the city and Platte County over the Loup River dike was discussed as a library furnishings bid was accepted, saving about $12 000.
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Stan Taxnunst
Central Business District
Platte County
Loup River
Lloyd Castner
library Bureau, Herkimer, \. Y
Fandrei, Inc
Des Bayle
Sie Atone Hartford Insurance Company Company
Sani
Hartford
Mene Ve Agt
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Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Bassham
Don Stretch
Fleetwood Enterprises
Herbert Maruyama
Bob Hodgdon
The
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Jim Cabella
Tom
Roger Nelson
Fred Patek
Mark Littell
Doug Bird
George Brett
Charles Palmer
Kathleen Farmer
Art Cone
Joan Cone
Pat Auld
Natalie Eckel
Pa International
Quite Machris
Unter
Magnums
Roy Weatherby
Jordan
Amber
Frank Hoppe
Jerry Lambert
Buford Bailey
Clint Bailey
Rod Dison
Floyd Moore
Stan Krause
Dave Krause
Gromer
Rhodesia
Industrial Relations Court
Marilyn Zehring
Joe Stazee
17Th Street
Jim Snyder
Mth Street
Jay Modlin
7Th Street
Kwik Shop
Pizza Hut
Boyd Hardware
Ray's
Joe
IGA
Tooley Card and Gift
Fleischer Drug
Person Sport Shop
Lohr’s
Arilyn Zehring
E. H. Lohr
Lohr
Phillip 66
Yes
Labor
Castner
Downtowner's Association
Its
Iawrtis
Ray Baker
John Whitehead
12Th Street
13H
Stan Mitchem
Sare
11Th Street
Mitchem
Len Fleisher
Robert Meyer
Judiciary and Claims Committee
Old City Hall
14Th Street
28Th Avenue
Nebraska Department of Revenue
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