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Columbus Telegram

Location

Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Nov 12, 1977

Page

2

Quake-Alert home earthquake alarm gains buyers

Richard Spencer of Seismotronics markets the Quake-Alert, a $90 device that detects initial quake waves and sounds a shrill warning to help people evacuate before stronger shaking arrives. Sold mainly in California, Hawaii, Alaska, and Nevada, the compact unit can be linked to multiple alarms and kept high for safety.

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Acrni leads data processing promotion at Dale Electronics

Ben Powley, Dale Electronics director, announces Richard Acrni to data processing manager after long service as program manager since 1970. Acrni joined Dale in 1963, previously at General Telephone in Griti well, Iowa, educated at University of Nebraska Lincoln with 1.5 degree and Beta Sigma Phi member. He serves on Columbus Family Y board and Platte Technical Community College committee, active in Peace Lutheran Church, officiates high school football, and belongs to Optimists and Elks Country Club. He and wife Eidie have three sons. Published from Columbus, Nebraska.

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Christie Autobiography Teases Mystery, Skips The Disappearance

A review of Agatha Christie Mallowan’s Autobiography reveals a vivid but selective life story. The text notes her silent lapse about The Disappearance of 1926 and highlights her marriages travels and professional evolution. Christie portrays a professional, vibrant woman whose early life reflects Victorian era norms and personal ambitions.

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Lost Continent Pacifica Theory Loses The Pacific

Stanford's Amos Nur and Zvi Bun Avraham of Weizmann Institute propose Pacifica, a lost continent that formed near Australia 225 million years ago. Fragments welded to North and South America and Asia now form the Pacific border mountains, explaining plant and animal distribution and ancient equatorial positions.

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Nebraska patrol cites 8927 more speeding drivers in nine months

The Nebraska State Patrol issued 8927 more speeding citations in the first nine months of 1977 than in the same period a year earlier. Col. C J Karthauser said 1859 drivers were cited, and he urged positive use of citizens band radios.

Lincoln Neb Nebraska State Patrol Col C.J. Karthauser Karthauser

New Super High Protein Pill Promises Fast Weight Loss

A sensational breakthrough in weight loss claims a chewed high protein pill offers rapid slimming without hunger. The ad touts a safe, simple formula claiming 10 pounds lost in a week, with profits from mail orders and a money back guarantee.

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School Menu Week of November 4 With Weather Changes

Columbus City Schools release a weekly lunch menu with daily meals for Elementary Junior High and Senior High. Entries list meals such as beef in gravy over potatoes submarine sandwiches fish portions lasagna chicken fried steaks and hamburgers with sides like beans salad fruit and dessert.

Columbus City Namnon

Community calendar notes at Lions Club events

A community calendar item lists activities at the Holiday Inn with Dr Pick Allen from 14 to 16 hours and 12 noon, plus a 4 to 6 p.m. session featuring Saryplomist and Husker Stouse and Lions Club meetings.

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FFAers urge checking leg bands on released pheasants

Leigh FFA asks hunters to inspect bagged pheasants for leg bands from conservation project. Bands should be returned to the Leigh FFA Chapter per adviser Don Tyser. Birds were released near Leonard Rabes farm, Paul Millard wildlife refuge, and Jim Scheffler’s farm near Creston, with prior releases nearby. multiple events and community notices follow.

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