United Way Drive Reaches 50 Percent of Goal
Prent Roth announces the United Way has hit 4 per cent of its 85 150 goal this week as the drive progresses. He notes strong community participation and expects the general drive to finish within ten days. Residential areas are 25 per cent complete. Local firms adding to contributor list include Culligan Water Conditioning Rogers Riley Motors Marshall Nelson Realty and Insurance Fleischer Manufacturing and BW Beck and Associates.
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Tom McKinnon
United Way Drive
Berdean Miller
Residential Drive
Prant Roth
United Way
Frankfort Square
Prent Roth
Roth
Culligan Water Conditioning
Rogers- Riley Motors
Marshall- Nelson Realty and Insurance
Fleischer Manufacturing
Bw, Beck and Associates
No opposition voiced at Columbus road plan hearing
At a Columbus highway design hearing 37 attendees heard five state road and highway commission members present details on a 23rd Street improvement from 33rd Avenue. Estimated 1977 cost 1.465 million with 70 percent federal funds and 499,500 city share. If approved, right of way acquisition could begin in 1979, with construction in 1981.
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Columbus Holiday Inn
23Rd Street
33Rd Avenue
State Department of Roads
State Highway Commission
Joe Wolf
Lincoln
3Rd Street
3M Avenue
28Rd Street
Fate of hijackers undecided in Algiers
Algerian officials said the fate of the Japanese Red Army hijackers on the Japan Airlines DC8 was undecided as the last 12 hostages left Algiers. Tokyo had not sought extradition, while Japan prepared to accept the ransom and political asylum rumored for the extremists.
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Algiers
Algeria
UPT
Red Army
Japan Air Lines
Japan
Tokyo
Ishi Hajime
Dar el Brida
Hajime Fukuda
Paris
DCO
Bombay
Dacca
Bangladesh
DC F
Kuwait
Damascus
Propane Burned Off At Cengas Site To Safely Repair Tank
Propane is being burned off at a Cengas site by 12th Avenue along the railroad tracks as a safety measure after a tank malfunction. Ed Porter says most gas is redirected to other tanks and the flame will end once the tank is emptied for repairs, with no danger from the torch.
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Cengas
12Th Avenue
Ed Porter
Porter
Nebraska Weather Maps Show Scattered Showers Central East
United Press International reports a cold front from northeast Nebraska triggered scattered showers and thunderstorms across central and eastern Nebraska. Highs ranged from the 50s to 70s with cooler air following and overnight lows in the 30s and 40s.
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Nebraska
Cighr Air
North Omaha
Scottsbluff
Chadron
Imperial
Kearney
North Platte
National Weather Service
Grand Island
Ashland
Kansas
Hebron
York
Fairbury
Beatrice
Nebraka guards honored with Outstanding Soldier awards
Specialist Korte and eighteen Army and Air National Guard members from Nebraska were honored at Ak-Sar-Ben Coliseum in Omaha. The Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben awarded the Outstanding Soldier to reserve members from multiple services, with gold medals presented before the rodeo. Jerry V. Korte of Columbus, 21, an observer with Company C Detachment 1 1st Battalion 33rd Infantry, Lakeview High School graduate, will earn an agricultural degree from the University of Nebraska in Lincoln in December. He attended the ceremony with Nancy Folken of Lincoln, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Korte.
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Army
Air National Guard
Nebraka
Jerry V. Korte
Columbus
Ak-Sar- Ben
Omaha
Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben
Air Fore Reserve
Army Reserve
Navy Reserve
Coast Guard Reserve
Al-Sar-Ben
Korte
33Tth Infantry
Lakeview High School
University of Nebraska In
Lincoln
Jerry
Nancy Folken
Paul Korte
Carter Pledges Nuclear Arms Cut If Soviets Do Same
President Carter, addressing the U N General Assembly, offered to cut the U S nuclear arsenal and said the United States will never use them except in self defense. He stated that an arms-limitation deal is within sight and urged ending all nuclear explosions.
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United Nations
UPS
Carter
U.S
America
U.N. General Assembly
White House
Jody Powell
United States
New York
Washington
Air Force One
Wall Street
Abraham Beate
Edward Koch
Middle East
Powell
U.N
Kurt Walheim
Lazar Mojsav
Yugoslavia
General Assembly
Junior Miss Laura Rice to Attend Columbus Event
Laura Rice the 1977 Platte County Junior Miss and her father Dan Rice will represent the city at Columbus Days in Columbus Ohio this weekend. They will carry gifts from local firms including items from Dale Electronics First National Bank and Trust Company Nebraska Fresh Air Industries Reece Wooden Shoe Factory Bill Curry Tasty Toppings Saunders Archery and Columbus Dairy Queen. Governor Exon has signed an order making Mayor Tom Mondy of Columbus admiral in the Nebraska Navy.
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Platte County
Laura Rice
Dan Rice
Columbus
Ohio
Saunders Archery
Nebraska
Columbus Dairy Queen
J. James Exon
Tom Mondy
Impact 78 Citizenship in Action comes to Schuyler
A new Extension program named Impact 78 Citizenship in Action aims to involve eastern Nebraska residents in government. The Schuyler meeting kicks off eight statewide sessions with workshops tours and a luncheon featuring Elizabeth Buntain. Participants will learn how to influence policy and attend estate planning workshops while exploring citizen participation tools.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Sand Pit
Schuyler
Burt
Platte
Colfax
Dodge
Washington
Polk
Butler
Saunders
Douglas
Sarpy
Citizenship In Action
Brenda Oquist
Extension Home
Columbus
Elizabeth Buntain
Bertha Price
Peru
Norma Hall
Elmwood
Nebraska Wife Organization
Janet Wilson
Robert Sward
Extension Home Economics
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Wilson
Phil Henderson
UNT
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Deb Gondringer
Howard Boulevard
Wolf
Ita
Highway Commission
United Press International
Grenada
Janet Wilkan
University of Nebraska
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