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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1975
Page
13
Newly crowned King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella fidget as emcee David Lyons announces visitors may meet the royal pair. Crown bearers are Mr. and Mrs. Orville Shigley, with volunteers and performers from the Columbus Apollo Club providing music.
Seventy five participants raced in Sunday’s turtle races with winners in two categories. In Sand, Rick Kneifel took first, Rene Rambour second, and Dave Kunes third. In Smallest, Duncan’s team My Place finished first, Becky Brand second, and Paula Kneifel third.
In Florencio Varela near Buenos Aires, gunmen posing as plainclothes police opened fire at the Mi Estancia restaurant, killing a right wing union man, a man, and a woman. A second woman was injured amid the panic.
A series of explosions at the El Paso Natural Gas refinery near Odessa killed three workers Joe Carpenter Craig Fite and Jim Lackey and injured two others. Fire crews from several towns battled the blaze as authorities limited details on the cause. Sheltering witnesses described the heat and multiple blasts while nearby residents reported heavy damage to several plant buildings.
Jerry Anderson won the first annual 13 mile Discover Columbus Days bicycle race in 40 minutes 2.5 seconds and received a 56 dollar savings bond. John Faulkner finished second and Mark Meyers third among five entrants. Dana Wardinger won the 10 to 15 year olds race in 12 minutes 1 second for a 3.5 mile course, with 22 entrants finishing. Nancy Anderson was the top among girls, finishing eighth overall.
The Albion fire station hosts a hunter safety class starting Wednesday at 7 30 p m The sessions run Wednesday and Thursday and are for those who want to teach the Nebraska Hunter s Safety Course Contact Game Warden Robert Kelly for teacher eligibility The course targets hunters aged 12 and older beginning January 1 with ages 12 15 noted as the range in the notice
The United Methodist Women invited school staff to a meeting with guest speaker Mrs Nemecek of Albion describing her cornea transplants. They plan to entertain at Mid-Nebraska Lutheran Home on Oct 14 and attend the Northeast District Fall meet in Neligh on Oct 14. The Rev Samuel Rathod and wife will travel to California from about Dec 14 to Feb 10 for his doctorate thesis. UMW will run one service in his absence. Hostesses were Merle Christensen Al Hinman P L Nelson Ron Swaliey and Paul Wyant.
Y-Teens choose officers for the 1975 76 school year. Patty McGill serves as president with Wanda Bennett as vice president, Marcia Lee as secretary, Carla Severson as treasurer, and Carol Soward as reporter. Debra Kinney is the faculty adviser.
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