Columbus High hosts student exchange before Fremont game
Columbus High and Fremont High students prepare for a friendly academic exchange to Fremont for the football game. A caravan will depart at noon with 69 Spanish students and Columbus reps to perform songs dances and skits in Spanish and share lessons and goodwill between schools.
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Columbus High
Fremont
Columbus High Student Council
Columbus- Fremont High
Columbus
Sandy Sypherd
Sypherd
Lori Schutt
Lor
Wardeman
Kennedy Sees Carter Standing Tough On Energy Fight
Senator Edward Kennedy says President Carter will hang tough on the energy program and blasts the Senate Finance Committee bill as a 32 billion boondoggle. He warns it hurts consumers and helps oil interests, urging removal of favorable terms to fuel firms while keeping the package within budget. Kennedy notes Carter plans to press the House version in conference and stay in Washington until action.
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Washington
UPI
Carter
Edward Kennedy
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Kennedy
Massachusetts
House
Capitol
White House
Howard Metzenbaum
Ohio
James Abourezk
South Dakota
Congress
Democratic Energy
Open burning ban issued in Columbus area
State fire marshal imposes no open burning in Columbus vicinity due to dry conditions. Fire Chief Walt Garbers says the order is effective until further notice and violators may face legal penalties.
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Columbus
Walt Garbers
Thailand Under Military Coup Ends Civilian Rule
Thailand's armed forces seized power in a bloodless coup ousting Prime Minister Tanin Kraivixien, dissolving parliament and abolishing the 1976 constitution. Adm Sangad Chahirguy led the takeover, promising a general election within four months and vowing to stabilize the economy and security.
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Bangkok
Thailand
UPI
Tanin Kraivixien
Radio Thailand
Adm
Sangad
Tanin
New
Revolutionary Party
Weekend Showers Forecast for Nebraska
High pressure keeps Nebraska sunny today with no precipitation. Overnight temperatures range from 34 to 49 across the state. Highs may reach the upper 60s to low 70s tomorrow with mid 30s to mid 40s lows. Weekend forecasts call for a chance of showers Saturday and Sunday.
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Nebraska
Cornhusker State
Alliance
Scottsbluf
Norfolk
Frontier Airlines hijack to Atlanta to free prisoner
A Georgia bank robber hijacked four Frontier Airlines jets in Nebraska and forced one to fly to Atlanta to free prisoner George Stewart, who admitted homosexual relations with hijacker Thomas Hannan in Alabama. The plane landed at Hartsfield at 12 02 p m EDT with 111 on board. Authorities were in contact but no details were released.
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Atlanta
UPI
Georgia
Frontier Airlines
Nebraska
Kansas City
Alabama
Hartsfield
FBI
Thomas Michael Hannan
Grand Island
Neb
George David Stewart
Mobile
Ala
Federal Aviation Administration
Hannan
W. T
Anta
Omaha
Stewart
LaGuardia
New York City
Griffin Bell
Washington
Frontier Flight 101 hijacking disrupts Columbus security stance
Frontier Airlines officials say Flight 101 was not routed through Columbus and lists a standard pattern of Grand Island to Phoenix. Columbus airport spokesman Ralph Beecham notes no new security steps yet and defends armed guards and metal detectors while acknowledging a breach could occur. Frontier PR chief Ed McCusker cites FAA rules and questions effectiveness when a hijacker points a shotgun. This marks the airline's second hijacking, the first in 1972 to California with the Phoenix origin.
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Atlanta
Columbus
Grand Island
Lincoln
Omaha
Denver
Phoenix
Ralph Beecham
Frontier Airlines
Ed McCusker
Frontier Airlines Public Relations Department
McCusker
Frontier
California
Council Rejects Rezoning and Parking Ordinance Stands
Columbus council voted down Clarence Mimick property rezoning from R L to R 3 for three four plexes amid petitions against increased density. The 24 hour street parking rule remains, with debate over 48 and 72 hour proposals failing to pass. Fire siren tests reduced to once weekly, flood control canal project proposed with nearly 3 million dollar cost share.
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Bydergondringer
Columbus
Clarence Mimick
Prairie Lane Second Subdivision
Lard Avenue
34Th Street
Jerry Norris
Myrle Hadcock
Civil Defense
Highway 81
Loup Public Power District
Lost Creek
U.S. Corps of Engineers
Corps of Engineers
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Lari Schui
Lori Wordeman
Telegram
Deb Gondringer
United Presse International
Bremen
West Germany
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Hanns-Martin Schleyer
France
Schleyer
Red Army
Weirdo
James Gill
Berkeley
Calif
Gill
United States
Somalia
Lulgshansa
Richard Kattel
Citizens & Southern Bank
New York
Chase Manhattan
Lloyd Castner
Castner
Norris
Gerrard Courts
28Th Avenue
Mth Street
First National Bank of Lincoln
Jerry Mleek
11Th Street
12Th Avenues
West Park Fifth
Zoucha
Lovers Lane
Planning Commission
Lakers
Lakers Addition
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