Bakenhus and Loseke Show at Nebraska State Fair
Ivy Bakenhus 16 of Columbus earned reserve champion Shorthorn breeding heifer with Ar-Lu-Lu Becky at the Nebraska State Fair while Kevin Loseke 17 of Sutton showed LaPlata D Such Lass. Both youths received trophies from the Nebraska Shorthorn and Polled Shorthorn Breeders Association amid a list of local purple and blue ribbon winners across cattle hog and showmanship divisions.
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Ivy Bakenhus
Art Bakenhus Jr
Columbus
Kevin Loseke
Sutton
Rudolph H. Griess
Omaha
Bakenhus
Platte County
Nebraska
Ivy
Ak-Sar-Ben
Loseke
Miss Bakenhus
Ward
Cool Front Eases Nebraska Heat with Scattered Showers
A mass of cool air brings relief to heat weary Nebraskans with highs in the 80s and 70s across the state. Light showers occur as a cold front from Missouri to Kansas shifts skies to partly cloudy in the southeast. Omaha reports 0.15 inch moisture while Chadron peaks at 80 and Omaha at 100 earlier led the state.
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United Press International
Nebraska
Chadron
Omaha
Mercury
Lincoln
Beatrice
County Board Accepts Low Bid for Monastery Road Resurfacing
The Platte County Board of Supervisors approved the $90,600 bid from Missouri Valley Construction for resurfacing a two mile section of Monastery Road. Work should finish by November 15. The board also ordered an agreement with Rystrom Engineering for survey and plans on about four miles of Lakeview School Road.
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Platte County Board of Supervisors
Missouri Valley Construction
Rystrom Engineering
Lakeview School Road
Four Die as Fire Crashes Freighter Capitaine Bougainville
Four people were killed and twelve remained missing after a fire broke out aboard the French freighter Capitaine Bougainville early today near Auckland New Zealand. Authorities feared more lives were at risk as search efforts continued.
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Auckland
New Zealand
UPI
Hoffa's Foster Son Testifies Before Grand Jury
Charles O'Brien known as Hoffa's foster son appeared before a federal grand jury probing Hoffa's disappearance. He noted driving a car borrowed from Anthony Giacalone's son on the day Hoffa vanished as the probe expands to about 70 witnesses.
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Detroit
UPI
Charles
Chuckie” O’brien
Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
Hoffa
Anthony
Tony Jack
Giacalone
O’brien
Teamsters Union
Grand Jury
Tony Jack” Giacalone
Joseph Giacalone
Anthony Giacalone
Vito Giacalone
Platte Is Up School Enrollment in Minimal Decline
Enrollment figures for Columbus area public and parochial schools show only slight variation from last year. City system totals 3224 with detailed breakdowns across senior and junior highs and numerous neighborhood campuses, while Platte College reports 860 enrolled and final fall college totals were 812 last year.
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Platte
Columbus
Field
Williams
Emerson
Lincoln
Lakeview High School
St. Bonaventure
St. Anthony
St. Isidore
Immanual Lutheran
Scotus Central Catholic
Platte College
Gunman surrenders after 17 hour police siege in Tahoe
In SOUTH LAKE TAHOE California a 17 hour siege ended when James Locklear 24 surrendered emerging from a second story balcony with hands up two hostages released and the younger brother Wayne Locklear 20 giving himself up after a hostage was killed and officer Paul Habert 31 injured. The brothers had seized pistols during a poker game prompting a lengthy standoff with police and a teargas assault.
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South Lake Tahoe
Calif
UPI
James Locklear
Locklear
Sierra
Nevada
Lockyear
James
Wayne Locklear
Paul Habert
George Staedler
Hayward
Albert D. Lauro Jr
Craig Smith
August Temperatures Swing Upward in Columbus
In Columbus August delivered a late warmth surge with 90s on seven days after midmonth. The 24th peak hit 99 at Loup Power District, while readings and highs hovered near normal averages. Rainfall totaled 1.96 inches for the month, with second-half moisture at 0.38 inches. The city’s year-to-date moisture reached 22.17 inches, modestly above the 1976 norm.
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Columbus
Mercury
Loup Power District
Scientists condemn astrology as unfounded charlatanism
A group of 186 prominent scientists including several astronomers signed a statement printed in the Humanist Magazine denouncing astrology for lacking scientific foundation. Editor Paul Kurtz said the message urges media to stop promoting horoscopes and astrology courses as irrationality grows worldwide.
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Buffalo, N.Y
UPI
Humanist Magazine
Buffalo
American Humanist Association
Paul Kurtz
Kurtz
Miners ignore back to work move as wildcat strike grows
West Virginia coal miners rejected a general return to work and a $100,000-a-day fine as they kept their wildcat strike going. Chicago teachers also walked the picket lines affecting about 530,000 students, with other cities and sectors joining or threatening action.
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United Press International
West Virginia
Chicago
National Airlines
Berkeley
Calif
Ford
Columbus City Council tackles personnel and management items
Tonight at 8 in City Hall on 11th Street the Columbus City Council will address personnel changes with fire and police resignations and retirements. The civil service commission will recommend new firemen and policemen after exams, and two resolutions will seek approval for a motel liquor outlet manager and to pursue delinquent assessments. Other items include a zoning hearing, land sale without subdivision, curb and gutter objections, and moving a structure from Wagner Lakes.
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Columbus City
City Hall
11Th Street
Richard Bonk
Fire Department
Lonnie Anderson
Police Department
Civil Service Commission
Richard Hirschbrunner
Charles Masek
Gary Krumland
Jerry
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Fullerton
DeVon Carlson
Osceola
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Lynn Geier
Scott Rosenquist
Stromsburg
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DeWitt
Nebraska Registered Sheep Breeders Association
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Taurus
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Palestine
WAFA
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Syria
Henry A. Kissinger
Washington
Middle East
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Portugal
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Goncalves
Trenton
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New Jersey
Pennsylvania
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Buenos Aires
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