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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1977
Page
2
The Nebraska Department of Education unveils the free and reduced price meal policy. Schools will use a family size income scale to determine eligibility and allow appeals via informal discussion or formal hearing. Each school maintains a copy of the full policy for public review.
An Israeli soldier was killed by mortar fire from Lebanon marking the first Israeli death on the tense frontier in nearly two years. A U N peacekeepers force member, a U.S. paratroop officer, and a French officer were also injured near the border when their vehicle hit a mine. The U.N. spokesman noted injuries among the eight Americans in the force and identified the American officer as Dean Loffin. A separate incident a day earlier saw Sgt. Maj. Elan Peer killed by a mortar fragment while driving a tractor on the Israeli side amid an artillery duel between Palestinians and Lebanese Christians.
A Midwest Research Institute study for the EPA estimates annual air pollution damage at billions, driven by crop losses, health costs, paint and zinc coating deterioration, and reduced home values. New York leads with about 1.05 billion, Chicago 981 million, Los Angeles 611 million. Evansville 9 million, Trenton 10 million, New Haven 13 million. Agricultural damage runs about 160 million, with five California counties notably affected.
A Telegram report outlines the inmate experience from reception to classification. It notes daily routines and idle work, the risk of violence, and the difficulty of reentry, ending with the prisoner becoming a social pariah after sentence.
A home wine article notes that commercial white wines rarely improve with age and red wines over ten years can taste flat. It outlines affordable gear like poly pails and corks, emphasizes temperature control and clean filtration, and highlights the joy and pride of making wine at home with Michigan cherries as a favorite backstop.
London police report Graham Carter, 23, the so called phantom skirt slasher, has been arrested after clipping square cuts from women’s skirts at Piccadilly, Oxford Circus, and Green Park stations. Carter confessed 18 offenses, was fined 207.99 pounds, and placed on two years probation with psychiatric treatment. Police warn another slasher may be operating.
Attorney General Paul Douglas asked the Nebraska Supreme Court to affirm Larry J. Stephenson's 1976 manslaughter conviction and 15 year term. He argued the trial produced conclusive evidence, the hammer-throw incident showed an assault, and no abuse of discretion or prejudicial evidence occurred.
Transportation Department awards a 1.2 million federal grant to the Omaha Airport Authority for Eppley Airfield construction and improvements. In addition, Hampton gets 70 thousand dollars for a bail field project and West Point schools receive 53 thousand dollars for a reading improvement program.
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