Strike at Ford looms as talks resume late
Ford Motor Co and the United Auto Workers resume negotiations to avert a 11:59 p.m. Tuesday strike as union leaders warn of an almost certain walkout if no agreement is reached. Labor Secretary Usery urged a quick settlement amid fears of wider economic impact.
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UPI
Ford Motor Co
United Auto Workers
Ford World Headquarters
W.J. Usery
Washington
Ford
Usery
UAW
Leonard Woodcock
Woodcock
No. 2 Auto Company
Wood
General Motors
Chrysler
American Motors
Job Service accepts 255 applications in August
In August the Job Service of Nebraska Columbus office logged 255 initial applications, including 152 women and 30 veterans. End of month active files reached 638 with 397 women and 89 veterans. Clerical workers totaled 227 of the labor pool. Employers listed 353 openings. 579 people were referred and 246 placed in jobs as demand grows for production workers and construction hiring upticks with students returning to school.
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Job Service of Nebraska
Columbus
Burglary at Cornlea Auction Company Under Investigation
Platte County Sheriff Don Franzen investigates a Sunday morning burglary at Cornlea Auction Company. About $680 in cash and a large amount of checks were stolen, with the check total not disclosed.
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Platte County
Cornlea Auction Company
Don Franzen
East Butler FFA wins sweepstakes at 1976 Nebraska State Fair
East Butler FFA Chapter topped 67 other FFA chapters to win the Sweepstakes award at the Nebraska State Fair ending Sunday. The chapter earned the most points across four livestock events with winners in dairy, swine, sheep, and beef divisions. Teri Svoboda was named outstanding exhibitor, and Sandy Janak exhibited the grand champion swine.
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East Butler
Palmyra Ffa
East Butler Ffa
Central Ffa
Teri Svoboda
Sandy Janak
Janak
Barrow
LeRoy Nelson
Newman Grove
Richard Wetovich
Fullerton
Tom Dobesh
Randy Mueller
Irvin Mueller
Platte Center
Lakeview
FFA
Berkshire
Hampshire
G Ramshek
David City
Ted Pokorny
Poland
China
Greg Janak
Yorkshire Boar
Mike Woita
Albert Jedlicka
Schuyler
Duroc
Mark Klimes
Clarkson
Bill Romshek
Kyle Otte
Otte
Fulleron
Valerie Schroeder
Duane Schroeder
Rain Douses Nebraska as Wet Front Crosses State
Welcome rain soaked eastern and central Nebraska with one quarter to three quarters of an inch. Merna Alma and Franklin saw over an inch as a slow moving cold front swept south from Minnesota through South Dakota. Temperatures ranged from the mid 50s to mid 60s with highs 81 to 91 across the state.
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Sandhills
Alma
Franklin
Minnesota
South Dakota
Norfolk
Grand Island
Panhandle
North Platte
McCook
Imperial
Omaha
Nebraska Roads Dept to hold District 3 information meeting
The Nebraska Department of Roads and State Highway Commission invite District 3 residents to Platte College for an information meeting at 7 30 p m on Sept 20. Counties in the district include Holt Boyd Knox Antelope Cedar Dixon Dakota Thurston Wayne Madison Stanton Cuming Burt Colfax Platte Boone Pierce Nance. Officials will discuss proposed highway construction and maintenance for 1977 1982 and answer questions.
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Tom Doyle
Nebraska Department of Roads
State Highway Commission
Platte College
District 3
Holt
Boyd
Knox
Antelope
Cedar
Dixon
Dakota
Thurston
Wayne
Madison
Stanton
Cuming
Burt
Colfax
Platte
Boone
Pierce
Nance
Nebraska
Doyle
Roads Department
Escapee Hansen Sentenced for Jail Escape in Platte County
Steven Hansen of Columbus was sentenced to 12 years at the Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex after pleading guilty to escape from Platte County Jail. He fled a work release detail in August. Sentence runs concurrently with a 9 month Platte County Jail term.
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Steven Hansen
Columbus
Nebraska
Platte County
Hansen
NAS committee urges selective ban on fluorocarbon sprays
A National Academy of Sciences panel warns fluorocarbons used in half of aerosol propellants threaten the ozone shield and may require selective bans. The study calls delaying federal action up to two years for more data while labeling spray cans to aid consumer restraint. Oregon has already enacted a ban.
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Washington
UPI
National Academy of Sciences
United States
John W. Tukey
Bell Laboratories
Princeton
N.J
Earth
F.S. Rowland
Mario Molina
University of California At Irvine
Oregon
Business seminar set for Sept. 22 at Elks Hall
The Columbus SCORE chapter hosts a one day business seminar on September 22 with voluntary expertise from SCORE and SBA members for small businesses. Admission is free and a dutch lunch is provided. Co sponsors include the Columbus Area Chamber of Commerce and Nebraska Economic Development.
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Columbus
SCORE
the Elks
SBA
Kissinger Heads for Africa on High Risk Peace Mission
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger left Andrews Air Force Base for a two week shuttle to southern Africa. He aims to establish a framework for negotiations between black and white factions with possible talks with Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith. The mission is deemed high risk with modest expectations.
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Washington
UPI
Henry Kissinger
Africa
Kissinger
Andrews Air Force Base
Ford
Southern
Rhodesia
Retired farmer Gernhart plans final funeral at 99
Burlington Colorado resident Jim Gernhart who turns 100 in November staged a live funeral on a Model T beer truck parade. About 2000 townspeople watched as mourners in black led the procession and the coffin rode in the back, with Gernhart saying the real funeral will be his last.
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Colo
UPI
Jim Gernhart
Gernhart
Chicago
Colorado
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