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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1976
Page
2
New York stock deltas show the Dow Jones 30 averages at 1003.91 moving down 9.22 points by 1 PM CDT. The broader 20 transport shares fell 0.77 while the 65 stocks index slipped 1.90 to 314.84 and utilities edged up 0.19.
UPI reports: Hogs 5 000 head with barrows and gilts 75 to 1.00 lower, various weight ranges and prices listed. Sows 1.00 lower. Cattle and calves 4 200 head higher to steady with ranges for steers, heifers, and cows. Sheep 400 head steady with lamb and ewe prices and ranges noted.
The Columbus Telegram lists its address at 1254 27th Avenue Columbus Nebraska and notes publication days. Subscription rates are $2.75 per month for carrier delivery, $17 per year by mail within Nebraska, and $28 per year by mail outside Nebraska. It asks subscribers to notify the postmaster and the paper of any address changes.
A telegram about a missing call telegraph number 564 274 notes a window between 6 and 6 30 p m on Saturdays 8 to 9 am. No further details are provided in the fragment.
After a two month summer break the Platte Center Baptist Ladies Aid met at R. W. Johnson home with Mrs. Johnson as hostess. Officers for the coming year were approved: Olga Schoen president D Lee Grace vice president Verna Blessen treasurer Susie Bower secretary. Mrs. Schoen gave a patriotism lesson.
Nebraska farmers made progress on fall harvest with scattered showers easing topsoil shortages. The weekly crop report shows topsoil now short in 69 percent of counties and adequate in 31 percent, while subsoil remains 92 percent short. Wheat seeding exceeds 70 percent, corn maturity ahead of average, soybeans and sorghum near or above typical harvest rates, and sugar beets set to begin.
The Nebraska Public Service Commission indefinitely postponed a hearing scheduled for Oct 6 in Kearney on Pioneer Airways commuter service to McCook and Kearney. Pioneer seeks a Denver connecting route but argues the court ruling on jurisdiction must be settled first, with Frontier Airlines currently serving the communities.
Enoch Robinson a 36 year old inmate in the Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex was stabbed by an unknown assailant in the main complex chapel late Monday. He was stabbed in the upper left side and listed in serious condition at Lincoln General Hospital. Nebraska Highway Patrol criminal investigation team is probing the incident. Robinson was sentenced to life imprisonment on March 29 1969 after murder charges in Thurston County.
The District Seven American Legion and Auxiliary held a Sunday convention at the Tri County party room in Leigh. State Commander Francis McMahon of Fairmont spoke on the Seattle national convention and urged higher membership as about 1,000 Legionnaires in the district across six counties and 34 posts. Lowell Feye presided the Legion session and Wi Bibow the Auxiliary. The gathering closed with a dance.
American and Japanese intelligence will spend at least another week examining the MiG 25 that a Soviet pilot defected with before dismantled plane is returned. Tokyo officials say the analysis will be finished by Oct. 5 during U.N. General Assembly events.
Defense Secretary Rumsfeld tells reporters Russia has an array of missiles with MIRV warheads and greater accuracy. He notes Soviets exceed 1,500 ICBMs and 800 SLBMs, but U.S. plans need no urgent change. He backs continuing Minuteman III upgrades and new arms like Trident, B1, and MX within SALT limits.
Nebraska Public Power District announces a bid deadline extension for Contract 74-2040 Start-Up Feed Water Pump and Drive at Gerald Gentleman Station Unit 2 near Sutherland Nebraska. Bids now due October 5 1976 at 10:00 a.m. CDT. bids opened immediately after.
By order of the NEBRASKA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT board the Gerald Gentleman Station Unit 2 coal handling system bid is moved. The bid originally set for October 5 1976 now closes at 10 00 a m CDT October 19 1976 in Columbus Nebraska at the district purchasing office.
During the first Battle of Bull Run in July 1861 near Virginia, congressmen traveled from Washington in carriages loaded with champagne for the Union troops.
A Nebraska public hearing drew no firm opposition to extending completion of the Gerald Gentleman power plant at Sutherland. NPPD asked until November 1977 to finish the 650 megawatt coal plant under existing contracts before the framework ends.
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