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Newspaper
Greeley Daily Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1973
Page
2
Greeley police announced a holiday crack crackdown with extra hours and undercover surveillance in high crime areas. Officers will work in plain clothes and unmarked cars while urging residents to lock doors and report suspicious activity. Citizens are asked to notify neighbors when away.
Boulder District Attorney charged Frank Bolles, president of the Right to Life Committee, with criminal harassment over pamphlets mailed to 24 000 Boulder households. The case centers on free speech versus recipients privacy as an abortion clinic protest is alleged. Bolles faces court on December 7.
In Belfast a new United Ulster Unionist Council alliance pledged to block a Protestant Catholic joint government in Northern Ireland and to torpedo efforts for a Council of Ireland linking Northern Ireland and the Republic. Leaders include Paisley Craig and 10 dissidents from Faulkner's Unionist party, with Orange Order backing. The assembly has seen chaos. IRA bombs and British bomb squads featured as negotiations over the Council of Ireland continued amid denials and a cautious joint communique.
Margaret dienby 74 widow of William Jacoby died at home 1029 1th St. Born in Novka Russia January 13 1199 and came to Port Collins about 1921. Married 1925, farm near Windsor. Survivors: three daughters Pauline McPherson Rose Hymer Elizabeth Lacs. stepson William Jacoby. 12 grandchildren 14 great grandchildren. Funeral 2:30 p.m. Monday Macy Allnutt Drawing-Steam. Interment Lina Grove Cemetery.
Logan Utah AP report states Japan may start importing from Rocky Mountain states soon after meetings with Japanese import officials. Ernest J Miller of Miller & Sons Packing Plant said six states Utah Montana California Wyoming New Mexico Arizona were represented, offering beef lamb agricultural and industrial goods. Federation spokesman said the trip generated at least 50 million dollars in potential import business for the Mountain West.
Grovlity police report a three car pile up at 11th Avenue and 25th Street causing over 50 dollars in damage. Debbie Yeager and Harrison Hall drove a 1967 car southbound colliding with Belly Bertogli in a 1964 auto, which then hit Richard Olson in a 1972 vehicle. Bertogli's car sustained 500 dollars damage, Yeager's about 150, Olson undamaged. Stoplights at the intersection were malfunctioning.
US Representative James Johnson of the 4th District issues a special newsletter focusing on impeachment proceedings against President Nixon and the national energy crisis. The letter emphasizes gravity, objectivity, and informs constituents of energy shortages, offering conservation tips and Johnson's stance amid a high mail volume.
Gas stations in Greeley will not pump gasoline Sunday but Jack's Standard Service at 8th Avenue and 2300 Street plans to open for service. Local customers will find one operating location despite a town wide halt.
Two Nebraska men, Richard Bombeck of Gibbon and Melvin Bish of Amherst, were seriously injured in a single vehicle crash 40 miles east of Ault on Colo 14. Bombeck, driving, ran off the road and then drove two miles to a farmhouse for help before the car was listed as a total loss. Both were listed in good condition later that night at Logan County Hospital.
Weld County issued 127 building permits in November with total value about 1.6 million led by Kodak powerhouse project. Commercial building and farm structure permits rose sharply from 1972 while mobile home permits fell about a third.
Entries include accidents at Mth Street and arch Avenue and at 117 ath Ave, burglaries at Irailer and Gibson's, a shoplift at Gibson's, a missing juvenile, a prowler by Weld County General Hospital, and multiple juvenile problems at West High School and various addresses. A juvenile arrested for glue sniffing and a false alarm at Grayheal Jewelers are noted.
Colorado forecast shows partly cloudy south Saturday and Sunday with variable clouds north. Snow possible in northern mountains. Highs Saturday 96-45 east to west 25-33 in mountains. Lows Saturday night in the 20s east, teens to near zero west. Sunday highs 45-55 east, 35-45 west, 25-35 mountains. Wyoming outlook variable clouds through Saturday with mountain snow. Slight shower chance northeast Saturday. Saturday night and Sunday mainly west and south clouds, colder with a chance of snow northeast. Highs Saturday 27-40 far west and south central, 40-50 elsewhere. Lows Saturday night 10-22, near zero to 15 above far west. Sunday highs 27-40, low 40s southeast corner.
Helmut Sonnenfeldt 47, formerly INR director for Soviet and Eastern European research, named counselor at the State Department. Kissinger says the post will focus on European relations and SALT talks, with Sonnenfeldt praised for deep policy insight and willingness to work long hours.
A Friday morning curtain fire at the Theta Xi fraternity house on 1715 Ith Ave in Greeley caused about 50 dollars in damage. Firefighters reported the blaze started when curtains touched a lit stave, with the kitchen curtains catching fire.
Emerson Elementary School in Illinois reports a novel program using a daily newspaper instead of standard textbooks. Principal Al Wilson and teachers say students from kindergarten to sixth grade achieved about a full year’s growth in one year, with some cases up to eighteen months, and gained current events knowledge not captured by tests.
In the courts county court actions, burglary charges against Joha Lawrence Sobeck III, address unknown, were dropped after the district attorney concluded the people could not prove guilt. Sobeck was arrested Oct. 28 by Greeley police and released on a $2,000 bond. Jail Sentence five days in jail for John M. Casadas, address unknown, by Judge James R. Rucker Jr. Casadas, arrested by Greeley police, charged with leaving the scene of an injury accident, pleaded guilty. Trial Reset Andres Jiminez, Fr. Lupton, rescheduled for May 45, 1974. Jiminez charged with driving under the influence and pleaded not guilty at the Dec. 4 arraignment, requesting a six-person jury.
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