Whatever happened to Terrible Terry Carpenter of Scottsbluff?
Well, there are those who say he will be back in politics before the March 12 filing deadline.
Sen. John DeCamp is among those who agree "Terry will only quit politics when he has six feet of ground on top of him and then only reluctantly."
And speaking of politics.
The other night I was watching Police Woman, a TV story about motorcycle officers and law enforcement. About the point of hostile action the TV man flips on this brightly colored sign about a special news bulletin.
Well, since I had no control over the situation and there wasn't time to get another cuppa coffee or go to the bathroom, I sat there and watched and listened.
When the TV announcer came on, he pulled a blooper by announcing that Sen. Jackson had won the New Hampshire primary. (Guess there would have been time to leave the chair after all.)
He corrected himself to "Massachusetts" primary and went on with the blurb.
I never did find out what happened in the moments Police Woman was cut off. Doesn't really matter anyway, it's one of those continued next week dumb dumbs.
Hess Dyas is going to retrace his walk through the First Congressional district in his campaign to win the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate. His opponent is Omaha Mayor Zorinsky.
This time Mr. Dyas will not do as much walking. He will ride from town to town and walk through the communities.
We haven't heard anything about Mayor Zorinsky's campaign travels. However, judging by the recent news, he's probably going to jeep it.
Keep on scoopin'
Nebraska weather in true form spoiled us for a time with the 60's and that super 70 plus, but the makeup of the March weather has been something else.
The oldtimers will probably cut this down but I can't recall thunder, lightning, rain, sleet and snow seemingly all at the same time.
Makes no difference. That's what happpened the other day and it put the dangest coat of ice on the windows of the car.
Ron Clary, our janitor, came down early that morning and scooped the walks of the "ice slush." Charlie Riggs got out his snow scoop tractor at the post office at least twice during the morning trying to keep up.
Oh, well there's always Arbor Day coming up.
The candidates for mayor.
The other night at the Post No. 8 Legion meeting we enjoyed the lunch prepared by Skelly and listened to others talking about the upcoming election.
"Who's going to run?" Norbert Lechner asked. "Sev Sorensen?"
"Dunno," Ray Madsen said. "All he does is smile. How about you?"
"Oh no you don't," Norbert answered. "I gotta work on a porch . . . er build a race car for I-29 . . . er work on a lawn mower."
"Irv?"
"To heck with you," Irvin Berthold said. "I'm too busy in that greenhouse . . . er I gotta go duck hunting."
"Let George do it."
"I'm an old Army infantryman," George Golden, Jr., said. "I could never get along on a job like that. Besides I'm out of the city limits."
"We'll annex you," I suggested.
"Go to blazes. Maybe Art will do it."
"Don't look at me fellow," Art Sackles said, "I'm busy at the car wash. How about Foy?"
"Okay I'll do it," Foy Thayer said as he got up to leave.
"Where are you going, Foy?" we asked.
"Meeting is about to start . . . gotta present the colors. Work on Harold."
"Go fly a kite," Harold Gress said. "I'm too busy rebuilding that airplane."
"Well, Ivan," Art said, "what do you think?"
"Dunno, all I know is what I read in the paper."
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Haircuts are $3.
"It was just a matter of time," Tom Cullen said the other day as he was doing a trim job.
"You mean the $3 haircuts?" I asked.
"Yup," he answered. "We gotta keep up with things too."
"Yeah, I guess so. Our soft water and rag and rug supplier at the paper increased their rates too. We pay 10 cents a pound for cotton rags but don't get enough."
"Whatya use them for?"
"Mostly in the pressroom. You can't wring out a rag soaked with ink."
"Say, Tom, did you check with the JS-WPA on your haircut prices?"
"Huh?"
"The Jack Swalley Wage and Price Administration."
"So long, Ivan."
"So long, Tom. Thanks for the clip."
The NC Power station.
Eby Construction company is making plans for resuming earth moving operations at the NC Power station southeast of Nebraska City.
Bob Taylor, OPPD site representative, suggested that motorists using roads in the area use a little caution in driving during the operation.
The project is a coal burning power plant. The coal will be shipped here from Wyoming. Perhaps you've noticed some of the railroad track work being done west of Nebraska City.
An expansion at the $288 million power station is in the offing. Robert Corn, a member of the board of OPPD, said an announcement may be made in late spring or early summer on plans to build a second power plant at the Nebraska City site.
The actual project may be some years in planning, but then it doesn't seem that long ago that OPPD bought the first tract of land (eight or 10 years ago) for the present power project.
Frank Batillon of the rescue squad and Mrs. John Furlong of the hospital staff will attend a special school beginning Monday at University hospital in Omaha.
Classes in Emergency Medical Technician run from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., throughout the week. Teachers will include doctors on the hospital staff.
They will use their certification to teach other EMT squadsmen in five counties. Nebraska City EMT squadsmen took 81 hours of classes including 10 hours in the emergency room at St. Joseph's.
Nebraska City has 27 squadsmen and 22 have completed the classes and two others are in classes now. The new "refresher" course will be for 21 hours.
Mrs. Furlong is a registered nurse graduating in 1969 from the Mercy School of Nursing at Fort Scott, Kansas. She worked with ESU4 and has worked at St. Mary's.
Among the topics she will cover in the one-two teacher assignment will be emergency childbirth and blood pressure readings.