The Columbus Telegram from Columbus, Nebraska • Page 8

b--Columns telegram Columbus, Nebraska --y 1977 From rags to riches in rag trade KCs recognize local officer Patrolman By JOAN HANAUEK DPI Television Writer NEW YORK (UPI)-Can a fast-talking unscrupulous boy from the Lower East Side made good hi the Seventh Avenue garment business? That's like questioning motherhood or chicken soup. Everyone knows the answer is The New York garment center version of rags to riches is the basic story line of NBC's latest Best Sellers production, which dramatizes Norman Bogner's novel "SJeventh Avenue" into three productions to be broadcast Feb. 10,17 and 24th, 9-11 p.m., Eastern time, In case this best seller eludes memory, it made the list ten years ago. If the story of a young man "on the make in the rag trade doesn't tingle the spine with novelty, "Seventh Avenue" does offer authentic New York sets and a whole cast full of excellent performances. i Steven Keats make a com- pelling Jay Blackman, a charming scoundrel who loves I his.

family, hates their Depression-induced poverty has the morals of a boll as he works to escape rats, roaches, hunger and despair in which he grew up. The list of talented perform- Monk firemen feel safer if truck blessed FOREST PARK, Okla. (UPI) Two Catholic monks who are volunteer firemen decided they would feel safer if the fire truck were blessed by; their monastery. City officials decided that was a fine idea and they enlarged it somewhat. JThe fire truck, fire station, thp fire chief and five firemen, including the two monks, will blessed by the monastery Saturday.

ijjOur church, the Old Catholic church, tends to bless aijything it uses," said John, who wears his robes when he rides the truck. "When I mentioned ers goes well beyond the leading man Don Brenner is touching as the girl he uses and marries, Anne Archer smolders nicely as her repressed sister, and Mike Kellin as Morris Blackman, the father who can't find work, watches with helplessness as the son he distrusts supports the family. NBC has done everything it can to make "Seventh Avenue" a success short of renaming it "Suits" to rhyme with "Roots." The show sticks to.the recipe for successful mini-series by throwing in a generous dash of seasoned performers as guest stars in the first episode there's Alan King, Eli Wallach, Herschel Bernard! and Jack- Gilford, with more to come. All of them have a lot of fun shrugging and flexing their intonations and the audience probably will enjoy it, also. episode of the three-part mini- series topped the Nielsen ratings for the week ending Feb.

6, further bolstering the network's dominance for the season. The 10 top network televi- sion programs for the week ending Feb. 6, according to the A.C. Nielsen were: 1: "How The West Was Won;" 2: "Six Million Dpllar Man;" 3: "Evel Knievel's Death Defiers;" 4: "Happy Days;" 5: "Laverne Shir- ley," 6: "American Band- stand 25th Anniversary;" 7: "M-A-SH;" 8: "60 Minutes;" 9: "One Day At A "The Jeffersons." ABC picked another winner by putting James Arness back hi the saddle again in "How The West Was Won." The first Agriculturama set for Friday SCHUYLER-Agricultu- rama, sponsored by the Cooperative Extension Ser- vice of the University of Nebraska Institute of Agriculture and -Natural Resources and the East Platte Area Extension Service, gets underway Friday morning in Schuyler at the Sand Pit Restaurant. The session starts at 9:15 a.m.

The last session is scheduled to begin at 2:30 p.m. State Sen. Maurice Kremer of Aurora will speak at a luncheon about "WaterB- Ncbraska's Liquid Gold." The day's events will ex- plore crop production and irrigation management. Patrolman James Lipp- streu has bqen named Law' Enforcement Officer of the Month by Knights of Columbus Council No. 938.

Lippstreu has been with the Columbus Police Department for seven years, five as reserve and two active. He and his wife, Virginia, have been married 20 years and have five children, Curtis 19, Douglas, 18, Kelli, 16, Tracy, 11, and Matthew, 3. The family is affiliated with St. Bonaventure Church and Jim is a member of the American Legion and Police Officers Association of Nebraska. Jim enjoys boating, swimming, fishing, hunting and camping.

JAMES UPPSTREU Headline writers have problem PAUL, Minn. (UPI) The headline writers solved the problem. Franklin D. Roosevelt became FDR, Eisenhower became Ike, and everyone knew who HST, JFK and LBJ were. But what can you do about A.O.H.

Setzepfandt? Setzepfandt was elected last Saturday to a vacant state Senate seat after serving several terms in the state House of The Bird Island Democrat, wjiose name is Alvin Otto Henry Setzepfandt, was asked about the headline writer's 1 dilemma. "1 guess they could call me 'Setze' (set-zee). Everyone else does," he. said. David City ched as Scout sponsor A I CITY-The Chamber of Commerce was cited by the Lincoln Elk's Club Sunday as the eighth prime sponsor of the Boy Scouts.

The Chamber of Commerce has sponsored the Scouting program in David City for 44 years. A plaque was presented to the Chamber at the annual Lincoln Elk's Club Boy Scouts Awards Program. John McVay accepted the award and presented the plaque to the local! organization at a luncheon! i AGRICULTURAMA CROP PRODUCTION IRRIGATION COMMERCIAL EXHIBITS SCHUYLER, NEBRASKA SAND PIT RESTAURANT FRIDAY, FEBRUARY Everyone has some bad habits Everyone has developed some undesired behavioral patterhs such as drinking.too much, nervousness, overeat- ing, hot temper, or Smoking, says psychologist John A. Grabel, Ph.D. And nothing seems harder for most people than break- big an unwanted old habit or developing a desired new one, adds the University of Cali- fornia professor.

lOOLEYS FAMOUS FOR PRESCRIPTIONS KENKRINGS Honors to Lakeview students Lakeview's Ken Krings picked up a trophy for his third place finish in the American district contest held in Columbus Saturday. Ken gave an eight-minute Fire speech the-United States Njehols he said we'd have to. and an ex- bljiss the firemen at the same tirpe." Prother John and Brother Mfenas members of a Catholic sect that practices thfc religion as it existed 1,000 yejars ago have worn their black robes when training as firemen for the past several months. They are members of thfc Monastery of the Holy Protection of the Blessed Mary. temporaneous talk on one of the Amendments.

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