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I 1 I 01 1 Omaha World Herald Tuesday 'April 17 1979 att 31111 ys aster Plans Proceed for Christian TV Station in City 23 (hose checking can cost you a bundle! a better way 1 INSURED MEMBER SIIC a SAVINGS 1979 Commercial ederal Savings and loan Association 900 75th HOME OICE 1802 Dodge 444 1800 Dr John Dewey of Omaha is chairman of its publications board and Dr Robert Townley of Omaha serves on he ed i torial board Oak Iowa farmer All other contributions total ed about $15000 according to Huelie About $425000 of the current SI 3 million total lies in credit for television equipment Asked about his main support for the station Huelie said "the primary support has come from the evangelical community which would include the Catho lic charismatic prayer commu But he said the station will in clude other points of view "We are going to carry some Jewish beep cheap Huelle first ran away from the train then went back toward it and fi nally crouched down as if to make himself small as possi ble" Kettlersaid He indicated the engineer thought the boy was near the middle of the narrow trestle as the train approached If so the boy would have had to leap some 3(1 feet into the Elkhorn River is a real Kelt ler said "I hope you can tell others OMAHA 554 9232 LINCOLN 475 5321 OUTSTATE NEBRASKA CALL TOLL REE 800 642 8924 With our Cashaction bill paying you pay your bills by telephone for 1 2t per bill paid We pay the postage of 15t write the check guar antee timely payment and furnish monthly and year end statements of bills paid You are always in complete control and your bill paying money is earning a big 525 interest for you! mer" she said Clay had gone into the water I know Ran dall would have saved him HH Kettler acting Chicago North Western trainmaster in remont Neb said the 43 car freight train comes through Ar lington about the same time every day He said witnesses in dicated they heard the engine's whistle sometime before it ap peared on the trestle By then he said it was too late to stop is 40 mph track through he said "and it takes about a half a mile to stop a trainatthat He said the engineer Tom Mylenbusch a veteran rail roader who lives in Boone Iowa tried his nest to urge the boy to Some banks offer checking with $500 of your money on deposit Most still charge for personalized checks Even without ser vice charges you still have to buy stamps and envelopes to pay bills by check checking can cost to or more for every check you mail and you have to wade through piles of checks each month to balance your account Hardly worth the trouble! TAKE UP TO 12 YEARS TO REPAY AMERICAN SAVINGS MAKES LOANS OR 51000 OR MORE NO PRE PAYMENT PENALTY AND NO POINTS ON CONSUMER LOANS Michael Richmond regional director fur the Anti Defama tion League of B'nai said the community has always been sensitive and con cerned about a religious monopoly of either gov ernment machinery or air waves" Other persons are seeking the other available LiH station Channel 15 for a commercial station Included in this group is Pappas Telecasting of resno Calif which has re cently leased the old KMTV building at 2615 arnam St Group Starting Medical Journal The American Association for Clinical Immunology and Aller gy headquartered in Omaha has started publishing a new medical journal entitled Immu nology Allergy Pract ice The publication with a circu lation of 10400 is for practicing physicians and unlike other journals deals with the practi cal approach to treatment of pa tients rather than presentation of basic research reports ac cording to tr Lester Mittel staedt of Seattle Wash the editor Programs are available from and George Peterson a Red tnree national Christian net works at no charge except for shipping costs The networks are Christian Broadcasting PTL (Praise the Lord or People That Love) and Trinity Broad casting he said Huelie said he still plans to set up a satellite disc in the Omaha area to receive these programs directly but that was not a part of the CC proposal Without a last minute push for contributions and loans however Christian television's prospects might look consider ably weaker Sizable Donations About $500000 was either loaned or donated to the staflon by 15 individuals one week before the CC application was due Huelle said Amounts ranged between $10000 and $50000 Those listed on the CC ap plication as of the filing date were: John Miller Omaha attorney and former city coun cilman Omaha businessmen Theodore A Sewell Mark Anthony Edward A Champion By Daniel Cattau World Herald Religion Writer The president and founder of a proposed Christian television station for Omaha said Monday it could begin broadcasting in about a year Lee Huelle of Papillion said an application for Channel 42 a UH station has been filed with the ederal Communications Commission Land for a broad casting tower has been ac quired at 72nd Street and Hartman Avenue he said And about $13 million of the $16 million needed to finance the station Huelle said has been received in the form of do nations loans sale of contracts for air time and credit for tele visionequipment Support Coming The idea of a Christian tele vision station began taking shape last summer Support has been emerging slowly Huelie said essence of what hap pened is that it (the support) has mobilized but it hasn't come all together Huelle said Last summer Huelle's vision of the programming was more narrow than it is now At first a talkshow program in which he is the host It All was geared to talk ing about faith and conversion Now his proposal to the CC includes public affairs topics Another proposed program is the with Mayor Al Veys: would agree to do a broadcast yes like I did for KOOO (radio) fora while" said Veys A program entitled would deal with youth problems Huelie also said there would be remedial and speed reading programs Concerns Listed In the community affairs survey needed for the CC ap plication five main community problems or concerns listed in order were: state and local gov ernment apathy youths edu cation and schools and inflation Huelie said But the Christian message won't be lost in the new em phases (the program ming) is that the Bible is the he said amily and shows are still a part of the plan of the 24 hour non com merci al sta tion which will include such Christian television fortresses as the Club" and the $256000 Budget Huelle said the station al ready has $361 150 of signed air time contracts which will be paid for by Christian organiza tions An annual budget of around $256000 is planned Huelle said adding that this does not in clude much money for the de velopment of local programming sional education 12 percent for patient services 95 percent for community services and about 20 percent for support services that include fund raising and general operation of the society Summer Seminar Mixes Disciplines WORLD HERALD BUREAU Lincoln A geography mathematics workshop will be offered in the University of Ne braska Lincoln's summer ses sions William Sesow workshop di rector said the National Sci ence oundation has approved an $11000 grant for the second year of the workshop Sesow said the workshop combines mathematical and geographic studies in topographical pro jects Trapped Driver Allegedly ights Council Bluffs A Bluffs man trapped when his vehicle overturned Monday night allegedly out fight when freed by police and firemen Police reports said a pickup truck driven by Kenneth lora 28 of 2012 ifth Ave hit a concrete abutment after crossing Broadway at 8th Street andlandedon itsside 7 iremen used a hydraulic metal bending device to free the man even though he pro tested citing damage to the ve hicle Police cited the driver for sus picion of drunken of driving and assault of a police officer He was reported in good condition at Edmundson Hospital World Herald Staff Writer It was to have been such a nice Easter Clay Utterback 8 was up early at his parents' home in Ar lington Neb He knew therewould be a family luncheon about noon but first he would attend Sunday school at the Ar lington Community Church Afterward he would meet his parents Carlin and Nila Ut terback for church services Then there would be lunch It would be a family affair with all the five Utterback children there Randall the eldest at 22 would come from his home near remont This Sunday he would bring a friend with whom he used to work Mrs Utterback identified the friend as Loren Sieves 21 of Denison Iowa other brothers and sis ters would be there too: Kirk 19 20 and Wendy 13 Sometime after lunch Ran dall decided to take a walk Maybe he and his friend would hike to the Elkhorn River he said and let the family dog Spike go for a swim Clav as little brothers like to do asked if he could tag along So off they went Monday afternoon Mrs Ut terback 42 told of the tragedy that claimed her youngest son She said Randall and his friend had started walking across a Chicago North Western rail road trestle crossing the Elk horn about a mile southwest of Arlington Clay apparently was lagging a bit behind if was about 2 pm when the engine appeared According to the County Office Randall and his friend were able to run to the end of the trestle to safety But Clay confused and frightened paused in panic and indecision before trying to outrun the train Mrs Ut terback said Randall told her he thought Clay might have saved himself if he had run toward the train She said her eldest son felt Clay was fairly close to that' end of the trestle But Clay ran the other way and Randall and Sieves seeking desperately to yell di rections and to reach the fleeing bov failed in both attempts Mrs Utterback said Randall jump he told me the boy toiu ner tne engineer leaning from his cab but unable to stop the westbound train yelled futi lely for the boy to jump "If he had leaped we think he would have fallen 10 or 15 feet to the river Mrs Ut terback said was not far enough out on the trestle to be over the She said Clay was of a floater than a swimmer Randall is an excellent swim Commercial ederal Savings and Loan Association Code A Phone But in your voice I sound priceless 14 bucks a month will make me yours the office peoole' 397 0707 AMERICAN SAVINGS Omaha Nebraska A inancial Institution BRANCHES 8424 Center 4903 So 24th 10102 Maple 444 1850 444 1860 444 1870 AN INDUSTRIAL LOAN a INVESTMENT COMPANY Qtia'b 'Pd NPfirasi Department o' B3nmrj and finanr Herald Photo Scene of tragedy Clay Utterback inset to please stay oft Clay with no place to run or hide was struck by the engine and killed And a mother's fears were re alized Mrs Utterback said Clay had not been allowed to go on the trestle as long as he was with the older boys I suppose he thought it was all she said Still she said she had become concerned when she learned Clay was gone were just getting in the car to go look for him when the rescue squad siren Mrs Utterback I knew it was Clay A mother has afeelingaboutsuch Services for Clay a second grade pupil in Arlington will be 11 a Wednesday at the same church he attended on Sunday Burial will be at the Arlington Cemetery Cancer Society to Benefit romBackgammon Games The second annual Omaha backgammon championships will be April 29 at the New Tower Inn Proceeds will go to the American Cancer Society The Omaha Backgammon Club is directing the event Tournament competition will be divided into three divisions children's intermediate and match play Match play will begin at 1 pm with the finals at 6 pm The children's flight will beat 3 pm and the intermediate at 6 pm The three top 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