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C.&N.W. RAIL MERGER WITH U.P. FORECAST

Consolidation Would Make System 18,000 Miles in Extent. One of Largest in Country. ———— PART OF PLAN COMBINING MORE THAN 100 LINES ———— Northwestern and Union Pacific Have Been Closely Allied for Many Years. ———— Under a proposed railway merger between the Chicago & North Western and the Union Pacific lines, involving 18,000 miles of track and serving 19 states, Minneapolis would become a major terminus of the consolidated system, with direct connections and trackage covering a network over the agricultural belt of the midwest and northwest, the ...

JOHN MACHO TELLS OF ARMY LIFE IN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS

Spent Two Years On Coast Guard Duty Near Honolulu. ———— MIDNIGHT RAINBOWS ATTRACT ATTENTION ———— Most Beautiful Sunsets In World Are Seen From The Islands. ———— John Macho, son of Mr. and Mrs.Carl Macho, residing on South Valley Street, returned to New Ulm last Wednesday from Honolulu where he has been stationed with the United States coast guard. The young man served two years and was honorably discharged from the service after returning to this country in January. He has returned to his old position with the Frenzel Bottling Works. The local lad ...

JANUARY IS NOT UNUSUALLY WARM

Figures Show That Maximum and Mean Temperatures Have Been Higher in Previous Years. ———— 45 DEGREES ABOVE ZERO IS HIGH POINT REACHED ———— Number of Clear Days, 14. —Precipitation 135 Inches, While Snowfall Is 6 Inches. ———— During the past month the remark was often heard that January was one of the warmest Januarys on record. This is a mistake, as January was not unusually warm, when compared with other Januarys. The mean temperature was 15.90 degrees above zero. This is somewhat low, when other Januarys are considered, and is not so much higher ...

Pinch expected to come this fall at crowded junior high school

The crowded classroom situation at New Ulm Junior High School is expected to reach its peak next fall. Enrollment projections indicate 887 students will be housed in a school building that is adequate for 770 students, principal Dean Risius told school board members Thursday. “WE’RE CROWDED,” he said. “We’re overcrowding that building.” The school board, faced in the elementary grades with declining enrollments that are to begin being felt at the junior high school in the 1977-78 school year, authorized Supt. T.R. Olson to contact an architectural firm to lend a hand ...

Harassing Aunt Marsh

AMY, PLAYED by Cindy Ringhofer,(left) and Meg, played by Vicky Walter, (right) harass Aunt Marsh, played by Kris Groebner. This scene is part of a presentation of “Little Women” by Mrs. Lorraine Boesch’s eighth grade language arts class at Holy Trinity Middle School. The play will be ...

Hot water, cold ice

STEAM RISES from one of the ice hockey rinks in Westside Park as New Ulm Parks and Recreation Department employees spray hot water on the ice. Hot water is used because it blends in better with the ice than does cold water, officials said. Harold Derdan, 721 Second S., sprays the ice while ...