Young couple juggle three jobs to fund college costs
In Omaha Ralph and Jo Rozas navigate college life with three jobs between them. She attends Creighton and UNO on scholarships and loans while he studies civil engineering at UNO and works as a computer programmer for the Army Corps of Engineers, sometimes sleeping only between shifts. They face rising costs, plan to use savings and consider aid, and note most students work during school.
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Omaha
Neb
Ralph
Jo Roza
Sta
Uis
Roza
Creighton University
University of Nebraska At Omaha
Army Corps of Engineers
UNO
Jack Ritchie
University of Nebraska At Lincoln
Ritchie
Brothers Almost Drown While Visiting At Tanglewood
Two Ohio brothers, Tom Hageman 19 and Urban Hageman 25, were pulled from a nine foot pool at the Tanglewood Apartments 1100 E 18th while visiting their older brother Robert. Phil Ephraim a fellow resident rescued them and both were revived and sent to Valley View Hospital in stable condition. Patrolmen Dennis Smith and Richard Hubble investigated the incident and noted the brothers could not swim.
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Tanglewood
Valley View Hospital
Tom Hageman
Urban Hageman
Ohio
Robert Hageman
Tanglewood Apts
Windale
Dennis Smith
Richard Hubble
Phil Ephraim
Smith
Ephraim
Hagemen Brothers
Hageman Brothers
Urban
Abese
Hageman
Weather facilities added at Ada Airport
National Severe Storms Laboratory crews installed a 26-foot tower and underground cables at Ada Airport to feed wind, direction, velocity, temperature, dew point, precipitation and barometric pressure readings. The equipment, on permanent loan, will feed data to local media and support cooperative federal state and local weather research and faster forecast distribution. NSSL has established sites in Tonkawa Seminole Durant Alva and Cheyenne to expand Oklahoma coverage.
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National Severe Storms Laboratory
NSSL
Norman
Les Showell
Showell
Sam Brown
Ada Airport Commission
City of
Ada Airport
Oklahoma Aeronautic Commission
Oklahoma
National Weather Service
Tonkawa
Seminole
Durant
Alva
Cheyenne
Ada
Kerr Center Staff Awarded Federal Service Pins
George B. Alexander Jr of Region VI EPA presented service awards for at least 1¢ years of federal service to Robert St Kerr Water Research Center staff. Recipients at the ceremony included Richard Duty Clarence Edmondson Mildred Smith Carmeleta Soper Robert Reeves and Arvel Wilson with officials George J Putnicki and Thomas P. Harrison in attendance. Dr. Ralph D. Harkins manages the Ada Facility.
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George B. Alexander Jr
Region VI
Environmental Protection Agency
Dallas
Robert St. Kerr Water Research Center
Richard Duty
Clarence Edmondson
Mildred Smith
Carmeleta Soper
Robert Reeves
Arvel Wilson
George J. Putnicki
Thomas P. Harrison
Ralph D. Harkins
Ada
Norman Man Sentenced 15 Years for Cocaine Delivery
U S District Court Judge Fred Daugherty sentenced 21 year old Benny Ray Lewis of Norman to 15 years in prison for delivering four ounces of cocaine to a government informant. The defense contended the informant trapped the former Yukon High School football player into the crime.
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Oklahoma City
U.S. District Court
Fred Daugherty
Norman
Daugherty
Benny Ray Lewis
Lewis
Tom Williams
Lewis’ Trail
Benjamin Branch
Yukon
Madill Council Wins Out in Manager Fight
Madill Oklahoma residents backed the city council in a 16 vote margin to remove City Manager Lawrence Ables. The vote also upholds a charter clause requiring written notice of reasons when firing a manager employed a year or more, after Ables previously challenged the council’s compliance in court.
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Madill Council
Madill
Okla
Lawrence Ables
Ables
Ecouncil
Gray Named As Deputy Police Chief
A veteran Ada police officer was named Tuesday morning to be the new deputy chief of police. Capt. Richard Gray will assume the post effective Sept. 1 after the council authorized the position while Chief Lester Hexit plans retirement at year’s end. City Manager Jim Cook announced the appointment at a special Tuesday morning meeting.
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Ada
Richard Gray
Lester Hexit
Jim Cook
Gray
Direct Mail Expert Plans All-Out McGovern Effort
Mor ris Dees, a Montgomery direct mail expert and lawyer, aims to write 10 million Americans for McGovern before Election Day. He seeks $25 million for the campaign, building on $31.8 million in mail contributions since July. Dees notes 173,220 donors, 63,220 since the convention, forming the Million Member Club.
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McGovern
Washington
Morris Dees
George McGovern
Dees
Montgomery
Ala
University of Alabama
Democratic Party
Democratic National Committee
Take Your Time Take Your Time
A reflective piece praising the newspaper reading experience as a portable, uninterrupted source of information. It highlights reader control over pace, order, and focus, noting no strict schedule and the ability to return later without missing content. It also mentions advertisers benefiting from engaged readers.
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Fred
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Sears Crossroads
Thomas J
Schnitker
Creighton
Weather Service
Kerr Center
Norman Man
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