U.S. auto plants idle 14,300 workers while imports surge
Four U.S. auto assembly plants will close for a week idling 14,300 workers as Chrysler Fuss Hamtramck idles 9,500 and Ford cuts 4,800 at Dearborn Metuchen and San Jose. While the domestic market shifts to mid sized and larger models imports set sales records. March marks a peak for imports with Toyota Datsun and Honda potentially raising prices as dollar weakness boosts foreign models. Small imports rise 31 percent in early 1977 model year while domestic subcompacts lag.
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API
U.S
Chrysler Corp
Hamtramck
Mich
Ford
Dearborn
Metuchen
N.J
San Jose
Calif
Chrysler
Detroit Ford
Toyota
Datsun
Honda
Volkswagen
REA Funds Loan To Cornhusker Public Power District
Washington Rep Virginia Smith reports that the Rural Electrification Administration approved a $1,344,000 loan to Cornhusker Public Power District of Columbus. The loan will serve 195 more customers and fund 62 miles of distribution lines plus 2 miles of transmission line and other system improvements.
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Washington
Virginia Smith
Rural Electrification Administration
Cornhusker Public Power District of
Columbus
Rabin resigns as Labor leader amid bank account scandal
Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin quits as head of the Labor party and halts plans for May elections after Attorney General Barak moves to pursue legal action over Leah Rabin's secret U S bank account. Rabin vows to step aside as caretaker premier while party leadership details are set.
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Allen Alter
Jerusalem
UPI
Yitzhak Rabin
Labor Party
U.S
Middle East
Rabin
Shimon Peres
Middle East Peace
Justice
Haim Zadok
Peres
Aharon Barak
Leah Rabin
United States
Meir Zarmi
Israel
Phillips named Nebraska state chairman of NBA
Kent D. Phillips, elementary schools band instructor for Columbus City Schools, is named Nebraska state chairman of the National Band Association. The NBA, founded in 1960, promotes band excellence and works with the Music Educators National Conference to address band directors’ needs and influence national policy and planning. Phillips will boost NBA membership in Nebraska and represent state band directors at national events.
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Kent D. Phillips
Columbus City
Nebraska
National Band Association
NEA
Music Educators National Conference
Fers
MENCO
Phillips
NBA
Kansas City teachers offered 7 percent average pay raise option
The Kansas City Board of Education unanimously approved next year contracts with a 7 percent average raise, 4 percent across the board plus seniority increments, while the teachers union evaluates the offer amid a 19 day strike. In Milwaukee, a one day strike kept over 90 percent of 110,000 students home as police arrested more than 150 people outside four high schools.
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Kansas City
Milwaukee
Kansas City Board of Education
Milwaukee Teachers Education Association
Them
Odell Resident Dies in Wreck on Nebraska 112
Joseph Bach, 56, of Odell was killed when his pickup camper collided with a car north of Odell on Nebraska 112. Gilbert Mashmeier, 19, also of Odell, was injured after pulling out to pass another vehicle.
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Odell, Neb
UPI
Joseph Bach
Lawsuit over NFO ends in court consent decree
U.S. District Judge William C. Stuart halted the SEC three year suit against the National Farmers Organization based in Corning. The decree ends court ordered financial reports while preserving compliance with federal securities laws. NFO President Oren Lee Staley calls it a victory for the group's survival.
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NFO
SEC
Oren Lee Staley
Carter to unveil anti inflation plan next week
President Carter will reveal a new anti inflation package early next week amid a 1.1 percent wholesale price rise in March. Spokesman Jody Powell defended the $50 tax rebate as non inflationary and warned a GOP proposed permanent tax cut could trigger inflationary pressures next year. Powell said the admin will proceed in a balanced way and noted the stimulus package aims to offset inflation. Carter also addressed water projects, Easter travel to Georgia, drought aid legislation, and Lucey’s appointment as ambassador to Mexico.
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Washington
UPI
Carter
White House
Jody Powell
Powell
GOP
Yitzhak Rabin
Middle East
Calhoun
Jack
Senate
Wisconsin
Patrick Lucey
Mexico
Pleasant Easter Weather Expected Across Nebraska
The forecast calls for fair conditions with 40s tonight and 80s Saturday across Nebraska. A stationary front over central areas is expected to shift east as a warm front. Midday highs were in the 60s and 70s under sunny skies with overnight lows from 33 to 46.
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Nebraska
National Weather Service
Kearney
Valentine
Chadron
North Omaha
Fairbury
Area employment pace on upswing
Active file of jobseekers began to drop during March at the Columbus office of Job Service of Nebraska serving Platte Colfax Butler Polk and Boone Counties. During March 133 employers listed 187 openings with 506 referrals and 135 placed. Daily job samples air at 10 35 a.m. on KTTT and 11 47 a.m. on KJSK. April schedule given for Albion Osceola David City Schuyler offices.
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Columbus
Job Service
Nebraska
Platte
Colfax
Butler, Polk
Boone
KTTT
KJSK
Albion City Hall
Osceola Welfare Office
David City Welfare Office
Schuyler Welfare Office
Lakeview High names 77 on third quarter honor roll
Seventy seven students at Lakeview High School appear on the third quarter honor roll across grade levels. Seniors include high distinction Renee Dreifurst Lori Kapels Joan Nelson Janet Sempek with numerous honor roll and honorable mention recipients listed by name.
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Lakeview High School
Renee Dreifurst
Lori Kapels
Joan Nelson
Janet Sempek
Lynn Blaser
Ann Ekstrand
Arlis Goering
Glenda Plettner
Tammy Runge
Cindy Sharp
Ivy Bakenhus
Margie Carr
Joan Hassebrook
Rick Hellbusch
Shelby Inselman
Renee Jarecki
Carol Lindhorst
Rick Lippert
DeAnn Luedtke
Suzanne Lueschen
Sue Menke
Amy Brunken
Kris Saalfeld
Renee Wilke
DeLoris Behle
Sondra Mohrman
Connie Coan
Robert Effa
Oren Goering
Kathy Lindhorst
Donna Loseke
Debbie Luchsinger
Cindy Schumacher
Sara Brunken
Michelle Schmidt
Glen Wardeman
Michael Bennett
John Ekstrand
Barb Kunneman
Jackie Liebig
Dan Lutjens
Linda Rodehorst
Tim Schumacher
Lori Hennessy
Jim Donoghue
Ned Finch
Pam Kapels
Mike Liebig
Dan Lutyens
Mark Luchsinger
Kathy Norton
Tim Mueller
Joyce Liebler
Cindy Liefken
Kathleen Humlicek
Keith Kallwell
Chuck Kinzer
Lucinda Mueller
Joan Schumacher
Debbie Allington
Lynn Wallingford
John Brucker
Brenda Elsner
Nadine Goering
Linda Jaixen
Shelly James
Susan Janssen
Mark Lambert
Beverly Liebig
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