Nebraska weather runs from 50s to 80s with chance of storms
A cold front spans Nebraska from Norfolk to Grand Island bringing wide temperature swings. Readings midday ranged from upper 60s to upper 70s, with highs 50s to 80s across the state and wind 10 to 15 mph. Fire danger remains very high with humidity 25 to 35 percent.
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United Press International
Nebraska
Norfolk
Grand Island
Chadron
Omaha
McCook
Beatrice
Sidney
Rogers girl named Pla-Co Pork Queen for 1976
Lana Kuzel of Rogers crowned Pla-Co Pork Queen for 1976 at Johnnie's Cafe Schuyler. The senior at Schuyler Central High School is NHS and Science and Math Club member and Betty Crocker Family Leader of Tomorrow winner. First runner up Laurel Wach a Dodge, second Karen Klug Columbus. Lana to vie for State Pork Queen.
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Pla-Co
Lana Kuzel
Rogers
Sylvia Janssen
Johnnie's Cafe
Schuyler
Lana
Joseph C. Kuzel
Schuyler Central High School
National Honor Society
Science and Math Club
Betty Crocker
Tomorrow Ward
Laurel /acha
Dodge
Karen Klug
Columbus
North
Swedish women learn first hand about Nebraska farm operations
Korina Green and Eva Rosendahl, Sweden, arrive on six month work experience abroad placements near Platte Center to work as hired hands on Glenn Goering and Irvin Mueller farms. They vaccinate sheep, handle field tasks, and plan to farm in Sweden after the program. They compare Sweden’s smaller, irregular fields and rockless Nebraska soil with broader crop varieties and equipment.
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Stan Linhorst
Sweden
U.S
Mueller
Goering
Goerings
Eugene
FFA
Platte Center
Korina
Eva
Nebraska
Korina Green
Eva Rosendahl
FCC eases path for CB radio licenses
The FCC announced a system of temporary licenses for Citizens Band radio creating faster access for users. The move follows reports that First Lady Betty Ford received a license quickly, prompting criticism from CB enthusiasts worried they face delays.
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Washington
UPI
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Betty Ford
Michael McCormack
American Citizen Band Radio
Tax relief for storm victims in Nebraska counties
The IRS, via Everett Loury, announces tax relief for residents in listed Nebraska disaster counties. Casualty losses from the ice storm and high winds may be claimed on 1975 returns or current filings, with amended 1975 returns using Form 1120X. The rule covers business and personal losses, with non business losses limited to the excess over 100 dollars per casualty.
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Everett Loury
Internal Revenue Service
Nebraska
Adams Butler
Clary
Fillmore
Gage
Hall
Hamilton
Jefferson
Nuckolls
Platte
Polk
Saline
Seward
Thayer
Webster
York
IRS
Loury
Laury
Platte College announces Chorale Cantari auditions and summer schedule
Auditions for Platte College Chorale and Cantari set for 4 30 p m April 28 with no solo required for singers. Music director John Putnam will send audition music after contact. Summer classes run July 1 to August 5 1976 with 32 courses plus seminars and internships. Registration runs through June 18 with student services handling details.
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Platte College Chorale
Platte
John Putnam
Putnam
Platte College
Platte Technical Community College
Partial costs for Hearst case total 219226 dollars
UPI reports partial costs for overtime witnesses and jurors in the Patricia Hearst bank robbery trial totaled 219 226 dollars. The figures exclude regular marshals and U S attorneys salaries and other non submitted costs, and were sent to the San Francisco federal court clerk by a financial management official in Washington.
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San Francisco
UPI
Patricia Hearst
U.S
Washington
Hijackers free hostages granted asylum in Libya
Filipino Muslim rebels released 12 PAL executives and crew members in Libya after an eight day hijack. The hijackers, who demanded asylum, were granted it for humanitarian reasons as Libya said no ransom was paid and the plane headed to Rome for rest before returning toward Manila.
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Libya
United Press International
Philippine Air Lines
Manila
PAL
Rome
Benigno Toda Jr
Muammar Khaddafy Toda
Toda
Bangkok
Benghazi
Softball To Jumpstart Columbus Summer Play
Thirty nine teams will compete in Columbus summer softball with eight fast pitch teams starting May 10 and sixteen slow pitch plus a girls league beginning May 17. Other items include park use, tournament dates in May and July, pool staff raises, and a stadium seating bid of 2169 dollars.
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Columbus
Board of Park and Recreational Commissioners
Girls Loop
Mimick Construction
Gerrard, Armory and
Ponyfields
Hearst undergoes surgery and misses Los Angeles court
Patricia Hearst, 22, underwent surgery for a collapsed lung and was hospitalized at Sequoia Hospital in Redwood City with heavy security. Officials said she was in stable condition and the prognosis is good as she missed a Los Angeles courtroom confrontation with her former Symbionese Liberation Army captors. In Nebraska, a new concrete block wall at the Lockwood Corp. plant addition collapsed injuring seven workers.
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Redwood City
Calif
UPI
Patricia Hearst
Los Angeles
Sequoia Hospital
San Mateo County
Gering, Neb
Lockwood Corp
Democratic Candidates Skip Speech Over Picket Line
Three leading Democrats Carter Jackson Udall refused to cross a picket outside the American Society of Newspaper Editors in Washington as NBC technicians walked out. They opted for telephone interviews amplified to the convention after the editors declined nonstriking crews.
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United Press International
Jimmy Carter
Henry Jackson
Morris Udall
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Washington
NBC
Nebraska 30 day outlook calls for cooler temps and wetter trend
The mid April to mid May forecast shows below normal temperatures and above normal precipitation for Nebraska. Normal highs progress from the lower 60s in mid April to the lower 70s by mid May, with lows ranging from the lower 30s in the west to near 40 in the east.
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United Press International
Nebraska
Nebraska VOSH team aids eye care in Honduras mission
Dr Charles Gray of Columbus joined Nebraska volunteers in a week long VOSH mission to Honduras. Four Nebraskans examined patients in a small village near Ocotepeque and distributed about 600 of 1000 collected glasses with Lions Clubs aid. The team faced poverty and relied on interpreters while noting glaucoma and other eye conditions.
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Columbus
Charles Gray
Nebraska Vosh
Volunteer
Optometric Services To Humanity
Honduras
Indiana
VCSH
Belice
Santa Rosa
Ocotepeque
Gray
Lions Clubs
Power
Nebraska
Larry Garrett
Gothenburg
Keith Bowen
Alliance
John Butler
Hebron
Lela
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Hearst
King
Mark McClusky
Robert Hopp
Brian Miller
Mark McDowell
Lloyd Castner
van Berg
Stadiums Unlimited
Baseball Park
Lincoln
Neb
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Milan Bish
Northern Natural Gas Co
Northern
Federal Power Commission
Berkeley
Symbionese Liberation Army
William and
Emily Harris
Alameda County
Lowell Jensen
City Hall
Palm Beach, Fla
Palm Beach Towers
New York
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