Farmers expand corn acreage by six percent in 1976 outlook
The Agriculture Department reports corn plantings up 6.0 percent to 82.7 million acres for 1976, aiming for a second straight record crop. Soybeans fall 9.6 percent to 49.3 million acres, while total grains across livestock feeds rise 3 percent to 126.5 million acres. Cotton up 16.2 percent, durum down 2.4 percent, and other spring wheat up 16.5 percent.
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Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
Lerten Department
Earl L. Dick James
Platte County
ASCS
Secretary of Agriculture
Nebraska farmers plan higher corn sorghum oats barley acres
Nebraska farmers on April 1 intended to plant more corn 6.9 million acres sorghum 2.2 million oats 700 000 barley notably up while soybeans 1 million acres down 20 percent and dry beans sugar beets and hay also lower with potatoes down 11 percent and hay down 50 000 acres.
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Lincoln, Neb
Judge Seals Media Ban In Nebraska City Murder Hearing
Otoe County Judge Eugene Atkinson barred news media and the public from a preliminary hearing for Thomas Cole 19 of Nebraska City on a first degree murder charge for the March 31 stabbing death of Mrs. Robert Roettger. Cole waived the hearing and was bound over to district court with arraignment to be scheduled.
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Nebraska City
Neb
UPI
Otoe County
Eugene Atkinson
Thomas Cole
Cole
Atkinson
Robert Roettger
John Horan
Erwin Charles Simants
Horan
William Davis
John Hoagland
Omaha
Omaha World Herald
Aquinas Students Impress At Latin Convention Creighton
Thirty Aquinas High School students attended Creighton University for the Latin Convention and earned multiple ribbons. Winners include Pat Byers first in mythology Theresa Homan first in vocabulary Karen Polak second in vocabulary David Krenk third in derivatives Susan Vrbka second in English oratory Tami Docekal and Pat Homan first in 2-d art Colleenulka third in bronze etching John Roch won costume contest with a Roman soldier Colleenulka won bronze etching Pegasus. Jeanette Berucha noted as editor for the 1977 national wheat allotment coverage.
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David City
Aquinas High School
Creighton University
Pat Byers
Theresa Homan
Karen Polak
David Krenk
Susan Vrbka
Tami Docekal
Pat Homan
Kiwanis Dinner Guests Rev Lester Anderson Speaker
The Rev. Lester Anderson pastor of United Methodist Churches in Loretto and Albion spoke at the Albion Kiwanis dinner. He also serves as chairman for Boone and Nance counties for the Valley Hope alcohol treatment center in O Neill. Later, members held a work party at the Kiwanis park in Albion.
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Ablion
Lester Anderson
United Methodist Churches
Loretto
Albion
Boone and
Nance
Valley Hope
O'Neill
Albion, Kiwanis
Kiwanis Park
Krenk Interns With Thone On Washington Visit
In Washington, four interns joined Thone staff April 4 for a city tour and dinner at the Thone home. They toured the Capitol Library of Congress and Hirschhorn Museum, met Nebraskan officials and Representatives Rhodes Brooks Hungate, and discussed trade and education topics before presenting research conclusions to Thone at week’s end.
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David City
David
Washington
Thone
Capitol
Library of Congress
Nebraska
Hirschorn Art Museum
Virginia Trotter
Asistant
John Rhodes
House
Jack Brooks
William Hungate
Calyton Yeutter
State Department
Rhodesia
FHA Chapters to Meet Jointly in Genoa
Albion and St Edward Future Homemakers of America will join Genoa and possibly Fullerton for an April 20 meeting at Genoa High School at 7 30 p m The program includes recreation a rap session a Genoa skit and lunch.
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Albion
St. Edward
Homemakers of America
Genoa
Fullerton
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Kiwanis Club
Krenk
FHA
Tooleys
The
Savers
Ariens
Carl A. Anderson
Avene
Brach's
Jesse Ye
Ultra
ARKI
U.S. 30 Center
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