Proud may renew fight to block fieldhouse tax plan
Nebraska senator Richard Proud signals renewed efforts this week to defeat a bill raising cigarette taxes to fund a new University of Nebraska fieldhouse. ABe Be Be Carstens amendment redirected part of the revenue to Beatrice State Home construction while Proud argued against earmarking and urged considering other university needs.
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Richard F. Proud
University of Nebraska
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Roland
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Fred Carstens
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Carstens
Beatrice State Home
Bob Devaney
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Earth Week rallies carry nationwide environmental push
United Press International reports Earth Week sweeping the nation with presidential backing and city events. In Philadelphia a large concert drew about 100000 people in Fairmount Park, while traffic disruptions occurred from cars occupying park tracts. NYC hosted street closings and a “Biked For a Better City” event in the Bronx, Cobble Hill Park in Brooklyn charged admission with a rash required, and residents memorialized extinct species with tombstones at the Bronx Zoo. Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, and Virginia suburbs joined services, walks, and litter pickups as communities marked the week with varied activities reflecting environmental concerns.
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Prominent Cuban journalist Sergio Carbo dies at Mercy Hospital
Cuban journalist Sergio Carbo died Sunday at Mercy hospital age 0. He founded and edited Havana weekly La Semana and the daily Prensa Libre, was active as a pamphleteer and member of a group briefly taking over the Cuban government after the fall of Gerardo Machado.
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UPI
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Mercy Hospital
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la Semana
Presna Libre
Penfirquia
Uiverian Congenly
Vietota
Gerardo Machado
Carmen Lombardo Dies at 67 Composer and Bandmate
MIAME UP L composer musician Carmen Lombardo brother of Guy Lombardo died late Saturday at 67. Funeral services to be held in New York on Long Island. Lombardo band frequent vocalist, wrote songs including Hoo fog Sweet Coquette and Seems Like Old Times.
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UPL
Carmen Lombardo
Guy Lombardo
N.Y
Tong Island
Casaraonet
Lombardo
Carmen
Waller Ryan Memorial Service Planned in Malden
Services were scheduled Tuesday for Waller Ryan, 55, retired chairman of the English Department at Malden High School, a radio playwright and author of three mystery novels under the pen name Michael Storm.
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Malden
Mass
UPI
Panera
Waller
Ryan
Malden High School
Michael Storm
Fire damages O'Neill area stores after basement blaze
A Sunday night fire severely damaged the Unasi-to-Coast Store in O'Neill and caused smoke damage to Jensen's Clothing Store. Firefighters battled the blaze for hours, flooding the basement to extinguish flames. Investigators probed the cause amid an immediate damage estimate.
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Unasi-to-Coast
Jensen’s Clothing
Lincoln Woman Killed After Car Strike Near Palmyra
A Lincoln woman, Mrs. Marilia Schaefer, was killed Saturday night near Palmyra when struck by a car driven by George Kissinger, 20, of Douglas. She was with her daughter and a friend when the collision occurred. no ticket or citation was issued to Kissinger.
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Marilia Schaefer
Schaefer
George Kissinger
Douglas
Kissinger
State Education Dept notes fewer pupils in 1969 fall term
Lincoln reports show 302,014 students enrolled October 1, 1969, down 1,84) from last year with 19 percent in non public schools. Births rise slightly, five births up, while overall elementary and secondary enrollment trends upward. Districts drop to 1,478, teachers total 19,552, some rural one room schools remain, and 24,050 expected to graduate.
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UPL
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Evers launches campaign in Mississippi for 1971 governor race
Civil Rights Leader Charles Evers, a black candidate, opened his bid for governor amid a large biracial Loyalist Democrats rally at College Park Auditorium near Jackson State College. He pledged to make Mississippi “the kind of place America should be.” The event signaled a broader push for black candidates in state and county offices, with Henry of Clarksdale nominated for the State House by Loyalist leaders.
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Clarksdale
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Greenville
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Nebraska Huskers football keeps athletic budget in the black
University of Nebraska Athletic Director Bob Devaney reports the Husker football program again funds the department from income sources including ticket sales Big Eight Conference distributions television and radio, booster gifts, and fan contributions. The year ends with a surplus of 86574 dollars after paying all expenses totaling 1487728 dollars from income of 1581085 dollars. No state tax funds are used in the athletics program.
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Optical illusion spurs emergency response in Aylesbury
In Aylesbury England a model airplane caused a ground scare as it spiraled toward the ground. Firefighters arrived with five engines four fire trucks and an ambulance to find Michael Watts inspecting a three foot wingspan radio controlled toy plane damaged after the incident.
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England
UPI
Michael Watts
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Hookah Pipe Described as Water-Filtered U2 Smoking Device
A tobacco pipe with a flexible stem used for smoking U2 passes smoke through water, known as a hookah or nargile.
Chancellor Varner Hospitalized After Bladder Infection
Dorward B. Varner chancellor of the University of Nebraska at Lincoln was hospitalized with a bladder infection at University Hospital after returning from a Washington business trip. Doctors planned treatment and examination for a few days and did not indicate if the condition was a past issue.
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Omaha
UPL
Dorward B. Varmer
University of Nebraska At Lincoln
University Hospital
Varner
Washington
Ac University
IL Wag
Ogden Nash In Critical Condition In Baltimore
Poet Ogden Nash, 62, was admitted March 13 at Union Memorial Hospital for an undisclosed illness. Family asked for no information as Nash deteriorated from fair to critical after Sunday afternoon, with hospital officials not releasing further details. Nash had attended Harvard briefly before rising to fame as a light verse writer.
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UPI
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Ogden Nash
Nash
Union Memoerial Hospital
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Rye
Noy
Harvard
Florida faces 25 year drought parching Everglades
Miami area endures record drought with Everglades drying to ash gray, harming cattle and citrus, risking water for 2.6 million. Wildfires devastate Sawgrass, aerosol smoke chills Miami Beach Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach, while wells drop, salinity rises, and voluntary curtailments are urged. Federal weather officials plan early cloud-seeding trials.
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Stanley M. Brown
Miami
UPI
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Everglades
Miami Beach
Fort Lauderdale
West Palm Beach
Everplades
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Okerehubee
FCC
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Miami Springs
Lanvestead
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Celebration marked divorce with luncheon and car parade
In Detroit Joseph Ray walked out of his office to find friends ready to greet him with ties and a luncheon in a restored 1938 Ford decorated with paper carnations. A cake topped by a plastic groom figure celebrated Puby's recent divorce in a festive, lighthearted gathering.
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Detroit
UPI
Joseph Ray
Twieh
Puby
Dictionary quirks spark a language debate nowKnown
United Press International reports on Webster's Third New International Dictionary and similar works revealing debates over word forms such as one word boyfriend and two word girl Riand as examples. The piece discusses competing dictionaries and language standardization.
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