Steen to retire as Nebraska Game Commission chief
UPI reports Mel Steen, 77, will retire Wednesday after 14 years as director of the Nebraska Game Commission. His successor is Willard Barbee, 55, longtime aide and confidant, chosen for diplomatic leadership. They credit Steen with transforming Nebraska’s outdoor recreation image and foresee Barbee continuing development amid ongoing environmental concerns.
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Nebraska Game Commission
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Nebraska
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Federal Fish and Wildlife Service
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Dane County DA candidate makes unusual campaign debut
Edward Ben Elson announced his candidacy for Dane County district attorney in Madison Wisconsin on a Wednesday night. He spoke behind a lectern at a strip tease venue while avoiding media and police presence. After no questions were asked he quipped that he had covered everything.
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Dane County
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Area youth plot downfall of pot
Folk Osceola Stromsburg high schools join for Arbor Day grass plantings along the Blue River to eradicate marijuana plots. Eriksen of the Soil Conservation office will map the county for students as a starting program. Becky Stevens and Janes Wilson leadNebraska youths for a better world and supply grass plugs.
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Stromsburg
Folk
Osceola
Stromsburgigh
Blue River
Dint Eriksen
Soil Conservation Office
Becky Stevens
Polk
Cochairman
Janes Wilson
Nebraska Merit Mother honored at Governor’s Mansion event
Area woman Mrs Joby Kalk and Mr and Mrs Dwight Burney from Polk attended a Mothers Ted at the Governor's Mansion in Lincoln where Mrs Falk was named Nebraska Merit Mother of 1970. They also joined a Capitol ceremony where Governor Norbert Tiemann presented her with a corsage and certificate.
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Joby Kalk
Dwight Burney
Polk
Governor's Mansion
Lincan
Falk
Nebraska
State Capitol
Use of Coconut Palm in Caribbean Life
Palm parts provide resources for roofs decor and housing. Fronds and waxy blossoms are used with meat oil soap and charcoal from shells. The heart flesh and wood supply food and paneling and crafts for gourmets and builders.
Hew orders cutback on government publications
Washington records show Secretary Robert Finch directed Education and Welfare to sharply reduce printed materials. The department produced over 188 million copies across 6,000 files in FY 1969, costing more than $7.2 million. Costs included the Lenape spelling improvement guide at $32,700, and many copies deteriorated in mail and warehoused storage.
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Washington
UPI
Robert IL Finch
Earth, Education and Welfare Department
Finch
USSR Plans Dam on Yenisei River with Largest Power Station
Tass reported Sunday that the Soviet Union will build a dam on the Yenisei River in Siberia, featuring the world’s largest power station. The dam will span six-tenths of a mile and the station is to produce 6.4 million kilowatts per hour when finished.
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Moscow
UPI
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Yenesei
Siberia
Viet Cong disrupts supply lines around Phnom Penh
Viet Cong troops cut Highway 1 supply routes between Phnom Penh and the frontier and mined a rail line south of the capital. Cambodian forces faced heavier foe numbers as sabotage aimed to isolate the capital from eastern and southern provinces. Reports also described Prince Norodom Sihanouk in exile in Peking, abandoned by wife and aides.
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UPI
Phnom Penh
Vietnam
Ane
Norodom Sihanouk
Peking
Europe
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Beeen Phnom Penh
Phnom’ Penh
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Sihan
France
Monique Wen
Switzerland
Norodom
Sihanouk
Peklig
Wildlife Society Rescues 1000 Roads on Busy British Route
The Wildlife Preservation Society said it saved the life of more than 1,000 roads last week by redirecting traffic on a main road where roads were crossing from one spawning pond to another in Stevenage England.
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