Offshore oil rig blowout in North Sea worsens pollution
Phillips Petroleum reports no cap attempt before Tuesday as the Bravo well continues to spew sludge and oil 120 feet high. An American team including Red Adair experts arrives to plan capping while gas leaks and rough seas threaten containment.
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Richard Watterberg
Dakota County leads northeast Nebraska population surge
Dakota County shows a 24.6 percent population increase from 1970 to 1976, the fastest among Nebraska counties, with Stanton Madison and Platte counties also posting gains. The Northeast region reverses 1960s declines as in migration boosts growth, aided by manufacturing growth in Dakota County and Norfolk area expansion in Stanton.
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Madison County
Platte County
Vicki S. Stepp
Sioux City
Iowa
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Lancaster
Norfolk
Columbus
Nance
Wayne
Nance County
Wayne County
Replogle to judge arts festival here
Ray Replogle head of the sculpture program at Wayne State College will judge Platte College seventh annual Fire Arts Festival. The event runs May 1 for three days with about 500 PTCC student artworks displayed, pre judged awards in multiple categories, film screenings, and performances by the college bands choir and theater groups.
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Ray Replogle
Wayne State College
University of Kansas
Wisconsin State University
Superior
Kansas City
Catholic
Kansas University
Midwest
PTCC
U.S. Official Heads Cuba Fishing Talks in Havana
In Havana a high ranking U.S. official joins the second round of fisheries and maritime boundary talks with Cuba. Terence Todman, assistant secretary of state for Inter American Affairs, leads the American delegation, first such senior visit since relations were cut in 1961. Talks focus on a 20 mile fishing zone and overlapping borders in the Florida Straits. The State Department did not disclose Todman’s timing or departure details.
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Florida
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New York Times
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Fla
NBC News
Nebraska Weather Clears Across State With Warm Temps
A high pressure system over western Nebraska brings pleasant weather with clear skies through Thursday night. Lows dip into 30s to 40s, highs reach 60s to 70s across the state, with a possible thunderstorm chance Friday. Night temperatures fall to the 40s, with freezing conditions in northern locales.
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McCook
Scottshlufé
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Norfolk
Valentine
Panhandle
Frnday
First Place Finishes At Lions District Talent Contest
A Columbus area rep captured first in the Lions District Talent Contest held last weekend in Norfolk. Margaret Spenner won the intermediate division and earned a chance to compete in the state contest on June 3 in Fremont. Matt Sojka took second in the senior division with a plane galo, while Elizabeth Gordes and Jodi Miller placed third in the intermediate division with an aerobatic routine. Kristi Kula won first in the elementary division with a violin solo, and Tanya Kinzer placed third in that category for Genoa.
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Norfolk
Margaret Spenner
Yors Sale
Fremont
Matt Sojka
Elizabeth Gordes
Jodi Miller
Kristi Kula
Fullerton
Tanya Kinzer
Genoa
Republicans outline energy stance amid Carter crisis
Republican leaders say they share the view of an energy crisis with President Carter but oppose his tax proposals and have no distinct GOP plan. Rhodes Baker and Brock argue taxes should not fund welfare, and urge production incentives while cautioning against new taxes and mislabeling energy taxes.
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UPI
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House
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Senate
GOP
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Bill Brock
Republican National Committee
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Brock
Local couple's niece named Miss Georgia contender for Miss USA
Miss Linda Kerr of Alpharetta Georgia has been selected Miss Georgia and will compete in the Miss USA pageant broadcast nationally on May 14. She is the niece of Mr and Mrs Wilbert Thiele of Columbus and her father Gene Kerr formerly lived in the Columbus area.
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Alpharetta
Georgia
Miss Kerr
Wilbert Thiele
Columbus
Gene Kerr
Measure to abolish death penalty loses in Nebraska
Lincoln Nebraska politicians clashed as Neligh Senator John DeCamp narrowly killed Ernest Chamber’s bill to abolish Nebraska’s death penalty by a 21 to 22 vote after heated debate. An amendment by Omaha Senator Neil Simon removing good time provisions for first degree murderers guaranteed at least 30 years, prompting justification for reconsideration later.
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Omaha
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Nebraska
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DeCamp
Neil Simon
Simon Cham
Simon
Nebraska Penal Complex
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