Water-Ama 1979 drawn by crowds on Lake North beach
About 2,500 attended the Water-Ama amateur show sponsored by the Columbus Jaycees and Loup Power District on Lake North. Tammy Conyers was crowned Water-Ana Queen with Pete Allen as king. Conyers plans Wayne State College. Judges named skiers, boaters, and beauty contestants. Diana Hexl won water skiing, with Gixrarohl Kiesna as oldest entrant.
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C.N
Pete” Allen
Tammy’ Conyers
Water-Ama
Lake North
Loup Power District
Radio City
Indianapolis
Lake North’s Beach
Columbus Jaycees and
Norfolk Aquaruis
Diodaworski
Jack Hoss
Joe Stavas
Tammy Conyers
O.N
Miss Conyers
Don Conyers
Columbus
Conyers
Colummbus High School
Wayne State College
Allen
Lauri
Platte River
Loup
Jaycees
Nebraska
Ken Callan
Palocker
Pete Allen
Jean Smith
Diana Hexl
1St Goodman
Lire Flethnan
Soy
Graig Marsh
Dim Nye
Gixrarohl O. Kiesna
Norfolk
Tures
Horsepower
Smith
Garrol Ts
Tyegnan
Don Saminn
Kenneth
Sam Taolon
Rive Marsh
Grezorins
Ton Borowiak
North Carolina boy wins All-American Soap Box Derby
Samuel Gupton, 13, from Durham NC, won Akron Ohio 3rd annual All‑American Soap Box Derby with a 27.22 second run in a black racer after over a month of building. Second place went to Charles Poole II of Decatur GA and third to Steve Long of Oroville CA.
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Akron
Charles Poole II
Decatur
Steve Long
Oroville
Catif
Mat. Davis
Zanesville
Ohio
Richard Bulnock
Salisbury
N.C
Wesley Ffanver
Santa Clara
Calif
Gene Silva
Indianapolis
Ind
Jeff ~Schockley
Muncie
James Hicks
High Point N.C
Jim Phillips
Temple
Tex
Lem Means
Warren
US. Navy
Richard F. Cooper
Lloyd Haines
James Drury
Leaf blight at low level in Nebraska says expert
Dr. David Wysong, University of Nebraska extension plant pathologist, reports southern leaf blight remains at very low levels in Nebraska. He notes temperature and moisture govern spread and that wet warm conditions could spark an epidemic, with disease previously sighted as far north as Des Moines Iowa and Terre Haute Indiana.
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Lancoln
UPL
David Wysong
University of Nebraska
South
Nebraska
Wysong
Des Moines
Towa
Terre Haute
Ind
How would it feel to face the chair in isolation
A Mexican American condemned man on four years of death row describes the isolation of a 7 by 11 foot cell, the mind’s handling of constant silence, and the moratorium on executions. He recalls raping and killing a girl, rejects guilt, and fears extended loneliness while awaiting possible appeals and the next court action.
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Tom. Tiede
New York
NEA
Jésus
Colorado
United States
U.S
Supreme Court
Convirl
Death Row
Callan warns on costs driving national health program
ODEL UP I Democratic candidate Clair Callan warned Sunday that medical and hospital expenses are rising toward a national health insurance threshold. He urged training more doctors expanding beds and ensuring fast care or the federal government may take over.
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Odel
UPI
Clair Callan
Ground broken for Brandeis Academy in Santa Susana
Ground was broken Sunday for Brandeis Academy, slated to open in fall 1971 as the nation’s first Jewish high school. Located on the Brandeis Camp Institute grounds in Santa Susana, the four-year college preparatory residential school will base its humanities on Judaism as the core, officials said.
State Department origin traced to 1789 Act of Congress
The Department of Foreign Affairs established by an 1789 Act of Congress evolved into the State Department. It marks the early federal effort to manage foreign affairs and government diplomacy in the new United States.
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Department of Foreign Affairs
Congress
The
State Department
Floods Prompt Interfaith Unity and British Aid in Belfast
In Belfast and across Northern Ireland severe floods and high winds driven by a historic storm bring heavy damage and evacuations. Protestants and Roman Catholics join in a common effort to save lives with British troops and helicopters delivering food, sandbagging homes, and setting up relief, though no serious injuries are reported. Mardi Gras is noted to fall on Shrove Tuesday.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
UPI
Brian Faulkner
Iilish
Belfastr
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McKown Ua
Emma
Callan
Columbus Family
Penneys Jadnays
Penneys
Fleischer Rexall
S&h
13Th St
Ireland
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