Arrests in snake theft caper tied to Nebraska and Iowa
United Press International reports California authorities arrested Timothy Murray 28 and his wife Donna Mae 24 along with a male juvenile on fugitive warrants related to a snake theft ring involving snakes from Lincoln Zoo and Topeka. The Murrays allegedly traded snakes with a Hermosa Beach dealer who kept six large snakes, including a Burmese python and African Rock Python. The dealer says the snakes were part of a theft from the Lincoln Children’s Zoo. The suspects face extradition and possible charges for receiving stolen property.
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United Press International
California
Omaha
Arei
Zacs
Nebraska
Kansas
Gerald Hanna
San Bernardino County
Fontana
Calif
Timothy M. Murray
Donna Mae
Hanna
Murray
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Bluffs
Iy Hanna
Murrays
Lincoln
Neb
Hermosa Beach
Hara
Lincoln Children's Zoo
Dennis Farrell
Farell
Hey
Omeiy Bluffs
Topeka
Only an Orphan Girl delights Platte Valley crowd
In Frankfort Square the Platte Valley Playhouse staged Only an Orphan Girl directed by Gerald Rouse and Larry Wisehart. Nellie the orphan girl struggles to help the Perkins family keep their farm as villain Arthur Rutherford schemes to seize the property and Nellie's inheritance. Don Hank plays Dick Perkins with vivid shifts from rough to righteous while Douglas Milbourn as Rutherford lingers with underwhelming menace. The cast faces crowd energy, yet the show remains a lively family night with music, singing, and popcorn. The run ends Saturday August 23 at 4pm.
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Platte Valley Playhouse
Mystuc
Ken Bonk
Bonk
Frankfort Square
Henning
Nelms
Nellie
Perkins
Arthur Rutherford
Rutherford
Ganewill
Dick Perkins
Gerald Rouse
Larry Wisehart
Pat Kline
Don Hank
Wnellie
Douglas Milbourn
Milbeuren
Lawrence Tremain
Dawn
Guon
Mia. Perkins
Jeanne Blaser
Ethel Rutherford
Arthur
Linda Charbonneau
Sue Hamling
Bomb wrecks Armagh pub in Northern Ireland
A bomb wrecked a Roman Catholic owned bar in Armagh injuring a score of customers, eight seriously. Witnesses said two teen youths in a maroon car pulled up outside McGleenan's bar, one threw a rock to smash a window and another set off the bomb, destroying the front and showering rubble on patrons.
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Selfast
Northern Ireland
UPL
Armagh
McGleenan
Belfast
Grain prices could swing on crop, export doubts says Schmit
LINCOLN NEB The federal estimate of a 6.86 billion bushel corn crop is high says State Sen Loran Schmit chair of the Agriculture Committee He warns that drought damaged yields and reluctance to sell abroad could cause wild feed grain price fluctuations harming livestock producers in the long run He urges stable prices for grain and feeder livestock to protect farmers and livestockmen alike.
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Lincoln
Neb
Loran Schmit
Bellwood
Schmit
Agriculture Committee
Midwest
Andersons Return from European Educational Tour
Mr and Mrs Jack Anderson recently completed a Nebraska Educational Association trip to Switzerland and neighboring countries They toured Shannon Ireland Zurich and several other cities by rail and boat On the return journey they paused in Bangor Maine before resuming their trip to Nebraska during the weekend of August 15.
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Albion
Jack Anderson
Nebraska Educational Association
Switzerland
Shannon
Ireland
Zurich
Bangkov
Maine
Nebraska
Mayors Back NPPD Leases in Nebraska Cities
Two Nebraska mayors defend electrical distribution system lease deals with Nebraska Public Power District amid criticism from State Senator Richard Lewis. Columbus Mayor Gerber cites 10 percent gross revenue share and power bill discounts as benefits. Scottsbluff Mayor Overman cites thorough study and Council approval as why NPPD should operate the system.
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Nebraska
Columbus
Frederick W. Gerber, Jr
Scoltshlutt
Donald E. Overman
Loup Power District
Lewis
Public Works Committee
Gerber
Scottsbluff
Overman
NFPD
NPFD
NPPD
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