Modern pioneer draws California family to Platte County venture
Brad Handy moved with his wife Mary and sons Lance and Shane from southern California to Monroe Nebraska to start Handy Manufacturing Co. He built a 3,000 square foot facility and is adding 4,500 more with plans to expand. The firm sells direct to consumers from a factory outlet, challenging local furniture stores. Nine employees, potential growth to twenty, and strong local support mark early success.
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Bradly
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Anthony Industries
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Nor 22
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Shane
Handy Manufacturing Co
Handy Furniture
Midwest
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Brad Handy
Tax Revenue Up Over 15 Percent In June Gains
Lincoln Nebraska June sales tax cash revenue rose 15.3 percent from June 1975, State Tax Commissioner William Peters said. Income tax growth, after withholding adjustments, stood at about 16.4 percent compared with June 1975.
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Bose
Legionnaires Disease Epidemic Report Declares End
The CDC said the Legionnaires Disease outbreak tied to a Philadelphia convention is over with no new cases since Aug 6. Twenty eight deaths included attendees of the July Legion convention at Bellevue Stratford Hotel and the Aug Eucharistic Congress visitors. Researchers weigh nickel carbonyl as a possible factor while state health officials tie cases to convention attendance and hotel exposure.
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UPI
National Center For Disease Control
Atlanta
Bellevue Stratford Hotel
F. William Sunderman, Jr
University of Connecticut Medical Center
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State Health Department
American Legion
Bellevue
Pleasant Friday Weather With Dry Spell in Columbus
Friday brought pleasant 80 degree highs and cooler air in Columbus amid a continued lack of measurable rainfall. The city has gone 13 days without moisture this month at .97 inches total, with a chance of showers Monday and highs in the 80s. Skies should stay fair into Tuesday and Wednesday with 70s highs and Lows mostly in the 50s.
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Columbus
Airborne note draws response from boy in Nebraska
A stray helium balloon note sent from Columbus Nebraska drew a reply from Mel Book a dairy farmer from Portsmouth Iowa about 110 miles away. He found the balloons on a fence and wrote back to Dale Reinhold expressing pleasure at the connection.
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Dale Reinhold
Columbus
Nebraska
United States of America
Mel Book
Portsmouth
Iowa
Book
Ford and Carter vie over foreign policy experience and fear
United States President Ford says voters prefer a leader with foreign policy experience over Carter. Connally notes fear about Carter’s grasp of foreign policy and defense cuts as Ford, Connally and GOP leaders press campaign strategy at Vail. Mondale criticizes the GOP ticket as anti city while Carter and Mondale plan to push jobs, inflation, and urban issues ahead of debates.
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Ford
Jimmy Carter
John Connally
Carter
Vail
Colo
Connally
Robert Dole
Rockefeller
Stuart Spencer
Ford Californian
Persnally
Ronald Reagan
Sen
Walter Mondale
Syracuse
N.Y
Mondale
Roads meeting here September 20
Nebraskans will attend seven public highway information meetings to hear about ways roads and streets. Columbus hosts the first session at 7:30 p.m. with Highway Commission and Department of Roads officials explaining current highway construction plans and answering questions.
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Highway Commission
Department of Roads
Highway District
Colum
Lincoln retailer warns downtowns breed complacency
Miller & Paine president John Campbell warned Lincoln businessmen that strong downtowns create a false sense of security and mask decay. He cited five handicaps: splintered property, costly downtown land, out of date parcels, climate disadvantages, and tax-base gaps. A proposed solution is uniting property owners to form a development corporation to preserve viable downtown shopping.
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