Nebraska Game and Parks seeks new director for agency
The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission voted to begin a search for a new director to replace ill Willard Barbee whose term ends in April. Chairman Jack Obbink appointed a committee to pursue the qualifications and hire a successor while deferring a $100,000 plan for five regional director posts amid the search.
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Lincoln
Neb
UPI
Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
Willard Barbee
Barbee
Jack Obbink
Don Bridge
Norfolk
Tod Kuntzelman
North Platte
Art Brown
Aho
Buelines
Nebraska Ame and Parks Commission
Nebraska
Airman gets three years probation after shooting incident
Air Force Staff Sgt. Michael Cunningham received three years probation after pleading no contest to malicious destruction of property in a shooting at an Omaha restaurant. No injuries were reported and a .22 rifle was recovered. District Judge John Grant noted possible separate Air Force action including psychiatric testing and a potential discharge but retained jurisdiction for the state case.
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Omaha
UPI
Air Force
Douglas County
Michael L. Cuningham
Cindhera
Wst
John Grant
Cunningham
Grant
Sunningham
Glock elected head of fund
Eugene Glock of Rising City Nebraska was elected president of the American Soybean Association Market Development Fund at the group’s annual winter board meeting in Raleigh North Carolina. The notice includes subscription rates for Columbus Nebraska and surrounding counties and directions for change of address.
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Raleigh
N.C
Eugene “Glock
Rising City
Neb
American Soybean. ‘Association Market Development Fund
Columbus
Platte
Boone
Butler
Colfax
Merrick
Spence
Polk Counties
Nebraska
Columbus Telegram
FBI Hoodwink program failed to pit communists against mafia
The FBI disclosed Project Hoodwink from the 1960s aimed at provoking a clash between the Communist Party USA and the La Cosa Nostra using fake letters and propaganda. After two years and no gains, Hoover approved the plan but it produced no substantial results and was abolished in 1968. The agency released 45 pages of Hoodwink files amid broader Cointelpro disclosures to reporters.
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Washington
UPI
FBI
Communist Party
U.S.A
Project
J. Edgar Hoover
la Cosa Nostra
Hoover
LCN
Worker
Cointelpro
Rosenberg
Hamilton Secret Letter On 1791 Farm Reports Revealed
Agriculture records show Secretary Alexander Hamilton urged farmers to share crop data without revealing his name. He claimed the project had no tax aim, though the Treasury’s data collection raised suspicion of taxation. Estimates from 1791 place Philadelphia area farms at 200 acres valued about 33 000 dollars modern equivalents, with wheat around 90 cents a bushel and corn 40 cents.
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Agriculture Department
John C. Ryan
Treasury
Hamilton
Richard Peters
Continental
Philadelphia
Peters
Pennsylvania
Ashes of aviator returning to U.S.
The widow of Lt Cmdr James L. Buckley says she is not surprised by the return of her husband's ashes from China after he was lost in 1967. The Defense announced the ashes would be sent home as a goodwill gesture during President Ford's visit. Buckley was declared legally dead a year after the loss and his wife notes the gesture may aid full accounting of missing servicemen.
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Don Beman Lincoln
Neb
UPI
U.S. Navy
China
Cmdr
James L. Buckley
Buckley
Iowa
Hanoi
Sioux City
Towa State University
Wayne State College
Tax workshop on year end tax management for farmers
Doug Duey will lead a Dec 15 program at 1 30 p m in the Schuyler Court House Community Room on year end tax management for farmers. Sterling Breuer notes the event covers tax law basics, write offs, and distribution of tax guides. The session is open to all and sponsored by University of Nebraska Extension USDA and Colfax County Extension Service.
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Doug Duey
Extension Farm Management
Schuyler
Sterling Breuer
Colfax County
Demina
University of Nebraska Cooperative Extension Service
USDA
Colfax County Extension Service
New York Liquor Authority Bans Topless Nudity in Dives
The State Liquor Authority announced a statewide ban on topless waitresses and nude dancers in venues serving alcohol. It mandates dancers perform on stages at least six feet from patrons, with Broadway theatres exempt due to entertainment licenses.
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New York
UPI
State Liquor Authority
SLA
Michael the
Authority
Warner says coordination plan for higher education lacks appeal
State Senator Jerome Warner of Waverly warned that the easiest to sell higher education plan is the least effective. He spoke at a Nebraska Wesleyan University gathering of educators and opposed a statewide super board. He urged internal coordination and warned against top‑down mandates.
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Lincoln
Neb
UPI
Jerome Warner
Waverly
Warner
Nebraska Association of Universities and Colleges
Nebraska Wesleyan University
Wood burning stoves rise again amid energy crisis sales boom
Atlanta Stove Works led revival of pot bellied cast iron and coal burners as utility costs surge. The firm, with roots back to the 1890s, reports double digit sales growth and two week shipping, promoting four holer cook stoves and thermostatic models to rural buyers and as backups for urban homes.
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Charles S. Taylor
Atlanta
UPI
America
Atlanta Stove Works
The
Stove Works
Murray Frizzelle
Birmingham
Ala
Georgia
Alabama
Texas
Maryland
Missouri
Indiana
Iowa
California
Oregon
Frizzelle
Hixson
Tenn
Suit filed by two Omaha firms resolved by Iowa court
Polk County District Court Judge Dale Missildine ordered the Iowa Board of Regents to pay Hawkins Construction Co and Korshoj Construction Co a total of 83,887 dollars for costs guaranteed in the 5.1 million Dental Science Building project at the University of Iowa. The judgment affirms an arbitration award via the American Arbitration Association despite the Regents arguing AAA lacked jurisdiction.
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DES Moines
UPI
State Board of Regents
Omaha
Neb
Polk County
Regents
Dale Missildine
Hawkins Construction Co
Korshoj Construction Co
Dental Science
University of Iowa
Missildine
Wi American Arbitration Association
Board of Regents
AAA
Standard Transmission Urged to Save Gas in New Cars
Auto experts say choosing a car with a standard transmission helps save gasoline in the next purchase. The guidance emphasizes efficiency and fuel economy as key factors for buyers.
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Alexander Hamilton
Bernard Brenner
Cient
Secretary of the Treasury
George Washington
U.S
D.B. Warner
University of Nebraska
Phillip Heckman
Boone College of Crete
Red Aak
Mason-Dixon Line
North Carolina
Frizzele
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