Heiser Earns National Scholar Athlete Honor
Tom Heiser wingback of the Fiesta Bowl bound Nebraska Cornhuskers is among 11 national scholar athletes honored by the Football Foundation at its Hall of Fame dinner in New York City. Heiser, a pre med student and Columbus High School graduate, joins legends such as Leroy Selmon and Brian Baschnagel among the scholastic awardees. The Platte County Election Commission warns that Friday is the last date to change party affiliation for 1976 candidates with a March 12 filing deadline, requiring re registration within 90 days.
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Tom Heiser
University of Nebraska Cornhuskers
The
Football Foundation
New York City
Columbus
Leroy Selmon
Oklahoma
Brian Baschnagel
Ohio State
John Sciarra
UCLA
Platte County
Shirley Wilken
Britain's most wanted man feared to have escaped trap
Police said Michael Wilson may have slipped from a trap as IRA gunmen holding a middle aged couple hostage in a London living room rejected a new release offer amid tense negotiations.
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London
UPI
Britain
Irish Republican Army
Michael Wilson
IRA
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Holland
Kosch Dies After Two-Vehicle Columbus Wreck
Larry M. Kosch 25 of Countryview Estates Columbus died after a two-vehicle collision northwest of Columbus Sunday night the second fatality after Maurice Christensen Route 3 Columbus who died earlier Kosch died at Behlen Community Hospital after his vehicle struck the rear of Loren J. Sandman 42 who was stopped to make a left turn Sandman was unhurt funeral services for Kosch are pending at McKown Funeral Home.
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Larry M. Kosch
Countryview Estates
Columbus
Maurice Christensen
Kosch
Behlen Community Hospital
Loren J. Sandman
Leonards Trailer Court
Sandman
McKown Funeral Home
Columbus Board weighs junior high sports and budget
Columbus City Schools Board of Education held a straw vote on junior high athletics favoring intramural programs to curb transportation costs while some ninth grade sports may remain interschool. The board also approved extra staff for learning disabilities, reviewed insurance talks, tabled a community newsletter plan, and approved Title IX compliance measures.
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Dick Howe
Columbus
Mark Boettcher
Jerry Frieze
Scott Nelson
Lenny Weythaler
Cornhusker Casualty Company
Frieze
Cornhusker Company
Bellum
Slower Beef Prices Seen as 1976 Outlook Brightens
Agriculture Department economists project lower meat costs after a 22 percent price jump from March to October with beef prices easing since August and high grade grain fed beef rising production. Pork may stay high early 1976 but trend down in the second half as hog output expands. Ranchers who feed calves for beef get a brighter outlook as cattle numbers decline for the first time since 1968.
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Agriculture Department
George Hoffman
Hoffman
United States
Conferees close defense bill with 90.2 billion plan
Senate and House conferees finalize a 90.2 billion defense measure for FY 1976. It ends Grand Forks anti ballistic missile operations while preserving B1 bomber and air launched cruise missile funding. Mahon says final vote expected next week amid calendar shifts adding July to September spending.
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Washington
Upi
House
Senate
Grand Forks
N.C
House Appropriations
George Mahon
Texas
James R. Schlesinger
Mahon
Newman Grove Board Faces Suit Over Book Ban
Nebraska Civil Liberties Union plans to sue the Newman Grove Board of Education for removing and burning the book Jaws from the high school library. The suit, filed on behalf of local parents, alleges a First Amendment violation.
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Newman Grove School Board
Lincoln, Neb
UPI
Nebraska Civil Liberties Union
Ae A
Newman Grove Board of Education
Barb Gaither
Lincoln
Newman Grove
Ms. Gaither
The
American Civil Liberties Union
New York
North Dakota
Starhouse Five
Robert Campbell
Newman
Huerta
United States veto blocks anti Israel Security Council move
The United States vetoed a U N Security Council resolution condemning Israeli air strikes in Lebanon after council members rejected a U S amendment condemning all Middle East violence. Israel praised the veto while lamenting Washington's stance on last week's general debate proposal. The final vote stood 13 to 1 with Costa Rica abstaining. Palestinian sources report about 100 killed in the raids.
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United Press International
Israel
United States
U.N. Security Council
Lebanon
Council
U.N
New York
Middle East
Security Council
Security Council of the
United Nations
Foreign Ministry
U.S
Washington
Daniel Moynihan
Costa Rica
Moynihan
Warm Front Moves Through Nebraska With Mild Temps
An eastward moving warm front dominated Nebraska's weather today bringing partly sunny skies and above normal temperatures. Highs reached into the 50s in western areas with upper 30s in the east and a few light snow flurries reported in extreme eastern Nebraska.
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United Press International
Nebraska
Dakotas
Kansas
North Omaha
Norfolk
Alliance
Chadron
Lincoln
South Dakota
Downward Trend in U S Traffic Fatalities Reported
The National Safety Council notes October U S traffic fatalities at 3,980, an 8 percent drop from October 1974 and 23 percent below October 1973. For ten months in 1975 fatalities total 38,120, up 1 percent from 1974 but 19 percent lower than 1973, with potential to match 1963 lows. Vincent Tofany cites slower speeds and safer habits as key factors.
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Chicago
UPI
National Safety Council
Council
Vincent Tofany
Tofany
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Foundation
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Iowa
Scott Gillogly
U.S. Military Academy
Darryl Jackson
North Carolina State
Kirk Lewis
Michigan
Ralph Jackson
New Mexico State
Richard Lawrence
Mississippi
Ll Stockham
Utah State
Alan Amecha
Wisconsin
Pete Dawkins
Army
Hall
Don Coleman
Michigan State
Averell Daniell
Pittsburgh
Paul Giel
Minnesota
Frank Gifford
Southern California
Chester Gladchuk
Boston College
Gust Zarnas
Alonzo
Jake’’ Gaither
Florida A&m
Treasury
William E. Simon
Senate Finance Committee
Ford
Congress
White House
Beirut
Wartorn Seafront
Columbus Board of Education
Ponders
Duncan
Grove High School
Campbell
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Stanley Johnson
Johnson
J. Conrad Huerta
Mae Las
Daniel P. Moynihan
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