Area farmers rally for higher crop prices in Platte County
About 70 to 80 tractors and pickups gathered at Platte County Agricultural Park for a rally demanding 100 percent parity on prices. Speakers included Ralph Glantz and Mike Booth as about 150 farmers and families attended a parade along Highway 30.
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Silver Creek
Stanton
Schuyler
Up Park
Ralph Glantz
Harvard
Mike Booth
Walton
Lanne
Sue
Fedecal
Police check Columbus man in accident
Columbus and Omaha police investigate a potential hit and run fatality near Interstate 680 and Nebraska Highway 53. A Columbus man is linked to a 1975 Oldsmobile 98 at the scene in Omaha and may face charges after officials confer with the Douglas County attorney.
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Columbus
Omaha
Omah
Scott GC. Osburn
Young Osborn
Douglas County Attorney's Office
Strike ends at Behlen Manufacturing Company
A daylong walkout by Amalgamated Sheet Metal Workers Local 300 at Behlen Manufacturing in Columbus ended as workers accepted the company’s Nov 30 offer. Pay raises of 14 to 20 percent in year one, 5 percent in years two and three, plus a Good Friday holiday, set the stage for a contract through Dec 1, 1980. About 506 full time production employees were affected. more than 400 continued at the plant during the strike. No job guarantees exist for returning strikers. injured or displaced workers may be reassigned if needed. Behlen, a major Columbus firm, employs around 850 total.
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Amalgamated Sheet Metal Workers
Afi-Gso
Behlen Manufacturing Company
Sheet Metal Workers’ Union
Behlen
Tom McKinnon
McKingo
Columbus
Aretal
Iran quake death toll nears 550 in South Iran
TEHRAN Iran UPI reports the earthquake near 14 villages in south central Iran has left 545 dead and more than 500 injured with rescue efforts hampered by rain cold weather and poor roads. Hercules aircraft of the Imperial Iranian air force joined other relief planes to deliver supplies as authorities fear months to relocate thousands of homeless.
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Tehran
Iran
UPI
Officials say strike caused little political damage to Carter
UPI report from Washington notes a week after a nationwide farmers strike officials see no major political damage to the Carter administration. Picketing disrupted some highways and markets in scattered regions but no food shortages or violence occurred. Bergland promotes price support messages while officials warn the movement remains limited to a small minority, mainly in wheat belts and the Southeast.
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Bernard Brenner
UPI
Washington
Carter Administration
Midwest
Carter
James Webster
Agriculture Department
Webster
Bob Bergland
Sinke Imevement
Cost of living edges up with groceries and cars in November
The Labor Department estimates a 0.5 percent rise in consumer prices in November ending three months of modest inflation. Fresh fruit prices jumped 6.3 percent annualized, while new car prices rose about 18 percent annualized, adding to higher costs for eggs pork poultry and bakery items. The CPI shows urban four person family costs at 185.4 versus the 1967 baseline, with wage gains keeping pace but shorter hours reducing real income ahead of Christmas.
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Washington
Labor Department
CPL
Sadat rules out Israeli presence in West Bank
Ismailia Egypt President Anwar Sadat said he would not tolerate Israeli presence on the West Bank as part of any peace settlement. He spoke before a second meeting with Israeli Defense Minister Ezer Weizman in Ismailia amid talks on a broad comprehensive settlement and possible Sinai withdrawal.
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Weizman
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Bott
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Aapy
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Sarat Saii
Jerusalem
Thormentum
Menahem
Wolaman
Schuyler Woman Dies In Upstairs Apartment Fire
A Schuyler fire killed 44 year old Misa Madonna McNally in the upstairs apartment of a two unit building at 902 Fort Street Tuesday night. The downstairs residents Edward Bud Stonecek his wife and son escaped unharmed. Fire chief says smoke inhalation likely caused death. investigation ongoing. John Buettner owner. Kucera Rozanek Funeral Home handling arrangements.
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Misa Madonna McNally
Richard Kradl
Edward
Bud" Stonecek
Jeff
Fort Street
Miss McNally
Kexel
John Buettner
Kucera-Rozanek Funeral Home
Duncan student Rose Ann Dush earns high distinction at NU
Scholastic honors go to Rose Ann Dush of Duncan who will receive her University of Nebraska Lincoln degree with high distinction at Thursday’s commencement in the NU Sports Center. The ceremony honors nearly 1,000 graduates, with several earning highest or high distinctions. Dush majored in fashion merchandising and design in the College of Home Economics and plans a career in fashion merchandising.
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Duncan
University of Nebraska- Lincoln
NU Sports Center
Miss Dush
Ben Dush
College of Home Economics
Leroy Svatora
Schuyler
Deborah Nelson
Columbus
Ronald Jewell
Stromsburg
Larry Mank
John Wilson
Clarks
Jerry Kerte
Michie Leaiak
Fullerton
Mark Matousek
Robert Thome
Albion
Kenneth Schrad
Columbia
Gregory Gerald
Gary Abel
William Deyke
Timothy Sutko
Mary Lou Powers
Sliver Creek
Nebraska Weather Outlook Calls For Warming Trend
A large high pressure system moved southeast across the western U S, easing winds and moderating temperatures. Nebraskans can expect sunny skies, midday teens to low 20s, with 40s in the west and 30s to near 40s by Thursday. Winds NW 18 to 25 mph with gusts to 30. Wind chills near 30 below in eastern Nebraska in the morning. Highs Tuesday range 11 to 22, with overnight lows 6 to 16.
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Colorado
Nebraska
Nebraska Panhandle
Valentine
Imperial
Chadron
Norfolk
Rule adopted on disclosures in Nebraska
The Nebraska sunshine commission adopted a rule requiring financial disclosure statements from elected and appointed state officials from the governor to county commissioners. The 1976 Accountability and Disclosure Act, effective July 1, has been debated since its enactment and subsequent renegotiation.
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Tancoln, Neb
UPI
Nebraska ‘Sunshine Commission
Nebraska
Supervisors seek fixes for cold Hall of Justice windows
The Platte County Board of Supervisors learned that windows at the new Hall of Justice fail to keep out winter air. They will ask the architect and prime contractor to investigate. Heating issues across the building are improving, with more changes expected soon. The probation office will move to the former superintendent of schools site. The next regular meeting is scheduled for January.
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Platte County Board of Supervisors
Hall of Justice
Distiit Probation Office
Superintendent of Schools
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