Women voters call for humane correction treatment
Lincoln AP reports the League of Women Voters of Nebraska issued a position statement urging a humane and realistic correctional system. Leaders Margaret Sutherland and Mary Jane Humphrey described reforms including community based alternatives, decriminalization where feasible, pre trial release, juvenile court hearings, strong probation staffing, a central jail standards agency, and removal of payment incentives tied to prison counts. The group aims to start immediate action statewide.
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Lincoln
Neb
League of Women Voters of Nebraska
Margaret Sutherland
Mary Jane Humphrey
League
Wumphrey
Suihterhland
Ste
Nebraska Food Tax Credit Bill Moves Toward Floor Vote
Legislature's Revenue Committee approved a measure to raise Nebraska's food tax credit from 10 to 13 dollars per person, deducted from income tax to offset sales tax on food, with an amendment to end the food sales tax rejected. The panel also killed rival betting tax and other tax-related bills, including a property tax exemption tweak for disabled veterans and a lease value exclusion for personal property.
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Lincoln, Neb
Trevenue
Nebraska
Terry Carpenter
Scottsbluff
Proud to hold news conference Saturday
Lincoln Nebraska AP State Sen Richard Proud of Omaha will hold a news conference at 9 45 am Saturday in the Omaha Press Club to announce his future political plans and tell about his plans to meet with the President After hearing testimony from striking truckers the Legislature voted to go to Washington to tell the President about the truckers problems The President said that he did not want to meet with the entire Legislature but would meet with Proud Proud holds one of the 24 legislative seats that are up for election this year Ife has said that it is not likely that he will run again.
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Lincoln
Neb
Richard Proud
Omaha
Ife
McGregor Donates 701 Acre Farm to Lincoln Foundation
Mr and Mrs Vincan BE McGregor of Gibbon donate a 701 acre farm near Lowell to the Lincoln Foundation. The gift funds scholarships for high school graduates in Ansley Arcadia Comstock Elion Sargent Shelton and I. Grants go to Hastings College Nebraska Wesleyan University and Oral Roberts University and the farm’s annual income is estimated at 15000 to 20000 dollars. The fund supports maintenance of a historic Baptist church in Gibbon.
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Lincoln, Neb
Vincan BE. McGregor
Gibbon
Lowell
Linceln Foundation
Harry Seward
McGregor
Nebraska Central Telephone Company
Lillian
Treaer
Ansley
Arcadia
Comstock
Eion
Sargent
Shelton
Hastings College
Nebraska Wesleyan University
Oral Hoberts University
Lincoln Foundation
Lincoln
Burns Fatal to Bellevue Man in Industrial Accident
John Giles 40 of Bellevue Nebraska died at Brooke Army Medical Center Burns Unit from burns covering 96 percent of his body. He and Gordon Hoberman 19 were working with molten gall at Corema Fou metal recycling plant in Sarpy County when a bubble formed in the liquid and burst spraying them. Hoberman remained in critical condition in an Omaha hospital. The text about an usher and the weasel is unrelated and not included.
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San Antonio
Bellevue
Omaha
Watergate not a top Nebraska 3rd District issue
Six GOP candidates in Nebraska's 3rd District say Watergate will impact national races more than their district. They express support for the President, note Nebraskans tire of Watergate talk, and focus on inflation and the economy as dominant concerns.
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Associated Press
Dave Marlin
Keartley
Nebraska
Wixon
Ard Dis
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Richland
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