National Legion Auxiliary leaders visit Columbus for Mid-Year Conference
National president Mrs. Norma Brown and Auxiliary head, with Commander Rogers of Kennebunk Maine, will address the Nebraska American Legion Mid-Year Conference in Columbus. Speakers include Congressman Charles Thone and state officials as the 500 attendees gather for two days of programs and discussions.
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Charles Thone
Nebraska
Bill the
Department (State) Executive Committee
Francis Legion Auxiliary
Ruby Paul
Omaha
Columbus
American Legion
Ernst to head Platte County Board in new term
Reinhold Ernst of Duncan elected six year chairman as the Platte County Board reorganizes for the new year. He aimed to accelerate the Hall of Justice and jail complex project and improve the county highway system. He planned to form committees and carry out new term duties with fellow board members.
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Platte
LincolnNebraska Unicameral Rules Change Fails in Tie
Legislation aimed at forcing a longer workday for lawmakers failed 22 to 22 in Lincoln Nebraska. Sen. Roland Luedtke said he would seek to implement the intent despite the defeat. More than 100 bills were introduced after the vote, including measures from Sen. Ernest Chambers to expand Omaha City Council and redraw districts, a tax on food repeal bill, and a death penalty repeal proposal.
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Lincoln
Neb
UPI
Sen
Roland Luedtke
Unicamera
Omaha
Ernest Chambers
Two area youths killed in separate accidents
Albion youth Timothy A. Hageman, 18, died in Central City hospital after his car was struck by a Union Pacific freight train Monday. Silver Creek resident Dwaine Spike, 22, died in Lincoln hospital nine hours later after a head on collision east of Palmyra on Nebraska 2. Funeral for Spike set in Columbus. Hageman's rites pending.
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Palmyra
Timothy A. Hageman
Central City
Union Pacific
Hageman
Dwaine Spike
Lincoln
Nebraska 2
Partly cloudy and warmer Nebraska forecast
Partly cloudy to cloudy skies and warmer temperatures prevailed across Nebraska today as moist air moved through the area. The forecast called for partly cloudy skies tonight with lows from zero to 10 above and Friday highs in the mid 30s west to mid 20s northeast.
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United Press International
Nebraska
Idaho
Carter victory made official by electoral college
The electoral college certified Carter as President and Mondale as Vice President. Nelson Rockefeller announced the tally in a joint session, confirming Carter 297 votes, Ford 240, Reagan 1 from Washington.
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UPI
Jimmy Carter
Walter Mondale
Nelson Rockefeller
Congress
Carter
Gerald R. Ford
District of Columbia
Ford
Ronald Reagan
State of Washington
Buddy the White German Pup Returns Home After Missing
Buddy owned by the Kroeger family disappeared December 28 two miles east of Schuyler during a hunt. After neighbors, radio pleas, and a weekend air search, Buddy was found tired but safe in a culvert by workers west of the home and returned by a Schuyler base station.
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Buddy
Kroeger
Kroegers
Lawrence Bayer
Bill Peterson
Kenny Buresh
Ford weighs Puerto Rico status after yearlong study
White House aide Ron Nessen said the Ford administration studied Puerto Rico's status for 14 months before the President endorsed statehood on New Year's Eve. The advisory panel had proposed a free associated state, or compact state, with 3 million residents.
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UPI
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Ford Administration
Puerto Rico
Ron Nessen
Ford
Nessen
Congress
Nelsen
Office of Management and Budget
Domestic Council
Hospital addition work underway at Boone County Health Center
Albion Central Contracting Corp of Kearney has started the first of three additions to Boone County Community Hospital. The north side will house a new entry and admin offices, with later work on the northeast end adding four patient rooms and on the west end expanding emergency exam and lab spaces. Foreman Neil Keller says about 20 workers will be employed at peak this spring and normal hospital operations will not be disrupted.
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ALBION—Central _Contracting Corp
Kearney
Boone County Community Hospital
Neil Keller
Record heat and cold sweep wide across states
The top National Weather Service reading outside Alaska and Hawaii reached 76 degrees at North Miami Beach Florida while Butte Montana registered a frigid low of minus 17.
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UPI
National Weather Service
Alaska
Hawaii
North Miami Beach
Fla
Butte, Mont
Council to make offer for new reservoir site
Columbus council agreed to offer 5000 for a one acre site on the south bank of Lake Babcock for a new water reservoir. If rejected, condemnation may begin. Council also rejected remodeling bids for the new city hall and approved using the former city auditorium for fire training and storage.
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Stan Linhurst
Columbus
Fire Department
City Auditorium
14Th Street
Lake Babcock
North 33Rd Avenue
Lloyd Castner
Jerry Norris
Castner
33Rd Avenue
Loup
Roth Construction
Wilson Construction
David City
NPPD
City Hall
Roth
Wilson
Public Finance and Property Committee
Columbus Community Hospital
Clarence Cory
Fire
Carter backs Curtis for DNC chair in Democratic shift
President-elect Jimmy Carter urges the Democratic National Committee to appoint former Maine Gov. Kenneth Curtis as chairman. Carter says Curtis shares his belief in a party that serves average Americans and not just politics. Curtis, 45, led Maine for two terms from 1967 and was an early Carter supporter.
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Ken Curtis
Curtis
Maine
Carter
Sidney Harman
New York
Juanita
Nebraska Senators Dworak and Schmit Named Committee Chairs
State Senators Donald Dworak and Loran Schmit were named standing committee chairs by the Nebraska Legislature’s Committee on Committees. Schmit will chair Agriculture and Environment. Dworak will chair Miscellaneous Subjects, and both take on additional committee roles.
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Donald Dworak
Columbus
Loran Schmit
Bellwood
Nebraska
Sen. Schmit
Agriculture and Environment
Sen
Dworak
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