Tooley Leads Columbus School Board Ponders Junior High Athletics
The Columbus board elected John Tooley president and Bill Redrow VP after a 30 minute reorganization. A public hearing on junior high athletics drew 50 to 60 attendees as concerns over girls and seventh grade programs surfaced. Contracts for next term depend on conference and school decisions amid budget worries.
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Columbus “Board of Education
Platte College
John Tooley
Bill Redrow
Dr. Miller
Kathy Orr
Redrow
Niewehner-Kersenbrock Library
Bill Grant
Ktlx-Fm
Columbus
Primary filing deadline set for March 12 across state and local seats
The notice outlines March 12 as the deadline to file for primary elections for state and local offices. State candidates file with the Secretary of State in Lincoln while county hopefuls file with the Platte County Election Commissioner in the Courthouse. Major state offices include a U S Senate seat and a district House seat, with several commissions and boards up for election in Columbus and Platte County areas. Public posts include the University of Nebraska Board of Regents, public power boards, natural resource district boards, and the Educational Service Unit board, along with odd numbered state senate districts. The ballot also asks whether to retain Platte County Judge Gerald E. Rouse.
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Destine Ome Coe
Secretary of State
Lincoln
Platte County
Bellwood
Thomas Kennedy
Newman Grove
Gerald E. Rouse
Warfare spreads across Lebanon amid civil clashes
Fighting rages from Beirut to Tripoli and south toward Sidon as Moslem, Palestinian, and Christian militias clash. The toll nears 8,400 dead and 17,880 wounded in nine months of civil war, with Tal Zaatar and Jisr Al Pasha camps cut off from food.
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Beirut
Lebanon
UPI
Tripoli
Sidon
Christian Zgharta
Meshref
Tal Zaatar
Jisr al Pasha
Explosion debris traps five missing at Pathfinder Hotel
In Remont Nebraska York crews search the six story Pathfinder Hotel for five missing people after an explosion and fire left 18 nearby businesses damaged. Debris clearing continued from dawn to sundown as the building was studied for collapse risk.
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Remont
Neb
York
Pleasant winter weather moves through Nebraska
Pleasant winter weather settles in Nebraska as storm centers move east and north. Tonight lows 5 to 15 above, partly cloudy skies. Wednesday highs in the 30s with more clouds and flurries in the south central region. State Patrol notes ice or snow on several routes including U S 6 around Geneva and roads in Valentine Burwell North Platte McCook areas and Panhandle highways.
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Nebraska
Midwest
U.S. 6
Geneva
Valentine
Burwell
Ainsworth
North Platte
McCook
Panhandle
Nebraskans Hope Unicameral Sits Through March 31
Unicameral Speaker Jules Burback of Hartington outlines a tentative closing schedule for Nebraska lawmakers to finish the session by March 31. The plan calls for a one day Washington's Birthday session at 9:30 a.m. and 9 a.m. starts on other days with afternoon sessions at 1:30 p.m. He also expects public hearings to begin in the afternoons.
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Ancoln
Neb
UPI
Jules Burbach
Hartington
Nebri
Washington
Burback
Bill aims to end ESU board member elections in Nebraska
Nebraska state senator Gerald Koch introduced a bill to stop electing Educational Service Unit board members, effective July 1, 1977. Senator Tom Fitzsimmons of Omaha also proposed a bill reducing a 3 percent rate to 1 percent.
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Lincoln, Neb
UPI
Ralston
Gerald Koch
Koch
Tom Fitz
Omaha
Educational hearing on school finance and district growth
About 300 residents of eastern Nebraska attended a legislative hearing at Platte College on secondary education finance and district reorganization. Debates centered on funding via sales and income taxes versus local property taxes and whether city based districts should absorb surrounding areas. Voices favored broader tax bases and equalized opportunities, while opponents urged careful growth and efficiency.
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Nebraska
Platte College Fine Arts Theatre
Frank Lewis
Bellevue
Fred Bellum
Columbus City
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