Bills Set for Public Hearings in Nebraska Legislatures
Several bills face public hearings this week as committees review tax relief food tax repeal tourism promotion and public welfare measures. Key items include LB33 state aid to schools LB78 LB127 tax funding options LB67 food sales tax repeal LB106 food tax abolition and LB92 state cost of medical assistance for aged blind and disabled. The Judicial Committee also revisits Nebraska Criminal Code revisions and other bills aim to set tax rates and expand park access and workers compensation benefits.
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Sioux City Laughs At City Phone Directory Listing
Sioux City Iowa officials laugh over a weekend phone book update that lists office numbers for Chuckholes Barking Dogs Catch Basin Maintenance and other departments. City manager's aide Linda Harwood says listings help citizens reach departments directly and report concerns with simple calls.
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Berney Earns Certification as Emergency Management Instructor
Albion bills Berney, a Cornhusker Public Power District employee, certified in crash emergency management. He can now teach law enforcement officers and firemen in crash response and disaster handling.
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Sam Ervin Embraces Slower Pace After Watergate
Retired Sen. Sam Ervin now 80 speaks calmly about life after the Watergate hearings. He travels to give speeches, maintains his law practice, and supports stricter political ethics while defending the death penalty as a deterrent.
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Snail Safari Planned After Africa Shell Surprise
Christopher Hudson seeks the world's largest snail weighing 1 pound 4.5 ounces but a bigger shell arrived from Africa. A damaged package from Gee Geronimo’s 13.5 inch shell spurred Hudson to plan a snail safari, noting Gee Geronimo died last November.
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Group admits digging up John Peel grave protest
A UK antihunting group claims responsibility for exhuming the grave of famed hunter John Peel in Caldbeck Cumbria. The bones were dumped in a sewage pit, the gravestone toppled and the grave site masked with a dead fox to protest foxhunting.
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Lincoln Named Greatest President by History Professors
UPI reports Abraham Lincoln was named America's greatest president in a poll of history department chairs from 100 colleges and universities. George Washington, FDR, Theodore Roosevelt, and Jefferson followed. Lyndon Johnson led the next tier with 24 votes, while Nixon received one.
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