Pompano Reared In Tanks At Riviera Beach Florida
Oceanography Mariculture Industries reports a breakthrough in farming pompano in salt water tanks at Riviera Beach Florida. The first harvest is expected this year with a Puerto Rico plant planned, as scientists claim success in rearing salt water fish commercially.
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Pompano
Florida
Leroy Pope
New York
UPI
Fompano Aul
Yesteryear
Adolph Lewson
Lewson
Oceanography Mariculture Industries, Inc
Riviera Beach
S la
Puerto Rico
Nicholas Temple
Navy
United Press International
Temple
Selmtists
Spain
Exon protests federal report on Missouri River sewage plan
Lincoln Nebraska governor J J Exon voiced strong concern over a federal controller general report dated Jan 6 that the Missouri River should be treated as a sewage receptacle with little treatment. Exon urged delaying target dates for Missouri waters and demanded more federal aid while stressing river recreation potential and a planned Omaha Council Bluffs riverfront project.
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Lincoln
Upl
J. J. Eson
Missouri River
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Nebraska
Exon
US. S
Missouri
State “Environmental Control Council
Omaha Council Bluffs
Omaha
First three women enlist in Nebraska Air National Guard
Gov. Exon swore in Chris Sherman Leslie Doughty and Jody Urbauer as the first three women to enlist in the Nebraska Air National Guard without prior military service. The ceremony occurred in the governor’s hearing room and marks a milestone for state service.
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Air National Guard
Lincoln
APL
Nebraska Air National Guard
Wd. Exon
Chris Sherman
Af Linea
Leslie Doughty
Livingston
Mont
Jody Urbauer
Davenport
Neb
State Military Department
Air Guard
Public demands improvements in transportation facilities
Washington report cites Antonina Uccello, new transportation department consumer affairs director, endorsing robust public transit funding and hearings. She criticizes rail and bus service for neglecting riders, notes potential trillion-dollar costs, and urges government or private action to improve transit accessibility and safety for all, including students and the elderly.
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Marguerite Davis Washington
UPI
Transportation Department
Hartford
Miss Uccello
Conn
Volpe
University of Tennessee
Altoona
Long haul for woman. 70 earns high school diploma
Eleanor McRae, 70, completes 16 years of enrollment in San Francisco adult schools to receive her high school diploma at the John Adams adult graduation. She plans further study in music and sewing courses after the ceremony. The report notes her perseverance and plans.
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San Francisco
UPI
Eleanor McRae
Foster parents defy retirement stigma in small town
Jim and Vivian Damon, foster parents in Gilman population 400, faced state welfare pressure after eight years of caring for Skippy, an 18 month old taken from them as he aged. A Vermont judge ordered Skippy remain with his only known parents until final hearings, while neighbors and clergy condemn state interference and demand clarity.
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Tom Tiede
Gilman
Jim
Vivian
Damon
State Department of
Ial Welfare
Department of Social Welfare
Skippy
Dasrem
Hin
Montpelier
Jamen Lundin
Damons
Tanald
Dammis
Skinny
Bee
Vermont
State Department of Social Welfare
Jin
Ogallala council amends electrical deal with NPPD
Ogallala City Council approved an amended electrical distribution lease with Nebraska Public Power District. Ogallala will own the system while NPPD leases and operates it, pays 10 percent of adjusted gross revenue, and provides a one third electricity discount to the city and schools. The city projects more than 2.6 million dollars in lease and tax payments plus discounts over five years.
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T. Eb, Legate
NPPD
Ogallala
Dispute settled Chamizal border between Mexico and US
The century-old Chamizal border dispute ended with El Paso Rio Grande shifts, and the portion of land south of the river returned to Mexico in formal ceremonies on Oct 28, 1967. El Chamizal means thicket in Spanish.
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Mexico
United States
Rio Grande River
el Paso
el Chamizal
Magnuson rails at government over aid to hungry in Seattle
Sen. Warren Magnuson blasted the U.S. government over delaying surplus food and did not fault Seattle or its sister city for sending aid. After his critique, USDA Secretary Butz ordered a dual food stamp and commodities distribution in three western Washington counties, ending a court challenge by legal services. Local officials fear appeals, but Washington adopts a flexible hunger program amid 12 percent unemployment.
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Seattle
Wash
Japan
Sen. Warren
G. Magnuson
D-Wash
Puget Sound
Department of Agriculture
Tacoma
Evereth
Department
Secretary of Agricultura
Berl ' Butz
Neington
U.S. District Court
Witliam Beeks
Agriculture Department
Washington
Mary
Lat Everson
Nebraska bill on death benefits faces industry opposition
Lincoln UPI reports the Nebraska Association of Commerce and Industry opposed LB1265, a bill by Sen. Fred Carstens to clarify death benefits under the compensation act. A proposed lump sum for two years if a widow remarries drew Holmberg’s ire as an attempt to legislate morals. The committee also heard LB257 mandating licensed plumbers for water hookups in Omaha, with mobile courts seeking an exemption from the bill.
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Lincoln
UPI
Nebraska Association of Commerce and Industry
Fred Carstens
Beatrice
James Holmberg
Columbus
Commerce and Industry Group
Eugene Mahoney
Omaha
Nebraska Mobile Housing Institute
Texas law allows 200 gallons home wine per family
Austin reports a new Texas statute lets households produce up to 200 gallons of wine annually for family use without a winery permit. Law also permits making wine at home from dandelions grapes talsles or fruit juices as part of the home production rule.
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Austin, Tex
Texas
Doane College President unhappy with AG ruling on tuition grant bill
Dr. Philip Heckman of Doane College voiced disappointment at attorney general Clarence Meyer’s ruling that LB 7, a proposed tuition grant measure for independent colleges, is unconstitutional. He argued the opinion reflects personal views and urged the Legislature’s Education Committee to move the bill to a full vote, noting the bill would provide grants to needy students attending Nebraska’s 10 accredited independent colleges.
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Heckman
Iran
State Supreme Court
Hackman
Nebraska
Roland ‘Luedtke
Lincoln
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Lake City
Edward Melbourne
Bernard
Linansue
Dennis A. Johnnson
Misa Uecella
Olive Tee
Nebraskaland Allied Agency
Joe Finn
Jaycee OF the
Joe
Nebraskaland
Sen
Magnuson
United States Senate
Holmberg
Unis
Loup Power
Equip
Platte County
Lennox Ol
District Court
Township
North Range
Vernon Goldeken
Platte Center
Buss Auction & Realty Company
Henry Buss
August Runge Jr
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