Nebraska urged to conserve energy amid deep winter
Lincoln Nebraska residents face tight fuel supplies as subzero weather looms. Governor Exon's energy coordinator Commissioner William Peters warns of a critical risk if cold continues and urges conservation while assuring no immediate natural gas cuts. No. 1 heating oil reserves are depleted though natural gas remains adequate for most customers.
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Lincoln
Neb
Central Nebraska
Nebraska
Peters
State approves tanker overload to ease energy shortage
Nebraska and other states gain temporary relief as the State Environmental Control Department and State Roads Department lift air standards and highway weight limits for ten days. Tankers may carry about 15 percent more diesel fuel to boost distribution amid severe cold and fuel oil shortages.
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Lincoln, Neb
State Roads Department
Complaint Instructions for Illinois Merchants and Public
Address the complaint to the Attorney General of Illinois in LaSalle Chicago Illinois 60601. Include a copy of the cancelled check front and back. For more information contact Columbus Area Chamber of Commerce at 564.
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Attorney General of
Illinois
LaSalle
Chicago
Columbus Area A
Local Weather Readings and Sun Times Snapshot
Local readings show a Friday high of 7 and a year ago high of 50. Low 30 compared with a previous 7.45 sunrise Sunday and 5.4 sunset Sunday. Monday sunrise 5.43 with sunset at 7.44.
White family man set for Nebraska Supreme Court seat
Judge C Thomas White, born 1928 in Humphrey, will take the oath Tuesday Feb 1 to become the province's youngest Supreme Court justice. The interview traces his early years in Colfax and Greeley counties, military service, Creighton law schooling, and 1965 district bench rise, plus his large Nebraska family and hobbies.
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White
Nebraska
Nebraska Supreme Court
C. Thomas White
John A. White
Margaret (Costello) White
Humphrey
Costellos
Colfax County
Pennsylvania
Greeley County
Creighton University
T.B. Hard
St. Francis High School
Creighton Law School
Columbus
Judge White
Joan (Jiranek) Cooper
Elks Lodge
Knights of Columbus
St. Isidore Church
Michaela
Mikie
Omaha
Thomas
Regis College
Denver
Tom
Thomas White
O’conner
Patrick
Scotus Central High School
Pat
Lincoln
Joan
Bill Cooper
Air Force
Florida
Exon
Platte County
Supreme Court
Miss Conyers Join National Student Study Trip
More than 100 high school student body officers arrive in Washington for a week of study on American democracy. Columbus High School junior Stailenaa Conyers from 963 25th Avenue is among delegates to the 15th annual United States Senate Youth Program co sponsored by the Senate and the Hearst Foundation January 29 to February 5.
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Washington, D.C
American Democratic
Columbus
Stailenaa Hne
Nebraska Student Councils Association
Don Conyers
25Th Avenue
United States Senate
D.C
U.S. Senate
William Randolph Hearst Foundation
Long
Clifford Hansen
Cochairmen
Senate Advisory Committee
Cranston
Delegates Selected for Washington Education Program
The chief educational officer in each state selected delegates for a Washington visit based on ability and leadership. Each will receive a 1500 college scholarship funded by an additional Foundation grant. The students stay at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C.
Nebraska Weather Outlook Sees Warming Trend This Week
The Nebraska extended outlook calls for gradually warmer temperatures from Monday to Wednesday with light rain in the west and light snow in the east. Highs vary from the 30s west to the 20s east Monday, near 50 west and 30 east on Wednesday, while lows rise from near 0–10 Monday to the mid teens and low 20s by Wednesday.
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Nebraska
Rogers weighs run for Nebraska governor in 1978 race
Vance Rogers, 59, longtime Wesleyan University president, will retire June 1 after 20 years and holds news conferences in Lincoln Omaha Grand Island North Platte and Scottsbluff to announce whether he will enter the 1978 Republican primary.
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Lincoln, Neb
UPI
Vance Rogers
Nebraska Oslegan University
Frida
Lincoln
Omaha
Grand Island
North Platte
Pawnee Theater of Columbus Opens Amid Horse Opera Era
A Columbus cinema tale recalls the Pawnee Theater opening in 1926 in the 2400 block of 11th Street as silent films and live organ music defined the era. Patrons include future ushers Jack McEnerney and Mrs. Hildegard Uhlmann, with early operator Ed Ridenour noting sound-on-film and record problems before talking pictures. The venue later faced economic pressure and closed during a downturn, ending Saturday matinees with the lingering magic of cinema.
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Statler Brothers
Strand
Randolph Scott
Roy Rogers
Gene
Happy and
Gene Autry
Hopalong Cassidy
Bill Boyd
Rogers
Roy
Knights of the Sagebrush
Buck Jones
Bob Steele
Tom Tyler
Dick Foran
Rex Bell
Johnny Mack Brown
Tom Mix
Bob Custer
Charles Starrett
Tim McCoy
Jack Holt
Ken Maynard
Noah Beery
Nebraska
Hoot Gibson
Tekumah
Columbus
11Th Street
P.F. Luchsinger
Pawnee
Cremona Orchestra
Cecile B. DeMille
Art Rayfield
Amnelia Podgurski
Paul Peterson
John Flueckinger
Ed Ridenour
Jack McEnerney
26Th Avenue
Hildegard Uhlmann
Luchsinger
the Pawnee
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Mary K. Conyers
Hollywood
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