Kearney Dentist Dr Gilmore Named NPPD President
Dr. R. M. Gilmore of Kearney elected president of the Nebraska Public Power District board, succeeding James W. Orr. The new lineup includes Robert E. Peterson as first vice president and John R. Brogan as second vice president, with James S. Waddell as secretary and David Duren as treasurer.
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R. M. Gilmore
Kearney
Nebraska Public Power District Board
James W. Orr
North Platte
Robert E. Peterson
Lincoln
John R. Brogan
York
James S. Waddell
Indianola
David Duren
Columbus
Theodore M. Kyster
Jack M. White
Robert Malmstrom
Gilmore
NPPD
Platte Valley Public Power and Irrigation District Board of
Measure would replace Sunshine Initiative in Nebraska reform push
Lincoln Nebraska UPIDesigned to replace the Sunshine Initiative LB987 was introduced in the Unicameral. Sen. Roland Luedtke and Sen. Frank Lewis drafted the bill as a replacement for the initiative backed by the Coalition for Open Government. The measure would expand lobbying rules and require disclosures of volunteer lobbyists and school board finances.
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Lincoln, Neb
UPI
Sen
Roland Luedtke
Lincoln
Luedtke
Frank Lewis
Bellevue
Coalition For Open Government
Unicameral
Coalition
Lewis
Tech college levy ruling upholds constitutionality
A Nebraska judge ruled that a 2.5 mill property tax levy for technical community colleges is constitutional and ordered Sheridan County to transfer funds to Western Technical Community College. Sheridan County and others plan an appeal to the Nebraska Supreme Court amid ongoing collection disputes among 12 counties.
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Rushville
Neb
Sheridan County
Sioux
Dawes
Box Butte
Banner
Kimball
Morrill
Cheyenne
Garden
Devel
Grant
Cherry County
Russell E. Lovell
Scottsbluff
Kissinger delays trade easing over Angola situation
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger told the Senate Finance Committee that U.S. plans to ease trade restrictions on the Soviet Union are postponed due to the Angola crisis. He warned Congress that activity on credit and trade policy should not proceed until the political climate changes. He defended a hard line against Cuban and Soviet intervention and criticized Title VI limits in the 1974 Trade Act for narrowing normalization of trade with communist states.
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Washington
UPI
Henry Kissinger
Soviet Union
Angola
Congress
Moscow
Kissinger
Harry F. Byrd Jr
D-Va
Senate Finance Committee
U.S
United States
Ress
Senate
Executive
Subcommittee On
Angolan factions clash as Soviet forces advance Huambo
In central Angola fighting erupts between pro Western allied forces retreating before Soviet backed troops and a pro Western radio in Huambo goes off air per Tass report. The day includes regional clashes and shifting control amid broader Cold War tensions.
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United Press International
Angola
Huambo
Tass
Aw Shucks Cornhusk Dolls Fascinate Platte Center Students
Platte Center elementary's fifth and sixth graders created corn husk and silk dolls for a Bicentennial project led by Mrs. Dora Nixon and Mrs. Delmer Veik. Students shaped dolls with pins and added personal touches, some features reflecting colonial and cowboy themes.
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Delmer Weik
Telegram
Corn Husk Doll Project
Stan Linhorst
Platte Center
Dora Nixon
Nixon
Delmer Veik
Veik
A & I Extension Club
Weik
House of Yesterday
Vs. Dora Nixon
Weather turns cooler with cloudy skies across Nebraska
Overcast conditions and a fall in temperatures settled over Nebraska as a broad low pressure system stretched from eastern Montana through Wyoming into eastern Colorado. Midday readings ranged from the 30s to upper 40s with highs statewide from 48 at Norfolk to 57 at Beatrice, Valentine, and McCook. Overnight lows fell to the 20s and 30s across cities including Lincoln and Omaha.
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United Press International
Nebraska
Norfolk
Beatrice, Valentine
McCook
Lincoln
Omaha
North Platte
Montana
Wyoming
Nebraska Panhandle
Colorado
Death penalty given to Erwin Simants in six murders
Erwin Charles Simants was sentenced to death in Lincoln County District Court after pleading on six counts of first degree murder. Prosecutor Marvin Holscher urged the sentence as society’s demand, while the defense argued Nebraska's death penalty is unconstitutional and cited a psychotic episode and mental instability. Automatic appeal to the Nebraska Supreme Court follows, with execution unlikely on the scheduled date.
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North Platte
Neb
UPI
Erwin Charles Simants
Lincoln County
Hugh Stuart
Simants
Stuart
Nebraska Electric
Marvin Holscher
Nebraska
Florence Kellie
Henry
Audrey Marie
David
Dianne
Daniel
Nebraska Supreme Court
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D-S.d
McGovern
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