Royal visit opens with Buckingham warmth at White House
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip arrived at the White House for a two day US stay joined by President Ford and Betty Ford. The ceremony featured Marine Band honors and a balcony greeting as plans for a state dinner and visits to national monuments were announced.
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Washington
UPI
Prince Philip
White House
Philadelphia
United States
Ford
Betty Ford
Seee National Cemetery
Lincoln Memorial
White House South Lawn
Philadephia
Frank L. Rizzo
George III
Fords
Hawaii
New York
James Goslee
Fernery
Betty Sherill
McMillen, Inc
America
Elizabeth
Cold Front Brings Showers and Warm Temperatures
A weak cold front moved into Nebraska from the west bringing showers and mostly cloudy skies. The National Weather Service warns the livestock safety index is in the danger zone in eastern Nebraska while the Panhandle outlook calls for widely scattered thunderstorms tonight and Thursday. Temperatures will reach the 90s with lows in the mid 50s to mid 60s.
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United Press International
Nebraska
National Weather Service
Livestock Safety Index
Two Soviet Cosmonauts Start Space Workday on Soyuz 21
Tass reports Col Boris Volynov and Flight Engineer Lt Col Vitaly Zholobov began their first full day in space aboard Soyuz 21 after an eight hour rest. By noon Moscow time the craft had circled Earth 14 times and operated normally.
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Moscow
UPI
Tass
Boris Volynov
Vitaly Zholobov
Volynov
Central Asia
Salyut
Baikonur
Earth
Moscow Television
Christians and mountain men recapture Chekka in Lebanon fighting
Christian militiamen and thousands of villagers recaptured Chekka after a two day assault against Palestinian and leftist forces. The fighting killed nearly 300 across Lebanon with heavy losses around Beirut and Tal Zaatar. Foreign evacuees dwindled as Red Cross struggled to enter the refugee camp.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Chekka
Tal Zaatar
Southea
Phalangist
International Red Cross
Examiners Stay at Armory Under County Action
Platte County supervisors approve continued use of the National Guard Armory for driver license examiners at 10 dollars a day with a 120 dollar monthly cost covered above 70 by the State Motor Vehicle department. They eye a new site after the Armory raised rates to 60 dollars daily. Progress on the Hall of Justice is reported with a December 15 target.
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National Guard
Platte County Board of Supervisors
State Motor Vehicle Department
Ron Rystrom
Howard Boulevard
Hall of Justice
State Department of Roads
23Rd Street
12Th Avenue
Wilbert Thiele
10Th Avenue
James
Court upholds favorable decision on Fort Calhoun nuclear unit
The Nebraska Supreme Court unanimously rules the Power Review Board acted properly in approving the Fort Calhoun Station Unit No. 2 project. Omaha Public Power District proves by substantial evidence it can meet customer demand by 1986. The Public Power Project argued the plant is unnecessary and costlier than coal.
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Lincoln, Neb
OPPD
Fort Calhoun
Nebraska Public Power Project
Review Board
Supreme Court
Public Power Project
NPPD
Hartman Post 84 selects Cave as commander and new officers
Gil Cave installed as commander of Hartman Post 84 American Legion with Dan Casey as second vice commander Dennis Matson third vice commander Jim Gregorious finance officer and Harry Mielak service officer. New executive board members Jerry Landhamer Francis Shank and board members Leonard Kirchner Darrel Baldwin appointed. Cave previously served on the executive board in 1972 and led a 1975 76 membership drive to a high of 861 affiliated. Cave a World War II Navy submarine repair service veteran, Pacific Theater, also with VFW Post 3704. his son Tom an Air Force Vietnam War veteran is affiliated with the post. Outgoing commander Baldwin noted Columbus won the Mid Winter Conference again this year. This is the first time Columbus has
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Gil Cave
Hartman Post
American Legion
Mander
Dan Casey
Dennis Matson
Jim Gregorious
Harry
Mielak
Jerry Landhamer
Francis Shank
Leonard Kirchner
Darrel Baldwin
Cave
Hartman
VFW
Caves
Tom
Air Force
Post
St. Anthony
Baldwin
Columbus
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Smithsonian Institute
Australia
Victoria
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Bellwood
Clarence Ewert
Shawn Forney
Patrick Ewert
Ed Forney
Olivia Forney
Forney
Russ Forney
Forneys
Telegram
Stan Linhorst
Damascus
The
Red Cross
Eva Stahl
Arab League
Armory
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