Fair Program Forenoon Schedule For 4H and FFA Events
Forenoon events include 4H and FFA Market Swine arrival from 7:00 to 11:00 A.M and hog weights, judging at 6:00 for canned fruits vegetables and garden exhibits, beef classes at 11:30, breeding castle and progress beef, and market heifers and steers judging. Afternoon features include 12:00 breeding and progress judging, 12:30 market heifers and championship classes, 1:00 shows and rides, 1:00-4H dog show, 2:00 poultry pigeon rabbit judging then open class entries, 1:40 flower show judging, 2:00-4H bicycle rodeo, evening events include flag lowering, 4-H style show, Dale Thomas shows, Midway rides, and the Grand Ole Opry show at the Grands on Meni Hall and School.
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FFA
Behien
Behlen
Dale T. Thomas
Sweetfield Revue rops show tonight at Platte County Fair
Tonight at the Platte County Fair the Sweetfield Revue provides music for a Tree dance for teens at 8:20 p.m. in front of the grandstand with midway entertainment. Part I of the 4-H Style Revue starts 6:45 p.m. in the upstairs lab room, while 4-H judging runs in beef dairy and sheep. Friday features Grand Ole Opry at 8 p.m. Tammy Overstreet headlines.
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Platte County Fair
Grand Ole Opry
Tammy Overstreet
The
Platte County Agricultural Society
FPC proposes new natural gas source for pipelines
The Federal Power Commission plans a new gas source for major interstate pipelines facing winter curtailments. It requires Texaco to offer gas first to the most strained pipelines and imposes a two year deadline to stop diverting federally owned offshore gas at Port Arthur. The move aims to ease shortages and prevent a repeat of last winter’s gas crisis.
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Washington
UPI
Federal Power Commission
Commission
Texaco
FPC
Port Arthur, Tex
New York Public Service Commission
Coal miners strike widens in West Virginia
United Press International reports a spreading coal miners strike across West Virginia as up to 28 000 bituminous workers are off the job amid health and retirement fund cutbacks. Leaders warn funds face further losses while others note activity in Kentucky Ohio and Pennsylvania after the Johnstown flood damage.
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United Press International
West Virginia
UMW
Washington
Morris Feinseh
The
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
Kentucky
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Johnstown
Arnold Miller
Public may vote on vote assistance in Senate fight
The Senate backed Kennedy's plan to add a tax checkoff for funding Senate elections, allowing $1 from federal taxes to be directed to Senate races. A Republican filibuster persisted into a fourth day as leaders warned a close finish. An amendment to include primaries failed 56 to 37, with mixed party votes signaling uncertain end to the debate.
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Senate
Robert Griffin
Rmick
Kennedy
Charles Percy
Robert Morgan
Dn.c
R. Bennett Johnston
D-La
UNL Responsibility Clarified by Court Ruling
UNL faces a lengthy transition as the Nebraska Supreme Court states the Board of Regents will direct the university while the legislature can steer general fund spending. The ruling limits state control over regent salaries personnel and operations, prompting anticipated shifts in funding, contracts and governance.
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Lincoln
Neb
UPL
University of Nebraska Board of Regents
State Supreme Court
John Gourlay
University
Gourlay
Department of Administrative Services
DAS
Jerome Warner
Waverly
Appropriations Committee
Robert Simmons
Scottbuff
Board of Regents
Warner
Firemen ready as homeless return to scorched Santa Barbara
In Santa Barbara California the vast wildfire left 385 structures burned including 200 homes and 145 other buildings. Firefighters 1100 strong gained control by dawn as winds cooled and ocean air moistened. No deaths reported though over 2,000 residents evacuated. kite sparked the blaze ignited by a cable line, now under investigation.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
UPI
Fli
William Patterson
Patterson
Stanley M. Foden
Stan Hill
Carter aims to ratify Soviet nuclear test pacts
The Carter administration plans Senate ratification of a U S Soviet treaty limiting underground nuclear tests and a companion pact on peaceful nuclear explosions. Warnke testified to back the treaties, outlining earlier talks from Moscow and Geneva and noting new negotiations for a broader ban.
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UPI
Carter
Senate
U.S Soviet
Paw Warnke
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Richard Nixon
Moscow
Ford
United States
U.S
Warnke
House Armed Services
Geneva
Hiroshima
Showers Forecast Over State as Warm Front Passes
Weather note details scattered thundershowers east tonight with partly cloudy skies elsewhere. Beatrice records 89 degrees as warmest spot while scattered showers drop moisture across Scottsbluff Burwell and Chadron.
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United Press International
Nebraska
Mercury
Fairbury
Sileyant Alliance
Ormaha
National Weather Service
Beatrice
Scottsbluff
Burwell
Chadron
GM faces shutdown risk if Congress delays clean air action
GM reports a record $1.1 billion April-June profit but warns production could halt by mid-September if Congress does not ease clean air rules. Chairman Murphy and President Estes say 1978 model rollout begins Aug 4, with plant closures and US production ending soon after if no action. They note strong quarterly sales and earnings but low profit margins per dollar of sales.
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UPI
General Motors Corp
U.S
Thomas A. Murphy
Elliott M. Estes
United States
Carter
Congress
Exxon
American Telephone &Telegraph
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Meni Hall
Sweetfield Revue
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Roys
Real Bell
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Sam Church
UNL
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