Footprints on the ceiling by Arnold Sawislak
A lighthearted column notes odd events that shook belief in a round world. George Willig climbed the World Trade Center. Adm. Rickover steered Carter on a submarine. Maj. Gen. Singlaub faced reassignment. Armand Hammer cites Romania’s coal deal with Island Creek. The author jokes about upside‑down logic.
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Arnold Sawislak Washington
UPI
George Willig
Queens
World Trade Center
New York
Willig
Abraham Beame
Adm
Hyman Rickover
Jimmy Carter
Atlantic
Rickover
Carter
John Singlaub
U.S
Korea
Peninsular
Singlaub
Washington
Pentagon
U.S. Army Forces Command
Armand Hammer
Occidental Petroleum Co
Romania
Buchanan County
Virginia
Occidental Oil
Island Creek Coal Co
Nebraska to raise state income tax for 1977
State Tax Commissioner William E. Peters announced a retroactive increase in the 1977 state income tax rate by one or two points, potentially up to 20 percent of federal liability if overlevy warrants. The sales tax will rise from 3 to 3.5 percent on July 1 to fund a $20 million school aid boost.
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Lincoln, Neb
UPI
William E. Peters
State Board of Equalization
J. James Exon
Peters
Congress
Treasury
Exon
Mother-in-law of singer found dead in Las Vegas home
Pearl Manzie, 57, Barbara McNair’s mother-in-law, was found dead Monday in the same house where McNair’s husband Rick Manzie was shot six months earlier. Police said she had been despondent since her son’s death, an autopsy was ordered, and the death appeared natural. Rick Manzie, 36, was shot in his dressing room December 14 in an unsolved killing linked to Chicago mobsters slain in July 1974.
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Las Vegas
Nev
UPI
Barbara McNair
Miss McNair
Pearl Manzie
Rick Manzie
Chicago
Normandy veterans honored despite foul weather in France
American D day veterans from the 505th Infantry of the 82nd Airborne were guests of honor at ceremonies in St. Mere Eglise France. Bob Murphy a former 18 year old paratrooper and now a Boston attorney missed his Sunday jump due to gusty winds. Tributes were laid at memorials with Angele Levrault remembered as the owner of the house he once landed in.
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St.mere-Eglise
France
UPI
Normandy
Europe
Bob Murphy
Boston
Adolf Hitler
Murphy
505Th Infantry
82Nd Airborne
Angele Levrault
Service to drop formal name for Bergland
The Extension Service will stop using the formal name Robert S. Bergland for Agriculture Secretary Bob Bergland. The bi monthly Extension Service Review lists the secretary as Robert S. Bergland, though he prefers Bob. The agency reports will use the informal name in releases and publications.
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Washington
UPT
Agriculture Department
Extension Service
Agriculture
Bob Bergland
Extension Service Review
Robert S. Berland Bergland
Bob
Ovid Bay
The
Bay
Difference between men and boys price of their toys
Rae Hill explains Replicar kits let buyers build on a Volkswagen chassis. Cars range from 1200 to 5000 dollars and appeal to a wide age range 21 to 50. The phrase The difference between men and boys is the price of their toys is quoted to describe the cars as expensive, fun toys.
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Frank Cook Richardson
Tex
UPI
Rae Hill
Fraser- Nash
Bentley
Hill
Miltenberger Widow Dies at 67 in Nebraska
Mrs. Caroline Miltenberger widow of Maj. Gen. Butler B. Miltenberger died at 67 after a life tied to the Nebraska National Guard postwar rebuilding. Funeral services were set for Wednesday at the Lake Maloney area near North Platte.
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North Platte
Neb
Reception set for Roskens at UNL campus
Lincoln Nebraska June 17 2 p m to 4 30 p m Great Plains Room East Union UNL campus reception for Dr Ronald Roskens university of Nebraska president and Mrs Roskens sponsored by Ag Builders of Nebraska invitations sent to leaders of agricultural and agribusiness groups and IANR staff
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Lincoln, Neb
UPI
Ronald Roskens
University of Nebraska
Roskens
Great Plains
East Union
UNL
Ag Builders of Nebraska
Gilbert Erickson
Ag Builders
Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Rise of superwoman doctors in America
The Journal of the American Medical Association reports more women physicians who are wives and mothers. Dr Marilyn Heins of Wayne State University finds women doctors have grown productive in the last 10 to 20 years while balancing family duties. They work about 90 percent as much as men, with childbearing causing most of the gap.
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Chicago
UPI
Journal of the American Medical Association
Marilyn Heins
Wayne State University of Medicine
Detroit
Heins
Wheat and crops advance as barley and soy plant ahead
Columbus reports crops advancing with over 95 percent headed and 90 plus percent emerged. Corn planting near complete but eastern cutworm damage prompts some replanting. Alfalfa first cutting about 60 percent done. General statewide showers and temperatures up 7 percent to 13 degrees warmer in the Panhandle.
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Panhandle
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