Man crafts miniature world in memory filled village
Nat Nesbitt of Burbank builds Charles Town a tiny Pennsylvania replica featuring miniature houses, a band, a fire hall and a glow lit streetscape. He recalls his cathedral replica, model train, dinosaurs and ships, created as a tribute to family and his own past. The project began in the 1930s after retirement and continues to delight grandchildren.
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Natalie Hall
Los Angeles
Nat Nesbitt
Pennsylvania
Soe
Nesbitt
Ingram
St. Nicholas
Erie
Vakesbitt
St. Nick's
Enon Valley
Charles
Tresbill
Motte
Cologne
Germany
Allegheny County
University of Pittsburgh
Uy IE
Noshith
Burbank
Verbitt
Charles Town
Neshill
Vin
Daimeng
Hubert E. Lee
Ghig River
Burbank, Calié
Nebraska Penal Complex school under probe by legislature
Lincoln Nebraska lawmakers prepare a probe into Penal Complex education led by Senator HolAnd Luedtke who will ask Education Commissioner Cecil Stanley to review enrollment declines and use of federal funds. Dissatisfied staff describe misleadership and ineptitude at the complex with a principal and teachers under pressure as inmate helpers undermine morale.
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Penal Complex
Lincoln
Neb
APS
Nebraska Penal Complex
Holand Luedtke
Cecil Stanley
Luedtke
State Health Department
Luedike
Stanley
Itter School
Richard §. Becker
Edith Whiting
Becker
Whiting
A Taugh
Uso
Ernest Chambers
Taedtke
Charles Wolff
Lincoln Board Approves Special Programs for Handicapped
The Nebraska State Board of Education approved rules for new handicapped education programs created by a 1973 act. Education Commissioner Cecil Stanley said regulations will be revised after full operation in about three years. State funds cover 30 percent of costs above regular pupil costs. districts oversee identifying eligible children, testing, and placement with parental review if placement is disputed.
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Lincoln
Neb
State Board of Education
Cecil Stanley
Scarlet fever epidemic hits Council Bluffs students
Council Bluffs reports 98 scarlet fever cases this year, far above the usual five or six. Health director Robert Carson says most cases are among first to third graders in two or three schools. Week ending May 27 saw nine cases, last week 12. parents urged to limit exposure and physicians asked to report confirmed cases.
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Bluffs
Council Bluffs
City
Robert Carson
Carson
Deputy Dodge County Attorney Fired For Talking Too Much
FREMons Neb AP deputy Dodge County Attorney was dismissed for talking too much. Gouverneur Gobel said Gossett J r A was fired after arriving late and creating friction, though the main reason was irritation. Gossett will be replaced by Donald Sixta, a 1973 Creighton Law School graduate and former Public Defender intern.
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Fremons
Neb
Dodge County
Alty
Gordan Tinkel
Cobel
J’. A. Gossett
Gossett
Gobel
Jale
GOP
aAtty
Richard Kuhlman
Atty
Creighton Law School
Donald Sixta
Sixta
Public Defender's Attice
Canaha
Newsprint price spiral touted as too much too soon
Harold Andersen president of the Omaha World Herald and chairman of the American Newspaper Publishers Association says the newsprint price increases are frequent and large, with many prices rising to 1733 or 220 a ton in six to eight months. He warns papers may raise circulation prices and face a down cycle if advertisers react adversely, while small papers without firm contracts face shortages. Washington AP: E S Jaenke resigns as Farm Credit Administration head.
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Omaha, Noh
Omaha World Herald
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Harold Andersen
Andersen
Anderson
Wildlife officers face hazardous work in Florida Everglades
Wildlife officer Sistrunk and seven peers patrol 700000 acres of the Everglades facing growing gun violence from poachers. Director Earle Frye notes a nationwide rise in violence against wildlife law enforcement as officers contend with limited staff and vast protected areas.
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The
Everglades
Fla. Fap
Jim Sisrunk
Cemie
Andyloan
Sistrunk
Earle Frye
Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission
Sme
Geer
Dan Crowder
Florida
Conally Campbell
Fort Lauderdale
Leon Walser
Columbia County
Someody
Sisterik
Nebraska will rent former HSC building for deaf school
The Nebraska State Board of Education will lease space at the former Hill Scott College in Scottsbluff as a satellite for the Nebraska School for the Deaf, offering Pre K through third grade in the J G Elliott building. Enrollment is expected to reach about a dozen in the first year.
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HSC
School For Deaf
Lincoln
Neb
State Board of Education
Hll Scott College
Scottsbluff
Nebraska School For the Deaf
J.G. Elliott
Hiram Scall
Unversity of
Nebraska
George Colins
School For the Deaf
George Thompson
Finners
Omaha
Service emblems to NPPD employes
Two Nebraska Public Power District employees Columbus, Harvey H. Hyd e and Eugene J. Kuta, received 1 year service emblems. Hyde, 44, began as Lincoln engineer in 1! later becoming district development supervisor Columbus in 1966 then York district manager in 1969 and district activist director here May 1, 1974. Kuta, 45, started as junior draftsman in 1959, advanced to draftsman and inspector, and took a new post in January 1978.
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Nebraska Public Pot District
NPPD
Columbus
Harvey H. Hyde
Eugene J. Kuta
Hyde
Lincoln
Tevilown
York
Drst
Kuta
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Columbus Telegram
Washington
Jaenke
Farm Credit Administration
Downtown Bank
First National Bank and Trust Company
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