He Built His Own Little World of Miniature Homes
Nat Nesbitt of Burbank creates a detailed Charles Town miniature village in cardboard and wood, featuring a 6 inch high houses, a replica cathedral, model train, and tiny people. The display includes a fire department, high school, town hall, and a growing herd of dinosaurs and aircraft above it all. Nesbitt built most houses in the 1980s after work setbacks, turning memory into a hands on hobby for grandchildren.
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Natalie Hall
Copley News Service
Los Angeles
Nat Nesbitt
Pennsylvania
Nesbitt
Vilage
Ingrant
St. Nicholas
Evie
St. Mick's
Enon Valley
Ingram
Soe
Charles Town
Charles
Vic
Cologne
Germany
University of Pittsburgh
Ant
Burbank
Attle
Axl
Isis
Robert B. Lee
Ohio River
Nat Nesbill
Calif
Nesbill
Newsprint price spiral called too much too soon
Omaha World-Herald president and American Newspaper Publishers Association leader says newsprint price hikes are abrupt and hard to absorb. He notes prices rising from 175 to around 220 per ton in six to eight months, pressuring rate structures and potentially higher circulation prices. Smaller papers risk worse effects without firm supplier contracts. Washington: F A Daenke resigns as Farhi Credit Administration governor.
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Omaha, Neb
Omaha World Herald
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Ayald Andersen
Andersen
Anderson
Newsprn
Nebraska Penal Complex School Probe Sought by Lawmakers
Lincoln legislators push state education chief Cecil Stanley to investigate the Nebraska Penal Complex school after multiple health safety findings. Senator Roland Luedtke seeks explanations for plummeting inmate enrollment and use of federal funds for education amid internal criticism from teacher Richard Becker and administrator Edith Whiting.
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Lincoln
Neb
Judiciary Committee
State Commissioner of Education
Nebraska Penal Complex
Roland Luedtke
Cecil Stanley
Luedtke
Te Staté Health Department
Stanley
Uedtke
Uilowisljuve
Richard 8. Becker
Penal Complex
Edith Whiting
Becker
Ales.Whiting
Ernest Chambers
Plans approved for Nebraska handicapped education program
The Nebraska State Board of Education approved rules for new special education programs for the handicapped. Education Commissioner Cecil Stanley said revisions will occur after full operation in about three years. The 1472 act funds 90 percent of excess costs while districts find and place eligible children with parental notice and review rights.
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Lincoln
Neb
State Board of Education
Cecil Stanley
Scarlet fever epidemic hits Council Bluffs schools
City health director Robert Carson reports 98 scarlet fever cases in Council Bluffs this year, far above the normal five to six. Most cases are among grades 1 through 6, with several schools affected and weekly counts rising. he urges reporting and cautions parents to limit exposure to curb spread.
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Council Bluffs
Carson
Deputy County Attorney Fired For Talking Too Much
Fremont Nebraska AP reports Texigo County Deputy Attorney Cossett was fired for talking too much and arriving late. County Attorney Gordon Gobel cited irritants beyond tardiness, noting the dismissal unrelated to May GOP primary results. Cossett served since late 1972 and will be replaced by Donald Sixta, a 1973 Creighton Law School graduate.
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Dodge County
Fremont
Nob
Texigo
Gordon Gobel
Gobel
PFA
Cosselt
Gossett
Gabel
Cossett
GOP
Richard Kuhlman
Didge County
Wildlife officers risk life patrolling Everglades
In Everglades Florida wildlife officer Sistrunk discusses deadly hazards of deer poaching suppression. He recalls officers Dan Crowder killed May 3 and Conally Campbell shot, plus Leon Walker dying in a chase. Farmed wildlife units protect 700000 acres with limited manpower.
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Everglades
Fla
Jim Sis
Cellé
Andytown
Sistrunk
Sisdrunk
Earle Frye
Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission
Dan Crowder
Florida
Conally Campbell
Fort Lauderdale
Leon Walker
Columbia County
Sgt. Prank
Big Seven
Geader
Slistrunk
Nebraska Board to rent space for Deaf School satellite
The Nebraska State Board of Education will rent space at the former Hiram Scott College in Scottshlutf to serve as a satellite for the Nebraska School for the Deaf. Pre K through third grade classes will operate in the J G Elliott building. The program starts in October with an expected first year enrollment of about 12 students, rising to as many as 40 by 1974 legislative approval.
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Lincoln
Neb
State Board of Education
Hiram Scott College
Scottshlutf
Nebraska School For the Deaf
J.G. Elliott
Hirst Scott Library
Rebradka
Poe
George Colins
School For the Deaf
George Thompson
Scho
Omaha
Selectwe
Service emblems awarded to NPPD Columbus staff
Two Nebraska Public Power District employees in Columbus, Harvey H. Ayde and Eugene J. Kuta, received 15 year service emblems. Hyde, 44, began as Lincoln engineer in 1955, rose to district engineer in 1962, then community development supervisor at Columbus in 1966 and York district manager in 1968, later becoming district activities director on May 1, 1924 at Kula, chief inspector, started as junior draftsman in 1959 and progressed to draftsman and inspector roles, with current position assumed January 1970.
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Nebraska Public Power District
NPPD
Columbus
Harvey H. Ayde
Eugene J. Kuta
Hyde
Lincoln
York
Kula
Junle
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Columbus Telegram
Nebraska
Washington
F. A. Daenke
The
Farhi Credit Administration
Charles Wolff
Whiting
Wolff
Staunley
Recker
Schol
Hecker
HSC
School For
Dewt
Inbat
Sistruyk
Downtown Bank
Millionaire
First National Bank Anp Trust Company
F.D.T.C
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