Withholding State Aid Over Tax Equalization Proposed
Lincoln senator Gerald Koch explores 1977 unicameral legislation to create a special commission with power to withhold state aid from counties that fail to equalize tax valuations with neighboring counties. Nebraska counties push higher valuations to improve cross county equity amid school funding concerns.
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Lincoln
Neb
UPI
Gerald Koch
Ralston
Arnold Ruhnke
Nebraska County Officials Association
Nebraska
Ruhnke
Koch
Ruhkne
William Peters
State Board of Equalization and Assessment
Win at Bridge by Jim Jacoby Obligate Finesse Tactic
Young Jim Jacoby recalls learning the obligatory finesse in bridge. Facing West's ace on a first heart lead, he details how the contract could be saved by a low heart and the ace appearing later, illustrating the so called obligatory finesse and its practical use in real play.
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Korea
West
Jim Jacoby
Leopard cat roams hollow trees to hunt at night
The leopard cat is a wild feline that hides in hollow trees and emerges after dark to hunt rodents and birds.
Little Bighorn General Died in the Battle
The reader question asks which general died at Little Bighorn. The column’s Thursday answer notes America’s first constitution the Articles of Confederation and provides the date range 625-76.
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Little Bighorn
America
Little Bighorn River
Sitting Bull
California seeks pardon for Tokyo Rose Iva Toguri d Anguino
California legislators push President Ford to pardon and restore citizenship to Iva Toguri d Anguino known as Tokyo Rose after her 1949 treason conviction. The Assembly and Senate passed resolutions urging favorable action while noting her wartime stance as pro America in Japan.
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Sacramento
Calif
UPI
California
Ford
Iva Toguri
Anguino
Tokyo
Floyd Mori
Pleasanton
Mori
San Francisco
d’Anguino
Japan
Polka Priest Builds Mass From Beer Hall Music
Father Frank Perkovich of Resurrection Church Eveleth converts polka and waltz tunes for polka masses. He leads about 10 weekend trips with accordionist Joe Cook and The Perkatones, pairing traditional Mass words with polka lyrics and songs like Lord of Holy Holy Holy. The Eveleth priest says he is having a great year and packs churches with his musical blend.
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Richard McFarland
Minneapolis
UPI
Frank Perkovich
Eveleth, Minn
Perkovich
Resurrection Roman Catholic Church
Eveleth
Joe Cook
Perkatones
Cook
Frank
Lincoln
Neb
Sheboygan
Wis
Tal
Yugoslavia
Hawaii
Las
Vegas
Chicago
Milwaukee
Detroit
Canada
Cleveland
Nixon Agnew Not Invited to GOP Convention Tickets
In Washington the GOP Arrangements Committee allocated convention tickets with two exceptions for former presidential candidates Alf Landon Barry Goldwater and former vice presidential nominees Henry Cabot Lodge and William E Miller No tickets were set aside for Richard Nixon or Spiro Agnew The rest of the text strips into unrelated song notes and offertory hymns.
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GOP
Alf Landon
Barry Goldwater
Henry Cabot Lodge
William E. Miller
Richard M. Nixon
Spiro Agnew
Electric cow touted as better than real cattle
Richard Glaser of Roseville California markets a Mechanical Animated Cow powered by batteries. He claims the device moves faster than real cows and aids horse training while costing 3395 dollars. He also notes real cattle for training are expensive to feed and tire trainers after 30 days.
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Roseville
Calif
UPI
Richard Glaser
Glaser
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