State Highway Commission mulls higher highway taxes
Nebraska's State Highway Commission plans to ask the Legislature for a tax increase on highway use. Options include raising vehicle registration and gasoline taxes or adding a sales tax to gasoline. Proposals aim to keep pace with inflation and possibly enlarge the commission's share of highway funds, with considerations of county and local allocations. Also noted are preliminary data showing Nebraska lagging behind neighboring states in vehicle registration tax and fuel taxes.
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Department of Roads
Nebraska
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Fullerton sale ties State Farm agency transfer
Gary Hall will purchase the State Farm Insurance Agency from Dayle L. Rumsey later this year. Rumsey has served as agent for 28 years. mail has been a teacher in Fullerton public schools and resigned from the school board meeting. The piece covers tax shrinkage issues for gasoline, highway funding shortfalls, plans to open Interstate 680, and highway projects including Walia Street in Superior and 6.3 miles of Nebraska 36 between Nebraska 13 and North Omaha Airport. A public hearing is set for July 17 to discuss plans to rebuild 14 miles of Nebraska road.
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Sioux County
Butz warns on beef imports and prices rise
Athens AP reports U S Agriculture Secretary Earl L Butz says the United States will not act as a festival dumping ground for European beef while noting higher prices ahead. He hopes to avoid mandatory quotas and cautions against retaliation, saying rancher prices are down and a fall price rise is likely.
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Chadron Boy Killed by Falling Horse on Farm Near Crawford
In Crawford Nebraska a Chadron boy died when a horse fell on him on a farm Thursday. Witnesses counted several children nearby but could not confirm if he rode the horse or the exact cause of the accident. The boy was the son of Mr and Mrs William Higps.
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Crawford
Neb
Brian Riggs
Wiliam Higps
Colleges lowering standards to hire more minorities
New York report by the Carnegie Commission charges colleges seek federal aid by lowering faculty standards to hire more women and Black staff. It cites shortages of qualified minority and women candidates and says some appointees lack needed qualifications for tenured roles. The HEW requires affirmative action across 1500 colleges with federal contracts.
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New York
Carnegie Commission On Higher Education
Richard Alester
Department of Health, Education An Welfare
Schuyler Young Hay Transportation on Strike
Schuyler-Young and Hay Transportation Company began a strike Wednesday morning led by Manager Dean Doliver. The firm hauls freight for the railroad with seven drivers involved. By Thursday morning the owners Mr Young and Mr Hay were driving the rigs while other drivers idled and picketed at Spencer Foods parking lot where the trucks are washed and maintained.
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Young & Hay Transportation Company
Dean Doliver
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Mr. Hay
Spencer Foods
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