Freshmen to Quiz Gov Exon at Columbus Junior High
Columbus Junior High freshmen plan a Friday visit to Governor Exon. Students prepared questions on voting age, crime, air pollution, highway patrol, and state budget cuts. They invited senators but bad weather blocked appearances.
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Robert Chamberlin
Gov
James Exon
Columbus Junior High
Exon
Columbus
Frida Robert Chamberlain
Shether Guv
Nebraska
Ohne Young May
Elderly woman cites decimal currency fear in suicide
London coroner Mrs. Kathleen Denton, 74, hanged herself at home after leaving a note she could not understand Britain’s new decimal currency. Police found a calculator used to convert pounds and pence, and investigators cited her worry over the change as a factor.
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London
Britain
Kathleen Denton
Grand Island teen dies of meningitis
Grand Island health officials report 15 year old Paul Gow died Tuesday from meningitis in a case tied to possible shared scuba gear at the YMCA. Officials say no community quarantine is planned and chlorine in the pool water is believed to reduce the bacteria spread. The youth was the son of Richard and (unnamed) Gow, with the father serving as executive secretary of the Grand Island Chamber of Commerce.
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Grand
Hall County
Grand Island City
Paul Gow
Grand Stand
Edwards
Grant Island-Iail
Good
Richard Cond
Grand Island Chamber of Commerce
Elwards
Young Good
YMCA
Tidwards
Will Young Good
Nixon to push urban development plan in upstate New York
President Nixon plans to cast the urban development as part of his revenue sharing proposal when he meets Friday in Rochester New York with Gov Nelson Rockefeller and state officials and legislators from upstate New York.
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Waslington
UPL
Nixon
Rochester
N.Y
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Mays County
New York
Births and pageant honors at Newman Grove facility
A daughter weighing seven pounds six ounces was born Feb 2 to Mr. and Mrs. Edward Benson of Lindsay at Newman Grove Community Hospital. Tammy Susat is the name given to the newborn. Arlene Schroeter was named Future Farmers of America Sweetheart and Tom Wallin was named Future Homemakers of America Darling at the Sweetheart Darling Dance with attendants Sandi Neely Sheila O'Brien Aierie Ashburn Brad Cox Mark Johnson and Keith King. Julie Gerhart will attend the All-State Music Scholarship Contest at Winside representing the Dinner Woman's Club playing flute gate.
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Newman Grove
Newman Grove Community Hospital
Edward Benson
Lindsay
Tammy Susat
Arlene Schroeter
Ray Schroeter
Nebraska highway fund measure held for study
Lincoln UPI report says the Revenue Committee delayed a bill to add 600000 more from the state highway fund to counties. It would shift the base year from 1967 to 1909, not alter the overall formula but raise makeup payments to about 17 million yearly, with 52 counties affected. Deputies debated funding responsibility between state and municipal shares.
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Lincoln
UPI
Revenue Committee
Wold
State Roads Department
Scottsbluff
Terry Carpenter
Arnold Ruhnke
Nebraska County Officials Association
Ruinke
Robert Crosby
Beller Nebraska Association
Road Department
Crane accident kills worker in Fort Washington
A construction worker Fred Kerszko aged 47 was killed instantly in Fort Washington New York when a crane bucket accidentally lifted him by the head. The incident occurred Wednesday and is being investigated by authorities.
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Fort Washington, N.Y
UPI
Fred Kerszko
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