Nebraska State Boys Basketball Tourney Brackets
Friday results in four classes set matchups for today’s semifinals at the Coliseum in Lincoln. Louisville faces Grant at noon and Crete meets Tech at 2 p.m. Shickley meets Sterling at 6:30 p.m. and Central meets Prep at 8:30 p.m.
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Central
Burke
Prep
Benson
Crete
West Point CC
Tech
Minden
Louisville
Friend
Grant
Elm Creek
Shickley
Litchfield
Sterling
Wilsonville
Lincoln
Telegram
Bill would help victims of ABP livestock loan security
A House subcommittee tentatively approved an amendment to allow farmers with claims against American Beef Packers Inc. to use those claims as adequate security for government guaranteed livestock loans. The move, led by Reps. Harkin and Hightower, targets Midwest farmers owed about $20 million after ABP's financial troubles.
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Washington
UPI
House
American Beef Packers Inc
Thomas Harkin
Drowa
Jack Hightower
Dtex
Big Omaha, Nebacking Company
Harkin- Hightower
Secretary of Agriculture
Hastings man arraigned in fatal machine shop shooting
Terry M. Braasch 27 of Hastings was arraigned on a first degree murder charge after Loren J. Bolte 37 was shot at Gessford Machine Shop where Braasch worked as foreman. Braasch surrendered to police following the incident and was ordered held without bond.
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Hastings
Neb
UPI
Terry M. Braasch
Gessford
Loren J. Bolte
Braasch
Bolte
Adams County
Harry Haverley
Haverley
Local Readings and Sunrise Times Report
Weather and sun data show readings around midnight and Friday with highs near 38 and 42. Age 34 noted, sunrise and sunset times listed for Sunday and Monday indicate early to mid August forecasts.
Local crime rate up in Columbus say officials
Wes Baxa and Platte County Sheriff Don Franzen discuss rising crime in Columbus 1974 75 with an 18 percent overall rise mirroring state trends. Burglary bad checks and property crimes climb while jail demand grows and Operation Vigilance channels community tips via 911 to aid rapid enforcement.
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Jane Monnich
Wes Baxa
Columbus
Nebraska
Baxa
Platte County
Don Franzen
Gerald Rouse
Franzen
Rouse
Platte
Flood waters devastate homes across multiple states
United Press International reports. Heavy rain and snow caused widespread flooding from Arkansas to the Eastern Seaboard. In Kentucky 330 families evacuated near Barbourville and Bowling Green as water rose to roofs. National Guardsmen aided rescuers in West Virginia and Michigan, with tens of thousands displaced and bridges washed out.
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United Press International
Kentucky
National
West Virginia
Lake Erie
Michigan
North Carolina
Kinston
Washington
Arkansas
South Carolina
Lower
Midwest
Upper South
Ohio River Valley
Appalachians
Eastern
Seaboard
Intermountain
New Mexico
Alabama
Rolina
Appalachian
Barbourville
Bowling Green
Knox County
Bill Burke
Arch Moore
Boy Town Considers New Arrival From Brooklyn
Mike Romano a 14 year old from Brooklyn rode a bus to Omaha and asked police to admit him to Boys Town. A note from his grandmother Mary Vaughn said she could not care for him and urged help. Father Robert Hupp will review his background before a final decision in coming days.
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Omaha
UPI
Mike Romano
Boys Town
Brooklyn
N.Y
Robert P. Hupp
Mike
Father Hupp
Mary Vaughn
Hupp
New York City
Senate Finance Committee OKs $29.2 Billion Tax Cut Bill
The Senate Finance Committee approved a 29.2 billion tax cut package including 1974 rebates up to 200 dollars and 1975 relief targeted to low and middle income families with children. It also includes 1 billion in rebates to troubled firms like Chrysler Lockheed and Pan American. Oil depletion provision removed for Senate floor decision.
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Washington
Upi
Senate Finance Committee
Chrysler
Lockheed
Pan American World Airways
Senate
Mexican president injured during campus clash
President Luis Echeverria was forced to flee the National University campus after thousands of students hurled bricks bottles and stones. A spokesman said he sustained a minor forehead cut from a stone and left Los Pinos after changing shirts, amid a defaced presidential car and calls labeling him a murderer.
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Mexico City
UPI
Luis Echeverria
Mexico
National University
Echeverria
Salvador Allende
Los Pinos
Faculty of Medicine
Why Dr Bellum Gets Up To Look At The Snow
The Columbus High School administrator Dr Fred Bellum makes dawn checks on weather and area conditions before deciding about school cancellations. He consults forecasts from Grand Island to Omaha and tours nearby schools to assess safety for students and staff, balancing costs and taxpayer interests.
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Dr. Bellum
Columbus
the Discoverer
Fred Bellum
Sliva
Bellum
Grand Island
Omaha
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West Point Central Catholic
Daryl Wittstruck
Mike Boh
Bob Reeson
WPCC
Williamson
Tug River
Moran Point
Moxie
Committee
Ford
Senate Committee
Atlanta
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