Whitehead sworn in as 21st District judge in Columbus
John Whitehead took the oath as the 21st District judge at a Columbus ceremony in a historic courtroom. Nebraska Supreme Court Justice C Thomas White presided with District Judges Sam Caniglia and Frank Kneifel in attendance as family members helped him don robes.
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Columbus
John Whitehead
21St District
Sam Caniglia
Omaha
Frank Kneifel
Dakota City
New
Nebraska
Supreme Court
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John and
White
Justice White
Boxed remains of Americans arrive in Hanoi for planeside ceremony
In Hanoi the House of the Reposing Soul received 12 black boxes labeled with American names. UAW president Leonard Woodcock and lawmakers G V Montgomery and Charles Yost witnessed the somber arrival as Vietnamese officials discussed delivering the remains to the U S aircraft. Montgomery pressed for a ceremony at the airport.
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Vietnam
UPI
Hell
White House
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Vietnam Foreign Ministry
United Auto Workers Union
Leonard Woodcock
G. V. Montgomery
Dmiss
U.N
Charles Yost
Woodcock
Sonny Montgomery
Montgomery
House Select Committee
Mississippi
Local Weather Readings and Times Schedule
Local readings show 51 at 1 pm with 39 low this morning and 65 high. Thursday's low 36, year age 73 high year ago. Sunrise 6 35, sunset 6 40 Saturday.
Food price surge drives February U.S. inflation higher
Consumer prices jumped 1 percent in February led by a 2 percent rise in food costs. Severe winter weather spurred record vegetable price gains, while fuel, gas, and natural gas also climbed. The Consumer Price Index stood at 177.1, about 6 percent higher than a year earlier, with services and nonfood items rising modestly.
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UPI
Labor Department
Senate panel approves standard deduction plan for tax reform
The Senate Finance Committee backed a flat standard deduction of 3200 dollars for married couples and 2200 for singles aiming to simplify tax forms by April 15 1978. About two million higher income filers would face a small tax increase while most using the standard deduction would gain. The measure accompanies Carter stimulus ideas including rebates and business incentives, with finalHouse action pending.
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UPI
Senate Finance Committee
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Senate
Preliminary vote backs Nebraska Sports Complex label
The Nebraska Legislature, in a preliminary 33-1 vote, renamed the University of Nebraska Sports Center as the Nebraska Sports Complex, confirming the new designation for the facility in Lincoln.
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Lincoln, Neb
UPI
University of Nebraska Sports Center
Nebraska Sports Complex
Platte campus hosts sixth annual Recognition and Festival day
Over 750 students from 24 Nebraska high schools and colleges participate in the sixth annual High School Recognition and Achievement Day at Platte College. About 350 singers join the invitational choral festival directed by Dr. William C. Hall. Evening events run with a no admission charge, and top contest winners win tuition waivers.
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Platte College
PTCC
Robert Snow
William C. Hall
United States
Europe
John Putnam
Nebraska keeps counterfeit drug felony provision in place
Lincoln Nebraska lawmakers voted 20 to 15 to keep a statute making dispensing counterfeit narcotics a felony. Senator Ernest Chambers opposed, saying the law criminalizes a non criminal act. Supporters argued tighter penalties deter drug pushers and there should be no loopholes.
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Frank Lewis
Nebraska
Bob Devaney
Lincoln
Wally Barnett
Nebraska Sports Complex
Omaha
Warren Swigart
Memorial Stadium
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UNL
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Ernest Chambers
Chambers
Lewis
David Newell
Neil Simon
Howard Lamb
Anselmo
Lincoln, Neb
Bellwood
Loran Schmit
Schmit
John DeCamp
Neligh
DeCamp
Nebraska Supreme Court
Seek fund to pay oil spill damages
The administration urges Congress to create a 200 million dollar federal fund to compensate oil spill victims and imposes tougher standards to prevent spills. Transportation Secretary Brock Adams outlines new regulations for tankers over 20 000 deadweight tons entering U S ports within 60 days.
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UPI
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U.S
Massachusetts
Transportation
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Senate Commerce Committee
Adams
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Loup City
Court
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Platte
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Enee
Capitol Hill
Patrick Venditte
Roland Luedtke
Venditte
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