Senators Approve Stiffer Marijuana Penalty in Nebraska
The Nebraska Unicameral adopted a prior amendment to raise penalties for possession of one pound or more of marijuana to up to five years in prison or a $10,000 fine or both. The vote was 33 in favor, 0 against, while a separate bid to penalize cultivation failed 16 to 16. Littering penalties were also increased to a minimum $100 and a maximum unspecified in the article.
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Lincoln, Neb
UPI
Norfolk
Keith Boughn
Boughn
Omaha
Pat Venditte
Venditte
Nebraska
Adams
George Burrows
Burrows
Roland Luedtke
Lincoln
Luedtke
Hog Inventory Up 7 Percent in Nebraska
Nebraska pork producers held 2.9 million hogs and pigs on March 1, a 7 percent rise from last year and 14 percent above March 1, 1975. Breeding stock was mostly unchanged while hogs increased 9 percent.
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Lincoln, Neb
UPI
Nebraska
Nebraska Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
United Church of Christ to Build New Fellowship Hall
St Luke s Grueuli parish signs with Johansen Enterprises Inc. of Columbus to construct a free span fellowship hall south of the current church. The project includes offices, a kitchen funded by the Women s Fellowship, rest rooms, storage, and cloak room. Completion eyed for fall with a financial drive ongoing led by Terry Klink assisted by a volunteer committee.
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St. Luke’s-Grueuli
United Church of Christ
Johansen Enterprises Inc
Columbus
Terry Klink
Marvin Luchsinger
Harold Nyffeler
James Struebing
Oscar Ewert
Lester Ernst
Gayle Mueller
William Cejka
Walter Schmidt
Reinhard Fergin
Sam Luchsinger
Lifelong Duncan resident Ida Zimmerman hailed for poetry and art
At 76 Ida Zimmerman has a varied life as a church organist painter and speaker. She wrote a poem for former President Ford after Carter’s inauguration and later sent it via Sen. Curtis’s office. A charter member of the Columbus Area artists she trained as a driver after her husband’s 1974 death and has painted more than 200 works since the 1960s.
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Stan Linhorst
Ida Zimmerman
Gerald Ford
Columbus
Zimmerman
Land use workshop set here
Nebraska's Water theme drives a land use workshop at Platte College on Tuesday April 12 starting at 7 p.m. The UNL program funded under Title V of the Rural Development Act of 1972 sponsors sessions on water law quantity and local perspectives with leaders David Aiken Philip Heckman Max Kiburz and Dennis Lawton.
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Nebraska
Platte College
University of Nebraska- Lincoln
David Aiken
Department of Agricultural Economics
Philip Heckman
Doane College
Crete
Max Kiburz
Loup Power District
Dennis Lawton
University of Nebraska- Lincoln Conservation and Survey Division
Norfolk
Bergland Proposes Four Year Farm Support Plan With Higher Targets
Agriculture Secretary Bergland unveils a four year farm support bill aiming to raise income protection for farmers though gains are smaller than some leaders expected. The plan ties government payments to target prices for wheat corn cotton and rice and adjusts targets after 1978 to reflect costs and inflation.
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Washington
UPI
Bob Bergland
Bergland
White House
Senate Agriculture Committee
Howard Hijort
Apology Issued for Chamber Roster Omission
In the Telegrams Monday issue readers found the Chamber of Commerce roster listing duplications of Columbus Daily Telegram and Columbus Telegram. The error omitted Columbus Graphics from the membership list, prompting an apology to both organizations for the misprint.
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Chamber of Commerce
Telegram
Chamber
Columbus Daily Telegram
Columbus Telegram
Columbus Graphics
Columbus Chamber of Commerce
Mostly Clear Skies and Fog Across Nebraska
Mostly clear skies and mild temperatures prevailed across Nebraska with dense fog in the southeast eastcentral and northwest regions. A cold front stretched from northern Missouri through central Nebraska into western South Dakota while a Canadian high dominated central Minnesota.
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United Press International
Nebraska
Eastcentral
Northwest
Missouri
South Dakota
Minnesota
Grand Island
Agriculture Dept Food Forecast Sees Varied 1977 Grain Crop
The Agriculture Department released first 1977 grain projections with two scenarios. A favorable drought relief and good foreign weather could yield corn near last year's 6.216 billion bushels, while drought here could drop to about 5 billion. Wheat could reach 2.0 billion with good weather, or fall to 1.7 billion with poor conditions.
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Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
Agriculture
Bob Bergland
U.S
United States
Carter seeks up to 844 million in drought relief loans and grants
President Carter asks Congress for about 844 million dollars in loans and grants to drought hit Plains and western states. He cites high costs and stresses water supply risks, crop and pasture damage, and hardships for businesses. The plan totals nearly 1 billion in new funding.
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Washington
UPI
Carter
Congress
Economic Development Administration
Farmers Home Administration
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Small Business Administration
Federal Disaster Assistance Administration
Department of Housing and Urban Development
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Eee
Pecereseere
United Church of Christ Launches Hall
Lettie Harrington
German Reformed Church
Duncan
Martin
Community Resource and Research Center
College of Agriculture
UNL
Marie Arnot
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Elizabeth Britain of Columbus
League of Women Voters
Ron Hutkin
Preload Company
Garden City
N.Y
Hansen Excavating Company
Gerhold Ready Mix and Concrete Company
Lake Babcock
33Rd Avenue
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