Dancer Rudolf Nureyev seeks aid from Ford and Wilson
Ballet star Rudolf Nureyev seeks help from President Ford and Prime Minister Wilson to allow his mother Farida in her 70s to leave the Soviet Union to visit him. The Soviet government refuses and Nureyev’s agent says Ford pledged help while Wilson referred to the Foreign Office with aid assurances.
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London
UPI
Rudolf Nureyev
Ford
Harold Wilson
Soviet Union
Nureyev
Farida
Wilson
Foreign Office
Holiday Inn Becomes Beirut Battlefield Satire
Dick West riffs on the Lebanon siege of a Holiday Inn in Beirut as a comic Civil War. He notes conflicting reports of attackers and counteroffensives while humorously highlighting the persistent reservation desk amid shellfire and armored cars. The piece ends with a quip about war decided by franchises and a world ending at McDonald’s.
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Dick West Washington
UPI
Lebanon
Holiday Inn
Beirut
Inn
Holiday Inns
Tmber
Hannah
Gramps
Sonny
Waterloo
Balaklava
Stalingrad
Gettysburg
Yorktown
McDonald's
Leigh Civic Club hears Opportunity Center description
Leigh Civic Club heard Bob Holmes of the Columbus Opportunity Center describe work with exceptional children and the home-based care model. He noted no local residents were sent to institutions in 14 months and a film showed project efforts. The group will continue work at the Leigh Community Library, finish carpeting and varnishing, and sponsor a story hour while supporting the Easter Ster Egg project and flower garden duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leigh
Bob Holmes
Columbus Opportunity Center
Civic Club
Holmes
Leigh Community Library
Lee Rottman
Main Street
The
Ae Civic Club
Don Maliha
Terry Loseke
Mike Inselman
Piano cello concert at Albion High School gym
A Monday 8 p.m. piano and cello concert will be held in the Albion High School gym. Cary and Dorothy Lewis perform nationwide, headed by Nebraska Wesleyan University’s piano department head and a Michigan born cellist, with Partial funding from the Nebraska Arts Council via the Parent Music Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albion
Albion High School
Cary
Dorothy Lewis
Parent Music Association
Nebraska Arts Council
Lewis
Nebraska Wesleyan University
Wes
Michigan
Lower Elkhorn Board Outlines Pollution Plan and EPA Grant
The March Lower Elkhorn Natural Resources District meeting reviewed non point source pollution concerns and a possible EPA pilot grant to study soil conservation methods. Directors Johnson and Spreeman lead two task forces to curb sedimentation by 1983, with planning by 1978 and uncertain federal funding for construction costs. NRC general manager Oltmans described grant goals and its potential economic impact. a Stanton native starts duties April 1. Logan Valley Construction of Laurel bids to build four small grade stabilization structures and related service for 400 trees.
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Norfolk
Environmental Protection Agency
Lower Elkhorn Natural Resources
Lowell Johnson
Glenn Spreeman
Nebraska Association of Resources
Johnson
Steve Oltmans
NRC
EPA
Stanton
Lew
Logan Valley Construction
Laurel
Nebraska
AAL Branch Hosts Sunday Supper and Social Evening
The AAL Branch 1773 held a covered dish supper Sunday evening at Immanuel Lutheran church followed by a social evening. A hurricane film was shown and a pitch game awarded prizes to Ralph Eickhoff, Anna Flamme, and Mark Luchsinger while Herbert Siefken, Marlene Jacobson, and Christine earned lower prizes.
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AAL
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Ralph Eickhoff
Anna Flamme
Mark Luchsinger
Herbert Siefken
Marlene Jacobson
Christine
Unicameral Moves To Save Church Bingo In Lotteries Debate
Nebraska lawmakers in Lincoln gut a proposed lottery bill to fix bingo laws and salvage church bingo. The session's end near, debates centered on licenses and state controls while opponents pressed for a statewide lottery.
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Unicameral
Church Bingo
Lincoln
Neb
UPI
Nelight
John DeCamp
DeCamp
State Revenue Department
Ernest Chambers
Omaha
George Syas
Gasoline tax hike advances in Nebraska unicameral
Sen. Richard Maresh's bill to raise Nebraska's gasoline tax by one cent per gallon won first round approval 26 to 20 in the Unicameral. The plan would lift state and local road funding by about 9.5 million dollars as highway costs have more than doubled in five years.
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Lincoln, Neb
UPI
Milligan
Richard Maresh
Nebraska
Ernest Chambers
Omaha
Chambers
The
Revenue Committee
State Roads Department
Maresh
Cal Carsten
Avoca
State Highway Advisory Commission
Church Women Plan Program in Albion at Zion Lutheran
Church Women United of Albion sponsors a Fellowship program at 2 p.m. at Zion Lutheran Church with Mrs. Bruno Neidhardt as chairman. The theme is Valiant Women from 1776 to the present as participants join the afternoon event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albion
Women United of Albion
Zion Lutheran Church
Bruno Neidhardt
Workshop outlines area services in 22 county region
A public workshop on services available in 22 Nebraska counties is set for Wednesday April 7 from 8 30 a m to 5 p m at The Community Services McClay Building East Benjamin Avenue Norfolk. Sponsored by Region IV Advisory Council on Information and Referral and supported by the Region IV Office of Developmental Disabilities and Services for the Visually Impaired. Information via Information and Referral Service of Nebraska Lincoln Nebraska 402 464 8270.
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Mg Ofebraska Willsumer
Region IV
Office of Developmental Disabilities
Community Services
McClay Building
East Benjamin Avenue
Norfolk
Region IV Advisory Council On Information and
Platte County
Nebraska
Karen J. Glaser
Columbus
Nance County
Walter, Albert, Leininger
The
Guardian
Dorothy J. Glaser
Edian
Notice of Renewal for Veterans of Foreign Wars License
City of Columbus Nebraska announces automatic renewal of the May 1 1976 dance license for Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3704 2905 23rd Street. Written protests by residents due by April 7 1976 to the City Clerk. If protests reach three or more a hearing will be held to decide continuation.
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City of Columbus
Veterans OF Foreign Wars
23Rd Street
City OF
Columbus
Nebraska
Leo A. Boettcher
FRANCIS _ HONORITA MICER
12Th Street
Gail L. Sedlacer
Leoa
Boettcher
American Legion Hartman Post
21St Avenue
Len J. Fleischer
Dba
11Th Street
20'S, Inc. Dba
Platte Aerie
F.O. Eagles
Carl R
Delores M. Kneifel
Probate notices and bids appear in Platte County papers
Notices warn of probate hearings for the wills of Paul H. Luchsinger Ernest A. Brockman and John Hruska with hearings set for March and April 1976. Also bids invited by Platte County Board of Supervisors for asphaltic materials and Nebraska Public Power District for 115 kV oil circuit breakers with bid opening dates in April 1976.
Petition for administrator in Belle Jenkinson estate
Notice states a petition for appointment of Edward Jenkinson as administrator of estate No. 4624. Hearing set for April 1, 1976 at 10 AM. Dated March 8, 1976 by Carl R. and Delores M. Kneifel, 2501 11th Street VA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Platte County
Nebraska
Paul H. Luchsinger
Paul W. Luchsinger
David P. Luchsinger
Gerald E
Rouse County
Ernest A. Brockman
Mark M. Sipple
Gerald E. Rouse
John Hruska
Sylvia Hruska
Bonnie M. Labens
Belle Jenkinson
Edward Jenkinson
Remodel Building into Visitor's Center at Cooper Station
Public Power District invites sealed bids for Contract No. 76-9 to remodel a building into a Visitor's Center at Cooper Nuclear Station near Brownville Nebraska. Bids due April 8 1976 at 10:00 a.m. CST in Columbus Nebraska with $10 nonrefundable fee.
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Nebraska Public Power District
Cooper
Brownville
Nebraska
J.M. White
14Th Street
Columbus
C.S.T
P.O. Box
Nebraska Public Power District, Generation Engineering Department
R.P. Lovci
Board of Directors
D.W. Hill
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Gordon Strachan
Claude Pepper
Madalyn O'Hair
Strachan
Salt Lake City
Watergate
Utah
F. Henri Henroid
Utah Supreme Court
Bar Association
NEW Zoo
Seattle
British Wildlife Park
Salisbury
England
Woodland Park Zoo
David M. Hancocks
Zoological
Zoo
Wes Uhiman
O’hair
Dallas
Madalyn Murray O’hair
U.S
Austin
Pepper
Miami
Miami Heart Institute
Rank
Leigh Civic Club Hears Opportunity Center
Lower Elkhorn Board
Syas
Snonlll Companni Cement
Niobrara
Big Green Lottery
Church Women Plan
Platte County Board of Supervisors
Platte County Highway Department
Darwin Anderson County
Milton la
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