Giant A&P faces worst year in retail history
New York AP report outlines heavy losses for Gulf & Western's A&P chain in 1972 with a $5.5 billion revenue pace, stock collapse from $63 to $18.25, and calls for aggressive restructuring. It notes Safeway profits rising while A&P plunges into red, amid takeover pressures and cost-cutting efforts.
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John Cunniff
I New York
Atlantic & Pacific
Gulf & Western Industries
Fective
Ership
Huntington
J Artford
Ils
WEO Campaig
Lincoln lawmakers weigh standard set of driving rules
Lincoln lawmakers tentatively approve a 106 page bill to standardize Nebraska driving laws while preserving current speed limits. The amendment would bar state patrols from speeding traps on highways and require patrol cars to be clearly visible. The measure, backed by Sen. Terry Carpenter, seeks to improve enforcement clarity without major legal changes.
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Lincoln
Neb
Walt
Terry Carpenter
Scottsbluff
Nebraska
Psteun
Ernest Chambers
Omaha
Carpenter
Richard Pond
Proud
Lawmakers discuss enforcement and driving rules changes
Frontier Airlines scheduling and air service talks set for Friday with Grand Island Hastings and Kearney chambers. Officials from DIM Wayne and Ed Gerhardt attend, while Sen Frank Laws and Sen Ernest Chambers back a Carpenter amendment to increase trooper visibility and curb entrapment concerns.
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Frontier Group
Giand Island
Nel
Tri-City
Connell
Ie Grand Island
Nebraska bill eyed to loosen detached teller limits
Senators debated a measure to let banks run a second detached teller facility within city limits and beyond the current 2600 foot cap, arguing over branch banking implications. The vote stalled 21 to 21 with plans to reconvene and potentially keep the bill dormant as bankers’ groups opposed expansion.
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Sancoln
Nal
Nebraska
Richard Lewis
Mokbrook
Zama
U Ho
Ballwood
Loran Sehmil
Bebraska Markets Association
Schill
der Nebriska
Betes
Farmer State
J. 0. Peek
Columbus
Dalin Murphy
South Sioux City
Independent Bankers Association
Verry Carpenter
Scottsblitt
Resurrection of the Ghello Parade in Omaha Saturday
Marching bands and floats will highlight a Saturday parade on Omaha’s North Side. The first annual Resurrection of the Ghello Parade will be followed by a rally with local candidates invited to speak. The event is sponsored by a new group of young black business and professional men and centers on the theme Awakening of a Sleeping Giant.
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Omaha
Neb
Seat North Side
Mel Adams
Adams
Tax commissioner denies access to revenue figures
Lincoln Neb actions show Tax Commissioner Jim Peters denies withholding state revenue data. He claims the department has answered requests and provided detailed figures to the legislature while facing questions from senators about underestimated revenue protections. The same report touches a bond vote in Sherman County for school district renovations and a tax levy proposal.
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Lincoln
Neb
Vax Commissiorer
Jim Peters
Dod
Exon
Peters
Fiscal Analysis Office
Mos
Patera
Litchfield, Neb
Sherman-Custer County
Valera
App
Nebraska bill killed in welfare reform debate
Lincoln Nebraska AP a sponsor said designed to bring California style welfare reforms to Nebraska was killed Tuesday on a final vote by the Public Health and Welfare Committee. Omaha Senator Duke Snyder defended goals of tighter eligibility red tape relief and child support enforcement but critics said the bill failed to meet its stated aims and should have been drafted differently. The committee also killed three other measures and sent one to the floor to complete its work for the session.
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Lincoln
Neb
Oman
G. Mercill Seartman
Mare
Karlman
State Spreng Court
State Bar Association
Supreme Cone
Fun Uu
Lingoln
Ali
Mts
California
Nebraska
Omaha
Duke Snyder
Snyder
Ronald Reagan
Grihars
Johny J. Cavanaugh II
Cavanagh
Glenn Goodrich
Jack of
Goodrich
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