Tornadoes unleash second straight day of midland twisters
Storms sweep across the nation with 16 tornadoes reported in Texas and Illinois, plus activity in Kansas Missouri and Oklahoma. A twister flattened homes near Atlanta Illinois injuring a woman trapped in a mobile home. Flooding and road closures followed as counties faced widespread damage and officials sought disaster aid.
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United Press International
National Weather Service
Texas
Ilinois
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Weather Service
Atlanta
Lincoln
Illinois Transportation Department
Chicago
Tinley Park
Riggston
Topeka
Kan
St. Anne
Danvers
Clinton
Lawson
Weston
Indiana
California
Sierra Nevada
Mount Shasta
Siskiyou Mountain
Iowa
Joseph P. Teasdale
Death Row Inmates Hover Around 444 in 1976
WASHINGTON (UP) end of 1976 saw 444 persons on Death Rows nationwide, 29 fewer than 1875. LEAA report notes 233 added, 282 had penalties voided or reduced. Since a 1972 Supreme Court ruling, only Gary Gilmore of Utah has been executed.
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Washington
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
LEAA
National Criminal Justice Information and Statistics Service
Supreme Court
Utah
Gary Gilmore
Judge refuses to transfer York case to juvenile court
York County Judge Robert Cattle refused a defense motion to move 17 year old Ricky Johnson’s first degree murder case from criminal to juvenile court after a daylong closed hearing. The judge warned public access would be restricted if the case remained in criminal court, and set a preliminary hearing date while noting the proceedings could be unfairly prejudicial if publicized.
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York, Neb
UPI
York
Robert Cattle
Cattie
Ricky Johnson
Johnson
James M. Richardson
Cattle
Spacecraft may carry Earth phonograph record for alien life
A Voyager spacecraft bound for Jupiter and beyond may include a phonograph record of Earth sounds and greetings, music, natural sounds, and perhaps animal calls. Dr. Carl Sagan leads the project. NASA notes a final decision is pending as the mission aims for 1979 flybys of Jupiter and Saturn, with possible later visits to Uranus and Neptune.
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Washington
UPI
Jupiter
Satur
Earth
Carl Sagan
Cornell University
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Sagan
Solar System
Thomas Edison
Cape Canaveral
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Zimmerman family gathers for 50th anniversary in Ellendale
Mrs. Zimmerman attended her brother in law Alec Zimmerman and wife at their 50th wedding anniversary in Ellendale North Dakota. She also visited several Zimmerman relatives in North Dakota and Kansas and Mamie Prang attended a Campus Crusade dinner in Lincoln. Funeral services were held for Mrs Reinhold Engelbach at Leigh on Monday.
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Leigh
American Legion Auxiliary
J. Fy. Hubenka
District 7
Fremont
Scribner
Cornhusker Boys and Girls Staters
Sherei Koch
Jackie Osten
Joseph Hubenka
Mark McMullin
Little Red Schoolhouse
Columbia
Jerald Held
Robert Held
J. F. Hubenka
Urban P. Imholte
Randy Molacek
Monroe
Bertha Wardeman
Ed McCoy
Sacramento
California
Richmond
Calif
Oregon
Idaho
Kathie
University of Nebraska
Amelia Scheffler
Agnes Walter
Hulda Boning
Jennie Wardenberg
Reinhold Engelbach
Genoa Play School Set for May 9 in Kindergarten Room
The Genoa home economics department will conduct a district play school for children entering school next fall. It will be held May 9 from 1 to 3 PM in the Kindergarten room. Call Mrs Mary Jo Elm if a eligible child was not contacted.
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Genoa
Mary Jo Elm
St Francis prom night at St Francis High School
The annual junior senior prom was held at St Francis High School van at 7 00 P M Saturday evening April 30. Juniors prepared and served the dinner for the social hour and dinner. The senior class faculty and spouses and the school board were guests of the junior class.
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Humphrey
St. Francis High School
Van
Momhers
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