One-Cent Gas Tax Hike Clears Nebraska Legislature
Nebraska lawmakers approve LB139 boosting the gasoline tax by one cent to 9.5 cents per gallon effective August 1. The measure, approved 33 to 11 with an emergency clause, would raise about $10 million annually for State Roads, cities, and counties.
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Lincoln, Neb
J. James Exon
Nebraska
Tom Doyle
Public Works Committee
Upi
State Agriculture Department
Nebraska Wheat Development
Optimistic Carter holds talks with Assad in Geneva for Middle East peace
President Carter met Syrian leader Hafez Assad in Geneva to pursue a lasting Middle East peace. He said 1977 could bring substantial progress and that the US would act as intermediary with trust from all nations. He planned to send Cyrus Vance after rounds with Arab and Israeli leaders and hinted at a Geneva conference this year.
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Hafez Assad
Middle East
Cyrus Vance
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Washington
Anwar Sadat
Hussein
Jordan
Itzhak Rabin
Air Force One
Switzerland
London
Valery Giscard d’Estaing
Paris
Soviet Union
West Berlin
NATO
Industry Recognition Week Observed in Columbus Nebraska
Columbus leaders declare May 15 to 21 Industry Recognition Week with a proclamation from Mayor George Johansen. Gov. J J Exon cites Nebraska’s 2 000 plants and 90 000 workers as key to the state’s economy. Local open house events by Dale Electronics Behlen Middle State Fleischer and Moorman Manufacturing and a May 20 Dutch treat luncheon at Holiday Inn are planned with reservations through the Chamber of Commerce.
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Nebraska
Columbus
George Johansen
J.J. Exon
Johansen
Dale Electronics
Behlen Manufacturing
Middle State Manufacturing
Fleischer Manufacturing
Moorman Manufacturing
Holiday Inn
Columbus Area
Chamber of Commerce Office
Local JA honors mark August conference trip and awards
Columbus JA members Dee Ann Davis and Ken Kwapnieski will attend the National Junior Achievement Conference in Bloomington Indiana with expenses paid for their roles as officers during the prior year Rainbow Creations won the Roscoe Award for Special Achievement among more than 50 Omaha area JA companies Patty Cave accepted the award and multiple nominations and honors were announced at the Omaha Area JA banquet at Peony Park Ballroom
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Dee Ann Davis
Ken Kwapnieski
Columbus
Bloomington
Ind
Davis
J.A
Columbus Telegram
Kwapnieski
Rainbow Creations
Fleischer Manufacturing
Omaha
Patty Cave
Omaha Area
Peony Park Ballroom
Alan Kopetzky
J.A. Publishing Company
Eastside Industries
Becton-Dickinson
Roscoe
Dee Ann Divis
Columbus High School
Anthony Divis
Ken Kwapnioski
Columbus High
Hospital Week Observed with Stay Well Card Display
Columbus Community Hospital marks National Hospital Week with a Stay Well Card presented to the public by Mayor George Johansen. A 4 x 8 poster in Frankfort Square promotes the theme We Put the Care in Health Care and calls for year round health. The We Care Fair at Tempo Mall on May 14 15 features local organizations and runs 9 to 4 Saturday and 1 to 4 Sunday.
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Columbus Community Hospital
George Johansen
Frankfort Square
Tempo
Smith cites rising health care costs and inefficiency
Rep. Virginia Smith of Nebraska argues Medicare and Medicaid costs rise faster than living costs due to federal program inefficiency. She notes spending grew from 5 billion to 7 billion annually and questions national health insurance amid fraud and cost concerns. She also cites British NHS costs and services as a comparison.
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Virginia Smith
Rneb
Columbus
Nebraska Optometric Association
Carter seeks limited income tax bailout for Social Security
President Carter asks Congress to appropriate carefully limited income tax funds to bail out Social Security as cash reserves could run out in the early 1980s. He proposes six steps including compensating trust funds, removing wage-base ceilings, boosting the tax base, shifting Medicare funds, raising the self-employed rate, and correcting sex-based provisions to stabilize financing.
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Carter
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White House
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Health, Education and Welfare, Labor
Treasury
Lakeview High to hold awards night and commencement
Lakeview High School officials set May 16 for awards night and May 17 for commencement at 8 p.m. in the gym. Dave Lyons, publisher of the Columbus Telegram, will speak at commencement. The program features the band, senior vocal group, diplomas, and honors for top academic performers with many sponsor awards.
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Columbus Telegram
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Calif
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Long Island
N.Y
Lyons
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Columbia University
Rutgers University
New York City
North Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Nebraska
Columbus
Platte College Foundation
Family Y
Friends of Music
Rotary Club
Lakeview
Harry Simeone
Theresa Ahrens
Ivy
Soggy Nebraska Weather Triggers Flood Watches
Warm moist air brings more wet conditions across Nebraska with flash flood watches in central regions through tonight. Rain from Sandhills to Kearney Hastings adds .75 to 1 inch, bulging streams. isolated severe thunderstorms possible in western Nebraska and adjacent states while general thunderstorms persist.
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United Press International
Nebraska
Kearney-Hastings
National Weather Service
South Dakota
Wyoming
Colorado
Kansas
Weather Service
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Edmund
Jerry Bartholomew
Mary Conyers
Columbus Senior High
Telegram
Becky Moore
Platte County
General Telephone Co
Elaine Cielocha
Marilyn Klug
Dorothy Luckey
Lucille Cregar
Rick Oncken
Smith
Dean Groteluschen
Kevin Hellbusch
Rick Hellbusch
Timothy Henke
Danny Hickman
William Howe
Daniel Inselman
James Jarosz
James Klug
Richard Lindeman
Rick Lippert
Larry Miksch
Randal Mueller
Donald Otte
Keith Pillen
Daniel Rosenthal
Jeffery Russell
Terry Schaf
Steven Schreiber
Michael Sprunk
Steven Syslo
Kip Watkins
Theodore Weinhoff
John Wurdeman
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