Piette Commencement Address Highlights News Change
Fifth annual Platte College commencement in Columbus drew hundreds including main speaker Dave Lyons publisher of the Plumbus Telegram. Lyons critiqued handout journalism from 1950 to 1976 and urged written reporting with full background and balance. He praised modern journalism for presenting facts and sources while acknowledging past media trends.
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Culumbus
Fersons
Dave [Lyons
Plumbus Telegram
Lyons
Ssi U
Columbus
Ralph Nader
Listerner
Hitler
Mussolini
Pravda
America
McCollister signals bid for Hruska Senate seat
Omaha Rep. John McCollister 53 says he will officially announce his candidacy to succeed Sen. Roman Hruska within six weeks. Endorsed by Hruska, McCollister weighs Democratic Gov. Exon’s possible resignation and a fray for the 1976 Nebraska Senate race as other Republicans and Democrats loom. Hruska confirms retirement after current term and hints it may be his last.
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Omaha
UPI
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U.S
Roman Hruska
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Hruska
Omaha World Herald
McCollister
Exon
Gerald Whelan
Hastings
Whelan
Senate
Jerry Whelan
McCallister
Nebraska
Carl T. Curtis
Curtis
Ford
Charles Hayes
Douglas County Board
Glenn Cunningham
Douglas County
Dan Lynch
Monte Taylor
Bosse
John Cavanaugh
PJ. Morgan
Edward Zorinsky
Zorinsky
The
World Herald
Hroska
Dewhurst Onstage Fame And Personal Trials
Colleen Dewhurst speaks candidly about quitting cigarettes and cigar smoke while recalling early days in Greenwich Village, two marriages, and a career breakthrough in Children of Darkness. She discusses mistaken identity, Moon for the Misbegotten, and the thrill of a united theater audience.
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New York
UPI
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Nctron
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De+whurst
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O'Neill
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Connecticut
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Sindha McKenna
Greenwich Village
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Children of Arkness
Abe
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Vickery
George C
Trish Vanvere
Colleen
Kissinger hints at Cuba sanctions shift at OAS assembly
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger says final moves on ending U S and Latin American Cuba sanctions are for now left to secret diplomacy. After meetings with OAS foreign ministers, he cites a general understanding among members and signals possible progress without concrete decisions.
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UPI
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Cuba
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Organization of American States’ General Assembly
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Raul Saporta Pastor
Argentina
United States
Alejandro Ortila
Galo Plaza
Dominican Republic
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Two Scottsbluff Men Killed In County Road Crash
Two Scottsbluff men, Carl Kling age 22 and Daniel Pix age 19, were killed while inspecting damage from an earlier accident on a Scotts Bluff County road six miles north of Minatare. Mark Givs, 18, of Gering drove the northbound car that struck them after Kling and Fix had stepped from Kling’s vehicle. Dennis Kay, 27, of Gering, had previously struck Kling’s car. Sheriff’s deputies investigated. no other injuries were reported.
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Daniel L. Pix
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Givs
Gering
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Fix
Politicians play games as House GOP opens doors
Congressional reform fueled public interest as House Republicans voted 59 to 17 to open party conferences to the public, prompting calls for Democrats to follow suit. The Democrats eye a May 21 caucus to consider a so called sunshine resolution and a repeal of the binding rule that forces party members to vote a unified line.
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Democratic Study Group
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D-Tex
DSG
Eckhardt
Champ Clark
Heads Committee to Save the Platte in Lincoln Nebraska
Harold Nagel of Kearney elected temporary chairman of the Committee to Save the Platte a coalition opposing the Mid-State Reclamation Project The group met in Lincoln Saturday Graydon Dill of Hastings named treasurer Ann Ruesch of Denton named director of correspondence Betsy Hancock organizer said no permanent officers yet to be named until all organizations join The coalition cites scarce and inaccurate information about the project by co-sponsors the Mid-State Reclamation District and the U S Bureau of Reclamation The plan would divert Platte River water near Lexington for irrigation of land now pump irrigated in Buffalo Hall and Merrick counties
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Pender Man Dies In Weekend Motorcycle Crash
Pender Nebraska police report a 57 year old Charles A. Peterson died when his southbound motorcycle veered into the northbound lane and struck a pickup driven by 41 year old Keith Pomeroy of Pender. Pomeroy escaped injury.
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Neb
UPI
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Keith Pomeroy
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