Nebraska lawmakers set 12 percent state income tax rate
Lincoln and Omaha reports detail the legislature rewriting the corporate tax bill, fixing a 12 percent individual rate and a 25 percent/27.4 percent structure on corporate profits, while directing the Board of Equalization to set rates within 14 days after adjournment. Municipal reactions and debates over amendments highlighted concerns about corporate taxation and government spending transparency.
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Lincoln, Neb
UPI
Jules Burbach
State Board of Equalization
Eeet
Jerome Warner
Waverly
Burbach
Warner
Frank Lewis
Bellevue
Board of Equalization
Orval Keyes
Springfield
Grand Island
Ralph Kelly
Columbus Man Reports Robbery and Assault
A Columbus man, Marlin Tiblett of 1991 22nd Avenue, says he was assaulted and robbed by three men after leaving a tavern. They took $250, struck him on the head, and drove him out of town where the incident occurred. He was treated at Behlen Community Hospital for head injuries. Platte County Sheriff’s deputies continue the investigation.
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Columbus
Marlin Tiblett
22Nd Avenue
Riblett
13Th Street
Monastery Road
Behlen Community Hospital
Fire prevention awards honor Gering at state Fire School
Gering Fire Department won the Use Fire Prevention Division top award at the Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben state Fire School ceremony in Fenner Park. The group received an Ak-Sar-Ben plaque and 200 for equipment. Individual Heroism citations went to Howard J. Taylor Jr. Alliance Robin Phillips Torey Kamprath Seward Leo Hespen Schuyler and William Larson Ralston for lifesaving actions.
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Grand Island
Neb
Gering Fire Department
Knights of
Nebraska State Fire School
Gering Department
Nebraska
Fenner Park
Howard J. Taylor Jr
Ak-Sar-Ben
Phillips and
Kamprath
Hespen
Larson
Ven Siremen
Accidents tally reports minor injury in Columbus mishap
A Columbus girl, 15, received minor injuries from a motorcycle crash at Lake North with rider Leonard Konwinski. Damages totaled $200 to the cycle. Other city and county incidents included several hit and run and parked car collisions with combined losses listed, and a Creston incident involving Janice Riley and David Podany.
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Chris Garretson
7Th Street
Behlen
Lake North
Platte County
Janice Riley
Creston
David Podany
Leigh
Howard Boulevard
38Th Avenue
Tony Garretson
85Th Street
Roland Davidson
20Th Street
30Th Street
Vicke Fraka
Melvin Sample
Soth Street
15Th Street
26Th Avenue
Antoiny Schleffer
Sunset
Mary Ewert
2Th Street
Gibson
Ruth Borchers
Donna Borchers
42Nd Street
Harold Dey
Hill Crest Drive
13Th Street
16Th Avene
Supreme Court narrows Pennsylvania school aid law
The Supreme Court voided all but one section of Pennsylvania's 1972 school aid law, allowing only direct loans of textbooks to students. Justice Stewart announced the opinion amid varied views, with a lone provision upholding school-to-textbook loan rules and related services. Other actions included striking down a New York child welfare payment law and delaying certain tax-exempt charity rulings.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Pennsylvania
Abe
Joan
Potter Stewart
New York
McCollister to battle Engineers over Platte
Nebraska congressman Rep. John McCollister said he will introduce legislation to strip the Army Corps of Engineers of jurisdiction over the Platte River. He argues the Corps intends to define navigable waters more broadly, expanding federal reach to include stock ponds Irrigation ditches and erosion control.
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Washington
UPI
Nebraska
Army Corps of Engineers
Platte River
John ¥. McCollister
Omaha
Platte
Congress
McCollister
Nebraska medical schools report applicant numbers and Nebraska intake
Nebraska's two medical schools received 9,228 applications with 255 accepted at UNMC in Omaha and 8,078 at Creighton with no Nebraskan breakdown. The new class this August will include 283 Nebraskans out of 140 total, while NU's July freshman class lists 149 Nebraskans, per Chancellor Robert Sparks.
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Lincoln, Neb
UPI
Nebraska
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha
Creighton Medical School
Robert Sparks
Ford vetoes federal strip mining bill to curb imports
President Ford vetoed a federal strip mining measure, arguing it would shrink domestic coal output and raise oil imports. White House sources say Congress may override. a prior pocket veto left override options open. Critics warn of unemployment and court delays from vague provisions. Environmentalists pressed for standards to reclaim lands and curb surface mining near Appalachia.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
United States
White House
Congress
Frank Zarb
Appalachia
House
Senate
Steip Mining
Wyoming
Stanley Hathaway
Senate Interior Committee
Hathaway
Nebraska Weather With Showers From Weak Low
A weak low pressure system in Nebraska and a coal front are expected to bring showers and thundershowers to eastern counties tonight. Daytime highs range from near 80 in the west to the low 90s in the east with overnight lows from the mid 50s in the Panhandle to the mid 70s in the east.
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United Press International
Nebraska
Panhandle
David City youths win science honors at fair
Two David City High School students earned top awards at the International Science and Engineering Fair in Oklahoma City May 11 to 17. Mark Dahmke won first in engineering for A new dosing for limb prosthetics, while Robert Siffeing earned the U S Army first place for a six mirror reflecting telescope and a summer lab tour. Dahmke also won a second place from the Air Force.
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David City High School
Oklahoma City
Okla
Mark Dahmke
Chris Dahmke
Robert Siffeing
U.S. Army
Army
Dahmke
U.S. Air Force
Armand Engel
Duncan
Mark
Nebraska
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