Keith Bryan Honored With Legion Life Membership
Keith Bryan received a life membership in Hartman Post 84 American Legion at the annual awards banquet. The event recognized 1975 76 Legion and Auxiliary service, with special note to Bryan for decades of service including forming the Honor Guard, 300 plus appearances, WWII Army veteran service in Europe, and editing the Platte County Historical Society newsletter. A register of 1250 veterans buried in Platte County was cited as a lasting achievement.
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Platte County Veterans Service
Keith Bryan
Hartman Post
American Legion
Legion Club
Legion
Darrel Baldwin
Mike Zastera
Lee Hegi
Leonard Kirchner
Kirchner
Hegi
National American
Bryan
Honor Guard of the American Legion
Honor Guard
Platte County
Polly
Tom
Diane
State of Nebraska Department of Veterans Affairs
Great Navy
Nebraska
Bob Lowry
Cairo
Nebraska Legion
Francis McMahon
Fairmont
Dennis Matson
Columbus
Loup Power District opposes transbasin water diversion
Loup Power District board resolves against transferring water from the Loup and Platte basins urging Nebraska lawmakers to develop river basins for storage and use. A public hearing on transbasin diversion is set for tonight at 7 30 at Platte County Agriculture Park inviting community turnout.
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Loup
Loup and Platte
Public Works Committee
Nebraska
Nebraska River
Loup and
Platte River
Snow and cold grip Nebraska Panhandle and East
The National Weather Service issued a travelers advisory for the Nebraska Panhandle as a low pressure system from northeast Colorado brings snow. By midday Scottsbluff and Sidney reported two inches, with one to two more inches expected. record lows were set in Lincoln and Valentine, while highs ranged from 11 to 23 across western communities.
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United Press International
National Weather Service Today
Nebraska Panhandle
Colorado
Nebraska
Scottsbluff
Sidney
Weather Service
Lincoln
Grand Island
Valentine
Panhandle
Alliance
Imperial
UNESCO Defers Mass Media Resolution After Debate
The 141 member general conference of UNESCO agreed to defer for at least two years a controversial mass media resolution. Opponents warn it would enable state control of the press. The action was taken without a vote to avoid a floor clash between the Soviet bloc and the United States.
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Nairobi
Kenya
UPI
U.N
Soviet Union
United States
Oil price rise eyed after OPEC Doha meeting
Middle East Economic Survey predicts about a 10 percent oil price hike if OPEC ministers meet in Doha. Date shift from December 15 to 20 is to align with outcomes from the Paris economic conference. observers warn of a complex bargaining dynamic between OPEC and Western powers.
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Beirut
Lebanon
UPI
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Doha
Qatar
Middle East Economic Survey
Journal
Vienna
OPEC
Hamid Zaheri
Saudi Arabia
Iran
Venezuela
Kuwait
Paris
United States
Thanksgiving traffic toll climbs beyond five hundred nationwide
Across the United States the Thanksgiving travel period sees accidental deaths rise toward 600 due to ice slick highways, severe weather crashes, and fires. A Soviet TU104 airliner crash near Moscow killed about 70, with survivors unconfirmed. The Supreme Court agreed to hear Nixon papers and tapes case, while Gary Gilmore faces a board hearing for possible execution. Israel delivers a demand to President Sarkis over Palestinian actions in Lebanon. A Portland sniper wounds a policeman and an ambulance crew. Bethlehem Steel raises prices by about six percent as others follow. China moves to curb violence linked to radical leadership during a purge campaign.
Rosalind Russell dies at 63 in Beverly Hills
Actress Rosalind Russell dies at 63 in Beverly Hills after a battle with cancer and rheumatoid arthritis. Her husband Fred Brisson and son with daughter in law were present. Funeral services planned at Church of Good Shepherd with burial at Holy Cross Cemetery Culver City. Memorial fund donations asked to Rosalind Russell Memorial Fund at Bank of America to fund cancer and arthritis research.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
UPI
Rosalind Russell
Mame
Miss Russell
Fred Brisson
Church of Good Shepherd
Holy Cross Cemetery
Culver City
Bank of America
Mombasa Nairobi express derailed by floodwaters in Kenya
The Mombasa to Nairobi express train carrying about 600 passengers derailed during a heavy thunderstorm and flooded river conditions near a small station in Kenya. At least 12 feared dead and about 70 injured, with many others trapped as rescuers freed victims from submerged coaches.
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Kathekani
Kenya
UPI
Nairobi
Peace Corps
General Conference
Unesco
Bob Poole
Mclean
Ngameithia River
Big Game Country
Ian Vincent
Iowa Man Killed Near Schuyler in Truck Accident
A 51 year old Carter Lake man, C W Elledge, died near Schuyler when he stepped from a stationary northbound semi at a stop sign to check something. The truck driver, Donald Richardson of Gretna, backed up to permit another southbound truck to turn from Highway 30 and struck Elledge.
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Schuyler
C.W. Elledge
Carter Lake
Iowa
Elledge
Donald Richardson
Gretna
Highway 30
Rites today for accident victim Terry Sauders
Funeral services were scheduled today for 21 year old Terry G Sauders of 2066 24th Avenue who was killed in a one car crash Friday evening east of Rising City on Highway 92. William R Simpson of Lincoln drove the westbound car and survived with minor injuries.
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Terry G. Sauders
24Th Avenue
Rising City
William R. Simpson
Lincoln
Souders
David City Hospital
Simpson
Richardson discuss Turkey quake relief with Demirel in Ankara
UPI reports US Secretary of Commerce Elliot Richardson met Turkish Premier Suleyman Demirel to coordinate emergency aid after a deadly eastern Turkey quake. WHO cautioned rescuers about pneumonia and measles among survivors as Turkish authorities fear rising deaths and homelessness.
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Van
Turkey
UPI
U.S
Elliot Richardson
Suleyman Demirel
Richardson
Demirel
Ankara
World Health Organization
Ahmet Tosun
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Richard Nixon
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Utah Board of Pardons
Gilmore
Nicole Barrett
Elias Sarkis
Israel
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Ore
Holiday Inn
Pittsburgh
Bethlehem Steel Corp
United States Steel Corp
Hong Kong
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People's Daily
Peking
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Chulu
Red Cross
Concetto Giuttusso
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