Curtis says REA elimination study to be proposed
Senator Carl T. Curtis asserts the Office of Management and Budget is studying to eliminate the Rural Electrification Administration. He vows to oppose the plan, arguing REA energized thousands of rural farms and homes over four decades amid ongoing farmer hardships and high costs. The Carter administration plans to present the proposal within two weeks.
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Curtis
America
Senate Agriculture Committee
Senior Center Week Activities and RSVP Drive
A rundown of Wednesday to Tuesday events at the Senior Citizens Center includes Cards for Fun on Wednesday at 9 am with bridge sheephead Pinochle canasta and pitch. A Thursday 6 pm pot luck dinner and dance features PeeWee and Larry's band. Bible study and bridge are Friday with Rev. Lee Hicks leading the Apostles Creed. A Book of the Month Club begins Monday at 1:30 pm featuring Sybil and a Tuesday travelogue by Linda Kinzli on Central America and the Panama Canal. The RSVP program seeks sponsors at $3.30 to insure volunteers for one year. contact Nancy Bushnell for details.
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PeeWee
Larry
Lee Hicks
Sybil
Linda Kinzli
Central America
Panama Canal
Nancy Bushnell
Senior Citizens Center
Grand Island man hurt after car hit by freight train
Grand Island Nebraska UP I reports 21 year old David Purvis escaped with minor injuries after his southbound car crossed past warning arms at a northwest Grand Island crossing and was struck by an eastbound Union Pacific freight train. He was hospitalized in good condition for a leg injury and later cited for crossing arms and for driving while intoxicated.
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Grand Island, Neb
UPI
Grand Island
Union Pacific
David Purvis
Northwest Grand Inland
Purvis
Crossing
Nebraska judge to sentence Gr Island teen in murder case
Judge L W Kelly Jr and two other jurists set September 30 as the sentencing date for Bernard Schaeffer 18 who confessed in district court to killing Grand Island businessman Donald Beery Jr during a May 18 robbery. The panel accepts a first degree murder plea and will determine death or life imprisonment under Nebraska law.
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Reee Neb
L. W. Kelly Jr
Gr Island
Bernard Schaeffer
Grand Island
Donald Beery Jr
Kelly
Schaaffer
Nebraska
Teenager pleads guilty in Grand Island shooting case
The Nebraska case involves Schaefer who pleaded guilty to killing Beery with a .22 pistol. Prosecutor Sam Grimminger urged the death penalty citing cruelty. Schaefer’s attorney urged life imprisonment due to the defendant’s age and lack of prior serious crimes. Co-defendant Lanzendorf pled guilty to second degree murder and awaits sentencing.
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Schaefer
Tom Wagoner
Grand Island
Beery
Schaeffer
Kelly
Kelly George Lanzendorf
Lanzendorf
Arab buyer pays record price for gold Rolls Royce Phantom VI
Arab Dubai-based businessman Bhatia Karani paid 148125 for a fully optioned velvet green Rolls Royce Phantom VI, the world's most expensive private car. London distributor Victor Barclay noted the car includes 6800 dollars of gold plating, a Flying Lady hood ornament with burglar alarm, an 11 inch TV system and a convertible top. The Phantom VI, built with almost every option, is a near one-per-year model and marks a record for new cars.
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London Rolls
Karani
Britis Motor Industry
Barclay
London
Cara
Rolls-Royce
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