Immigrant Politis Builds Life Through Bowling and Business
Leonard Politis, Greek immigrant who arrived in 1906, settled in Omaha then Columbus. He opened a ten-chair shoe shining parlor and dry cleaning business by 1930, became a World War I veteran, earned citizenship during wartime, and later sold ads for TVs while mentoring local youth in bowling and billiards.
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Len Walle
James A. Politia
United States
Athens
Greece
U.S
Columbus
Omaha
Politis
Polk
New York
NPPD to seek $40 million line of credit to cover costs
The Nebraska Public Power District board authorized a $40 million floating line of credit with Continental Illinois Bank to pay operating expenses if Lincoln Electric System withholds no more than $24 million in overdue power bills. If LES pays, NPPD will repay borrowed funds. A related talk cites potential rate dispute solutions including a rate-setting body or utility mergers.
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Nebraska Public Power District Board of Directors
Lincoln Electric System
NPPD
Ted Kyster
Continental Illinois Bank of Chicago
LES
NPFD
Kyster
Columbus
Donald Dworak
Dworak
Senate Fights Over Gas Bill Stall Tally Deepens
Senate struggles to end a two week filibuster on natural gas legislation as 378 amendments remain. Leaders Baker Byrd and others clash over two main paths: deregulate onshore and offshore gas prices or raise prices while maintaining federal controls. A Byrd Jackson plan would lift caps to 2.03 per thousand cubic feet and keep interstate regulation, with debates hinting at further amendments.
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Washington
Upi
Senate
Howard Baker
Robert Byrd
Baker
Byrd
Sispense
Abourezk
Russell Long
D-La
William Scott
James Pearson
Khan
Lloyd Bentsen
Dtex
Henry M. Jackson
Dash
Howard Metzenbaum
Dohle
Byrd Jackson Cone
Sen
Edmund Muskie
Maine
Carter
Missing jeweler ties to gem broker murder case
New York reports reveal Abraham Shafizadeh, 31, disappeared July 28 with $200000 in gems while traveling to Puerto Rico. He and Shaharm Saba own Abraham Diamonds in the Diamond District. The same building housed the death of Pinchos Karoslawicz and the alleged kidnapping of Shlomo Tal, who says two men killed Karoslawicz and later forced him to hide the body. Tal remains in protective custody as a witness and bail talks proceed.
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New York
UPI
Diamond District
Pinchos Karoslawicz
Abraham Shafizadeh
Puerto Rico
Farokh
Hakimi
Chicago
Shafizadeh
Shaharm Saba
Abraham Diamonds
Abraham
Tal
State Supreme Court
Harold Rothwax
Jaroslawicz
Nebraska Weather outlook with widespread drizzle and fog
United Press International reports damp overcast skies across Nebraska with drizzle, fog and cooler temperatures than Thursday. A weather map shows a low in southeast Wyoming and Colorado merging into a strong low in Kansas, driving a system toward northeast Kansas by noon Saturday. Scattered showers appeared in eastern Nebraska with fog reducing visibility to under a mile.
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United Press International
Sacross
Nebraska
Wyoming
Colorado
Kansas
Lone hijacker seizes Paris to Lyon airliner
A lone hijacker armed with a pistol seized a twin-engine Air France Caravelle flight from Paris to Lyon and forced it back to Orly. He threatened to shoot passengers or blow up the plane with 100 aboard unless he gained air time to broadcast a political message. A stewardess was wounded as he entered the cockpit and he warned police not to act quickly.
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Paris
Paris-to-Lyon
Orly
No Water Outage Planned for Maple Park Area Saturday
Beckers Prairie Lake Mimick Maple Park and Lost Creek Subdivisions will be without water for about eight hours Saturday due to a new six inch feeder line from the Reservoir north of Lawn on Aird Avenue. City engineer Merlin Lindahl said the shutoff affects the entire area because the last valve sits at Hard Avenue and 24rd Street. The timing avoids Taft Creek School. crews aim for under eight hours and residents are urged to store drinking and cooking water in advance.
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Beckers
Prairie Lake
Mimick
Maple Park
Lost Creek
Merlin Lindahl
City Engliver
Lawn
Aird Avenue
Maple Park Subdivision
Hard Avenue
24Rd Street
Lindahl
Taft Creek
Gindah
Awards at Ak-Sar-Ben show crown market and youth plight
Lester Hullinger's market heifer won a purple ribbon in the Ak-Sar-Ben market heifer class at the Omaha show where 103 entries weighed 850 to 1350 pounds. Kris Monson Osceola and Karen Laudenklos Monroe also earned blues in the same class among area youths. The report lists multiple juniors earning blues and purples in beef showmanship and various pony and western pleasure divisions, with names from Rising City, Columbus, Leigh, Osceola, Clarks, David City, and Fullerton. The piece closes with Kam Hunter among Michigan State University freshmen, taking honors English and advanced math.
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Lester Hullinger
Omaha
Kris Monson
Osceola
Karen Laudenklos
Monroe
Simmentalcrosa
Loren Terkl
Western Pleasure
Paro Eckland
Fullerton
Lisa Franzen
Leigh
Joni Morgan
Debra Hembry
Cathy Reaman
Clarks
Blues
Lisa Cumming
Cheryl Young
Sabra Sober
Columbus
Kim Norton
David City
Clarks Purples
Pam Eckland
Julie Burgess
Rising City
Tiffany Legenza
Kerti Tooley
Cara Sober
Steve Tooley
Marty Burnais
Todd Norton
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Willie Hoppe
Norfolk
Hoppe
Dr. North Evans
North Evans
Rex
Jim
Leonard
NEPD
Dynorak
Loup River Public Power District
Cornhusker Public Power District
Columbia
Metzenbau
Pearson-Bentsen
Long
Ed Pile
Ken Petersen
John Peterson
Stanton
Dean Sanders
Creston
Petersen
Laura Russell
Bonnie Newill
Winnebago
East Lansing
Mich
Kam Hunter
Michigan State University
MSU Spartans
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