Crete weighs job center at old missile base site
Crete officials consider a proposed coeducational Job Corps training center for 250 minority and disadvantaged youths at a 172 acre abandoned Nike missile base seven miles east on Neb 33. The plan, funded by the U S Labor Dept, would require city services and raise tax concerns while offering trades training and remedial reading and math.
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Crete
Omaha
Northern Natural Gas Co
Neb. 33
Northern Vocational Training Co
Norman Behrens
Nebraska
Iowa
North
South Dakota
U.S. Labor Dept
Capote Fined $150 In DWI Rehab Order Default
Author Truman Capote’s failure to attend a court ordered rehabilitation program for drunk driving caused the $150 fine to become permanent. Capote had paid the fine last July after pleading guilty to drunken driving, with a refund promised upon completing the program.
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Southampton
N.Y
UPI
Truman Capote
Capote
Solar sodidy to rise as Iowa farm home of the future
Iowa architect Ray D. Crites designs a 3471 square foot farmstead for Living History Farms near Des Moines. The $125,000 home uses 20 percent of conventional energy with a domed solar pond storing heat from summer to winter. Construction aided by a $17,000 Iowa Energy Policy Council grant and private donations.
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Des Moines
Shawn
Ray Crites
Don Beman
Iowa
Oliver Gillespie
Living History Farms
Ray D. Crites
Ames
Crites
Iowa Energy Policy Council
Gillespie
Nebraskan News Clippings Highlight Civic Center Plan and Arbor Day Message
The items discuss Nebraska Arbor Day messaging urging more planting, plans for a Civic Center with the University of Nebraska, and a political note on Sen Callan pressuring school aid supporters. Also referenced are editorials, death notices, and TV radio listings in the issue.
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Nebraska
University of Nebraska
Sen. Callan
Hardin Foundation Chosen to Lead $25 Million Campaign
Former University of Nebraska Chancellor Clifford M. Hardin and his wife Martha were named co chairpersons to lead a three year effort to raise 25 million dollars for the University Foundation. The drive aims to boost academic distinction with gifts funded separately from state taxes and not for daily operations.
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University of Nebraska
Clifford M. Hardin
Martha
University Foundation
D. B. Varner
Ronald W. Roskens
University
Paul J. Amen
Foundation
Classified Advertising Line for Journal Star Toll Free
A Nebraska wide toll free number is listed for placing classified ads with the Journal Star. The ad notes callers can reach the paper from anywhere in the state at 800 742 7385.
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Journal-Star
Nebraska
Carter pledges five cent gasoline tax to meet energy targets
President Carter said he will fight to the last vote in Congress for a five cent a gallon gasoline tax if U S consumption exceeds energy targets. He claimed refunds would offset higher prices and noted a $188 family rebate and $100 per five cent tax increment.
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Carter
Congress
U.S
Gerald Ford
Soviet Union
Ford
Zaire
Geneva
Hafez Assad
Middle East
Senate
Transportation Dept
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O St
Ponders Missile Site
By Richard Paxson
Behrens
United Pentecostal Church
Nike Missile Base
Appropriations Committee
Job Corps Center
Clifford Hardin
Martha Hardin
Page
Ken Dahle
The
Nebraska Civil Liberties Union
Ann Landers
Lincoln Comics
Hardins
Hardin
Ralston Purina Co
St. Louis
Warner
Roskens
Board of Regents
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