Council, mayor clash over city appointments continues
The fight between the mayor and the City Council over board and committee appointments persists after a lunch meeting that yielded no agreement. They clash on philosophy versus personalities while considering three upcoming Planning Commission seats and scrutinizing appointment criteria and potential bias.
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Tom Lansworth
Helen Bousalis
Richard Baker
City- County Planning Commission
Baker
Bousalis
Boosalis
Steve Cook
John Robinson
Joe Hampton
Abortion Funding Hearings Could Shift After Session
Nebraska welfare officials consider expanding hearings on using Medicaid funds for abortions. Director Eldon Ehrlich weighed requests to hold more hearings beyond weekday mornings after a four hour meeting that examined the merits of welfare pay for abortion services. A proposed rule would restrict abortions to life threats, rape or incest cases, a change spurred by a June Supreme Court ruling granting states authority.
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Associated Press
Eldon Ehrlich
Nebraska
Welfare Department
U.S. Supreme Court
Fence at Elmwood Park Draws Council Criticism
Omaha council member Mary Kay Green objects to a 4800 foot chain link fence around Elmwood Park claiming it is ugly and unnecessary. Parks officials say the 14000 dollar barrier protects the golf course and work is 65 percent finished while Greens seeks removal at the next council meeting.
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Omaha
UPI
Elmwood Park
Mary Kay Green
Gemar to head swine agency in Nebraska
Max Gemar of Sutton was elected president of the Nebraska SPF Swine Accreditation Agency. Stan Schelkopf of Shickley was chosen as vice president. Dean Biere of Dunbar was elected to a second term as treasurer. Thomas Socha of the University of Nebraska Lincoln remains secretary manager.
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Max Gemar
Sutton
Nebraska
SPF Swine Accrediting Agency
Stan Schelkopf
Shickley
Dean Biere
Dunbar
Thomas Socha
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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