Acting head named at York prison in Nebraska
Assistant Sept Splinter will become acting head of the Nebraska Center for Women at York effective Monday succeeding Jacqueline Crawford who resigns Sept 1. Splinter, 55, a longtime prison employee from McCool Junction, with four children, began as matron and rose to assistant superintendent in 1971. Crawford led the institution for six years and has not disclosed future plans.
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U.S
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Cozad
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Apparent low bidders named on Nebraska highway projects
State Roads Director David O. Coolidge announced the apparent low bidders for more than 8.2 million dollars in Nebraska highway construction and improvement projects. Bids were 1.8 percent above estimates, pushing the 1977 highway letting total to 62.1 million dollars, up 16.4 million from last year.
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United Press Intn’l
David O. Coolidge
Nebraska
Why I Could Never Fire Jimmy Hamilton
The narrator recalls Jimmy Hamilton a WWII survivor scarred by burns and tragedy. After brutal trials including a sunken ship and a broken back, Hamilton struggled with health and behavior yet kept working at the Ackley World Journal. The piece ends with the question of why the editor never dismissed him.
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Ackley World- Journal
Lockbourne Airforce Base
Jimmy Hamilton
Jimmy Hamilton A Hero Of The Country Newspaper
He stood beside me for long hours as we published a small country newspaper that later won a state press award. We worked overnight and he delivered tear sheets to advertisers then toasted success saying we did it again. Jimmy Hamilton was a fearless, irrepressible, never give up hero.
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Pacific Ocean
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United States
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Chambers seeks federal probe of Omaha assault complaint
Omaha Senator Ernest Chambers asks President Carter to direct the Justice Department to investigate the July 28 incident involving Barbara Bailey and Officer K C Richardson. Bailey says she was struck and hair pulled after refusing to leave a grocery store next to an apartment complex where a disturbance had occurred.
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Ernest Chambers
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Justice Dept
Barbara Bailey
K. C. Richardson
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Griffin Beil
U.S
Dan Wherry
al Veys
Rep
John Cavanaugh
Edward Zorinsky
Nebraska Laetrile backers attack FDA hoax claim
Choice Nebraska leader Casey Iverson denounces the FDA report calling Laetrile a hoax and fraud claiming the agency ignored users with no toxicity. In Omaha, tachographs will be installed in 50 new police cruisers to record red light and siren use and speeds for safety.
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Casey Iverson
Hastings
Omaha
Tim Rouse
Richard Andersen
County delays contracts for real estate appraisal
The Douglas County Board postponed awarding contracts for a countywide real estate appraisal by one week. Chief administrative officer Richard Schoettger said action is now set for Aug 16 after a committee of county officials reviewing appraisal firms requested more time to evaluate results.
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UPI
Omaha Men Charged in Kidnapping Case
Two Omaha men Terry A. Wall 21 and Roger R. Sutton 20 face charges of kidnapping first degree sexual assault and auto theft over the abducting of a 16 year old girl. She told police two men forced her into her car and raped her while driving toward Missouri. Rabbis set to lecture at Creighton University and the College of Saint Mary this fall Rabbi Emeritus Myer Kripke and Rabbi Sidney Brooks will speak.
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Roger R. Sutton
Missouri
Creighton University
College of Saint Mary
Myer Kripke
Beth el Synagogue
Sidney Brooks
Temple Israel
Happy Honeymooners end tent wedding stunt in Omaha
Sam and Bridgette Money return to solid ground after three weeks atop a shopping center sign in Omaha. They earned $1,000 and an all expenses paid Las Vegas honeymoon, endured heat and storms, and say the stunt was worth it.
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Omaha
Las Vegas
Sam
Bridgette Money
Money
Carh
KYNN
Glenn Valentine
Valentine
Nevada
Stricter wife abuse laws urged by task force member
Omaha task force on Abused Women urged tougher laws and better enforcement before the Legislature. Sharon Shaw Elrod said 10,000 Omaha women may be abused regularly, but records are not kept to prove the figure. Proposals include emergency shelters, better record keeping, warrantless arrest authority, a new assault category with mandatory counseling, and 48 hour emergency restraining orders. Funding estimated at about 100000 annually to shelter 40 people, with state support via a marriage license tax.
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Associated Press
Judiciary Committee
Ms. Elrod
Mittee
Omaha
Menlo Leash Case Dismissed As Dog Defiance Clarified
Guthrie County District Judge Anthony Critelli overturned a magistrate's fine against Ernest Little after finding the city failed to prove Little allowed his dog Rocky to run loose in violation of Menlo's leash law. He noted Rocky pursued Toby, Miller's dog, and described Rocky's escape and misadventures as evidence of determination rather than guilt. The judge likened the episode to a fabled tale, remarking on Rocky's persistence.
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UPI
Leroy Glen Miller
Guthrie County
Anthony Critelli
Ernest Little
Rocky
Menlo
Toby
Miller
Critelli
Little
IRA claims responsibility for Belfast firebombings tied to Queen's visit
The Irish Republican Army said it carried out a series of fire bombings around Belfast and linked the attacks to Queen Elizabeth II's upcoming trip to Northern Ireland. The incidents occurred as security concerns rose ahead of the royal visit.
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Irish Republican Army
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