Additional Rain Forecast and Nebraska Storm Impacts
The National Weather Service warned of more rain and isolated severe thunderstorms across Nebraska Monday after a soggy Sunday. Reported rainfall included 2.89 inches at Auburn and 2.70 inches near Phillips in less than an hour, with downtown Wilber flash flooding and creeks running bank full across several counties.
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Phillips
Auburn
Nebraska
Valentine
Alliance
North Platte
McCook
OSHA urges workers unions to boost accident prevention
OSHA official Jeff Span urged Omaha workers and union reps to help cut on the job accidents. He said new regulations from Labor Secretary Ray Marshall would give workers the right to inspect employers logs of job related accidents or illnesses, improving access to safety records.
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Omaha
UPI
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
OSHA
Jeff Span
Aflcio
Ray Marshall
Span
Wichita
Kan
Nebraska Jobless Rate Edges Down Statewide
Nebraska’s unemployment eased to 3.8 percent in July from 3.9 in June and 4.7 a year ago, with about 27 000 Nebraskans jobless. Lincoln fell to 2.9 percent, Omaha to 5.9 percent, and outstate to 3.6 percent, while the state remains well below the national 6.9 percent. State Labor Commissioner Gerald Chizek cites student return to school as key factor and forecasts lower August unemployment.
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Nebraska
State Labor Dept
Lincoln
Gerald Chizek
Scottsbluff sewer plant project delayed by months
Scottsbluff’s six year effort to build a new sewage treatment plant will be delayed at least five months. DEC and EPA officials in Lincoln told Mayor Donald Overman a required environmental impact statement won’t be finished until next January or February, with EPA contracting delays and need for more information. DEC must approve new construction, especially for large industrial waste loads, as the city reviews several plans including a possible joint project with Gering.
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Scottsbluff
Lincoln
Nebraska Department of Environmental Control
DEC
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Donald Overman
Overman
Washington
Gering
North Platte River
Man builds two ton steam powered dream in Nebraska
Grand Island Nebraska AP John Wegner 77 spent three years creating a 20 horsepower steam engine replica of a 1912 Case engine. Built with help from friends at John Baasch Welding the project used parts from Chicago Minneapolis and a Model T. Wegner values the dream at over six thousand dollars and has received offers up to twelve thousand but won’t sell.
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Grand Island
John Wegner
Wegner
Marina
John Baasch Welding
Baasch
Forest Pence
Harvard
Jay Davis
Ayr
Omaha Couple Welcomes Triplets At Immanuel Hospital
Linda and Steven Templeton of Omaha became parents of three boys Bart Douglas John Steven and Michael McKinley Templeton born Sunday night at Immanuel Hospital all in good condition with weights 3 lb 2 oz 4 lb 5 oz and 4 lb 8 oz The couple's wedding anniversary was July 29 in the hospital It is the second set of triplets at Immanuel in two weeks in Nebraska triplet incidence around one in 8000 births with 1976 seeing only one set in about 24000 births.
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Omaha
Linda
Steven Templeton
Immanuel Hospital
Bart Douglas
John Steven
Michael McKinley Templeton
Things to Do and Local Venues Guide Lincoln Neb
Admission charges listed for events and venues across Lincoln including Hilton Hotel Howell Theater and McDonalds art display. Public meetings traffic through government boards and cultural sites, with hours and contact numbers for museums parks theaters and recreation options.
Movie Theater Schedule Highlights for Town Venues
A dense listing of film showtimes across cinemas including Cinema 1 with Sidewinder, Cinema 2 with Murder By Death, X rated titles at Cinema X and Embassy, Douglas theaters showing The Last Remake of Beau Geste and Final Chapter Walking Tall, plus drive-ins West O and 84th & O and others. Notable titles include Star Wars at Stuart, Smokey and the Bandit at Plaza 1, Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo at Plaza 3, and The Sting at Starview Drive-In with varied morning to late night screenings.
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Ars Cooper
MacArthur
Douglas
Spy Who
Embassy
Joyo
Plaza
Smokey & the Bandit
Herbie
Monte Carlo
Bad News Bears
Roxy
Roberta
Sheldon
Morocco
State
California
West O Drive-In
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Mon
Howell Theater
Community Playhouse
McDonald’s
Capitol
15 & K
Supreme Court
Airport Authority
Judiciary
Mellerdrammer
Deadwood
Fanny
Lincoln Hilton
Gas Light Theater
Lincoln Mutual
G. & Gere
56Th Normal
J St
Cyclopaper & Can Co
Sun Valley Blvd
North Door
Historical Society — Museum
R. Sun
Fairview
W. J. Bryan
49Th & Sumner
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Governor’s Mansion
University-State Museum
Mueller Planetarium
Sun
Morrill Hall
Thos. Kennard
H. Sun
First & W van Dorn
Saltillo
Pioneers Park
Calvert- Coddington
Ager Nature Center
Antelope Park
Arnold Heights
Airpark West
Belmont
Judson
College View
Prescott
Cooper Park
Irvingdale
Peter Pan Park
Piedmont
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Sumner
Southwood
Tipperary Trail
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Walker
Uni. Place
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Eden Park
Eden Circle
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Meadow Hts
Centennial
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Uni Place
Lexington
Woods Memorial
33Rd & J
Holmes
70Th
Pioneers
So. Coddington
W. Calvert
Mahoney
84Th
Adams
Normal
South
Brownville Village Theater Repertory
Sunshine Boys
Central Park Mall
Indian Center
Weeping Water
Cass County Fairgrounds
Neb
Beatrice
Gage County Museum
Homestead
Nat’. Monument
Hwy
Bellevue — Aerospace Museum
Fremont — May
Wed
Stuhr Museum of Prairie Pioneer
Hastings
House of Yesterday
Minden
Pioneer Village
Nebraska City
Arbor Lodge
J. Sterling Morton
Old Hwy
Union Pacific Museum
Dodge
Western Heritage Society Museum
Old Union Station
Red Cloud
Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial Sun
Table Rock
York — Palmer Museum
Wilber — Czech
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Otoe County
Field
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Seward
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Desire
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Platte River
Cozad
Rothman
Kimball
Westhound
Graves
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Padovano
Howard
Ogallala
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Alcoholics Anonymous
Better Business Bureau
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Library
Clocktower
Eens. IS Born
Erat
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Roy
Aay Te Bal
Plaza Theatres
Richard Pryor
Peter Falk
Peter Sellers
Walt Disney Productions
Dean Jones
Don Knotts
Walt Disney
William Devane Ccufton
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Paul Brickman
Leonard Goldberg
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Sorers Svea
Bill Lancaster
Michael Pressman
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Gregory Peck
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Paul Newman
Robert Redford
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