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Newspaper
Lincoln Journal
Location
Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1977
Page
10
A reader submits a prayer for children to Dear Ann Landers, praising parents and asking God for wisdom and obedience. The piece also notes a reader from Oshkosh highlights dialing 0 for operator help, stressing access to assistance even in the dark.
Copenhagen observer Svend Novrup notes an unusual bridge hand where South overcalled with two clubs over East's one club. West's diamond play yielded ruffs and repeated finesses, and declarer secured eight tricks after a redoubled contract. North and West discuss the unlikely chance of beating eight by leading trump.
Colorado officials schedule an Oct 25 hearing into unlicensed Roosevelt National Life Insurance sales by more than 30 individuals. The affair spans Oct to mid-Dec 1976 with FBI CID, and state departments in Nebraska and Kansas also conducting probes.
Nebraska will receive about 1.9 million dollars in federal CETA grants to employ and train youths. The funds support Carter era efforts to stimulate the economy and aid idle youths with programs led by state CETA director Thomas Erixon and local officials in Omaha and Lincoln.
The Lincoln-Lancaster Commission on the Status of Women finds about 400 men and 150 women serve on local citizen advisory committees. Lincoln population is 48 percent male and 52 percent female, while Lancaster County is 49 percent male and 51 percent female. Tom Henderson becomes assistant information coordinator for advertising and promotion at Great Plains Instructional Television Library, with prior work in city planning, public works, and the Nebraska Military Dept. Keystone Upsilon chapter of Nebraska Wesleyan University in Lincoln is named outstanding Phi Kappa Tau chapter, with Dean Moors accepting the Roland Maxwell Trophy. The 81 chapter members posted an average scholastic grade of 3.06 on a 4.0 scale. community service and house management were also factors.
A California transient named Robert Maynard Rich, 36, was arraigned in Lancaster County Court on bank robbery charges for the Cornhusker State Bank holdup at 1300 No. 27th St. He was arrested minutes after the 3:45 p.m. Friday robbery in the 1200 block of No. 29th St. Bond was set at 15000 dollars and a hearing is scheduled for Aug. 30. Federal charges may follow from the U.S. attorney's office.
An advertisement promotes OdriNil as a gentle natural diuretic to reduce premenstrual water retention. It claims fast acting effects with a money back guarantee from the manufacturer for relief from bloating and temporary weight gain.
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