Education board weighs Maharishi courses for Omaha
The State Board of Education will study for a month before deciding if Maharishi International University can offer first year college courses in Omaha, with Lincoln possible later. Critics say TM is religious while officials stress nonsectarian courses and classroom structure.
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State Board of Education
Maharishi International University
Omaha
Lincoln
Fairfield
Iowa
Leonard Goldman
Parsons College
University of Iowa
Omaha Center
Gordon Becker
University of Nebraska At Omaha
Lincoln TM
Chris Costantakos
Love Our Children
California
Missouri
Landis
Margaret Ellen Gatton Brisch
University of Nebraska-Omaha
Thomas C. Campbell
Morton
Illinois Central College
East Peoria
Ill
Richard P. Compton
Lincon
State University of New York- Oswego
Louis Francis Cooper
Tomah
Wis
Tomah Veteran’s Hospital
Michael E. Currier
Fremont
Fremont Saiid Seyed Mehdi Dabestani
Tehran
Iran
Pahlavi University
Shiraz
Iaw
Sandhills School Receives One Year Reprieve
A small Sandhills school in Marn San doz' beloved Sandhills country won a one year extension after a Sheridan County board reversed a closure ruling for District 141. Framed by statements from the famed writer's siblings, the board allowed operation for about four rancher children, despite 1976 77 yielding no pupils.
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Marn Sandoz
Sandhills
State Board of Education
Sheridan County
Lincoln Public Schools notices on student records privacy
The Lincoln Board of Education considers a records privacy statement giving parents rights to inspect and review information kept on their children. The proposal lets release of names and ages unless written objection is filed, and includes a policy preventing sale of seniors' names to businesses. Parents may complain to HEW if desired.
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Lincoln Public Schools
Board of Education
Health, Education and Welfare Dept
Omaha action board restores minority funds
The Greater Omaha Community Action board reversed a plan to cut grants to two Omaha minority groups. The Mid-City Business and Professional Assn faced $35,000 and the United Contractors Assn. of Nebraska faced $845,000 in reductions. The board paused cuts after finding a required warning period of 101 days to six months.
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Omaha
Greater
Beg Your Pardon Aid Referendum Planned for 1978
A Friday Lincoln Journal column misspells the timing of a state aid referendum. The item notes a petition drive could trigger a vote, targeted for November 1978, about authorizing aid.
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Lincoln Journal
Advisory group approves tree removal guidelines
The advisory group cleared highway tree removal guidelines that require road crews to take steps before removing trees deemed safety hazards. Drafted by Trees of Nebraska, the proposals now go to the state Highway Commission for approval. The panel also plans studies on using plantings to beautify roadsides and enhance safety.
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Associated Press
Nebraska
State Highway Commission
Citizens Advisory Group
Trees of
Psychiatric exam sought for Williams in murder case
Public Defender Richard Goos said a psychiatric examination will be requested Monday for Robert E. Williams who faces two counts of murder, first degree sexual assault, and firearm use. Lancaster County District Judge William Hastings may order the exam. Williams is likely to request a jury trial with a trial expected in November.
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Robert E. Williams
Richard Goos
Goos
Williams
Ron Lahners
Lancaster County
William Hastings
Switzer to stay on Nebraska aging commission
Dorothy Switzer offered resignation from the Nebraska Commission on Aging over a potential conflict of interest with her paid Grand Generation program on ETV. Governor Exon asked for an attorney general opinion which found no conflict and advised she need not resign. Switzer stated she takes commission work seriously and has abstained from relevant votes.
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The
Nebraska Commission On Aging
J. J. Exon
Commission
Mrs. Switzer
Lincoln
Aging Commission
Grand Generation
Nebraska Educational Television Network
ETV
Remembering Behm the Cornhusker football hero
The writer recalls Behm’s youth at Nebraska and his rise to business leadership in America. He notes high attendance by Behm’s parents and wife in tears, and mentions Behm Sr as superintendent of Lincoln Telephone and Telegraph. The piece reflects on memories from about fifty years ago and acknowledges possible factual errors.
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America
Jim Raglin
Behm
Nebraska
Behm, Jr
Lincoln Telephone and Telegraph
Courage and endurance mark Nebraska boy’s Rose Bowl journey
A Nebraska boy named Forrest Behm suffered severe burns from a fire set by neighborhood children. Doctors warned that his leg might need amputation, but with veterinary aid and his father’s resolve, he endured daily agony in a makeshift treatment. He recovered to play football in the 1941 Rose Bowl, inspiring neighbors and a nation through grit and parental sacrifice. Ted Husing cited the story as an example of courage and hope amid hardship.
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Forrest Behm
Lincoln
Behm
Nebraska
Memorial Stadium
Ted Husing
UNL ends summer session with about 400 degrees awarded
About 400 University of Nebraska Lincoln students receive degrees at the close of the second summer session. A reception was held in the Nebraska Union Centennial Room as Chancellor Roy A. Young congratulated graduates. The list shows graduates with honors indicated by asterisks and lists many names across graduate and undergraduate programs including arts and sciences and teacher education.
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University of Nebraska- Lincoln
Nebraska Union
UNL
Roy A. Young
Thirty two UNL students earn doctor of philosophy degrees
Thirty two graduates from the University of Nebraska Lincoln receive Doctor of Philosophy degrees at the completion of the second summer session. Recipients include Dorothy McKone Atkins in English and Joseph Belonax Jr in business administration, with positions listed at Bowling Green University and other institutions.
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Blair DeeLores
May Prochaska Hancock
Fremantle
William Frank Havlicek
Davis
William Louis Higbee
Batavia
III
Pamela Rae Holiman
Waterbur
Patricia Ann Hansen Hyland
Edgar Coralie
Rachel Bobbitt Jacobs
Bellevue
Dennis
Keen
Papillion
Doris Rae Ziemke Kirke
Omaha
Vernie Marie von Essen Jensen
Uehling
Michael Joseph Kivitz
Springfield
Carol Jean Wedberg Kmoch
York
Warren Arthur Kuhl
Bertrand
David Gerard Lanove
Phyllis Marie Humphrey Larson
Lincoln
David Alan London
Orland
Calif
Linda Jo Louko
Weeping Water
Robert Held Lueke
Columbus
Marcia Louise Baker Malone
James Joseph Masek
Taylor
Jonn G. Mills Jr
Anne Marie Neacy
David Frederick Neeley
Seward
Cheryl Neumeister
Pueblo
Colo
Ann Mary Noel
Gary A. Pattyn
Debra Marcella Pohlmeier
Hastings
Thomas Johann Prasch
Lawrence James Reznicek
Cedar Bluffs
April Kathleen Bell Roberg
Roger Elton Severns
Jo Ann Purkey Sharrar
Martin Alan Sterkel
David Lynn Stewart
Joseph Stephen Swoboda
Schuyler
Christine Anne Tabshey
Judy Sue Hanneman Wendorff
David Michael Wight
Waverly
Business
Kenneth William Sandrock
Falls City
John Furniss Watters Jr
George J. Zuerlein
Dorothy May Rice Brandt
University of Nebraska- Lincoln
Dorothy Johanna McKone Atkins
Nebraska- Lincoln
Joseph J. Belonax Jr
Bowling Green
Ohio
Bowling Green University
Dale G. Bails
Harold L. Berghel
Sandra L. Gabel
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Nabil Ibrahem Eltayef
Baghdad
Iraq
Archibald N. Galloway Jr
Community III
Boy’s Town
Jerold Everett Gunselley
South Sioux City
Everett's Furniture, Inc
John Alan Hansen
Community Education & Development, Inc
Donald Jacobs
Department of Business
Union College
Richard P. Krummel
Leon D. Larimer II
Nebraska Penal
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York College OF Engineering and Technology
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Brewster College OF Home Economics
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Hebron
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