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Newspaper
Lincoln Journal
Location
Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1977
Page
7
Partly cloudy conditions with a chance of thundershowers Saturday night across central and western Nebraska. Lows in the 50s to 60s, highs in the 70s to near 80. Extended outlook through Wednesday shows showers, slightly warmer midweek, with cooler Sunday and varying wind and humidity notes.
A cascade of death notices from Lincoln area churches and funeral homes lists numerous residents who passed away recently. Details include ages, surviving relatives in Lincoln and surrounding areas, service times, and funeral home arrangements across local parishes and cemeteries.
Four Guatemalan engineers visited Lincoln to discuss Nebraska’s gasohol plan with UNL professor William Scheller. They noted Guatemala imports most oil and could use molasses to produce alcohol for gasoline, aiding sugar growers and stabilizing markets. Other countries and Brazil’s expanding distilleries were cited as context and precedents.
Doane’s Crete campus shows 95 percent student housing with potential off campus shifts for seniors. At Kearney State College 2100 housing contracts flood capacity while Chadron Peru Wayne State expect upticks. fall 1976 enrolments rise modestly with increased freshmen applications and flexible dining plans.
A self employed couple, Dave and Lynn P., ages 35 and 32, discuss a Keogh Tax-Shelter Retirement Plan. They currently save $1,800 yearly and have $18,000 cash, with estimates showing limited future savings without a plan. The article outlines sheltering income up to 7,350 yearly, potential tax savings of about $3,300, and strategies involving discount bonds and municipal bonds to build a tax efficient retirement fund.
The University of Nebraska Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources reports July temperatures averaged near normal with hot days common. Rain in July was near normal or above except in the southwest and south central, while April through July precipitation was normal or above in most divisions except the southeast at 86 percent of normal.
Mark Johnson, 23, of Grand Island, pled no contest in Hall County District Court to a felony motor vehicle homicide charge for the April 20 death of Eugene Stoll, 52, of Lincoln. Johnson's pickup swerved into the opposite lane on U.S. 281 north of Grand Island, hitting Stoll's car head on. a pre sentence investigation was ordered. The Nebraska Soybean Development Board approved a 175000 budget for the year funding UNL soybean research and market development activities. A field event is planned Sept. 14 near Mead. Nebraska will add four yellow fever vaccination centers starting Sept. 1 including Omaha, Grand Island, and Gering health facilities.
Births reported Friday include Buddy Becker a boy in Bryan. Donald Bosa a boy. Curtis Christiansen a boy. Michael Dunham a girl. Terry Landgrave a girl. Larry Redfield a girl. Michael Krivda twin girls. out of state Kar Halter a boy in Bogota Colombia. Municipal Court notes list guilty pleas fines sentences for alcohol speeding larceny and property damage with ages and addresses where available.
New York UPI reports Madjid Agayev, a village council candidate in Azerbaijan, chose an adviser aged 168, 26 years older than Carter aide Jody Powell and Hamilton Jordan, underscoring respect for elders.
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