Interior plan to curb vast West land holdings
Washington plan to restrict ownership of irrigated excess lands in 17 western states aims to curb corporate farming. It would require buyers to live nearby and gain Interior approval, limit ownership to 160 acres per person with 160 additional leasable, and break up large corporate farms to favor family growers.
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Washington
Interior Department
Interior
Cecil Andrus
Bureau of Reclamation
Oregon
Idaho
California
Nevada
Texas
Nebraska
North Dakota
South Dakota
Montana
Utah
Wyoming
Kansas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Arizona
Colorado
Department
Bureau of Reclamation Projects
West
Keith Higginson
Higginson
Andrus
Congress
Huge Gerald Gentleman Station reshapes Sutherland Nebraska
Greening Sutherland Platte Valley workers fill the town as the 304 million Gerald Gentleman Station looms near Sutherland. The 550 foot chimney, 1700 workers five days a week, and rising housing demand impact nearby towns and mobile home camps. Plans for a 150 unit mobile home park south of town were approved.
Voyager 1 launch reset to September 3
NASA officials postponed Voyager 1 launch from September 1 to September 3 to test the camera boom and investigate why Voyager 2 failed to relay deployment data. JPL scientists also checked Voyager 2's on board computer while reporting smoother progress toward Jupiter and Saturn.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Voyager
John Casani
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
JPL
Pasadena
Calif
Space Agency
Jupiter
Saturn
Solar System
Platte Valley Prosperity Seen Beyond Wheat Decline
Mayor Marvin Beatty of Sutherland says the Platte Valley thrives as U S 30 links Grand Island to Ogallala. He notes overall growth, with farm income lagging due to low prices but the area diversifies into light industry and new electrical ventures fueling longer term recovery.
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Sutherland
Grand Island
Ogallala
Marvin Beatty
Platte Valley
Marcos moves to relax martial law regime in Philippines
President Ferdinand Marcos announces amnesty for political prisoners and lifts curfew and travel bans as he signals local elections in 1978. He defends martial law as necessary to end separatist and extremist threats while citing ongoing inquiries and potential referendums.
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Marcos
Manila
Philippines
UPI
Ferdinand Marcos
Philip
Joker Arroyo
Gerald Gentleman Station opens in Nebraska coal plant
Gerald Gentleman Station sits five miles south of Sutherland on 2400 acres with 600000 kilowatts of output from coal. Construction began May 25 1973 and will finish Summer 1978. The project employs 1757 on site 1550 of whom work for National Industrial Constructors. Cost estimated at 304 million dollars. Owned by Nebraska Public District Power District. Coal from near Gillette Wyoming transported by Burlington Northern. NPPD built 240 miles of track from Wallace to the site and purchased 220 hopper cars. Production will burn 400 tons of coal per hour.
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Gerald Gentleman
Sutherland
National Industrial Constructors, Inc
Dallas
Texas
Nebraska Public District
PPD
Gilette
Wyo
Burlington Northern
NPPD
Wallace
Ethics of Son of Sam coverage sparks newsroom debate
A New York Times analysis examines how press freedom confronts responsibility in covering the Son of Sam case. It traces the escalation of public interest from the 1976 Bronx killing to notes and columns by Jimmy Breslin, and the tension between reporting and exploiting news while safeguarding a fair trial.
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Carey Winfrey
New York Times
New York
Sam
Virginia Voskerichian
Queens
Jimmy Breslin
New York Daily News
Breslin
New York City
Donna Lauria
Toll Free Classified Advertising Hotline
A Nebraska Journal-Star line invites readers to place classified ads from anywhere in the state via toll free 800 742 7385. The notice emphasizes accessible service for Nebraska advertisers.
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The
Journal-Star
State of
Nebraska
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Ann Landers
Rick Parr
Vernon Thomson
John Clark
Greening
Beatty
Hershey
Paxton
Brady
Brule
Elsie
Roscoe
North Platte
Lincoln County Board
Francis Fleecs
Jim Yocum
Sutherland Reservoir
State Game and Parks Commission
Jim Raglin
Pines
World Peace Through Law Center
Supreme Court
Thurgood Marshall
Bronx
Abraham Beame
Tico’s
17Th & M
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