Rule Rail Bridge Replacement a Pioneering Construction Feat
A 1300 ton rail truss is being jigged into place over the Missouri to replace the 1887 Burlington Northern span. The project aims to allow 110 car unitized coal trains and heavier grain shipments while using existing granite piers and maintaining traffic with short shutdowns. Executives from leading firms observe the operation as engineers execute a risky combination of vertical jacking and horizontal sliding to seat the new truss. Completion is targeted for December 1 with main contractor Hensel Phelps Co. and Cooney McHugh, Inc. handling steel erection.
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Missouri
Burlington Northern
Burlington
Colorado
Wyoming
Howard Gunnerson
Railroad Transportation Safety District
3Rd St
Lincoln
Don L. Cooney
Tacoma
Wash
Cooney-McHugh, Inc
Hensel Phelps Co
Greeley
Colo
Ted Radland
John C. Jepson
Seattle
Ven
Ture
Jack Nicholson
Jepson
Government weighs curb on junk telephone calls
Lawmaker Les Aspin plans a bill to shield citizens from automated advertising calls as new machines enable firms to dial thousands of homes daily. He notes existing laws don’t cover automated pitches and warns of privacy invasion.
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Washington
Les Aspin
D-Wis
Aspin
U.S. China discuss steps toward normal ties without pact
Secretary of State Cyrus Vance wrapped four days of talks with Chinese leaders in Peking saying discussions were candid and serious and produced a better understanding of U.S. views on normalizing relations. Both sides cited the 1972 Shanghai Communique as the basis, with continued talks planned and Vance traveling on to Tokyo, Seoul, and Washington to brief leaders.
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Peking
UPI
Cyrus Vance
Washington
Vance
Communist Party
Hua Kuo-feng
Huang Hua
New York
General Assembly of
United Nations
the People
Huang
Shanghai
China
Taiwan
Hua
U.S
Peoples Republic
Tokyo
Richard Holbrooke
South Korea
Seoul
Health Dept reports reformitory kitchen gains. prison lags
State Health Dept official Fred Jolly says reformatory kitchen has improved but penitentiary remains deficient. A federal court order requires the Penal Complex kitchens meet minimum health standards within six months or face closure. Judge Warren Urbom oversees the case filed by inmates Kenneth Robison and David J. Moreno.
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State Health Dept
Fred Jolly
Penal Complex
U.S
Warren Urbom
Correctional Services
Joseph Vitek
Robert Parratt
Parratt
Jolly
Vitek
Reformatory
Correctional Service
Health Dept
Urbamn
Kenneth Robison
David J. Moreno
Urbam
Barbara Gaither
Nebraska Civil Liberties Union
Higher bond for Williams could have been raised
Robert E Williams could likely meet a higher bond than $2,000 set Aug 8 at arraignment on kidnapping charges Deputy County Atty Rod Rehm said. Williams, 40, posted 100 percent and was freed Aug 9 awaiting a preliminary hearing. He is charged with murder and rape in multiple August cases and is suspected in other assaults. Official transcripts show no indication a higher bond was requested.
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Jim Aucoin
Robert E. Williams
Rod Rehm
Lancaster
Robert Camp
Williams
Catherine Brooks
Patricia McCarry
Miss McGarry
Lincoln
Iowa
St. Paul
Weekend View features Lincoln events and Nebraska sports
Inside notes a variety of local items from the Railroad Transportation Safety District as community problem solving to a medical study on moderate drinkers and heart health. It highlights a Lincoln school meeting, farmers seeking government loans, Monte Anthony joining workouts, a Lincoln teen disco drawing small crowds, and the North American Fiddle Championships in Omaha with weekend pages 11 to 13.
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Railroad Transportation Safety District
Lincoln
Omaha
Weekend View
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