State school aid petition drive faces signature validity concerns
Nebraska petition drive for a November 1978 vote on repealing a 20 million dollar school aid increase shows potentially invalid signatures. Officials warn 10 percent may be invalid, with some notarizations predated, others denied by signers, while counts are not yet official.
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Herb Schimek
Nebraska State Education Assn
Schimek
Nebraska State School Boards Assn
Allen Beermann
Beermann
Nebraska School Improvement Assn
Columbus
Don Dworak
Capitol
Scimek
Postal Service weighs Saturday mail curtailment again
Washington AP The Postal Service backtracked on plans to end Saturday deliveries after a prior push to cut the sixth day. Postmaster General Bailor said a comprehensive public wish study will guide any decision as officials revisit a Nielsen survey showing 79 percent favorable to dropping Saturday mail to curb rates.
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Postal Service
Benjamin F. Bailor
Commission On Postal Service
Bailar
National League of Postmasters
San Juan
Puerto Rico
A. C. Nielsen
Quake Strikes Eastern Indonesia No Casualties Reported
A 6.4 magnitude earthquake rocked eastern Indonesia with epicenter about 1,600 miles east of Jakarta and 200 miles south of Sumbawa Island. No immediate casualties or damage were reported despite the recent major quake and tidal waves that killed 116 and left 70 missing.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Sumbawa Island
Inside Tonight and Page 4 Highlights
The notice previews a 60 percent rain chance Saturday with a high near 90 and a 70 degree low. It also cites an editorial on Vance's visit to Peking, noting the realities remain unchanged.
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State Vance
Peking
Anniversary of suffrage stirs push for ERA ratification
President Carter linked state ERA defeats to working women and urged renewed effort to win ratification by 1979. He signed a proclamation marking the 57th anniversary of woman suffrage and ordered federal agencies to root out discriminatory laws. A march tribute cited Alice Paul and Emily Davison as symbols of the ongoing fight for equality.
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Washington
Carter
ERA
Nebraska
Stop Era
Phyllis Schlafly
Pennsylvania Avenue
Hazel Hallinan
White House
Virginia Allen
George Washington University
Civil Rights Commission
Alice Paul
Emily Wilding Davison
Hazel Hawkins Hallinan
NPPD proposes 13 percent wholesale power rise in 1978
Nebraska Public Power District advises 99 rural and municipal wholesale customers of a 13.43 percent rate increase for 1978 79. The board authorized staff to share the cost analysis and schedule hearings. final approval aimed for November. Lincoln and Norris districts expect modest passes through to retail customers.
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Harold Simmons
Columbus
Nebraska Public Power District
NPPD
Nppd Board of Directors
Dil Blatchford
Blatchford
City of
Lincoln
Norris
Lancaster County
City and County Plan Welfare Program Inventory
City Council and County Board, joined by Mayor Helen Bousalis, ordered a comprehensive review of welfare and human services programs. They tasked Administrator Bob Clark with creating a master list of all governmental and voluntary social programs within 30 days to address fragmentation and waste.
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Helen Bousalis
Bob Clark
Clark
Exon defends gasohol study amid energy push
Gov. J. J. Exon denies cozying up to oil interests as he backs a feasibility study of gasohol and deregulation of new natural gas wells. He says the study will aid gasohol development and notes Republican critics miscast his motives while urging energy issues stay above politics.
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J. J. Exon
Loran Schmit
Bellwood
Exon
Senate
Midwest
Iowa
Robert Ray
Nebraska
Canada
Paul Meierhenry
Norfolk
Gasohol
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