North Koreans Calm Over Copter Crisis Amid Crisis
President Carter shows no plan to reassess US troop withdrawal from Korea after North Korea shot down a US Army helicopter. Pyongyang calls the incident unhappy, claims three U.S. soldiers died not by its fire, and notes a fourth captured serviceman is receiving medical care in a communist hospital. The White House remarks that both sides have remained calm in statements.
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White House
Jody Powell
North Korea
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Tokyo
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U.S. Military Command
Joseph Miles
Washington
Ind
Glenn Schanken
Baraboo
Wis
Carter backs no fault auto insurance nationwide
The Carter administration endorsed legislation to establish no fault auto insurance nationwide. Transportation Secretary Brock Adams told the Senate Commerce Committee the system is more certain, comprehensive, timely and fair. Magnuson’s bill would set federal standards and give states three years to comply, with federal action if they fail.
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Carter Administration
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Brock Adams
Senate Commerce Committee
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Transportation Dept
Warren G. Magnuson
D-Wash
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House
Congress
Magnuson
City eyes native prairie plot at Gere Branch Library
Lincoln City Libraries Director Charles Dalrymple defends the Gere Branch Library prairie plot as natural and drought tolerant while the City Weed Inspection Division labels it weeds and orders owners to cut and remove vegetation within five days. The 90 percent native grasses project aims to showcase pioneer flora with eight grasses, native shrubs, signs, and planned butterfly milkweed. The area has faced prior destruction from nearby construction and neighbor mowing, but officials expect the plot to thrive in two years.
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56Th and
Normal
Lincoln City Libraries
Charles Dalrymple
City
Dalrymple
Nebraska Flooding and Thunderstorms Hit Central East
Thunderstorms drenched south central and eastern Nebraska dropping four to five inches in parts causing lowland floods between Grand Island and Lincoln. Lincoln saw light rainfall with gusts to 44 mph as west of Lincoln the West Fork of the Big Blue River rose sharply. Osceola logged 2.03 inches in 20 minutes. Temperatures spiked to the 100s as a cold front moved through. near normal temps expected by mid August.
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McCool Junction
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Osceold
York
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Blue Hill
Aurora
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Lincolnite physician among five indicted in cattle feeder fraud
A federal grand jury in Omaha charged Dr. Robert W. White and four others with 12 counts tied to an alleged scheme to defraud cattle feeders from 1972 to 1976. The group allegedly used multiple trading names to sell cattle with falsified weights and shipping charges, impacting at least 30 feeders in Nebraska Iowa and Minnesota.
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West Charleston
Terry Lynn Hass
Ithaca
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Independence
Iowa
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Janis
Spirit Lake
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Nebraska
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Hampton
Wayne C. Loeske
Columbus
Will Foth
Bryan Peterson
Ord
U.S
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Solder
Midwest Livestock
Capital City Livestock, Sales, Inc
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L& J Investments, Inc
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Olson
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Beeves
South Dakota
Colorado
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Grand Jury
White
Billion dollar blackout looms after New York power failure
The massive outage that hit New York Wednesday may be remembered as the billion dollar blackout. The edition notes forecast rain and warmer weekend weather with a Saturday high near 93 and a low around 70, while Nebraska reports flag groundwater decline and irrigation concerns.
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New York
Legalized Laetrile bid in Nebraska seeks legality
Two Nebraska lawmakers vow to introduce bills in the 1978 session to legalize Laetrile production and use. Senator Patrick Venditte of Omaha and Senator Dennis Rasmussen of Scotia pledge action, citing consumer choice and a cancer case as impetus.
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Patrick Venditte
Omaha
Dennis Rasmussen
Scotia
Toxic gas harms Vegas patrons at Landmark hotel
A toxic gas leak at the Landmark hotel and casino in Las Vegas killed at least one person and injured many others. About 800 to 1,000 guests fled the venue after a power failure and basement flooding preceded the fumes. Investigators link the 10th floor air conditioning unit to the leak.
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Clark County
LeRoy Hawks
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