Cancellation of Nitecap Show sparks national radio outcry
The July 19 1977 pages recount Mutual Broadcasting System canceling the Herb Jepko Nitecap Show ending a 14 year run audience of more than 5 million. Jepko resents network pressure to become controversial while Mutual replaces it with Long John Nebel prompting an audience outcry and mail. Detroit garbage workers strike follows, halting city trash collection in 90 degree heat.
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John M. Crewdson
New York Times
Salt Lake City
Middle America
President Carter
Idi Amin
Herb Jepko Nitecap
Mutual Broadcasting System
Jepko
Mutual
Ed Brandon
Houston
Nitecap
C. Edward Little
Long John Nebel
WMCA
New York City
Nebel
Nitecaps
David Baertsch
United States
Canada
Europe
Asia
Herbie
Detroit
Lincoln area obituaries list many local residents
Anna Albers 83 of 1710 So. 52nd died Monday. Georgia Beaty 53 of 405 So. 46th died Sunday in Omaha. Mabel Felton 82 of 1006 M died Sunday. Harold Framstead 76 of 4610 Hill Or died Monday. Charles Lommason 94 of 4301 Holdrege died Tuesday. Paul Niemann 93 of Garland died Sunday in Schuyler. Hattie Clements 80 of Denison died Monday. Edward Ruehle 77 of 4000 So. 56th St died Monday. David Sell 78 of 5740 M died Monday. William Truscott 23 of Crab Orchard died Sunday. Tressa Volker 86 of Sterling died Sunday. Services and memorials listed with several churches and funeral homes including Hodges-Splain Roberts, Roper and Sons, Frambstead and others. Survivors include spouses, children, grandchildren. notable affiliations include Elks, churches, and lodges.
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Beaty
Georgia
Lorraine
Omaha
Langsford Funeral Home
Lees Summitt
Roper and Sons Mortuary
Framstead
Harold A
Hill Or
Hodgmansplain Roberts
Dallas Gibson
Lincoln Memorial Park
Elks
East Lincoln
Lommasson
Charles Curtis
Holdrege
Atlantic
Iowa
Highland Park United Methodist Church
Topeka
Kan
York Rite Masons
National Assn
Charles
Roger Casteel
Anatomical Board
St. Paul United Methodist Church
Metcalf Funeral Home
Ruehle
Edward William
56Th St
Indian Hills Community Church
Elks Club
Capital City
Kiwanis Club
Masonic Lodge
Scottish Rite
Sesastris Shrine
Hiram Club
Ohio National Life Insurance Company
Grace
Jo Ann Spaur
Columbia
Ann Garska
Gary
Edward Ruehle
Kiwanis
Niemann
Paul
Garland
Schuyler
Zion Lutheran Church
David City
George
Brainard
Leonard
Dwight
Helen
Wood Brothers
Crab Orchard
James R. Truscott
James T
Teresa
Lincoln
Darcy
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
St. Mary
Msgr
A.J. Szmydt
Rosary
St. John American Lutheran Church
Sterling
Robert Herrholdt
Zink Mortuary
TV Best Bets Tuesday Dr Seuss and Star Baseball
TV listings show CBS Seuss The Lorax at 7 p.m. with NBC All Star Baseball at Yankee Stadium. Also scheduled are Love Story on ABC, Opera Theater salute to Victor Herbert on ETV, and late movie options. Channel map includes Lincoln CATV and outstate stations with detailed regional carriers and lineups.
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Dr. Seuss
Cbsgmco
Yankee Stadium
NBC
ABC
Harvard
Ryan O'Neal
Ali MacGraw
Victor Herbert
McMillan and Wife
Marjoe
ABC News
Terrytoons
Gomer Pyle
Star Trek
Andy Griffith
SUN
Andy Williams
Adam
MacNeil/Lehrer
Beverly Hillbillies
Bobby Vinton
CBS
Mie Bane
Marcus Welby
Lenny
Squiggy
Chicago
Boston
MacGraw
Merv Griffith
Schneider
Ginny
Manhattan
Groucho
Farwell man dies after July 14 truck crash
Lonnie Platek, 26, of Farwell, died from injuries after a one vehicle fertilizer truck overturned on a Sherman County road. He was taken to Loup City, then Grand Island, then Lincoln for treatment before passing away.
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Nebraska
Lancaster County
Mircomm
United Press
L. Lonnie Platek
Farwell
Sherman
Loup City
Platek
Grand Island
Lincoln
Omaha woman sues over rescue squad negligence in daughter’s death
Charlotte Marco of Omaha filed a $1 million damage claim against Pottawattamie County alleging negligence in the county rescue squad’s operation after her daughter Debbie drowned at Lake Manawa on June 26. The rescue vehicle broke down and a Council Bluffs fire unit ferried Debbie to hospital. Fire Chief Norm Elgin said no time was lost despite the switch.
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Council Bluffs
Omaha
Pottawattamie County
Charlotte Marco
Debbie
Lake Manawa
Pottawattamie
Bergan Mercy Wins OK for CAT Scanner Plan
A state advisory group approved Bergan Mercy Hospital in Omaha to install a computerized axial tomography scanner by March 1978. The 8-1 decision cited cost reduction and shorter patient transport, though a skeptic warned of rising consumer costs.
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Bergan Mercy Hospital
Omaha
State Advisory Council On
State Health Department
Bill Dick
Lincoln
Sioux City
Des Moines
Iowa
Dewey Nemetz
Blair
Gerard Kelly
Bergan Mercy
Composer Makuzynski Dies in Mallorca at 59
Polish born pianist Witold Makuzynski died of a heart attack Sunday in Palma de Mallorca Spain. The noted composer was 59.
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Palma de Mallorca
Spain
Witold Makuzynski
Record Foreign Farmland Purchases Raise Monitoring Questions
Foreign interests own millions of acres of U S farmland, but officials say Americans need not overreact. Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Robert Lounsberry cautions monitoring while downplaying imminent danger, noting the issue involves limited land and could grow tense.
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Des Moines
U.S
Iowa
Robert Lounsberry
U.S. Commerce Dept
U.S. Agriculture Dept
USDA
Lounsberry
Secretary of State
Iowa State University
Marriage Licenses Listed For Numerous Local Couples
A long list of marriage licenses is shown with names and addresses such as Richard Theodore Gunn, Eugene Francis Sobolik, Walter August Vetter, John David Beall, and many others. The notices include spouse pairs, ages, and street addresses, indicating licenses issued locally.
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Gunn
Richard Theodore
F St
Sobolik
Eugene Francis
Vetter
Walter August
Sewell
Beall
John David
Ceee Eee Tarrence
David Edward
Nichols
Daniel Paul
Berkshire
Krause
Ronald Frederick
Brent Blvd
McReynolds
Brian Elton
A St
McMeekin
Michael Patrick
Huntington
Loren John
Kipper
Dennis William
St. Paul
Gillam
Tracey Lee
Benton
Vargas
Juan Jose
Fink
Bernard Lyle
E St
Beatrice Eyes 1 Percent Sales Tax for Center
Beatrice council calls a September special election to decide a 1 percent city sales tax to fund a $3.7 million community center. If approved, tax would finance construction and be used beyond general revenue. Chadron opposed similar tax citing trade impact. Beatrice aims for equitable funding through sales tax.
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Dean Terrill
Nebraska
Beatrice
Omaha
Lincoln
Bellevue
North Platte
Chadron
Terry
Panhandle
Sidney
Alliance
Scottsbluff
Smith Approved as Carter Envoy to Curb Nuclear Spread
Gerard Smith, longtime disarmament negotiator for Nixon, won Senate approval to serve as President Carter's special envoy tasked with curbing the spread of nuclear weapons. The nomination places Smith at the center of U S diplomacy on nuclear nonproliferation efforts.
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Washington
UPI
Gerard Smith
Nixon
Senate
Carter
Smith bill seeks moratorium on rural rail abandonments
United Press International reports Virginia Smith, a Nebraska Republican, introduced legislation to halt rural rail line abandonments with an 18 month moratorium and extend 100 percent federal subsidies for branch line rehabilitation for at least one year.
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United Press Intn
Virginia Smith
R-Neb
Washington
Proposed flood elevation determinations for Avoca Nebraska
Federal agency proposes base flood elevations for Avoca Nebraska to qualify for NFIP. Ninety day comment period after second local newspaper publication. Contact Richard Krimm at HUD to comment or obtain maps and elevations at the mayor of Avoca for review.
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Avoca
Nebraska
Federal Insurance Administration
HUD
NFIP
Richard Krimm
Office of Flood Insurance
Seventh Street
Washington, D.C
Federal
Elvin Emshoff
P.O
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Katherine) Lee
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Shelton
John H. Amen
Hodgmans Plain-Roberts Chapel
Gordon Jorgensen
Wyuka
Sell — David
Grace Lutheran Church
Roy Benson
Wynka
Church of the Heart Fund
Roper and Sons
Arthur Hillman
Eldon Heskett
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Harold Taylor
Rex Mercer Sr
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KTIV
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Ford
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Brian James
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Tuesday Crump
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