LOMR Receives Budget Boost for Residential Services
Lancaster Office of Mental Retardation gains a proposed 5 million dollar Region V budget increase approved Tuesday. The funds cover new and expanded residential services including a group home for six teens and supervised apartments for nine adults, plus seven day per week staff coverage. The agency expects an 80 thousand dollar deficit for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1977, due to delayed reimbursements from public school funds.
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William Tempelmeyer
Richard Packwood
Barnett declines PSC assistant executive secretary post
Lincoln Senator Wally Barnett says he will not seek the Public Service Commission opening. He cites avoiding any suspicion the job was created for him and says he picked up an application but will not fill it out.
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Frontier to add Chicago service from Lincoln via O’Hare
Frontier plans additional connections from Scottsbluff and North Platte as schedules finalize for Lincoln Chicago service. A ticket writer will be installed before O’Hare operations begin. The Airport Authority and State Historical Society Foundation agreed to display two 1920s Lincoln made antique airplanes, funded $3,000 by the authority, with ownership retained by the foundation in a five year lease.
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Conversation of Chambers Landrie heard in testimony
In Buffalo County District Court testimony Tuesday, a telephone chat between undercover State Patrol agent Dennis Landrie and State Senator Ernest Chambers of Omaha was discussed. The case retrial of Donald Steinmark, 39, of Kearney, centers on sales of amphetamines and marijuana to Landrie in December 1974. The retrial follows a U.S. District Court order freeing Steinmark from the State Penal Complex in March.
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Landrie
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Merger Study Standoff and Trial Move In Lincoln Region
County and city officials clash over a merger study panel and possible referral to the Lincoln Foundation. The Steinmark trial moved from Kearney to Lexington after a venue change. Witness Landrie described taped conversations and fears of jail, while testimony touched on patrol advice and discussions about civil liability. The trial opened Monday with ongoing questions about motive and process.
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Steinmark
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Exon cited for hearing on abortions
The Nebraska Welfare Assn executive council voted to commend Gov. Exon for deciding to hold a public hearing on Medicaid fund use for abortions. The council will send a letter of support, noting the hearing offers the public a chance to speak on a volatile issue.
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UPI
Nebraska Welfare Assn
J. J. Exon
Margaret Hall
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