Nebraska names new agronomy department chair
Dominick Costello reports Robert Gast became chairman of the University of Nebraska agronomy department on July 1. The Missouri native and soil chemist plans to protect existing programs, expand irrigation and water use research, and improve linkages with county agents and farmers while preparing room for staff in a planned plant sciences building.
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Dominick Costello
Nebraska
Robert Gast
Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources
University of Nebraska
Gast
Missouri
University of Minnesota
Don Hanway
Agronomy
Dale Swartzendruber
Purdue University
Swartzendruber
Consultants Back Rail Relocation Plan For Lincoln
City and county officials hear a two year study on consolidating railroad traffic through Lincoln with North and South corridors. The draft environmental impact study cites a $20 million project expected to yield 1.35 dollars in benefits per each dollar spent and would eliminate 36 railroad street crossings while affecting the South Salt Creek neighborhood.
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Lincoln
3Rd St
Lancaster County
Railroad Transportation Safety District
RTSD
Sverdrup & Parcel and Associates Inc
St. Louis
Olsson Associates
First National Bank
Park School
Salt Creek
City
Cornhusker Hwy
North Lincoln
South Lincoln
Rock Island
Burlington Northern
Union Pacific
South Salt Creek Community Organization
South Salt Creek
7Th
1St
J Sts
Rtsd Board
BN Coal
Milford
Crete
Hickman
Beatrice
Wymore
Table Rock
Ashland
Plattsmouth
Iowa
West Bypass
Centrum retail area negotiations with Watson Centers continue
City Hall and Watson Centers Inc. near agreement on design schedule and skywalk for the Centrum project. Watson would build a two story retail block for 18 to 20 shops on the north half while the city plans a 1 000 car garage on the south half with demolition of remaining structures due by Sept 1.
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City Hall
Minneapolis, Minn
George Chick
Watson Centers Inc
Chick
City Council
Centrum
Watson
O and
N Sts
11Th
Carter staff revamp seen as shell game by Thone
Nebraska Republicans Rep. Charles Thone and another critic contest President Carter's plan to reorganize the White House staff. Thone calls it a shell game and notes Carter's claim of cutting staff by 28 percent while contrasting with a 30 percent larger staff than Ford.
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Carter
Thone
Associated Press
Nebraska
President Carter
White House
Charles Thone
Ford
Carter White House
Nebraska Television Network challenges rail hearings ban
The Nebraska Television Network fights a ban on televising and recording railroad line abandonment hearings in Norfolk. The Interstate Commerce Commission says press coverage decisions lay with the presiding judge, while the network accuses policy of discriminating against TV and radio reporters.
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Nebraska Television
Norfolk
Interstate Commerce Commission
AP Durham
Tourism picks up as summer travel grows in 1976 pace
Washington AP reports tourism in the United States is accelerating after a slow start this year. Spokesmen from the U S Travel Data Center and the American Automobile Association say with money in hand and a strong economy, inflows are rising and Americans are traveling more.
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Washington
United States
U.S
Steven L. Muha
Travel Center
John H. Jennrich
AAA
Travel Data Center
National Park Service
National Parks
Data Center
Disney World
Florida
Disneyland
California
Greenfield Village
Mich
Six Flags
Amtrak
Welsh Plea Innocent in Slaying
Lincoln police officer William Welsh III pleaded innocent in district court to a first degree murder charge for the June 1 shooting death of his wife Christine. Trial set for Sept. 12. Welsh bound over from county court. He is 31 and was arrested after the Southeast Lincoln home shooting. Christine died at a Lincoln hospital from six bullet wounds.
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Lincoln
William Welsh III
Christine
Welsh
Nebraska
Burglars Hit Walgreen Store on Sunday Night
Thieves burglarized Walgreens Self Service Drug at 1301 O Street. Police said entry was gained from the roof and an undetermined number of watches cameras and drugs were stolen.
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Walgreen Self Service
O St
Bellevue family killed in private plane crash near Omaha
A Bellevue man Clifford Lindblom aged 39 and his two sons Scott 16 and Brett 15 died when their small private plane crashed and burned in a wheat field east of Eppley Airfield. The one engine six passenger craft stalled from high humidity while en route to Ames Iowa. Authorities cited a stalled engine and a failed landing attempt as the crash cause.
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Nebraska
Lancaster County
Lincolns
Omaha
Bellevue
Eppley
Douglas County
James Keenan
Clifford
Lindblom
Scott
Brett
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Harold Simmons
Bonnie Durham
Douglas County District Court
Morris L. Woodruff
Seward
Tenneco Corp
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
AP Chamber
Blackledge
Keith Blackledge
The
North Platte Telegraph
North Platte Chamber of Commerce
York County
Church World Services
Eppley Airfield
Omaha Public Works Dept
Miss Teen Queen
Sandra Noetzehmann
Sidney
Rachel Rizzuto
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension
Dave Keith
Neligh
Aurora
Benkelman
University of Nebraska Medical Center
North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
Medical Center
College of Dentistry
Emmerich Balla
Susie Balla
London
UPI
Walgreen’s
Dant
Sky Harbor Air Service
Hanna
Eppley Runways
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