Mary Packwood to be honored for decades of service in Sterling
A Sunday afternoon open house at St John's Lutheran Church honors Mary Packwood for 33 years as Sterling's fire department dispatcher and six years with its ambulance. She moved to Sterling in 1944 and has served as secretary of the Sterling Improvement Association and Library Board, among other civic roles. Her son Richard will attend as a guest.
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Sterling
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Mary Packwood
Johnson County Courier
Mike
Sterling’s
Syracuse Journal Democrat
Packwood
Sterling Improvement Association
Town Library Board
Sterling Cemetery
Richard of
Lincoln
St. John’s American Lutheran Church
Californians Charged In Sun Fruit Asset Raid Indictment
Onetime congressional candidate Walter Wencke and three associates were indicted by a federal grand jury on 35 of 36 counts for conspiring to raid assets of Sun Fruit Ltd., a San Joaquin Valley wine grape syndicate Wencke led from 1972 to 1975. Co defendants include Sun Fruit directors Richard Mets and Paul Potter and auditor John Dees. Charges span mail fraud SEC filing violations and impeding the commission. Sun Fruit operated seven hotels across California and several states.
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San Diego
Walter Wencke
Sun Fruit Ltd
San Joaquin Valley
Wencke
Sun Fruit
Richard K. Mets
Fresno
Paul Potter
John K. Dees
Securities and Exchange Commission
Commission
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Missouri
Nebraska
Nevada
Utah
Ham theft yields one year in federal prison
Donald E. Freese 34 of Omaha was sentenced to 12 months by U S District Judge Robert Denney for stealing $18000 worth of hams from an interstate shipment. In a separate case Lorin B Frierson 22 of Omaha got a federal probation term up to six years for probation violation.
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Omaha (Ap
Donald E. Freese
Omaha
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U.S. District Court
Robert Denney
Denney
Lorin B. Frierson
Frierson
Grand Island man killed in Grand Island crash
Eric Schinkel, 26, of Grand Island, was killed Thursday night when his motorcycle collided with a car driven by 16 year old Diana Werth of Aurora who was turning. Authorities said both vehicles were damaged in the accident.
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Grand Island
UPI
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Schinkel
Diana Werth
Aurora
Omaha Woman Charged With Second Degree Murder
Lynda J. Alexander, 19, of Omaha, has been charged with second degree murder in the stabbing death of Judy A. Alley, 17, following a neighborhood dispute on July 12. Alley died in a hospital Wednesday. Alexander was free on a $1,000 bond. The article also notes MAT may need to borrow $1.3 million if federal funds do not arrive within a week after a labor contract dispute delayed the payment.
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Omaha
UPI
Lynda J. Alexander
Judy A. Alley
Miss Alley
Miss Alexander
Metro Area Transit
MAT
Jerome Erdman
U.S. Labor Dept
Erdman
Things to Do this Week in Lincoln City Events Guide
Admission charged. A list of Friday Friday events at venues such as Community Playhouse and Lincoln Public Schools repertory. Saturday family fare at Children's Zoo plus Belly Dancing Seminar at Hilton Hotel. Multiple museums, gardens, parks, and public facilities offer tours, programs, and hours throughout the week.
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Chaillot
Community Playhouse
Lincoln Public Schools Repertory
Children’s Zoo
Hilton Hotel
Gateway
Garden Mall
Nebraska Arts and Museums Guide Listings Brief
A dense listing of Nebraska theater showings at Brownville and Omaha venues plus museum hours across Beatrice Beatrice Gage County Fremont Grand Island Hastings Minden Omaha Western Heritage Society Red Cloud Table Rock York Wilber Syracuse Weeping Water and several outdoor sculptures and contact numbers for public services and helplines. The note includes show times for several plays and museum hours, plus emergency and support hotlines.
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Stuhr Museum of Prairie Pioneer
Sun
Hastings
House of Yesterday
Minden
Pioneer Village
Omaha
Union Pacific Museum
Dodge
Mon
Western Heritage Society Museum
Old Union Station
Red Cloud
Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial
Table Rock
Field
Gretna
von Ringelheim
Seward
Raimondi
Urry
Wilber
Czech Museum
Syracuse
Otoe County
Weeping Water
Abortion trend ending in New York City
The State Health Dept reports fewer out-of-state women coming for abortions in New York City. Five years of liberal laws drew many women, with abortions surpassing live births in 1974 and 1975. Last year births topped abortions by 738, signaling a shift.
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UPI
State Health Dept
New York City
U.S. Supreme Court
Michael Elliott
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