Omaha grocer Al Veys sworn in as mayor and council sworn in
Al Veys, a South Omaha grocer and former city councilman, was sworn in as Omaha's 41st mayor. Nearly 400,000 new taxpayers are his new customers as the council also swore in seven new members including Steve Rosenblatt and Richard Takechi. The new leaders pledge focus on housing streets transportation and services for youth and elderly.
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Omaha
al Veys
South Omaha
Douglas County District Court
Theodore Richling
Steve Rosenblatt
Richard Takechi
Mary Kay Green
Warren Swigart
Jerry Hassett
Leo Kraft
Tim Rouse
Weys
Kenneth Gibson pleads guilty in two Omaha bank robberies
Kenneth Gibson of Omaha pleaded guilty to two robbery charges and two firearm in the commission of a felony charges for robbing the Cornhusker Bank on Feb 2 and the American National Bank on March 22. Sentencing delayed for a presentence investigation.
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Kenneth Gibson
Omaha
Omaha (Ap
Gibson
Douglas County
Donald Hamilton
Cornhusker Bank
American National Bank
Hamilton
Cornhusker
Los Angeles
Kenneth Kitts
Anthony Troia
Troin
Nebraska
March
Law Sought for Supervision of Smoking Invalids
Omaha officials consider a measure by City Councilman Jerry Hassett to require supervision of bedridden patients who smoke in hospitals rest homes and similar buildings. Hassett cites bed smoking fire hazards and asks city attorney Herbert Fitle to draft the ordinance.
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Omaha
Jerry Hassett
Hassett
City
Herbert Fitle
Gasohol funding backed as bridge safety questioned in Omaha
In Omaha an official says the wooden bridge after a weekend crash remains structurally sound though deputies criticize its approach and railing. The bridge, to be widened in 3 5 years, is maintained by railroads. Senator Zorinsky backs fuel ethanol funding to cut grain surplus and ease gas troubles.
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Omaha
Douglas County
Philip Burke
Anna Brennan
William Hosford
Burlington Northern
Missouri Pacific
Burke
Senator seeks federal help to link Niobrara floating main street
U.S. Senator Carl Curtis urges Congress to authorize the Army Corps of Engineers to connect Niobrara Nebraska’s relocated floating main street to a highway. Officials note the $1.5 million project is federal responsibility and the Corps lacks authorization to proceed.
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Washington
U.S
Carl Curtis
Niobrara
Nebraska
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Gavins Point
Missouri River
Curtis
State Roads Dept
Corps of Engineers
Congress
Corps
Hansen 18 pleads guilty to auto theft in Liberty case
Beatrice resident Beatrice-Harold Lee Hansen, 18, pleaded guilty to auto theft connected to last Thursday's State Bank of Liberty robbery. Gage County Judge Korslund set sentencing for June 28 with a $2,000 presentence bond and ordered a presentence investigation. Lance W Rowe 21 and Cynthia S Rowe 19 have further hearings on robbery and receiving stolen goods charges.
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Beatrice — Harold Lee Hansen
Liberty
State Bank of Liberty
Gage County
Paul Korslund
Eastern corn replanted after cutworm damage
Cutworm damage forces replanting in eastern Nebraska corn. The crop is 100 percent planted with over 90 percent emerged, and eastern alfalfa fields also show cutworm impact. Topsoil moisture is surplus in 2 percent of counties, adequate in 90 percent, and short in 8 percent. subsoil is adequate in 69 percent and short in 30 percent. Winter wheat remains mostly good with more than 90 percent headed and about 10 percent turned. Sorghum and soybeans are about 85 percent planted, behind last year’s pace but above the 80 and 75 percent norms.
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Nebraska
Nebraska Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
North Platte voters may decide 1% sales tax
A Lincoln County judge ordered the city to validate petitions seeking a public vote on North Platte’s 1% sales tax enacted last October. If signatures exceed 20% of registered voters, an election must occur within 30 days. 15–20% allows delay to the next general election.
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North Platte
Lincoln County
Keith Windrum
Richard Grady
Windrum
Grady
Vander Vliet to Leave Lincoln Salvation Army Post
Captain Peter VanderVliet commander of the Lincoln Salvation Army for two years will depart at month end with his wife to train in Milwaukee. Maj. Dale Tollerud will take over in Lincoln from Battle Creek Michigan and Lt. Michael Mellentin of Watertown South Dakota will serve as assistant commander.
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Peter VanderVliet
Salvation Army
Lincoln
Salvation Army Men’s Social Service Department
Milwaukee
VanderVliet
Dale Tollerud
Salvation Army Center
Battle Creek
Mich
Michael Mellentin
Watertown
S.D
Teens freed as two charged in Omaha slaying case
In Omaha, Lonnie Woodruff age 17 and Mandell McGowan age 19 were released after nearly two weeks in jail on first degree murder charges. Police say two new witnesses identified two other suspects, a 39 year old man and his 31 year old wife, linked to the May 19 killing of Harold D. Hay. Detectives suspect a ring of prostitutes and pimps robbed Hay of about 1200 dollars plus a watch and a ring near abandoned cattle chutes in South Omaha.
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Omaha (Ap
Omaha
Gene Stack
Lonnie Woodruff
Mandell McGowan
Harold D. Hay
Stack
South Omaha
Douglas County Attorney’s Office
Hay
South
Community Activities and Schedules Listing Various City Events
A compiled week of events and public services lists meetings for the Human Rights Commission and Crime Commission, driving courses, senior and youth programs, and many cultural and recreational venues. Locations include Lincoln, Bryan Center, Gaslight Theater, and the Capitol tours with dates, times, and contact numbers.
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Southeast Community College
Bryan Center
Thurs
Mahoney Manor
First Umc
E. Lincoln Christian Ch
Newman Umc
St. Paul
First Presbyterian Ch
Trinity Umc
S. 11Th
Mon
Lincoln Mutual
Old Cheney Rd
G. & Gere
56th-Normal
Nebraska museum schedules and nearby sights listings
A dense, place name heavy list of museums and visitor times across SE Nebraska and beyond. Notes include nights for Night Must Fall at Night Must Fall dinner theatre and hours for Beatrice Gage County Museum along with multiple regional museums nationwide. Notable items cover Union Pacific Museum in Omaha Western Heritage Society Museum in Lincoln and Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial in Red Cloud with hours and contact details.
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Grand Island
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
Syracuse — Utoe County Museum
Weeping Water
Emergency contact and helpline list for Lincoln and Omaha areas
A compact roll of emergency and support numbers including police fire sheriff ambulance heart attack poison runaways mental health elder care rape line and various hotlines. It lists Better Business Bureau local toll free federal information center and addiction support lines for adults and families.
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Better Business Bureau
Lincoln
Rao
LaVista teen arraigned in Omaha death
Michael T. Wright, 18, of LaVista, was arraigned in Sarpy County Court on a first degree murder charge in the death of 16 year old William Bumgarner of Omaha. Wright, arrested about a half hour after the shooting, was ordered held without bond. Bumgarner died from a head wound caused by a .38 caliber revolver. Preliminary hearing set for June 16. investigation ongoing.
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LaVista
UPI
Michael T. Wright
Sarpy
William Bumgarner
Omaha Wright
Bumgarner
Dean Skokan
Skokan
Wright
Movie Showtimes Across Local Theaters This Evening
Cinema listings across multiple venues include Cinderella at 7:45 in Cinema 1, Ruby at 7:40 and 9:20 in Cinema 2, Godfather Part I at various times, Rocky at Douglas venues, The White Buffalo and Breaker Breaker at Douglas, Embassy films Frustrated Wives and Likity Split, Freaky Friday at Joyo, Day of the Animals and The Greatest at Plaza venues, The Sting and Islands in the Stream at Plaza 3 and 4, It's Alive at State, Annie Hall at Stuart, Shaggy DA and Treasure of Matecumbe at Starview, Slumber Party 57 and Naughty Wives at West O, and Breaker Breaker and Return to Macon County at 84th & O.
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Ruby
Cooper
Douglas
Rocky
Plaza
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Omaha Grocer
Rosenblatt
Rouse
Ms. Green
Takechi
Zorinsky
Gasohol
Edward Zorinsky
Sen
Feds
Hansen
Blue Springs
Lance W. Rowe
Cynthia S. Rowe
Vander Vliet
Lincoln Post
Peter Vander Vliet
Nolls Restaurant
Old
Cheney Rd
Commission On Human Rights
Coute
Jazz Society
Greenwich Cafe
Mellerdrummer
Fanny
Lincoln Hilton
Bertha
Gaslight Theater
Lincoln Camera Club
Gateway
Gallery Mall
Sightseers Capitol
13Th-R
North Door
Historical Society — Museum
Fairview
W. J. Bryan
49Th & Sumner
Tue
Mueller Planetarium
Statehood
Thos. Kennard
First & W van Dorn
Saltillo
Pioneers Park
Calvert- Coddington
Ager Nature Center
Antelope Park
Children’s Zoo
A. Sun
Antelope
Arnold Heights
Kearney
Ballard 66Th
Belmont 12Th & Manatt
Eden Park
Eden Circle
Irvingdale
van Dorn
Meadow Hts
Centennial
Avon la
Uni
Colin S
Northeast H.S
Baldwin
Southeast
H.S
Holmes
70Th
So. Coddington
W. Calvert
Mahoney
84Th
Adams
Normal & South
Westroads
Beatrice
Thur
Homestead
Bellevue — Aerospace Museum
Brownville — Museum
Carson House
Fremont — May
Sun, & Wed
Wilber — Czech Museum
York — Palmer Museum
Field
Gretna
von Rignelhorn
Nebraska Gateway
Howard
Ogallala
van de Vovenkamp
Sidney
Federal Information Center
Alcoholics Anonymous
Drug Crisis Center
Omahan
Cinderella Ag
Fanny’s
Joy O Wen
Walt Disney Productions
Avdas
Citta
Piper Laurie
Stuart
Taane
Woody Allen
Diane Keaton
Annie Hall" Rc
Tarview
Ecesareny
Partecumbe
Ose
Thes
George PG
The
Sit Ier
Cal
Amy Bank Americard
17Th
Su, Wes
Zodiac Lounge
Bonanza
Cinema x
J.D
Creme
John Wadd
Brea Gfaati
George Murdock
Terry O'Connor
Chuck Norris
Ray
Tara
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