UNL Ag Professor Mebus Resigns to Lead Plum Island Lab
UNL veterinary science professor Mebus resigns effective June 30 to head the virology laboratory at USDA Plum Island Animal Disease Laboratory off Long Island New York. The lab studies contagious foreign animal diseases and aims to prevent spread to the mainland. Mebus, a top virologist noted for calf scours vaccine work, will not move his family until school ends next spring as son Chucky enters senior year at East High.
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Charles A. Mebus
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
UNL
Mebus
USDA
Plum Island
Marvin Twiehaus
UNL Veterinary Science Dept
Lincoln
Chucky
East High
Boys and Girls State Consider Environmental and Education Bills
The opening session of Boys State highlighted a resolution to halt the O Neill Unit irrigation project on the Niobrara River and a plan to curb groundwater use in coal slurry pipelines. Girls State debated beverage container restrictions and education bills including driver training and competency tests for graduates.
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Associated Press
O Neill
Niobrara River
Nebraska
Platte River
Kearney
Grand Island
State Board seeks 6.8 percent raises for 1978 79
The State Board of Education voted to request employee salary hikes of 6.8 percent for 1978 79 and an improved retirement plan. The package would cost $809 304 above 1977 78 raises if funded by the Legislature. Commissioner Anne Campbell would receive the same percentage as other state employees, with present pay of 32 856. The plan splits funding sources and includes a $233 122 retirement cost increase. The board also approved accreditation standards and warned several schools about potential loss of accreditation. Aug 19 hearing set for Maharishi International University transcendental meditation program.
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Jack Kennedy
State Board of Education
Anne Campbell
Campbell
Lienemann
Marilyn Fowler
Lexington
Lincoln
University of Nebraska
James Monahan
Omaha
Geneva North School
Beaver Valley
Kearney
Norfolk Catholic High School
Wynot Public Schools
Brownell Talbott
Pratt School
Sandhills
Mars Venus Set To Share Early Morning Sky
Early risers can view Mars and Venus near the moon in the eastern sky Sunday with best viewing between 4 and 5 am, as noted by Carroll Moore a physics professor at Nebraska Wesleyan University. A fund honors UNL Dean Ron Smith for service. Smith will resign July 1 to join Georgetown University. Contributions go to the University of Nebraska Foundation. Nearly 100 youths and about 50 Southeast Community College participants will join a job planning seminar Monday through Thursday, sponsored by Lincoln public schools and the Comprehensive Manpower Training Act, with sessions guided by evaluations tests and the California Occupational Preference System. Youths ages 16 to 21 will tour local plants, businesses, and the college.
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Mars
Venus
Nebraska Wesleyan University
Carroll Moore
College of Business Administration
Ron Smith
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Smith
Georgetown University
Washington, D.C
University of Nebraska Foundation
Southeast Community College
Lincoln Public Schools
Comprehensive Manpower Training Act Program
The
College
California
Weatherman Jurgena Takes Lincoln Post After Long Wait
Orval Jurgena was finally assigned as meteorologist in charge of the Lincoln Weather Service this month after a decade long mix up. He supervises five weathermen at the airport headquarters and serves as state aviation liaison and agricultural representative. Jurgena, a Fairbury native, recalls his path from Navy weather work to Omaha and Kansas City before 1962 assignments, and notes his Nebraska ties and family of Norma and three children Sheryl Tim and Nancy.
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Orval Jurgena
Lincoln
Jurgena
Lincoln Weather Service
Omaha
North Omaha
Weather Service
Fairbury
Navy
Nebraska
Fairbury Junior College
National Weather Service
Kansas City
Vandenburg Afb
Calif
Air Force
Omaha Weather Service
Penn State
Oregon State
Omaha University
Norma
Sheryl
Oregon
Tim
Nancy
Gausman Named Outstanding Adult Educator in Nebraska
Dr Chester Gausman of Grand Island was honored as outstanding adult educator by the Adult and Continuing Education Association of Nebraska. The award recognizes his work expanding Lincoln public schools adult programs, the state’s first of its kind, and his leadership roles at Central Technical Community College Hastings from 1966 to 1973 and as college area president since then.
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Grand Island
UPI
Chester Gausman
Central Technical Community College Area
The
Adult and Continuing Education Association of Nebraska
Association
Gausman
Lincoln
Gausmann
Central Technical Community College
Hastings
College Area
City Employes Association Accepts Wage Offer
Lincoln City Employes Association representing 600 middle management and supervisors has accepted City Hall’s $42, ancrease and fringe benefits package for the next fiscal year starting in September. The package adds a paid holiday, expanded health insurance, and higher sick leave accrual. Other groups like AFSCME and the transit union have rejected the proposal, while the police union has not taken a firm stance. The firefighters union had already accepted the offer.
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Lincoln City Employes Assn
the Firefighters Union
American Federation of State, County and Municipal
Transit UN
Ion
Police Union
Proposal to restructure drug and alcohol services tabled
City and county officials tabled a proposal to reorganize drug and alcohol services. Most services would move under the joint City County Health Dept while the alcohol detox center and the Independence Center would stay under Lincoln General Hospital. Federal revenue sharing funds no longer cover those charges.
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Independence Center
Lincoln General Hospital
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