Adventists' singles club aims to energize church life
Union College hosts Philosda's first national gathering with 300 members from 30 states and three Canadian provinces. Floyd Miller, Adventist lay leader, urges churches to embrace single, widowed, and divorced members through education, social support, and evangelistic aims. Collected sessions cover mental wellness, self acceptance, communication, diet, and memory. Joe Crews and Amazing Facts provide evening programs as Miller seeks to unlock a "great untapped source" of evangelism.
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Floyd Miller
Philosda
Union College
Miller
Columbia
Adventist Church
States
Canadian
Joe Crews
Amazing Facts
Adventists
Robert H. Pierson
Thone undecided about 1978 race says Rogers
Rogers says Thone has not chosen whether to seek reelection to Congress or a Senate run in 1978. Rogers, former Wesleyan president and GOP governor candidate, notes pension chatter was misinterpreted. He stresses his campaign remains solid and will be full time after January, with 70-30 school to politics now.
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Vance Rogers
Charles Thone
Thone
Rogers
Nebraka Wesleyan University
Omaha
House
Senate
Charley
Charley Thone
GOP
North Platte
Bob Phares
Phares
Wesleyan
Tiemann recounts defying White House in Highway post
Norbert Tiemann, ex Nebraska governor and federal highway administrator, described resisting Haldeman Ehrlichman and other White House aides while shaping transportation policy. He warned of White House control, spoke at the University of Nebraska Lincoln and outlined future political plans and a coal slurry pipeline idea.
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Norbert T. Tiemann
Haldeman
Ehrlichman
White House
Nebraska
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Nixon
H.R. Haldeman
John Ehrlichman
Tiemann
Foreign Service
Army
Federal Highway Administrator
Norris Restricts Herbicide Use Along Power Lines
Norris Public Power District halts use of Tordon 10K along roadsides unless adjoining landowners permit. Board regrets vegetation damage, vows to consult state officials before resuming chemical application. Environmental and wildlife agencies found no water contamination. investigations continue into about 40 complaints across Lancaster, Gage, Jefferson and Saline counties.
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Norris Public Power District Board
Norris
Department of Environmental Control
State Game and Parks Commission
Tor
Don
Lancaster
Gage
Jefferson
Saline Counties
City Council oks water rate hike for big users
After three weeks of discussion the City Council approved a water rate increase for Lincoln's two largest customers Goodyear and American Stores. The rate rises from 18 to 20 cents per 100 cubic feet with the plan following a city ordinance mandating a 5 cent rise over three years for high usage customers. The request for an outside consultant study was not approved and may be reconsidered later.
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Lincoln
Goodyear
American
Chamber of Commerce
Bridge plan for Old Cheney Rd near Salt Creek advances
Lancaster County Engineer Marv Nuernberger wins approval to replace the closed Old Cheney Rd bridge over Salt Creek south of Wilderness Park with a 225 foot two lane structure. The $225000 project would be funded mostly by federal money after prior county board opposition.
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Lancaster County
Marv Nuernberger
County Board
Old Cheney Rd
Salt Creek
Wilderness Park
Lincoln
Nuernberger
Bruce Hamilton
Jan Gauger
Zoning to Tackle Obscenity Linked to City Powers
Lincoln officials weigh zoning as a tool to curb obscenity with City Attorney Charles Humble noting the county reaches for enforcement while zoning could control topless lounges and massage parlors if issues arise. The council discussion followed a church group claim of rising obscenity.
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City Hall
Charles Humble
County Attorney’s Office
Humble
Lincoln
Second Baptist Church
No. 48Th St
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West Gate Inc
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John “Morrell Hot
Heinz
Peps
Jer
Pizzaros
Jeno
van Camps Pork
Shurfine
Prairie Maid
Braunsweiger
Koks Bottle Shop
10Th
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Calvert
Michelob
Madriamadira Sangria
Purex Detergent
Cheney Rd
Hamilton
John Langsdorf
Bob Colin
Own & Country Realty
Lincoln Health Foods
South Street
Bishops
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Gateway Shopping Center
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