Buffalo Bill imitator charms crowds at North Platte ranch
Charlie Evans, 69, who resembles William F. Cody, portrays Buffalo Bill at a Nebraska ranch and during NEBRASKAland Days. Children thrill to his act as he rides at football games and offers proofs of authenticity, while his wife notes the kids’ joy. Evans tours Nebraska and Europe in the Cody show.
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North Platte
UPI
Buffalo Bill
Charlie Evans
William F. Cody
Evans
Cody
Nebraska
Europe
Vivian
Buffalo Bill Cody
Nebraska to receive 1.4 million in Medicaid funds delay
Congress moves emergency legislation to delay a one third penalty on Nebraska Medicaid funds after nursing home inspection violations. Nebraska officials say the six offending homes are a small fraction of hundreds, with $1.4 million slated to tide the state over until penalties are reassessed.
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Omaha
Congress
Nebraska
John Cavanaugh
D-Neb
Tom Fogarty
Washington
Cavanaugh
HEW
Joseph Califano
Fogarty
Califano
House
Senate
Jim L. Brown
Nebraska Health Care Association
Elwin Ehrlich
State Welfare Department
HUD regional post to go to former Kansan HUD leader named
Edward Zorinsky said William Anderson, a former Kansan, will be named regional director of HUD in Kansas City with prior HUD work in Washington. Dan Lynch, backed by Rep. Cavanaugh and Gov. Exon, was a candidate in the Kansas City post. Lynch leads the National Association of Counties.
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Omaha
Edward Zorinsky
William Anderson
Housing and Urban Development Dept
Kansas City
Anderson
HUD
Washington
Zorinsky
John Ccavanaugh
Douglas County
Dan Lynch
Lynch
J. J. Exon
Carter
National Association of Counties
Mistrial Sought in York Police Killing Case
Attorneys for Ricky A. Johnson seek a mistrial over radio and court disclosures about the April 22 shooting of James Richardson II. Judge William Norton refuses to question jurors and allows the trial to continue despite defense objections to news coverage.
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York
Ricky A. Johnson
John R. Brogan
William Norton
Johnson
June Johnson
James Richardson II
Brogan
KAWL
Norton
Ricky
Parkade Plaza to anchor North Platte renewal project
A $7 million urban renewal package will create Parkade Plaza a two block downtown shopping center in North Platte with about 12 stores The center expected by 1980 will feature an Alco 40 000 square foot store and a Sixth Street Market tenant The project developed by Noddle Development Co involves city state and private partners and replaces old buildings including the World War II canteen site near the depot
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North Platte
Parkade Plaza
Alco
Sixth Street Market
Noddle Development Co
Omaha
Dewey Street
Carl
Bieber
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Union Pacific Railroad
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Pittsburgh
Barry Alan Beaver
Ellen Owens
Owens
Barry Owens
Fees Cork
Forest’s Furnace
Peach Lincoln
Neb
Vince Valentino
North Platte Shopping Center
Lincoln
America
BC Ey
Holiday
KODAK
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