Name Change for State Office Building Fails in Vote
The plan to name the new state office building after the late Sen. George Gerdes failed 24 to 25 as opponents argued against honoring a person. Senators Marsh Warner and Kremer pressed to keep the name unnamed, while Speaker Luedtke defended Gerdes and his statewide legacy.
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George Gerdes
Shirley Marsh
Lincoln
Jerome Warner
Waverly
Maurice Kremer
Aurora
Gerdes
Legislative Council
Luedtke
BN dispatchers ready to strike in Chicago
Burlington Northern train dispatchers threaten a 4:30 a.m. Friday strike that could halt operations. 277 union members cite consolidation of Grand Forks ND and Minneapolis offices, plus benefits and rules on transfers as key issues. Attorneys seek a temp restraining order in district court.
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Chicago
Burlington Northern System
U.S. District Court
American Train Dispatchers Assn
Aflcio
Burlington Northern
B. C. Hilbert
Union
Grand Forks
N.D
Burlington
Minneapolis
Hilbert
SAC commander ill with heart attack during flight
Gen. Russell E. Dougherty commander of the Strategic Air Command based in Omaha suffered a heart attack Wednesday while aboard a plane from Omaha to Rapid City. He was resting comfortably at a Rapid City hospital late Wednesday.
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SAC
Russell E. Dougherty
Strategic Air Command
Omaha
Rapid City
Exon shifts budget to include solar for state prisons
Governor Exon announced amendments to the capital construction budget to use solar energy for domestic hot water in three State Corrections Dept. facilities. The plan reroutes funds for a new medium minimum prison in Omaha and Lincoln and the Lincoln diagnostic center, changing a planned gas plant to coal. The revisions delay the overall program about five months and alter $3.5 million in current-year spending, with $2.5 million more needed for two years, and he urged lawmakers to avoid diverting funds.
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United Press Intn
J. J. Exon
Corrections Dept
Omaha
Lincoln
Diagnostic and Evaluation
Exon
Gerald Whelan
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State Building Advisory Commission
Stan Matzke
Administrative Services Dept
Roland Luedtke
Frank Lewis
Bellevue
Sam Cullan
Hemingford
Ceylon
Vergith
Lincoln Station
Lincoln Savings Company
State Banking Department
Lancaster County
Panama
Town Hall
Hickman
Firth
American Legion Hall
Cortland
Bill Davidson
Nebraska
Colonial Hills
West Gate Inc
Fedcare
Cornhusker Hwy
North 141 Street
Ionesota
Coe Emu
Armco
Cqil
Peterson & Construction
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