Final action delayed on education aid bill LB33
Supporters delayed a final vote on LB33 a $20 million education aid increase. The measure would lift state aid for Lincoln School District by 1.2 million, to 75 million total, with a veto expected from Gov. Exon. Final passage hinged on 30 votes. 29 had supported prior to delays.
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Gerald Koch
Ralston
John Savage
Thomas Fitzgerald
Omaha
J. J. Exon
Lincoln
Exon
Columbus
Jerome Warner
Waverly
Warner
William Nichol
Scottsbluff
John DeCamp
Neligh
LB4
DeCamp
Nebraska House boosts gasohol plant funding in farm bill
The Agricultural Committee adds 84 million to the farm bill for four pilot gasohol plants to be built in Nebraska. Each plant would use over 21 000 bushels of grain daily and cost more than 20 million, with 15 million in federal loans per plant and 24 million for five years of research.
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Dominick Costello
Agricultural Products Industrial Utilization Committee
APIUC
House Agricultural Committee
Gasohol Committee
Senate
Jack Quackenbush
Beatrice
Charles Fricke
Nebraska
Charles Thone
Holly Hodge
Holdrege
Carl Curtis
Ed Zorinsky
Conference Committee
Thene
Bill Palmer
Bill Scheller
Nebraska Grain Alcohol and Chemical Co
Thone
Sale Ad For Uniform Centers Featuring Discount
A clipped advertisement promotes a 15 percent saving at One Stop Uniform Center and Sparkle Uniforms, located at 927 0. The brief listing highlights a discount offer for uniforms.
Senators ready assault on higher ed budget bill
The Legislature debates LB532 with amendments targeting the higher education budget BL533. Proposals include adding 1 million to the veterans relief fund and trimming state employee positions. An approved measure restricts the Roads Dept from spending on removing private signs, while other lines seek to adjust personnel and programs in education and planning.
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Don Pieper
University of Nebraska
Sen
Gerald Koch
Ralston
Veterans Relief Fund
Howard Lamb
Anselmo
John DeCamp
Neligh
Loran Schmit
Bellwood
State Roads Dept
Blast shuts down Saudi oil pipeline
A blast at the Abqaiq field near Dhahran caused a fire and the shutdown of a major Saudi oil pipeline. Officials said the fire was contained within 12 hours, with casualties reported including at least one Saudi foreman killed and 16 to 30 injured. Aramco noted exports would be temporarily affected but production would resume per schedule.
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Dhahran
Saudi Arabia
U.S
Arabian American Oil Co
Aramco
Abgaiq
Frank Jungers
Washington
Jungers
Capitol Hill
Israel
Abqaig
Cable slingshot shatters San Fernando traffic wires
A three inch communications cable sagged over Mission Blvd and was snagged by a passing semi. The truck pulled the cable tight and it whipped back smashing five blocks of telephone wires and 30 cars, three traffic signals, two billboards and a neon sign as it sprang free.
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San Fernando
Calif
UPI
Mission Blvd
Governor Shapp ordered to repay federal campaign subsidies
The Federal Election Commission ordered Pennsylvania Governor Milton Shapp to repay the entire 299,066 dollars received in federal subsidies for his 1976 presidential campaign. The note appears among a roundup of political and local news in the issue.
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Federal Election Commission
Pennsylvania
Milton Shapp
Color Sissy Spacek Talks 3 Women in Weekend View
Actress Sissy Spacek discusses her new film 3 Women in the Weekend View pages. The feature highlights Spacek's high profile status and the film’s reception.
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Sissy Spacek
Sour Mash
Holly Spence
Lincoln Teachers Reach 2 Year Salary Agreement 1977
Lincoln educators and the school board reached a two year contract for 1977 78 with base pay rising from 8745 to 9400 and overall teacher compensation increasing about 8 6 percent. The package increases the general fund salary budget by about 1 7 million and could raise taxes unless state aid or valuation grows offset the cost.
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Jack Kennedy
Lincoln Public Schools
Nebraska
Fritz Meyer
Lincoln Education Assn
LEA
Lincoln Board of Education
Lincoln
Lincoln Classroom
Omaha
Court of Industrial Relations
Board of Education
Teachers seek pay and benefit boosts amid school board talks
The report details teacher salary scales at Land & Sky and district offices including new tops for bachelor and master level degrees and phased increases. It notes extended leave for association leaders, enhanced fringe benefits, more support against assaults, and twice yearly salary adjustments tied to additional graduate hours.
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Holland
Stodia Bruusema
Mich
Gasohol
Koch
Gov
Schmit
State Office of Programming and Planning
State Economic Development Dept
State Education Dept
Cozad
Persian Gulf
Ras Tanura
Lincoln High
Robin Hruby
Theresa Schoonover
North Platte
Southeast Nebraska Health Systems Agency
Ann Landers
Segal
Senae
Dininse
Unicam
County Assessor
Howland Swanson
Downtown
Gateway,ad
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