Vets home becomes SCC Milford campus sparks future focus
The Milford veterans home now houses the Southeast Community College Milford campus where 790 students enroll for vocational programs from art to electronics. The old war era site includes a student built house project, rising solar energy plans, and expansion of agri business courses as the college partners with Lincoln campus and Milford schools.
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Jack Kennedy
Milford
Soldiers and Sailors Home
Sanitarium
Veterans Home
Nebraska Trade School
Southeast Community College
SCC
Earl Kraft
Bob Klabenes
Tech School
Lincoln
Lincoln Public Schools
Milford Educational Service Unit
Lincoln High School
Klabenes
Eicher
University of Nebraska
Welsh
Iowa
Indian group dismissals stir protest
The Nebraska Commission on Indian Affairs faces vacancies as six directors resign or are asked to resign by Director Felix White Jr. amid absenteeism and disputes over authority. The chairman says the terminations follow statutory rules and that Indians must be active in meetings to represent their communities.
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Jim Aucoin
Nebraska Commission On Indian Affairs
Commission
Felix White Jr
Mark Monroe
Alliance Indian Center
White
Lloyd James
Daniel Webster
Lawrence Cook
John Roubidoux
Alfrieda Ware
Lewis LaRose
Monroe
Executive Council
Marshall Prichard
Lincoln
Prichard
Indian Center
Nebraska
Lincoln Housing Complex Groundbreaking Ceremony Held
A 2.3 million Lincoln Housing Authority elderly apartment project at 68th and L Streets had a Friday groundbreaking. A separate report notes a $1,000 coin collection theft from 5531 Orcutt Ave South Friday night. Manuel J. Aguilar of Aguilar Brothers Plumbing faced a $100 fine and one year probation in federal court for failing to deposit over 3,500 in withheld taxes. A welfare conference by the Mountain States Regional Training Conference of the American Public Welfare Assn is set for Monday to Wednesday at the Lincoln Hilton Hotel.
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Lincoln Housing Authority
68Th and
L Sts
Albert D. Grosenbach
Orcutt Ave. South
Aguilar
Manuel J. Aguilar
Aguilar Brothers Plumbing and Heating Co
U.S. District Court
Mountain States
The
American Public Welfare Assn
Lincoln Hilton Hotel
Prostitution ring suspected in Omaha beating death
Omaha police linked the beating death of Harold D. Hay to possible robbery or prostitution. Hay, a 38 year old construction worker, was found bleeding in South Omaha after saying he would seek a prostitute. Police cite reports of a prostitution ring operating around 26th and N Streets robbing customers.
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Omaha
Omaha (Ap
Harold D. Hay
South Omaha
Hay
26Th
N Sts
Lincoln Woman In Fair Condition After Accident
A 45 year old Lincoln woman Delores Himmel sustained injuries when struck by a turning car Friday at 48th and Holdrege. She was impaled on a traffic sign stub and suffered broken ribs and internal injuries. Police investigate possible charges against driver Henry E Wollen of 1428 No 24th Street.
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Lincoln
Bryan Memorial Hospital
Delores Himmel
Holdrege
Henry E. Wollen
Polite Bandit Robs Savings Bank in Tampa
Authorities report a robber who held up Freedom Federal Savings and Loan in Tampa on Friday stole $4,000 and followed by saying This is a holdup please in a demand note to teller Norma Evertsz. The suspect showed unusual politeness during the crime.
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Tampa
Fla
Freedom Federal Savings and Loan
Norma Evertsz
Chicago Banks Offer Bond Backstop After Daley Death
After Mayor Daley’s death, Chicago’s top banks pledged to buy city bonds and commercial paper at market price to ease investor panic. A.B. Abboud and J. Perkins led talks to reassure creditors and preserve Chicago’s double A bond rating while ensuring continuity in financial leadership.
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Chicago
Richard Daley
Chicago Magazine
Daley
Ralph Whitehead
Joel Weisman
A. Robert Abboud
First National Bank of Chicago
Abboud
John Perkins
Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Co
New York
City Hall
Chicago Democratic Committee
Regents OK Stadium Charge and Faculty Salaries Plan
NU Regents approved a stadium construction surcharge and set guidelines for 1977 78 faculty and staff salaries. Base raises reach about 342 percent with merit discretionary funds. some faculty complain merit is overlooked. Interim Chancellor Garfinkel said recruitment is essential though funds are tight. A roughly 5 percent tuition hike was approved and Nebraska medical resident fees rise from 267 to 350 per quarter, with BC BS rates up about 25 percent.
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UNO
Herbert Garfinkel
Nebraska
Immunized researcher contracts rabies in Albany case
Jerome Andrulonis, immunized microbiologist, exposed family and five hospital workers prompting painful anti rabies shots. He improves and may become the second rabies survivor, a historic note amid unprecedented vaccination breach.
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Albany, N.Y
UPI
Jerome Andrulonis
Albany Medical Center Hospital
National Center For Disease Control
CDC
Atlanta
Interim UNO chancellor withdraws from search for new leader
UNO interim chancellor Herbert Garfinkel asked the search committee to remove his name from consideration for chancellor. He urged selecting a fresh outsider without battle scars to continue recent progress. Eighty candidates were named, with the panel aiming to cut to seven or fewer by early June.
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Omaha AP
Herbert Garfinkel
University of Nebraska-Omaha
UNO
Garfinkel
Omaha moves step closer to razing Hamilton Hotel
A partial victory for Omaha in its bid to demolish the Hamilton Hotel. District Judge Samuel Caniglia ordered the mortgage holder to secure and clean the building and post a 24 hour security guard, but kept the restraining order in place. The hotel has suffered three fires this year and was closed in December after the first blaze.
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Omaha
Hamilton Hotel
City of
Hamilton
Samuel Caniglia
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