United States Stores North Sea Oil for Strategic Reserve
The United States funds an underground North Sea oil reserve as part of a plan for a billion-barrel strategic stockpile. BP agrees to sell 8 percent of its production for 10 months to the U.S. Defense Fuel Supply Center, totaling over 9 million barrels.
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Classroom discovery boosts crop yields by 25 percent
MSU horticulture professor Stanley Ries reports a classroom‑discovered chemical triacontanol, isolated from alfalfa, boosts yields in tomatoes cucumbers lettuce and more. Field tests show gains rivaling nitrogen fertilizer with potential for widespread agricultural use pending approval.
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Supreme Court rejects rehearing in Simants case
The Supreme Court refused to grant a rehearing for Erwin Charles Simants who faces a January 21 execution for the mass slayings of six Kellie family members in Sutherland Nebraska. Nebraska earlier upheld the death sentence and set the date for electrocution, the first in Nebraska since 1959. Simants is among four men on the state’s death row.
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Weather and notices mix with editorial notes
Weather Tonight is partly cloudy. Tuesday remains partly cloudy and cooler with a high of 53 and a low of 30. In Northern Ireland hostility between British troops and Roman Catholics is fading gradually. An editorial on Amish experience offers hope for U.S. agriculture amid energy scarcity. Two Omaha businessmen form a firm selling computer produced biorhythm charts nationwide.
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Carter Unveils Compromise Full Employment Bill
President Carter proposes a national goal to cut unemployment from 7 percent to 4 percent by 1983 with a framework requiring his five year policy projections. The measure, endorsed by a 32 group coalition, emphasizes jobs and price stability and asks Congress to pass the compromise.
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High court to rule in fish dispute over snail darter case
The Supreme Court agreed to review a ruling blocking Tellico Dam on the Little Tennessee River due to the endangered snail darter. The case centers on balancing Endangered Species Act protections against dam development and economic aims. The Court also sent back a $5 million Army case involving a soldier who was cut in half by a tank to determine enlistment-agreement obligations.
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Union College receives $250000 grant for student loans
President Myrl Manley announced a gift from Max N. and Elsie Christianson of Phoenix Arizona weighing $250000 as the college's first major endowment grant. The 1927 Union graduates plan loans funded from the principal with interest drawn later and hope to spur further endowment gifts.
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Woman recipient dies after piggyback heart transplant
Mrs. Elizabeth Nel, the first woman to receive an extra piggyback heart transplant from Dr. Christiaan Barnard's team, fell to her death from a Groote Schuur Hospital window. Dr. Reeve Sanders said she was recovering from the Oct. 22 implant.
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UPI
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George Cook Construction to be liquidated
George Cook Construction Co. will be liquidated in the spring with equipment and buildings sold at auction. Alice Cook widow of founder George B. Cook says there is no family successor and the firm will finish current projects before closing. Headquarters are at 16th Street and Cornhusker Highway.
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Osborne eyes big test as Huskers prep for Oklahoma
Nebraska coach Tom Osborne says the crucial 11 day matchup with Oklahoma will test his team. He notes Oklahoma has a potent offense led by Thomas Lott Elvis Peacock Billy Sims and Kenny King and faces injuries to key players including Rod Horn and Ted Harvey.
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Toll Free Classified Advertising Hotline
Nebraska readers may place classified ads by calling the toll free Journal Star number 800-742-7385 from anywhere in the state. The notice advertises a statewide ad service and provides the contact line for submissions.
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