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Newspaper
Lincoln Journal
Location
Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1977
Page
14
Clearing and cool tonight with upper 30s lows and mid 60s highs. Northeast wind 10 mph, humidity around 93 percent. Precipitation month to date trace, year to date 29.55 inches. growing season to date 25.30 inches. Sunday steady with mild highs around 60s and lows around 30s. Outstate Nebraska clear and cool Sunday with highs in the 60s and lows in the 30s.
Washington report notes prescription price advertising remains scarce in drug stores despite a Supreme Court ruling overturning bans. FTC says sporadic price ads but clearer gains in image advertising as stores push discount branding without figures. Staff anticipates a forthcoming agency recommendation on possible actions.
A compilation of obituaries and funeral details for Arlie O Clark Ida Mae Eyestone Frances M Hutchens Allan E Lamberson Elizabeth Lockard Lyndell Merritt Ethel M Messinger William W McKinzie Charles H Mills etc. Services listed with dates locations churches and cemeteries plus burial and memorial details and pallbearers. Memorials requested to Homestead Nursing Home Lincoln Council Deaths and Cancer Fund.
Beatrice Foods Inc. is cleared to restart butter production at its Sugar Creek Plant in Whipped butter linked to staphylococcus outbreaks across Kentucky Illinois Indiana and Missouri prompted a six week shutdown and a recall affecting 19 states. State inspectors report preliminary tests show no contamination and food poisoning cases are under investigation with several towns reporting outbreaks already linked to the product.
Lincoln community leaders from the Lincoln Alliance told a state banking subcommittee redlining is pervasive in Lincoln and nationwide. They cited a 1975 down payment barrier and that over half mortgage funds go to about 20 percent of homes, urging pressure on banks to lend to residents in discriminated areas.
Government and Military Affairs Committee heard private security personnel should carry firearms only to save lives. Gregory L. Fraser urged calling police first and described strict screening, while Emil P. Christensen argued for gun rights but opposing use.
Donald Larkin, 23, of Hastings, faces charges of child stealing after allegedly abducting an 8-year-old girl near Longfellow Elementary School. Three men pursued him into an apartment building, stopping the attack. The girl was unharmed aside from minor scrapes. Larkin also faces probation history and was ordered to undergo psychiatric testing.
The last remaining unit of the 4th U.S. Army Missile Command was disbanded in Seoul as part of a phased U S troop withdrawal from South Korea by 1982. The move follows the July agreement between the United States and South Korea.
National Farmers Organization officials anticipate 300 to 500 members at the annual Columbus convention. National president Oren Lee Staley may speak at the noon luncheon if weather allows. Congressman Charles Thone is set to speak at the banquet, a first Nebraska appearance since his governor bid. The event also features WIFE representatives and a new one year membership option. The gathering will focus on NFO marketing programs for beef dairy and grain.
Omaha Housing and Community Development Dept. board sets Oct 31 as the deadline for applications to receive one of 16 urban homesteads. More than 70 applications have been filed and about 300 people have called City Hall. Acting director Frank Mann said each home will need repairs costing 3000 to 10000 dollars.
Applications due October 31 offer selected individuals free homes if they repair them. Government subsidized loans at 3 percent interest will be available. Movers must agree to reside in the homes for at least three years.
Des Moines based R. G. Dickinson & Co. announced it has acquired the assets and personnel of Van Horne Investments Inc. of Omaha as a going concern. The operation will be run as the Van Horne Division.
Lincolnites captured championship titles in reining at the Ak-Sar-Ben 4-H Horse Show in Omaha. Carol Weart was senior division champion, Anne Wright junior division top honoree, and Jill Hull earned junior division reserve championship.
Newport officials approve a John F. Kennedy Museum in the main building of Hammersmith Farm where Kennedy courted Jacqueline Bouvier. The Auchincloss estate sold for 825000 to Rhode Island and Massachusetts businessmen who will restore the grounds to Olmstead era garden patterns and feature the farm’s 345 year history with emphasis on Kennedy years.
Vladimir Shcherbitsky, Politburo member and head of the Communist Party in Soviet Ukraine, received the Order of Lenin and a Hammer and Sickle gold medal of Hero of Socialist Labor. Brezhnev praised Ukraine's grain harvest as exceeding targets.
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