Men and Women Share Roof at Lincoln Work Release Center
The State Correctional Service Dept. opens a mixed gender work release center at Lincoln Air Park the first operated by the department. Fifty four men moved in Friday nine women arrive Tuesday with capacity for 77 men and 20 plus women. An inmate crew will maintain the center and transportation to jobs and school will use large vans.
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Mary Marlette
State Correctional Service Dept
Lincoln Air Park
Penal Complex Post Care
Brien Hendrickson
Old Air Base Infirmary
R St
Air Park
Lincoln
Nebraska Center
York
Jim Thomas
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
R Street
Hendrickson
Bricktop: A Midwestern Memory of a Hamburger King
In a small Midwestern town a red haired, quick tongued figure known as Bricktop runs a bustling hamburger stand and restaurant. Once thriving, personal losses after his wife Lela’s illness erode his life as sunsets, laughter, and old friends still brighten his days in this reflective portrait of a changing town.
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Bricktop
Brick
Brickles
Lela
Rochester
Cornelia Otis Skinner
Gasohol bid letting to begin December
The Agricultural Products Industrial Utilization Committee plans to start the gasohol feasibility study bid letting in early December and decide by December 15. The $60,000 study is funded evenly by the federal Energy Research and Development Administration and the Old West Regional Commission.
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Associated Press
Agricultural Products Industrial Utilization Committee
Federal Energy Research and Develop
Ment
The
Old West Regional Commission
Lincoln banks exempt seniors from checking charges
Bank customers over 65 and Social Security beneficiaries will be exempt from checking service charges in Lincoln. Most banks have stopped free checking or plan to do so, but seniors will not be subject to the new rates for checking and related services.
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Lincoln
Union posts enemies list sparks worker disputes in Omaha
Union Local 251 angered workers by posting an enemies list labeling nonunion employees at street maintenance. Ed Cox says the list caused protests and threats, prompting a city legal review and a rewrite to say nonunion members. The union has about 600 of 1,200 eligible members.
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Omaha
UPI
Ed Cox
American Federation of State
Cox
City Legal Dept
Arts survey analyzes dollar impact on Nebraska arts economy
The University of Nebraska Omaha Center for Applied Urban Research conducts a state wide arts survey sponsored by the Nebraska Arts Council and UNO College of Fine Arts. It contacts 205 arts and community groups and 33 college departments to report service reach income expenditures and employment. Results will estimate buying dollars generated and compare audience reach to spending with conclusions released in December.
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Omaha
University of Nebraska- Omaha Center For Applied Urban Research
Nebraska Arts Council
University of Nebraska At Omaha College of Fine Arts
Nebraska
TU-144 to fly Moscow in regular service soon
The Soviet Union plans to start regular passenger service for the TU-144 on November 1, per the Civil Aviation Ministry. The troubled supersonic airliner awaits deployment to replace existing routes, signaling a major step for Soviet aviation progress.
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Moscow
UPI
Soviet Union
Civil Aviation Ministry
Walkathon Rescheduled To October 29
The fund raising walkathon by the Society for the Prevention of Blindness was postponed due to bad weather and will now take place on Saturday October 29. The Humane Society at 2320 Park Blvd will host an open house at 7 p.m. Tuesday with tours and a dog obedience graduation. UNL students can apply for full time Washington internships earning up to 15 credits this spring through UNL and the Washington Center for Learning Alternatives.
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Society For the Prevention of Blindness
Humane Society
The
Park Blvd
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Washington, D.C
UNL
Washington Center For Learning Alternatives
Students pedal for palsy fund raiser in Lincoln
Gamma Phi sorority and Theta Chi fraternity plan to pedal from Lincoln to Manhattan on Oct 7 8 to raise funds for United Cerebral Palsy of Nebraska orthopedic equipment fund Emergency services grant announced a $200000 federal grant to bolster EMS training. Lincoln Council of Camp Fire runs a bicycle licensing project next Saturday with a $1 per owner fee and locations at Treasure City East High and Children’s Zoo. The YWCA Bazaar is set for Nov 5 with crafts and foods. Lincoln Boy Scouts report 300 new boys and 67 new leaders this year. Lancaster County scouts exceed 2500 youth and 1000 adults.
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Gamma Phi Sorority
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Theta Chi Fraternity
Nebraska Wesleyan
Lincoln
Manhattan
Kan
United Cerebral Palsy of Nebraska Orthopedic Special
Lincoln Council of Camp Fire
Treasure City
48Th & Leighton
East High
70Th & A
Children’s Zoo
Lincoln Police Dept
Lincoln Neon Optimist Club
Travelers Protective Assn
Teen arrested in death of Urban League leader in Omaha
A 19 year old Omaha man was arrested in the disappearance of Nebraska Urban League education coordinator Robert L. Davis 33 and led police to his body found in a country road ditch near the Glenwood Iowa interchange Davis had not reported to work after a call saying he had been shot detectives believe he was killed and plan to await autopsy results Davis was last seen by his sister who said he received a call and left to help a man with car trouble
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Omaha
Nebraska Urban League
Robert L. Davis
Glenwood
Iowa
Council Bluffs
Davis
Urban League
Carter Lake
George Dean
Dean
Dennis Taylor
George Hauger
Taylor
Foster Burchard
Crow
Jesus
Christ Jesus
Attorneys Appointed to Represent Murder Suspect Dennis Sell
Dawson County officials said Leonard P. Vynhalek and Keith Bystrom were appointed to defend Dennis Sell, 31, in the first degree murder case over the slaying of Ruth Eby, 32, near Lexington. A preliminary hearing date is expected next week as venue questions arise and the trial may move to an adjacent county with facilities.
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Lexington (Ap
Dawson County Court
Leonard P. Vynhalek
Keith Bystrom
North Platte
Dennis Sell
Sell
Ruth Eby
Lexington
Bystrom
Lincoln County
Vynhalek
Erwin Charles Simants
Kearney
Dawson County
Willard Weinhold
Eby
Herostratus and the burning of the temple of Artemis
The ancient Greek figure Herostratus of Ephesus set fire to the temple of Artemis in 356 B.C. in an act aimed at making his name endure through history. The blaze destroyed one of the era’s seven wonders, leaving his motive as infamy rather than fame.
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Athens
UPI
Herostratus of
Ephesus
Omaha housing plan targets rented homes in single family zones
Omaha City Planning Director Alden Aust will recommend restricting large groups of unrelated residents in single family zones by focusing on rented rooms while easing limits for owner occupants. The controversial ordinance remains aimed at preventing large nonrelated groups from moving into single family houses as a council decision is delayed until at least Oct 11.
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Omaha
Alden Aust
Preacher Warns Against Hypocrisy and Spiritual Desertion
A Decatur Georgia church leader blasts religious leaders as dry vines and doctors of darkness. He cites biblical prophecies from Jeremiah and Matthew to urge repentance, prayer for laborers, and revival while condemning corruption among clergy.
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Jesus
Jeremiah
Isaiah
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Pioneers Park
Lincoln- Walkathon
Emergency Services
Edward Zorinsky
State Health Dept
Ywca Bazaar
YWCA
John Rohnert
Herostratus
Christian Churches of Lincoln
Disciples of Christ
Bethany Christian 1645
Cotner
Edward Bruce Cooley
Sun. Church School
Crestwood Christian Aana
Vana
Ouuu
Gordon Scott
Sun
East Lincoln Christian
Emmett G. Haas
First Christian
Edward H. Kolbe
Edith Young
Havelock Christian
Colfax Avenue
Virgil W. Willits
Southview Christian
22Nd
South Streets
Harold D. Edwards
P. O. Box
Decatur
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