Omahan man sought in double Sioux City homicide
Two Sioux City men were found dead in a mobile home on the east side prompting murder warrants for Omaha resident Fred Pletka. Victims were Robert F. Schmeckpepper and James E. King, with police citing possible robbery as motive. An autopsy was underway and a separate suspect was questioned. A King vehicle was later found abandoned near Omaha.
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Sioux City, Iowa
UPI
Omaha
Sioux City
Fred Pletka
Pletka
Robert F. Schmeckpepper
James E. King
Miller's Mobile Home
Western Iowa ‘Tech Community College
Schmeckpepper
King
Modale
Neb
Indicted ex senator Stromer linked to VA education fraud
Marvin E. Stromer former Nebraska state senator and former Milton College dean faced a federal grand jury indictment alleging he helped file falsified certifications claiming 23 veterans were full time students, enabling VA benefits for three semesters in 1975 and 1976. He has not spoken publicly.
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Nebraska
Marvin E. Stromer
Veterans Administration
Milton College
Milton. Wis
Stromer
Milton
United Press International
Hastings
University of Nebraska
Regensburg Compared With Lincoln By Bavarian Tourism Official
Dr Bernd Meyer mayor of culture and tourism for Regensburg promotes his city in Lincoln Nebraska. He notes Regensburg population about 135000 and county 250000, compares to Lancaster County, says Regensburg founded by Romans in 179 and was not bombed in war. He highlights cultural scene with 150 concerts yearly led by Juilliard String Quartet recital and recommends visiting in September or October.
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Nebraska
Regensburg
Germany
Bernd Meyer
Lincoln
Lancaster County
Hovland Swanson
Juilliard String Quartet
Judge Urbom declines halt on Medicaid cut to Nebraska
U S District Judge Warren Urbom reportedly denied Nebraska Attorney General Roy Harper's bid to stop HEW from withholding 1.39 million in Medicaid funds. The ruling, delivered by phone, delays the cutoff set for Oct. 1 while a full merits trial is scheduled for November. The case follows HEW concerns over Nebraska’s nursing home oversight.
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U.S
Warren Urbom
Lincoln
Nebraska
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Urbom
Arkansas
Lincoln Court
Royce Harper
Nebraska Welfare Dept
Harper
Arbomn
Horses sent to prison to replace vehicles at Idaho facility
In Vale Oregon the Bureau of Land Management rounded up wild mustangs and many faced being shot. The Idaho State Penitentiary near Boise requested a dozen horses for use by guards and inmate labor to move irrigation pipes and operate beef and dairy herds.
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Vale
Ore
Oregon
Richard Anderson
Idaho State Penitentiary
Boise
Molex Opens Lincoln Plant in Union Pacific Park
Molex Inc. officially opens a 30,000 square foot Lincoln manufacturing plant in the Union Pacific Industrial Park. The facility will produce electrical connectors terminals and switches. It starts with 30 employees and expects a total workforce of 100.
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Molex Inc
Lincoln
Union Pacific Industrial Park
Homes bigger better New York housing trends of 1976
A Census Bureau study summarized by the National Association of Realtors shows the typical new single family home grew to 1,690 square feet in 1976 from 1,535 in 1971. Most had at least one fireplace and central air conditioning. 53 percent of speculative homes featured central air, up from 38 percent in 1971.
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New York
America
Census Bureau
National Association of Realtors
Macy schools win federal grant for high school addition
The Macy public schools receive a 194 233 grant from the U S Department of Health Education and Welfare to add to Macy High School. Anthony Eugene Sanders 29 earns consecutive sentences totaling ten years for a March armed robbery of Omaha s American National Bank plus three years for firearm use. Don Hudson of North Platte reelected president of the Society for Theriogenology formerly the American Veterinary Society for the Study of Breeding Soundness. The WIFE national executive committee says it has not endorsed the farm strike movement.
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Macy Public Schools
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Macy High School
Anthony Eugene Sanders
Nebraska
Omaha
American National Bank
Don Hudson
North Platte
Society For Theriogenology
The
American Veterinary Society For the Study of
National Executive Committee of Women Involved
WIFE
PSC Strikes James Testimony in LT&T Rate Case
Nebraska Public Service Commission will strike two pages of James calculations and any prepared testimony tied to those rate-of-return figures from LT&T's $6 million rate request. Commissioner Simpson said the material lacked substantiation and will not influence final orders. Rutgers professor Bickster’s testimony remains, suggesting a 10.38 to 11.67 percent equity return.
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Lincoln Telephone and Telegraph Co
Lt&t
Nebraska Public Service Commission
Harold Simpson
Lincoln
Commission
Chicago
John James
Simpson
James
Allen Overcash
PSC
Dean Witter & Co
Rutgers University
James Bickster
Laserworks brings music and lasers to light art
The Cincinnati Art Museum staffer Lawrence Goodridge presents Laserworks at Ralph Mueller Planetarium with 11 parts of music and laser visuals set for 1 30, 2 45, 4, 7 and 8 30 p m on weekend days. He notes lasers create dancing shapes and could enable visual Braille for the blind by writing in light.
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Helen Haggie
Lawrence Goodridge
Cincinnati Art Museum
Ralph Mueller Planetarium
Tony
Goodridge
Laserworks
Grain officials deny force sale drive at Nebraska hearing
Nebraska grain interests testifying before the Legislature’s Agriculture and Environment Committee denied any plan to compel farmers to sell grain. The debate touched on storage shortages, elevator competition, and potential antitrust concerns raised by national groups.
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Associated Press
Robert Anderson
Nebraska Grain & Feed Dealers Assn
Anderson
Agriculture and Environment Committee
Big Springs
Jack Mills
Ed Turdy
Surprise
National Farmers Organization
Nebraska
Turdy
Judge opposes fixed formula sentences in new code
Judge DeWayne Wolf urged Nebraska lawmakers against a fixed sentencing formula, arguing sentences must fit individual cases and society’s needs. He noted some exceptions but favored indeterminate terms to allow rehabilitation, and spoke during a Judiciary Committee hearing on the state crime code set to take effect July 1, 1978.
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Wolf
Judiciary Committee
Walt
J. J. Exon
Nebraska Young Lawyers elect officers and leaders
Roger Beverage was named chairman of the 665 member Young Lawyers Section of the Nebraska State Bar Association. Peter Beekman of Falls City became vice chairman, Wesley Mues of Kearney was named secretary, and Everett Inbody of Wahoo was elected treasurer. Jeff Meyers of Omaha and Jim Zimmerman of Scottsbluff were elected to four year terms on the executive committee.
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Lincoln
Roger Beverage
Young Lawyers
Nebraska State Bar Assa
Peter Beekman
Falls City
Wesley Mues
Kearney
Everett Inbody
Wahoo
Jeff Meyers
Omaha
Jim Zimmerman
Scottsbluff
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Iowa
Marvin Stromer
Hiram Scott
Mount Scenario College
Ladysmith
Wis
Meyer
House Senate
Washington
Molex
Sanders
Mueller Planetarium
Review
Great Gate
Kiev
Eugene Ormandy
Philadelphia Orchestra
Columbia
Tage
Board of Trade
Mills
Andersons
DeCamp
Trvdy
John Evans
Ron Cope
Grandpa
HI Sox
Oung Town
Dial
Gateway
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