Deputy Sheriffs Resignations And County Changes In Nebraska
Hamilton County deputy Bill Gage resigns to become Polk County sheriff and take over Monday. chamber manager Larry Wynia also resigns with Shirley Hicks acting manager. Crofton Journal and Niobrara Tribune sold to a Gillette couple Kevin and Tweeter Henseler. Harold D. Olson elected president of Nebraska Fraternal Congress. Warder L. Shires becomes Nemaha County extension agent chairman. Six Omaha executives named to Nebraska Association of Commerce and Industry board. Nebraska Hall of Agricultural Achievement honors Berck and Hansen. Gov Exon seeks end to the longshoremen strike. 50 mile bicycle marathon set for Boys Town to Linoma Beach for MS Society funds. Mrs Rosa Dusanek honored in Dorchester for historical society work. Missouri River dam inflows near normal after rainfall.
Malaysia gains new U S wheat market amid Australian pullback
A three member Malaysian flour industry team tours Nebraska to study U S wheat processing and testing as Western Wheat Associates notes Malaysia bought a full cargo for the first time and plans another. U S wheat exports to Malaysia expand with better training, marketing and farming practices cited as essential.
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Australia
Alan Hunt
U.S
Western Wheat Associates
WWA
Malaysia
Nebraska
Gee Sooi Tan
Hunt
Open jury selection questioned in Munson abortion trial
Rapid City Journal petitions South Dakota Supreme Court arguing for a public trial in the Dr Ben Munson manslaughter case. The paper challenges Judge Merton Tice Jr.’s gag order and Sequestration plan while noting the secrecy of voir dire may burden the defendants and state.
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Munson
Linda Padfield
Groton
D.D
South Dakota
Tice
Sanitation concerns spark hearing on Valley View license
A state health hearing began in Nebraska City over Valley View Care Center alleging unsanitary food service conditions and improper administrator practices. Health official Jim Graber cited five hour meat exposure, dirty rooms, and missing licensed administrator. past embezzlement conviction noted, with defense seeking to restrict it as evidence.
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Valley View Care Center, Inc
Nebraska City
Jim Graber
Health Department
Albert
Arlene Inman
Neligh nursing home complaints heard by Unicameral panel
About 150 people attended a Public Health and Welfare Committee hearing in Lincoln as Antelope County Supervisor Carl Schrader presented letters from residents’ families alleging mistreatment at a Neligh nursing home. A 94 year old resident who died June 30 allegedly suffered bruises, lacerations, and a wrist injury, with staff not explaining the incident. Schrader noted the county board has asked the State Health Department and others to investigate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Island
UPI
Public Health and Welfare Committee
Neligh
Antelope County
Carl Schrader
Schrader
LPN
Antelope
State Health Department
Rotterdam approves plans for floating brothel complex
Rotterdam officials sign off on a giant floating brothel to confine prostitution to a single waterfront district. The plan allows search for entrepreneurs to finance the project and relocate sex work away from other areas.
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Rotterdam
The
Netherlands
Grasshoppers Infest Western Nebraska Pastureland
A newly released survey shows a severe grasshopper outbreak across western Nebraska with more than 15 grasshoppers per square yard. The infestation spans pasture around the North Platte River to Scottsbluff and Niobrara area, sparing 15,000 acres in Cherry County previously sprayed. Weather next spring could worsen damage or, if cool and wet, trigger fungal mortality in hatchlings. A federal program will cover one third of rangeland control costs.
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North Platte
Nebraska
American Plant Health and Inspection Service
Jack Campbell
University of Nebraska
North Platte Station
North Platte River
Scottsbluff
Niobrara River
Cherry County
Campbell
Fontenelle Hotel to be Studied for Restoration or Demolition
Omaha officials will review whether the vacant Fontenelle Hotel can be restored or torn down. Mayor Al Veys appointed a committee of city department heads after fire damage and back taxes exceeding 200000 dollars. Options include gutting for downtown offices or apartments or recondemnation and demolition.
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Omaha
UPI
Fontenelle
al Veys
Aust
Rust
Winterizing 1977 Style on a Nebraska Farm
A farm wife reflects on frost arrival and the shift to modern cold weather living in the 1970s. She recalls cutting summer bouquets, saving cucumbers, and memories of unheated rooms, contrasting past hard labor with now eased routines. The Boss drives an air conditioned combine cab while corn is harvested, 5000 bushels saved from wind and borers, and persistent farmers endure low prices.
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Nebraska
Southern Electric blame dispute raises Nebraska rates
Grand Island spokesman Weston Webb says the Southern Nebraska Rural Electric Association faces about 150000 extra yearly due to a rate dispute between Lincoln Electric and the Nebraska Public Power District. NPPD says Lincoln Electric withholds 23 million in wholesale payments, forcing NPPD to borrow.
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Grand Island
UPI
Southern Nebraska Rural Electric Association
Lincoln Electric System
Nebraska Public Power District
Weston Webb
Southern Nebraska
Southcentral
Nebraska
NPPD
Lincoln Electric
Peru State Wins Architect Contract for New Health Facility
Governor approves a 2.3 million health and physical education facility at Peru State College. Leo A Daly Co. of Omaha will design for about 90 400, with a fieldhouse for 2000 spectators a four court gym an indoor track and pools. The project adds to Majors Hall renovations replacing the 1903 gym.
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United Press International
Peru State College
Leo A. Daly Co
Omaha
Peru
Majors Hall
Por
Beat the hell out of him and other notes on correction
A devotional letter argues for corporal punishment to curb delinquency citing Proverbs 23 13 and 14. The author praises parental discipline and warns readers against hell and modern views rejecting wrath. Includes contact info P O BOX 405 Decatur GA 30031.
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Lord Jesus Christ
Hell
D.C
God
King of Kings
Lord of Lords
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Hamilton County
Bill Gage
Polk County
Gage
Wynia
Larry Wynia
Columbus Area
Crofton Journal
Niobrara Tribune
John
Mary Kerr
Gillette, Wyo
Kevin and
Tweeter Henseler
Kerrs
Carroll
Iowa
John Kerr
Carroll Daily Times
Harold D. Olson
Fremont
Nebraska Fraternal Congress
Olson
Lutheran Brotherhood
Lynn E. Olson
Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society
Raymond Burbach
Lincoln
Knights of Columbus
Ann L. Klinge
Woodmen of the World
Warder L
Gus) Shires
Nemaha County
Shires
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
U.S. Air Force
NACI
Nebraska Association of Commerce and Industry
Samuel B. Marvin
R-Lynn Inc
Charles F. Heider
Chiles, Heider & Co
William H. Healy
Gothenburg Feed Products Co
Larry L. Callen
First National Bank of
Hastings
Kansas-Nebraska Natural Gas Co
Ag Hall
Wesley F. Hansen
Elton F. Berck
Berck
Farmers Union Livestock Commission
National Livestock and Meat Board
Farmers Union
Hansen
Dawson Public Power District
Nebraska Educational Television
Exon Wants
J. J. Exon
National Governors Conference Agriculture Subcommittee
Jimmy Carter
Exon
Boys Town
Linoma Beach
Ashland
Nebraska-Iowa
National
Democratic National
Allen O'Donnell
Agriculture
Bob Bergland
Mrs. Dusanek
Rosa Dusanek
Dorchester
Saline County Historical Society
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
New
Federal Flour Mill
Teh Wee Kok
Malayan Flour Mill
Wan Abdul Wahab bin Abdullah
Ministry of Trade and Industry
Abdullah
United States
High Court
John Fitzgerald
William Janklow
Journal
Graber
Inman
William A. Hewett
Roger Murray
Inmans
Richardson County
Murray
Valley View
Richard Wood
Department
Unicam
Lincoln Savings
South 48Th Street
Nebraska State Department of Banking
Veys
James Putnam
Eugene Leahy
Alden Aust
By Eleanor Seberger
Southern Electric
Julius Caesar
Gaul
Will Rogers
Globe
Senate
House
Supreme Court
Ku Klux
Sam Jones
the Klux
P. O. Box
Decatur
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