West Bypass Dead as Park Route in Lincoln
Lincoln officials face a dead end for a four lane highway along Wilderness Park edge. Federal signals push for an alternate route while environmental groups threaten a lawsuit. If opponents prevail the park route is off and Western options must be reconsidered.
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Harold Simmons
Lincoln's
Wilderness Park
Lincoln
Ray Hogrefe
Nebraska
Federal Highway Administration
Hogrefe
Washington, D.C
Washington
Lincoln Regional Center
Pioneers Park
Yankee Hill
Nebraska 2
State Penal Complex
State Roads Dept
Roads Dept
West
Beatrice Home question returns to court in six weeks
Beatrice State Home residents reform and funding battle move back to federal court as Judge Albert Schatz schedules arguments for late November or early December. Plaintiffs press to appoint a new expert panel, transfer at least 300 of 990 residents to community programs, halt unnecessary construction, and curb abuse with six hours daily activities. The state defends funding decisions, argues regional programs cannot be ordered, and cites partial relocations already achieved.
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Richard Paxson
Schatz
Exon
Beatrice
Lincoln and
Hastings
State Patrol
State of
Nebraska
Frank Marsh
Ray A. C. John
Mel Kammerlohr
Ment
Reading problem attack in Nebraska schools initiates statewide effort
Educational Service Units sponsor Monday program in Lincoln Scottsbluff Neligh and Omaha suburbs to improve secondary reading instruction. Lincoln High School plans link with Evertt Junior High to form a model across the state. Northwestern University president James Roscoe Miller, 71, dies of a heart attack in Evanston Illinois.
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Nebraska
Lincoln
Scottsbluff
Neligh
Omaha
Superintendents Advisory Council
Right To Read
Hugh Schoephoerster
Minnesota
America
State Education Dept
Sam Nelson
LHS
Evertt Junior High
Nelson
Dwight Grandgenett
Evanston, Ill
James Roscoe Miller
Northwestern University
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Tion Environmental
White House
Eldin Ehrlich
Schoephoerster
Miller
Kent Kings
Piet
Kent
Lorillard
U.S.A
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