Omaha women commission loses remaining members in mass resignation
Thirty three members quit the Omaha Mayor's Commission on the Status of Women after a series of resignations amid control disputes. Chairman Joan Patterson and Vice Chair Mary Ann Nipp offered to be reappointed to a new commission planned for Jan 1. The mayor may audit expenditures and review open meetings compliance before forming the new panel and selecting a replacement for executive director Joyce Baskin.
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Omaha
UPI
Mayor’s Commission On the Status of Women
al Veys
Mary Ann Nipp
Terry Forsberg
Commission
Commission On the Status of Women
Weys
Veys
Joyce Baskin
Nebraska Rural Water Districts form statewide association
Seven of Nebraska 17 rural districts have organized as the Nebraska Association of Rural Water Districts to access EPA grant opportunities. The group, meeting first in September, will add districts and accept associate members. Dues are 10 dollars annually plus 20 cents per meter. officers include James Hunzeker as president and Jack Schuetz as vice president.
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Nebraska
Herman Minderman
Syracuse
Nebraska Association of Rural Water Districts
Minderman
James Hunzeker
Humbolt
Jack Schuetz
Lincoln
Avery Jaspersen
West Point
Kenneth Zoeller
Reserve
Kan
Clark Hunzeker
Pawnee City
Cass County
Schuetz
Jaspersen
William Davis
Nebraska City
Rebels claim heavy Ethiopian toll near Harrar
Somali rebels fighting for control of Ethiopia's Ogaden region say they killed 44 Ethiopian troops and wounded 32 in clashes near Harrar, one of two key cities remaining in Ethiopian hands.
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Mogadishu
Somalia
Ethiopia
Ogaden
Harrar
Omaha name used in Sioux City ads draws Veys concern
Mayor Al Veys criticized Sioux City ads that mentioned Omaha to warn residents about a proposed urban shopping center. He canceled a planned visit to avoid entangling in Sioux City’s election, offering to meet after the campaign to discuss mutual issues.
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Omaha
UPI
al Veys
Sioux City
Sioux Falls
Weys
William Gross
White couple killed in Oakland racial tension case
Robert Murray 28, a white real estate salesman, was beaten to death in East Oakland after moving with his wife Carol into Sobrante Park. Police and neighbors describe a troubled effort to fit in as residents recall intimidation and hostility from black neighbors. The widow says his death followed years of tension while the Elmhurst Community District weighs the incident as a possible isolated case rather than racial violence. Murray had just earned his real estate license and started work recently.
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Oakland
Calif
Robert
Carol Murray
Murray
East
Ed Subica
Larena Epperson
Bernie Murray
Carpenter urges tax hikes on cigarettes and utilities
Scottsbluff AP Former State Sen Terry Carpenter told the Legislature Revenue Committee to raise cigaret taxes and tax utilities. He warned the panel will not cut spending or taxes and questioned who bears the burden. He criticized LB 131 on county revaluation and said assessors lack guidance. Ed Narjes urged restraint on spending and opposed statewide property revaluation.
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Scottsbluff
Terry Carpenter
Revenue Committee
Carpenter
Ed Narjes
Sidney
Cheyenne County
Fitness expert argues exercise boosts health benefits
Omaha AP report quotes Dr. Kenneth Cooper executive director Aerobic Center Dallas and former Aerospace Medical Laboratory clinical director. He says the exercise boom lowers heart death rates since 1965 and studies show regular exercisers score better on six heart disease risk tests.
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Omaha
Kenneth Cooper
Cooper
Aerobic Center
Dallas
Aerospace Medical Laboratory
NPPD Rate Protests Amid LES Payment Dispute
Nebraska Public Power District customers protested proposed 1978 79 rate increases tied to a Lin coln Electric System dispute. Officials said LES partial payment refusal forced NPPD to borrow 40 million dollars, raising questions over who bears the interest costs and possible legal actions.
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Columbus
Nebraska Public Power District
NPPD
Lincoln Electric System
SES
LES
Nppd Board of Directors
Dil Blatchford
E. H. Powell
Giltner
Lincoln
Singles swapping service opens in Westport Connecticut
Susan Marcus runs a barter directory for unmarried, separated, divorced or widowed residents. She plans to publish a January list of services people will perform in exchange for needed tasks. Examples include gutter cleaning in return for clothing repairs.
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Westport, Conn
Susan Marcus
Marcus
Hugh Dobler
Auburn Marine to stay in U S as White House studies case
An Auburn Marine facing marijuana smuggling charges will not be sent to Okinawa yet while the White House reviews the case. Neil Danberg said White House counsel Robert Lipshutz will discuss with President Carter after meeting with Danberg.
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Auburn Marine
White House
Auburn
Okinawa
Carl Curtis
Curtis
Don Shasteen
Neil Danberg
Omaha
Pfc
Richard Lynn Wilson
Robert Lipshutz
Shasteen
Danberg
Lipshutz
Carter
U.S
Albert Schatz
Marine Corps
Wilson
United States
Executive Branch
Schatz
Japan
Camp Lejeune
N.C
George C. Wilson
Auburn State Bank
Man plants cow manure seal as greeting to Carter
Jerard Pearson of Omaha planned a 60 foot wide composted cow manure presidential seal near Offutt Air Force Base to be seen from the air. He says the limestone framed artwork, costing under 100 dollars, may be preserved by planting crops so the outline remains visible.
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Omaha
UPI
Carter
Jerard Pearson
Pearson
Offutt Air Force Base
Offutt
John Cavanaugh
D-Neb
SAC
National Public Radio
Lincoln seeks CETA training grant for eighteen month program
The city of Lincoln Nebraska designated prime sponsor seeks an eighteen month CETA training grant to place unemployed residents in advanced skilled private sector jobs. The application details administration and training budgets and is open for public comment at the Lincoln CETA office with contact notices to the U S Department of Labor in Kansas City within 30 days.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
CETA
Old Post Office
North 10Th Street
City of
Nedra
Lost and Found notices and local services
A cluttered lost notices page lists multiple pets including a gage shotgun, a small brown Terrier Cocker mix, a male St Bernard, a young gray cat, a Siamese cat, a German Shepherd Black Lab mix, a Golden Retriever, a black cat with a flea collar, a gas engine for a post hole auger, a toy poodle, and a woman’s diamond pendant, all with reward offers and contact numbers. Also included are an Elgin Watch Company reunion notice and local ads for jewelry repairs, insulation, cement work, odd jobs, TV stereo service, and ticket requests for a Colorado Kansas Missouri game.
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Southside Branch Oaks
Lincoln
St. Bernard
Belmor
69Th & Y
Hwy
Wilderness Park
Cheney Road
Jessica
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Que Hodgman
Splain & Roberts Mortuary
Roper & Sons Mortuaries
Havelock
Lincoln Memorial Funeral Home & Crematory
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Wadlow
Blue-Joynt Realty
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Nome
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Colorado
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Hayenees
Bob Webb
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Colorado, Kansas
Missouri
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Jeff
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Ag College
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Hensley
Ralph
Gabel
Capitol Home Service
ThermoCon Insulation Co
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Midwest
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American Fence Co
J. A. McCave
Fioor Ak
Jarry's
Pinkerton
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Jack Doberstine
Mowitz
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Hudson
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