Nebraska Expands Homestead Relief Targets Elderly With Circuit Breaker
Nebraska lawmakers study a proposed Expanded Homestead Relief Act to aid residents 65 and older with income up to 12 000 a year. The plan would cost about 26 million and could provide up to 20 percent rent credits or tax relief on home values up to 20 200 dollars. Senator David Newell supports targeting relief by need to ease elderly cash flow.
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Omaha
David Newell
Nebraska
Shelley Bursik Crowned NWU W Club Sweetheart
Ravenna senior Shelley Bursik was crowned W Club Sweetheart at Nebraska Wesleyan University during halftime of the Wesleyan Concordia football game. A biology major with plans for physical therapy she has been active in women’s athletics and has served as statistician for several men’s teams. Finalists were Deb Stewart of Omaha and Susan Hansen of Wahoo.
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Shelley Bursik
Ravenna
Nebraska Wesleyan University
Charles Bursik
Wesleyan-Concordia
Miss Bursik
Deb Stewart
Omaha
Susan Hansen
Wahoo
Dworak to push identity requirement for records access
Columbus Sen. Donald Dworak plans to introduce a bill forcing users of Nebraska political accountability files to identify themselves. He argues the public should know who reviews financial statements of public officials and criticizes the Sunshine Act as poorly written. Sunshine director James Baylor urges earlier candidate disclosure on announcing runs.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Donald Dworak
Nebraska
Dworak
Dvorak
Sunshine Office
Sunshine
James Baylor
Crosby Stills and Nash Pack Nebraska Concert Crowd
Crosby Stills and Nash drew about 12,300 fans Friday at the Nebraska Sports Complex. The trio performed for around 2.42 hours and, tour manager Mike Bowen said, they enjoyed themselves and appreciated the crowd. Pictured: Stephen Stills, David Crosby and Graham Nash.
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Crosby, Stills and Nash
Nebraska
Mike Bowen
Stephen Stills
David Crosby
Graham Nash
Malone open house and community notices in Lincoln
Open house from 7 to 9 p m Thursday at Malone Community Center aims to acquaint Lincoln residents with the center and services offered. Also, Havelock Lodge 244 plans a soup supper on Nov 5 at 6 p m to fund a student for the UN Pilgrimage to New York City. A lounge at Nebraska Wesleyan University’s Old Main is dedicated to the late Dr Francis A Alabaster. Two lanes of 13th Street between O and N streets blocked through Sunday for a 20 ton air conditioner installation at Miller and Paine. A public hearing is set for 9:30 a m Nov 8 at the State Capitol on eminent domain law reforms and how property is acquired.
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Malone
Malone Community Center
St. Fannie Thomas
Lincoln
Havelock Lodge 244
Independent
Order of Odd Fellows
Odd Fellow
Rebekah United Nations
New York City
Nebraska Wesleyan University
Francis A. Alabaster
Alabaster
13Th St
O and
N Sts
Miller and Paine
Capitol
State Capitol
Maurice Kremer
Carter Defends Oil Plan Amid Tuition Question
Carter responds to a Texan demand over campaign pledges tied to oil states. He argues raising the price from 1.43 to 1.75 per 1000 cubic feet signals deregulation. A Maine journalist’s parochial question expands to concern Indian land claims impacting the West and Nebraska regions.
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Carter
Water rights precedent worries Carter over reservations
Carter warned that establishing a precedent on water running through or along reservations could fuel Indian treaty claims. The issue centers on Nebraska's Thurston County where the Winnebago and Omaha reservations lie, highlighting a potential shift in water rights interpretations.
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Carter
Nebraska
Thurston County
Winnebago
Omaha
Sudsy Cascade Fountain Overwhelms city Streets
Billions of bubbles burst from the Cascade Fountain at 27th and Capitol Parkway in the early hours of Saturday. Lincoln police found a pink detergent jug in the pool and estimated cleaning costs and water replacement at 40,000 gallons with no suspects.
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27Th and
Capitol Parkway
Lincoln
Fountain
27Th St
D St
Sunken Gardens
NPPD Employees May See 5.5 Percent Pay Raise
The York Nebraska Public Power District board authorized management to award salary increases totaling 5.5 percent of current payroll. Each employee’s exact raise will be determined by management, not guaranteed at 5.5 percent. Staff had requested 7 percent.
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York — Nebraska Public Power District
NPPD
Nppd Board of Directors
Brock blasts Carter energy plan at Omaha fund-raiser
At a $100-a-plate dinner honoring former Sen. Roman Hruska, Brock denounced Carter's energy program as bloated with new federal offices and 20 000 extra government workers. He urged free enterprise and warned that Democrats have failed to deliver the American dream while urging Republicans to unseat Carter in 1980.
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Jimmy Carter
Bill Brock
Nebraska
GOP
Carter
Howard Baker
Omaha
Washington
Senate
Brock
Federal Energy Office
America
U.S
Republican Party
Charles
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