Nebraska storm leaves Hastings dead and millions in damages
Severe weekend storms across Nebraska caused floods and high winds. A Hastings man, Bob Mullen, 54, drowned when his car was washed from a highway ditch. Crop and property damages reach into the millions, with Hastings hardest hit. Flooding forced evacuations. several towns reported rising rivers and damaged infrastructure.
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Nebraska
Hastings
Bob Mullen
Lochland Country Club
U.S. 281
Mullen
Buffalo
Bob Scrivener
Ravenna
Thone cast as villain in pesticide hearings debate
Washington Nebraska Rep. Charles Thone faces criticism as a House agriculture subcommittee probes pesticide legislation. He argues he seeks balanced advance while opposing exclusive data use that could limit farmer choices and prolong costly repeat testing. EPA officials and the Carter administration push back on Thone’s data exclusivity plan.
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Washington
Nebraska
Charles Thone
House Agriculture
Thone
National Agricultural Chemicals Assn
Mittee On Agriculture
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Senate Agriculture Committee
Herman Talmadge
Commerce Dept
Talmadge
Office of Management and Budget
Winter is Coming Snowier Colder Than Usual Midwest
A meteorologist predicts a harsher Midwest winter with more snow and colder temperatures. The piece notes upcoming coverage across sections including a proposal to cut athletics funding, a storm sewer bond on the Nov 8 ballot, mortgage demand in Lincoln, and Nebraska corn production forecasts.
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Midwest
City Hall
Regulators say Lance had no role in lifting bank order
A federal bank regulator testified that Bert Lance did not influence the November decision to lift a cease and desist order at Calhoun First National Bank. Tarleton said the timing may have been an error in judgment but stressed the decision was already planned. Lance denied plans to resign and prepared for Senate questioning.
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Washington
Bert Lance
Lance
Georgia Bank
Donald Tarleton
Calhoun First National Bank
Carter
Tarleton
Senate
Atlanta
Senate Committee
Office of Management and Budget
Georgetown
Gary Hart
Colorado
Congress
Hart
White House
Floods kill 18 in Kansas City area as downpours roar
Severe flash floods inundate Kansas City Missouri and Kansas City Kansas after two heavy rain bursts. Cars rafted down Brush Creek and the Plaza. 18 dead, hundreds stranded or homeless, and major evacuations including 500 mobile homes. Rescue boats, power outages, and a gas explosion at the House of Toy compound the disaster.
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Hastings
Lake Hastings
Little Blue
Guide Rock
Minnie Soap Creek
Republican
Fairbury
Crystal Springs Park
Lincoln
Denton
Pleasant Dale
Milford
Kansas City
Brush Creek
Frank Spink Jr
Country Club Plaza
Ward Parkway
Plaza
Bureau
The
Weather Service
Kansas
Missouri
House of Toy
Blue River
Heart of America
General Motors Auto Assembly
Leeds
Scott Hooker
Truman Sports Complex
Kansas City Royals
Oakland A
Ball Park
Spink
Bill Henry
National Weather Service
Gene Katzman
Katzman
Southeast Community College to build Lincoln campus facility
The SCC board approved a $5.95 million project with the Southeast Community College Foundation to construct a central facility at 86th and O Streets in Lincoln. The plan includes a $2.3 million immediate loan, with the rest financed from the college’s building fund. Occupancy is slated for fall 1979.
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Jack Kennedy
86Th and
O Streets
Southeast Community College
SCC
Lincoln
Southeast Community College Foundation
Betty Schlaphoff
Waverly Foundation
Stan Matzke
College
Waverly
Southeast Foundation Board
Matzke
Southeast College Scc
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Falls City
Nemaha River
Gordon Watts
Deweese
Harvard
Big Blue River
Clay County
Lloyd Pontine
Andy Montgomery
U.S. Department of Commerce
Douglas Castle
Joe Hampton
Lincoln Regional Center
Ann Sanders
Shopper Inc
OMB
Alaska
United Airlines
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