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Newspaper
Lincoln Journal
Location
Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1977
Page
9
A Nebraska legislative committee investigates the Patrol’s drug enforcement citing alleged incompetence and possible misuse of funds. Sheriff Vern Newbold of Buffalo County accuses informants of theft and lies while DeCamp’s panel probes law enforcement practices across the state with no final timeline.
At a Friday State Education Board session Wayne Supt. Francis Haun said only one parent contacted him about the film About Sex. The film shown to a Wayne class sparked debate with some calling it promoting promiscuity, while Haun defended it as properly handled and said an error in judgment may have occurred.
A traveling circus billed as the world's smallest will perform at Creighton University on October 3. The director, the Rev Nick Weber, and his two partners operate from Santa Clara University. The Nebraska division of the American Cancer Society holds its annual meeting October 8 at the Ramada Inn Central in Omaha with speeches by leukemia patient Michael Finamore and his former physician Dr Monroe D Dowling. Funeral services are set in Omaha for Thomas B Chapman former Johnson Commission Co president who died in Houston. Survivors include his wife and children. The University of Nebraska at Omaha Alumni Assn will award Outstanding Service Awards at its homecoming banquet September 30 to Killian Sallquist and Tompsett. Jules Feiffer speaks on campus at 8 p.m. Tuesday. The Salem United Methodist Church near Seward marks its 95th anniversary with sermons by Bishop Monk Bryan and Brad Humphrey. Internal medicine groups plan joint meetings in Omaha October 14-16 with Dr William P Davies of Ogden Utah to speak.
North Platte residents face tax questions after the city annexed 150 feet of the Cochran property, splitting the home along the line. The Cochran family reports portions of their house sit in different jurisdictions, creating confusion over where taxes should be paid.
Dee Everitt of Lincoln testified in Washington before a House subcommittee urging delay in amending the Education for the Handicapped Act until full implementation in 1978. She represented the National Association for Retarded Citizens and said the act ensures disabled children receive the same education opportunities as others.
Martin Z. Post, 58, a former Associated Press newsman and longtime public relations director for the College of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, died Thursday in Newark. He had served in PR and journalism roles, shaping communications for the college and its medical programs.
Hungarian Communist leader Janos Kadar departed Belgrade by train after two days of talks with President Josip Broz Tito on the world Communist movement and Yugoslav Hungarian relations.
Fire officials praise three neighbors for freeing 17 year old William Hunt from a bedroom as flames engulfed the Thomas residence at Tree Site Trailer Court. Tim Hunt and stepfather Richard Thomas remained hospitalized Monday with severe burns while Dougherty and Rich Hiles aided in breaking through walls to reach him.
About 60 people searched a 20 mile stretch along the Platte River for clues to the whereabouts of Lexington farm wife Ruth Eby the second area woman missing this year Dawson County Sheriff John Rohnert said there is no definite link to Judy Dangler who disappeared Feb 7 search included riders on horseback and motorcycles no sign of foul play reported as of Sunday
The director of the Lincoln VA hospital announced the GSA will abandon plans to sell about 20 acres adjacent to the facility at 600 So. 70th St. The land will support future expansion and therapy needs, with veterans groups and civic groups cited for helping retain it.
Farm Editor Dominick Costello reports on reduced tillage and no till systems. SCS studies show rising adoption from 17 percent in 1972 to 24 percent by 1977, with savings in fuel and labor, moisture retention, and potential yield benefits in dry years, plus challenges like weed control and new insect pressures.
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