LES Plans Triplet Response to Criticism Over Power Rates
Lincoln Electric System officials say they tire of being cast as the bad guy as they plot three moves against criticism from the Nebraska Electric Generation & Transmission Cooperative and rural power districts. The steps include demanding studies, inviting all NPPD wholesale customers to a Oct. 6 meeting, and potential libel litigation if G&T fails to back its claims.
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Harold Simmons
Lincoln Electric System
LES
Nebraska Public Power District
NPPD
Nebraska Electric Generation & Transmission Cooperative
G&t
Lincoln
Lesnppd
Cornhusker Public Power District
Seward County Rural Public Power District
SES
Norman Krivosha
Krivosha
Lancaster County
William C. Hastings
Soviets push moratorium on underground nuclear tests
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko proposes joining the United States and Britain to suspend underground nuclear weapon tests for a period. He cites a three power partial ban covering air space and underwater tests and notes France and China have not adhered, while further talks in Geneva loom.
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United Nations, N.Y
Andrei Gromyko
United States
Britain
U.N. General Assembly
Soviet Union
Great Britain
France
China
U.S
Gromyko
Geneva
Show and Tell Turns to Evacuation at California School
An 8-year-old boy brought a hand grenade to La Crescenta elementary on Monday. The scene prompted evacuation after the teacher alerted the principal. The Los Angeles County sheriff bomb squad removed the grenade, which was real but not live, according to a sheriff's spokesman. The boy said the grenade came from a young cousin.
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la Crescenta, Calif
UPI
la Crescenta
Los Angeles County Sheriff's
Mt Hood Geothermal Plan Aims to Heat Portland
Northwest Natural Gas Co plans a five year test to drill two exploratory wells on Mt Hood to tap a 10 000 acre area for hot water. If successful the project could heat Portland and supply factories along a 43 mile pipeline at about 150 degrees. Estimated cost about 50 million with potential private home heating along the route.
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Portland, Ore
Mt. Hood
Portland
Northwest Natural Gas Co
John Hook
U.S. Forest Service
Hood
Oregon Cascades
Nwg
Paul Howe Sr
Howe
California
Italy
Mexico
Tough energy bill pushed by O'Neill, Senate tied up
In Washington Speaker Thomas ONeill after meeting with President Carter said Congress would produce a strong energy bill despite Senate setbacks. Senate leaders pledged to keep the natural gas bill alive through all night sessions until work is finished.
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Washington
Thomas O'Neill
D-Mass
Carter
Congress
Senate
House
O'Neill
Robert Byrd
D-W.va
Byrd
Sen
Alan Cranston
Calif
Cranston
James Abourezk
D-S.c
Howard Metzenbaum
Ohio
Henry) Jackson
Metzenbaum
Jackson
D-Wash
White House
Neuberger named Nebraska Water Resources chief
John W. Neuberger, longtime Missouri River Basin Commission chair, is appointed director of Nebraska's Water Resources Department by Gov. J. J. Exon. He resigns his federal post effective Oct. 26 and starts Nov. 1, succeeding retiree Marion Ball. Neuberger, 41, a South Dakota native, has held key hydraulic roles including deputy Interior secretary for water and power resources.
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John W. Neuberger
Missouri River Basin Commission
Nebraska
J. J. Exon
Neuberger
Marion Ball
Exon
Norman Otto
Basin Commission
Commission
Richard Nixon
Democratic Carter
Nueberger
White House
Otto
U.S. Interior Dept
Paper Route Opening Near Your Home
Apply at Cire Department Phar 473 7341 for a newspaper route opening near your home. Adv.
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Cire
Dept
HEW proposes standards to trim hospital beds and regulate births
The HEW plan targets reducing nonfederal hospital beds from 4.5 to 4 per 1000 people by 1984, eliminating about 100000 beds. It sets delivery benchmarks of 2000 yearly in metropolitan obstetric units and 500 in rural units, aiming for broader national health planning under the 1974 act.
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Washington
UPI
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
National Health Planning and Resources Development
American Hospital Assn
AHA
Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
Jacob Javits
R-N.y
Richard Schweiker
R-Pa
Senate
Joseph Califano
Califano
Exon to Undergo Parathyroid Surgery in October
University of Nebraska Lincoln reports interim Academic Vice Gov J J Exon will have surgery in October to remove one or more malfunctioning parathyroid glands. The article notes other city and university items on pages 10 21 and various sections.
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University of Nebraska- Lincoln
Gov. J. J. Exon
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