Capitol bruises and bills mix in Nebraska legislature
Nebraska lawmakers push education plans and tax changes as debates highlight the University of Nebraska bond proposal and a major pari mutuel betting tax measure. Committees kill several bills while the U.S. court orders reapportionment, and a broader budget for university construction is eyed.
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Fern Hubbard Orme
Lincoln
Carpenter
Nebraska
Sam Klaver
Omaha
Klaver
Hugo Srb
Sib
University of Nebraska
Agriculture College
Medical College
Chemical Science
University “Hospital
State Department of ‘Labor
Division of Employment
Nebraska gunmakers shaped the West’s firearms history
A Nebraska State Historical Society inquiry highlights early gunsmiths including William Rotton of Nebraska City, Alexander McAusland with sons in Nebraska City and Omaha, and the Freund brothers Frank and George. They built and repaired rifles from 1850s to post railroad era, supplying Union Pacific boom towns and later Denver and Cheyenne, with Rotton and Freunds securing multiple patents.
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Nebraska
Nebraska State Historical Society
W.rotton
Nebraska City
R. E. Dale
William Rotton
Territorial
Rotton
England
Alexander McAusland
Omaha
Alexander
William McAusland
West
Frank
George Freund
Germany
Vienna
Paris
London
America
Freund
Union Pacific
North Platte
Denver
Cheyenne
Frank Freund
George
Promising March of Dimes Research Aids 1964
Nine projects funded by the March of Dimes reported progress in birth defect research for 1964. The National Foundation appropriated nearly $5 million for research and notes 51 Birth Defect Treatment Centers nationwide. Studies cover German measles testing, cell abnormalities in Hurler syndrome, congenital anomalies linked to mental retardation, dysautonomia, ataxia telangiectasia, autoimmunity with chromosome defects, chromosomal screening methods, G-6-PD enzyme variants, and congenital heart defect development in chick embryos.
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March of Dimes
Theodore E. Boyd
National Foundation
U.S
Boyd
Gordon C. Brown
University of Michigan
Andrew E. Lorincz
University of Florida
Hurler
David W. Smith
University of Wisconsin
Joseph Dancis
New York University
Robert A. Good
University of Minnesota
Melvin M. Grumbach
Columbia University
Rs. Frederick Hecht
E. R. Huehns
M. Lait
Harry M. Kirkman
University of Oklahoma
Oscar Jaffee
State University of New York
Buffalo
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Capitol News
University
State Education’ Department
Terry Carpenter
Scotts Bluff
Richard D. Marvel
Hastings
Marvel
U. S
Dan J. Casey
Douglas County
Lancaster County
Sarpy
Dawson
Hall
Blaine
Butler
Custer
Dixon
Garfield
Grant
Kearney
Keya Paha
Loup
Perkins
Phelps
Sioux Thayer
Wheeler
Casey
John Deere Day
Polk Grade School
Brazda Implement CO
Polk, Nebraska
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