Pioneer Airways expands routes to Alliance Lincoln Omaha
Pioneer Airways will add Alliance Lincoln and Omaha to its Denver and Lexington daily round trip network effective Sept 1. Nebraska cities currently served include McCook Ogallala Sidney and others with improved connections to Stapleton and Eppley Field. Lincoln will gain as a connection point with United and Frontier in November.
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Denver
Colo
Stapleton International
Eppley Field
Omaha
Lincoln
United Airlines
Frontier Airlines
Sidney
Cmata
Linco
Omaha area farmers oppose expanded OSHA safety framework
Nebraska agricultural leaders criticize U S Labor Secretary Ray Marshall proposals to cover all farm workers under OSHA. Farmers cite housing costs for migrant workers and overall regulatory burden as reasons to resist broader coverage. Local growers warn added rules could raise prices and hurt farming viability.
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Lincoln
API
Nebraska
U.S. Labor
Ray Marshall
Louis Wiebe
Beatrice
Farmers Union
Vern Palser
Big Springs
OSHA
Palser
Mickey, Stewart
Alliance
Nebraska Stockgrowers Association
Marshall
He Sai
Nebraska youth cited in driving mishaps study
A Nebraska Department of Roads report shows 24 percent of drivers aged 15 to 24 were involved in 60 percent of the state's accidents in the first six months of 1977. Males in this age group account for about two thirds of these crashes, with 166 youths killed and 9,?5 injured in 1976, and an economic loss of 149.2 million dollars.
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Nebraska
Lincoln, Neb
UPI
Ken Sieckmeyer
Department
Accident Records Bureau
St Patrick’s High School enrollment rises to 107
St Patrick’s High School reports 107 students this year, a 3 percent rise from 104 last year, the first increase in four years. Superintendent Duane Gross credits ongoing program improvements and rising public awareness as reasons for the uptick despite surrounding declines.
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St. Patrick's High School
St. Pat’s
Duane Gross
Gross
St Pat’s
St Pat's
Petitions filed to force 1977 school aid vote in Nebraska
The final batch of signatures to trigger a vote on LB33, a plan to raise state aid to schools by 20 million dollars yearly for three years, was due to be filed with Nebraska Secretary of State Allen Beermann. If about 46,000 valid names are gathered, the issue could appear on the 1978 general election ballot, suspending the law until after next year. The measure passed despite Gov. Exon's veto, and the filing deadline was Tuesday.
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Lincoln
Neb
UPI
Donald Dworak
Columbus
Allen Beermann
Ple
J. James Exon
Five Nebraska highway deaths in weekend crashes
UPI reports five people died on Nebraska roads in separate crashes. Victims include Rodney Snide 20 Avoca Co Va Nguyen 46 Bellevue David Majerus 26 Lincoln John Holtz 70 Columbus and Toni Rae Green 30 Omaha.
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United Press International
Nebraska
Rodney Snide
Avoca
Va Nguyen
Bellevue
David J Majerus
Lincoln
John Holtz
Columbus
Toni Rae Green
Omaha
Snide
Ashland
US 6
Merle Nelson
Ashland Nguyen
Cornhusker Drive
Majerus
Lincoln Holtz
Charles Kraus
Cedar Rapids
Air mail anniversary marked by pilots commemorative flight
Fifty years after the Post Office shifted air mail to private contractors, about 50 pilots from the Silver Wings Fraternity fly segments of the original New York to San Francisco route. Leonard Nelson of Potter County and others travel via Cheyenne to Sidney and North Platte to honor the milestone.
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Tobin Beck
Leonard Nelson
Rural Potter
New York
San Francisco
Silver Wings Fraternity
Nelson
Potter
Cheyenne
Sidney
John Clinch
North Platte
Nelson Virg Adle
Army Air Corps
Nelson Flying
Rodman Field
Kimball
Ferris Preble
Silver Wings
Nebraska 1977 laws take effect as Friday nears
In Lincoln Nebraska 157 bills will activate Friday post adjournment with 90 day limits for non emergency laws and 76 already in force The food sales tax refund rises from 16 to 20 dollars jumping on 1977 tax returns while LB33 school aid and other measures face delays or court challenges A push to regulate horse betting messengers faces court action and debate over licensing persists in the legislature.
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Lincoln, Neb
UPI
Truck Abandoned on I-80 Baffles Investigators
A refrigerated meat truck was found in the median of I-80 near Lodgepole after a westbound truck swerved into the median and a hitchhiker rode away with a passing vehicle. The incident remains under investigation. no theft reported. The truck traced to Holiday Meat Packing Co. of Erie, Pa.
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Big Springs
State Patrol
West Sidney
Ken Staté
Sidney
State
Lodgepole
Stute
Tokyo
Japan
Holiday Meat Packing Co
Erie
Pennsylvania Meat Packing Company
Sidney High White team wins soap scrim action Saturday night
Inside Sidney High's White team was victorious in a soap scrim mage Saturday night. Page 7 mentions local event coverage and community notices including the Old Settler's Reunion and an honoring dinner for U.S. Rep. Virginia Smith next month. Page references indicate ongoing farm and business roundups and market sponsorships.
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Sidney High
U.S
Virginia Smith
Chappell
North Platte
Cheyenne County qualifies for SBA disaster loans
Cheyenne County is among nine Nebraska counties approved for SBA economic injury disaster loans due to hail rain flood and wind from May to July. Businesses meeting criteria may apply. rates are 3 percent on the first 25 000 and 6 625 percent thereafter. The designation covers Box Butte Brown Devel Fillmore Garden Morrill Kock and Scotts Bluff. The declaration cites Department of Agriculture data.
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Cheyenne County
Small Business Administration
SBA
Cheyenne
Box Butte
Brown, Devel
Fillmore
Garden
Morrill, Kock
Scotts Bluff
Department of Agriculture
European policy changes threaten US grain exports to Western Europe
An Agriculture Department report warns that higher European target prices for corn and barley and a shift to feed wheat could depress US grain exports to the Common Market. It notes a potential long run drop in European wheat sales and possible shifts to other markets, with Western Europe purchases to fall from 1976-77 highs while protein feeds remain in demand.
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Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
Omero Sabetini
Department
Foreign Agricultural Service
Sabatini
Europe
Sabatiets
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William Nichol
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