Year in Review 1976 From Washington to Mars
A sweeping year in review notes major events and figures from 1976. Highlights include space achievements with a 1 300-pound Viking probe on Mars, political shifts with Carter and Ford, notable deaths, Hearst conviction, Mineo and Bolles murders, oil and steel price changes, and cultural moments. It also covers tech, crime, wars, and economic trends shaping a volatile year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sal Mineo
Don Bolles
Arizona
U.S
Patricia Hearst
Gary Gilmore
Uganda
Britain
Iceland
London
Washington
Volkswagen
Pennsylvania
Viking
Mars
Bellevue- Stratford
America
OPEC
King Kong
Sidney Jaycees Plan Safer Skating at Legion Park
Sidney Jaycees president Lee Spieker Jr asked City Manager Maynard Dill to prepare for safer more enjoyable skating at Legion Park pond. The group will supply music with an electric hookup and a supervising adult, with hours to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Jaycees
Legion Park Pond
Jaycee
Lee Spieker Jr
Maynard Dill
Spieker
Jaycees
Sidney
Bitterly cold air settles over Nebraska as year ends
United Press International reports extreme cold across Nebraska with below zero readings at most stations. Alliance dipped to one below, Lincoln reached 16 below, Omaha 15 below, and wind chills over 50 below in some areas. Scattered snow possible west tonight, easing cold Saturday with teens highs and limited warming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Kansas
Dakotas
Alliance
Chadron
Scottsbluff
Lincoln
Omaha
Norfolk
North Platte
Smoke in air thick as ever in 1976 cigarette use
Washington reports Americans smoked 620 billion cigarettes in 1976 up 13 billion from 1975 and 84 billion from 1970. Higher incomes and population explain the rise while a shift to low tar nicotine cigarettes continues. Worldwide, over 3.5 trillion cigarettes were smoked in 1975, a slight rise over 1974 and well above the 1960s average.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
United States
Welcoming the New Year in early Nebraska history
The piece surveys New Year customs in Nebraska before 1900, citing Lincoln in 1889 with mild weather and few formal calls, Omaha calling traditions from 1860, and Chadron’s 1886 New Year supper. It notes decorations, dances, watch parties, and social rituals reflecting pioneer optimism for Nebraska’s future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska State Historical Society
Nebraska State Journal
Lincoln
Nebraska
Howard Kennedy
Omaha
Pennsylvania
Frontier Omaha
Alfred) Conkling
Mary Carmack
Chadron Democrat
Danielson House
Chadron
Oxnard
Nori College
Norfolk College
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The
Sidney Telegraph
Sidney, Neb
Mike Feinsilber
jPalted
Press International
White House
Ear Butz
John Dean
Elizabeth Ray
Ilean
Wayne Hasy
Terry Sanford
Lloyd Bentsen
Birch Bayh
Milton Shapp
Sargent Shriver
Fred Harris
Henry Jackson
Jimmy Carter
Gerald Ford
Ronald Reagan
Richard Daley
Smokey the Bear
Martha Mitchell
Hilmar Baukhage
Baukhage
Howard Hughes
China
Mao
Ingmar Bergman
Sweden
France
Telegraph
Larry ‘Beyer
Legion Park
Lith Avenue
Merle Peterson
Lee Stewart
Ed Kinnersley
United Press International
Y Wes
Qoe
Illinois
McDonald's
Master Charge
BankAmericard Credit
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