Lincoln panel weighs malpractice and mental health bills
The Public Health and Welfare Committee heard LB680 introducing a gross negligence standard for malpractice and LB917 creating a state malpractice insurance pool. Also discussed LB806 on involuntary mental health commitment after a federal ruling found the existing statute unconstitutional, with testimony from supporters and opponents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Public Health and Welfare
Sidney
Robert Clark
Gerald Matzke
South Sioux City
John Murphy
State Insurance Department
Benjamin Nelson
Blood Services Team Visits Sidney For Local Donor Drive
Technicians from Blood Services of Cheyenne Wyoming conducted a community blood drive in Sidney. Memorial Hospital sponsors multiple drives yearly offering residents aged 17 to 65 the chance to donate blood. Each donor gives a pint that can be stored for 21 days. the process takes five to 16 minutes. Anna Allen supervises Bev Stecker and Ken McKay as Bob Scot screens Mrs Ken Cook at night.
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Blood Services
Cheyenne
Wyo
Sidney
Memorial Hospital
Anna Allen
Bev Stecker
Ken McKay
Bob Scot
Ken Cook
Chamber plans member drive in Cheyenne County
The Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce board met in Lodgepole on Tuesday night. They announced a membership drive starting within two weeks, voted to underwrite an Action Day for county residents, and backed a Nebraska association proposal to broaden revenue bond law. They will not fill the chamber manager vacancy, aiming to end the fiscal year without a deficit. Mary Merck was appointed interim executive secretary to operate the chamber this year.
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Cheyenne County
Permits Slow as Sidney Issues $24,300 January Total
Sidney City Inspector Dean Starr issued building permits valued at about 24 300 in January marking a 49 percent drop from January 1974. Major commercial permits included a 14 000 remodeling for Bakers Tire and Alignment Service at 174 Illinois Street and a 5 000 sign for Town and Country Market at 2020 10th Avenue. Other permits covered fences, basements, a bathroom, a garage addition, and roof trusses at several Sidney addresses.
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Sidney
Dean Starr
Baker's Tire
Illinois St
Town and Country Market
10Th Ave
Rose St
el Rancho Road
Linden St
King St
Cunningham
Hickory St
NTSB to take depositions in Fremont Pathfinder blast
The National Transportation Safety Board will send investigators to Fremont next week to take depositions after the Pathfinder Hotel disaster that killed 18 and injured over 40. A natural gas leak near the building is blamed for the Jan. 10 blast and fire. a final report is expected in six to eight months, though transit of gas from wellhead to meter may extend the investigation.
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Washington
National Transportation Safety Board
NTSB
Fremont
Opposition Rises to ESU Legislation in Lincoln Hearing
More than a dozen witnesses urged Nebraska legislature’s Education Committee to reject or modify LB726 proposed by Rep Gerald Koch to revamp Educational Service Units. Critics warned against appointing ESU boards and cutting the ESU mill levy, while supporters argued for a more responsive ESU board and cost charging for services. Other actions included LB758 for an emergency state school cash fund and LB760 redesignating schools as vocational or correspondence.
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Lincoln
Education Committee
Ralston
Gerald Koch
ESU
Koch
Esus
Illinois
S. H Brauer Jr
Nebraska School Improvement Association
Brauer
Boards of Education
Ross Rasmussen
Nebraska State School Boards Association
State Board of Education
Department of Education
Kosh
NRD
ASCS
Lawrence Thompson
John Weihing
Panhandle Station
Extension Service
NRC
Appropriations Committee
Beermann maps Nebraskas All-Star Presidential Primary field
Nebraska Secretary of State Beermann lays out the criteria and process for determining eligible candidates. He says the list will reflect national polling, caucus results, and newspaper clipping analysis, with Humphrey and Kennedy likely on the roster. Beermann notes independents seek recognition and references a write-in effort and Liberator’s campaign setback.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Allen Beermann
Beermann
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
Edward Kennedy
Massachusetts
Humphrey
Kennedy
Peoples
Georgia
Jimmy Carter
Ford
California
Ronald Reagan
Carter
Morris Udall
Arizona
Sargent Shriver
Alabama
George Wallace
Oklahoma
Fred Harris
Henry Jackson
Washington
Lloyd Bentsen
Texas
Birch Bayh
Indianna
Sen Frank Church
Idaho
Americus Liberator
Valentine
Neb
Liberator
Land use maps aid conservation says NRD expert
Dr. Phil Harlan of the University of Nebraska told the South Platte NRD board that land use maps and up to date soils data are essential for good conservation planning and that aerial soil surveys cannot measure erosion though they show ground condition. He noted Cheyenne County lacks a modern soil survey unlike Deuel and Kimball Counties. The bill would fund state support for federal soil surveys to complete county inventories within about a dozen years.
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South Platte Natural Resources District Board
Phil Harlan
Harlan
University of Nebraska
Department of Agronomy
NRD
Sidney Rotary Club
Monday Night
Bob Hahn
Cheyenne County
Devel
Kimball
Hahn
Nebraska
ABP lawyers plan conviction appeal after fraud verdict
ABP Inc. and founder Frank R West were found guilty on multiple counts of mail and wire fraud in a Jan 21 verdict by Judge Robert W Denney. ABP faces fines and costs. West faces fines, two years jail terms suspended, and probation. Attorneys plan appeals and probe for a new trial amid bankruptcy proceedings and prior dismissals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OMAHA
American Beef Packers, Inc
ABP
U.S
Robert W Denney
Denney
Frank R West
West
Asst
Michael Schleich
Lyle Strom
Beefland International, Inc
Council Bluffs
Beefland
Strom
Robert E Lee
Lee
Lee and
January Snow Moisture Shortage at High Plains Lab
A monthly High Plains Agricultural Lab report notes scarce moisture despite frequent storms. Only 0.12 inches of precipitation fell in January, with 6 inch snows on Jan 25 yielding 0.8 inches and 0.4 inches on Jan 1. The coldest day was Jan 7 at 14 below zero and Jan 24 reached 71 degrees.
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High Plains Agricultural Lab Lab
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Matzke
Clark
Charles Noren
Nebraska Association of Trial Attorneys
Noren
John Cavanaugh
Rasmussen
Robert Byrd
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Miltoy Schapp
Reagan
Sen
Charles Mathias Jr
Maryland
John Connally Beermann
Mathias
Connally
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