Sidney water safe despite new federal drinking rules
Sidney Nebraska faces new Safe Drinking Water Act tests but Floyd Sanks, head of the city water department, says the local supply meets standards. With seven wells, including a new one, and regular testing showing low nitrates, Sidney expects no notices and anticipates future improvements tied to I 90 east interchange expansion.
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Frances Craig
Sidney
Floyd Sanks
City Water Department
Sanks
Lanks
Aren
Exon warns Neb gasohol plan vs grain alcohol shift
Nebraska Governor J James Exon warns that pushing gasohol may be misrepresented as supporting grain alcohol. He notes $400000 in gas tax refunds and $130000 current costs, citing Schlesinger talks on feasibility and federal funds for a joint gasohol effort. He declines a committee invitation to testify while urging gasohol as the main thrust.
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Lincoln
UPI
J. James Exon
Nebraska
Loran Schmit
Bellwood
Exon
Federal Energy
James Schlesinger
U.S
Schlesinger
Robert Thorne
Carter
Schmit
Agriculture and Environment Committee
Norfolk
Schmidt
Xon
Nebrasa
VA officials upset judge over $700,000 fraud case
U.S. District Court Judge Frank McGarr sentenced Percy Copeland, president of a South Side barber school, to one year in prison for bilking the Veterans Administration of 700000. He faulted VA Track for stupidity and negligence in failing to monitor programs, saying he would have jailed VA officials too.
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Chicago
UPI
Veterans Administration
Percy Copeland
South Side
U.S. District Court
Frank McGarr
Grain and Feed Dealers Plan August Convention
The Nebraska Grain and Feed Dealers Association with 900 members plans its second annual summer meeting at North Platte Holiday Inn on Aug. 18 and 19. Executive VP Robert L. Anderson notes workshops by Gordie Linn and Bruce Benschoter plus sessions on grain buying selling storage and costs, with golf fishing tennis a women’s program and an awards brunch on Aug. 20. Delegates will discuss national agriculture policy with Don E. Shasteen and Sen. Loran Schmit.
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Nebraska Grain and Feed Dealers Association
Robert L. Anderson
North Platte
Holiday Inn
Gordie Linn
Lincoln
Staley Commodities
Chicago
Bruce Benschoter
Vanice Grain
Omaha
Nebraska
Don E. Shasteen
U.S
Carl T
Back pay held for Kimball worker by U S Labor Dept
The Wage-Hour Division says a back pay check is being held for a Kimball worker after the employer agreed to compensate deficient minimum wage or overtime pay. The official address is Kimball. The worker should contact the assistant regional administrator for wage hour in Kansas City Missouri or Nebraska Job Service, supplying ID, employer name, and dates of employment.
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Kimball
U.S. Department of Labor
Employment Standards Administration
Kansas City
Nebraska
Skulls Over Wife Fed Divorce Claim in Taiwan
A Taiwan physician’s wife, identified as Mrs. Chiu, filed for divorce after revealing her husband’s obsession with more than ten skulls kept at home. She left last Monday when a skull was placed beside her pillow, frightening her into falling from bed. She intends to sue and will not return.
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Taipei
Taiwan
UPI
China Times
Chiu
Alligators at Cross Lake Becoming Food Oriented
In Shreveport Louisiana experts warn that feeding alligators from Cross Lake piers has trained them to associate human voices with food. Residents report dogs and geese disappearing as gators begin to act on the habit.
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Shreveport
UPI
State Wild Life and Fisheries Department
Caddo Parish
Cross Lake
Nonmetro housing conditions improve across rural America
A U S Department of Agriculture report shows nonmetro housing conditions improved faster than urban areas from 1950 to 1975, with substandard housing down 79 percent in nonmetro areas versus 68 percent in metro areas. In 1975, 8 percent of nonmetro households lived in substandard housing.
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Washington
U.S
America
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