The Bald Eagle in Peril A Chronicle of a National Symbol
The piece argues the bald eagle faces extinction risk, with Interior Department plans to list it as endangered in 43 states and threatened in five. It cites bullets, poison, and habitat loss, noting only about 700 nesting pairs remain in the continental U.S. and reflecting on Franklin’s critique and the bird’s enduring symbolism.
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U.S
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
John Adams
Interior Department
America
Keith M. Schreiner
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Benjamin Franklin
Sarah Bache
Franklin
New York State
Ticket sales soar at Big Eight schools
Big Eight football fans rush to buy season tickets as five schools raise prices. Oklahoma and Nebraska remain sold out, with large waiting lists. Oklahoma State and Kansas lead price hikes around 20 percent, Colorado 12 percent, Missouri 10 percent, Iowa State 5 percent, while Kansas State posts a decline after 1975.
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Kansas City
Montreal
Mid-America
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Don Bryant
Oklahoma State
Kansas
Colorado
Missouri
Iowa State
Kansas State
Scottsbluff
Nebron
South Beltline Highway
9Th Avenue
South Belt Line Highway
Sth Ave
Harold Heilbrun
Local Men's Softball Scores From Sidney Area Shows Wide Gaps
Results list multiple games with high scoring margins. Team matchups include Shop 27 defeating Sidney Manufacturing 12 Farmers Feed & Seed 13 over Sidney Auto 6 A and W 22 over The Mill 6 Peetz Elevator 12 over Stickney's Chappell 11 Hartzier's 8 over Peetz Colo 15 Nifda 64 over State Farm 12 Gurney 1 Pizza Hut 19 and Western Market winning by forfeit against Lodgepole.
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Sidney Manufacturing
Farmers Feed & Seed
Sidney Auto
the Mill
Peetz Elevator
Stickney’s
Chappell
Hartzier’s
Colo
Nifda
State Farm
Gurney
Pizza Hut
Dinkinge
Western Market
Lodgepole
Gurley
Sidney Aufo
Hartzler’s
Peetz
Kiwanis
Dinklage
Peejz Elevator
Gel Shop
A&w Nn Farmers Feed & Seed
Stickney’s Peetz, Cole the Mill
Hartzier’s Peetz Elevator
Sidney Auto Supply
Western Market Gel Shop
Chappell Nifda
Gymnastics queens meet as Nadia and Olga clasp hands
Olga Korbut and Nadia Comaneci met in Montreal's Olympic throne room amid a crowd cheering Nadia after two 10s on uneven bars and balance beam. Nadia, 14, earned three perfect scores in two days. Olga stumbled on vault and fell, ending with a 9.15. The pair exchanged a brief moment of respect before the ceremony.
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Victoria Graham
Associated Press
Montreal
Olga Korbut
Nadia Comaneci
Nadia
Korbut
Soviet Union
Olga
Cuban Boxing Champion Declines Pro Fights For Amateurs
Fidel Castro's famed amateur Teofilo Stevenson, Cuba's Olympic heavyweight champion, says he envies no moneyed stars like Ali Frazier or Foreman and will remain an amateur. At 24, he stands 6 5 and about 220 pounds, a leading Olympic Village figure who shuns publicity and privacy, preferring Spanish meals with fellow Cubans over the spotlight.
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Montreal
Fidel Castro
Teofilo Stevenson
Cuba
Muhammad Ali
Joe Frazier
George Foreman
Stevenson
Ali
Frazier
Foreman
Lam
Olympic Village
Florida
Soviet Medal Haul Hint At Montreal Pavilion
A Montreal Olympics display titled Man and His World shows the Soviet Union’s medal tally from 1952 to 1972, with 211 gold, 178 silver and 169 bronze. A visitor quips that the Russians know how to present themselves to the world.
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Montreal
Russia
Soviet Union
Sidney Men’s Softball Tournament Schedule and Brackets
The Sidney Men’s Softball League Tournament runs Friday to Sunday with a single elimination bracket and a losers bracket for the consolation title. Friday games include Mill vs Pizza Hut and multiple 7 p.m. matchups. Saturday features cross-p bracket finals. Sunday hosts the championship. Ted Williams is noted for scoring seven runs in the 1946 All Star Game.
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Sidney
Ted Williams
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