See How It Grows The Nebraska Capitol Building Editorial
Nebraska's capitol is celebrated for design yet mocked as an inadequate seat of government. The piece notes pay as you go history, growth in state government, and the need for practical space and funding reforms. Governor Exon's stance on highway financing and long range planning are discussed amid regional comparisons.
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Game Commission
Department of Health
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Big Brother
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Peta
Nobody Awakens in Quiet Morning Tale
A man named Joe Nobody wakes at his usual hour and contemplates his fate as a perpetual Nobody. He reflects on ancestral patterns and his failed attempts to break the mold, accepting that generations of Nobodys stir only slightly and never become a Somebody.
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Heratic Alger
Sam
Rockefellers
Fords
Howard Hughes
Nobody and Somebodys A Nation’s Uneasy Power Debate
A long entangled essay questions presidential emergency powers since 1933, noting Roosevelt and Truman proclamations. It discusses legal limits and Congress’s potential role, plus a parable about a Nobody confronting class divides and the hippie era, ending with reflections on equality and social wealth.
Panhandle road program to spend 26 million over two years
Nebraska plans more than 26 million in road work for 1971 72 and 72 73 in six Panhandle counties Cheyenne Kimball Scotts Bluff Morrill Garden and Devil under a six year program totaling over 45 million with most work on Interstate 80. The schedule aims to finish 108 projects by late 1973 or early 1974 providing an employment boost unseen since 1842.
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Cheyenne
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Scotts Bluff
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Garden and Devil
Kimball County
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Mitchell Defends Publicity in Trials Citing Black Panther Case
Attorney General John Mitchell labeled the claim that publicity taints juries as fatuous while referencing the Connecticut Black Panthers case where charges were dismissed after a hung jury. He argued news exposure can influence public perception but not render juries impartial.
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Norfolk Daily News
Heat from Pagosa springs warms local homes
Automatic Heat in Pagosa Springs shows hot springs, a product of ancient volcanic activity, powering heating for many area residences. In Dublin, Ireland, 1970 marks its best fishing year with a catch near $100 million, up 31 percent from 1969.
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