Mayors urge $5 billion aid to stave tax hikes
The U S Conference of Mayors and Syracuse Mayor Lee Alexander said emergency federal funds are needed before summer to prevent widespread city tax increases amid recession. They seek $5 billion in relief plus $679 million for youth jobs and $3 billion to restore public buildings and welfare funding.
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Washington
Conference of Mayors
Congress
Ford
Lee Alexander
Syracuse
Alexander
National League of Cities
Cies
Average U S Household Size Falls Below Three
The Census Bureau reports the national average household size has dipped under three persons for the first time, driven by more people living alone. Factors include smaller families, birth control, later marriage, and shifting roles for women.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Nebraska bankers clash over branch banking and holding company bills
In Lincoln the Banking Commerce and Insurance Committee heard two bills to expand branch banking and allow bank holding companies to own multiple banks. Supporters from Omaha National Bank and others argued for stronger banking, while the Nebraska Bankers Association and First National Bank leaders warned of consolidation risks.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Banking Commerce and Insurance Committee
Ing
Bellwood
Sen
Loran Schmit
Omaha National Bank
ONB
Agriculture
Frank Starr
The
Nebraskan Bankers Association
Nebraskans For Independent Banking
First National Bank of Lincoln
First National Bank of Omaha
NBA
Ricard Adkins
Osmond
Adkins
National Bank of Commerce
United States National Bank
Omaha
US National Bank
Chappell Churches Mark Day of Prayer
Chappell United Methodist Church hosts eight area churches for World Day of Prayer observance in a service themed Become Perfectly One. Participants include Grace and Berea Lutheran churches, Mennonite, Four Square, Baptist, Assembly of God, and Josephs Catholic Church with Berea’s women's choir providing music.
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Chappell
United Methodist Church
C I Law
Women’s Ecumenical Prayer Fellowship of
Egypt
Dale Fenster
Grace Lutheran
Melvin
Floyd Blanks
Assembly of God
WE Johnson Josephs
Davis predicts wheat price rise for near term
Former National Wheat Growers Association president Davis of Potter forecast higher wheat prices as the Nebraska Wheat Growers Association Executive Committee met. He cited seven factors including 1975 production plans, global grain shortages, favorable US selling position, export policy relaxation, and improving export markets amid weak winter wheat conditions.
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Ogallala
National Wheat Growers Association
R As Davis
Potter
Nebraska Wheat Growers Association
Davis
Moisture concerns linger as winter wheat varies across states
The Agriculture Department says winter wheat prospects improve in Texas as fields dry after wet spells, while lack of moisture persists in Kansas western regions, Oklahoma panhandle, eastern Colorado, Wyoming, and western Nebraska. Montana fair, Washington has ample soil moisture aiding better prospects.
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Washington
Texas
Great Plains
Agriculture Department
Department
Kansas
Oklahoma Panhandle
Colorado
Wyoming
Nebraska
Montana
Fog blankets central and eastern Nebraska with cooler night ahead
The report notes widespread fog across central and eastern Nebraska this forenoon while western areas see partly cloudy skies. Temperatures ranged from a high of 66 in Imperial to 25 at Scottsbluff with lows around 33 in Kearney and Beatrice and a 30s forecast tonight amid lingering clouds and a light chance of scattered snow or sprinkles in extreme west Nebraska.
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Associated Press
Nebraska
Imperial
Omaha
Scottsbluff
Kearney and
Beatrice
West
Lincoln bill on school discipline faces no opposition voices
In Lincoln the bill LB503 to align Nebraska law with Supreme Court due process for student suspensions and expulsions drew no opposition. Support from the Nebraska Civil Liberties Union and school officials urged clear hearing and appeal guidelines.
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Lincoln
Steve Fowlers
Nebraska
US Supreme Court
Nebraska Civil Liberties Union
Omaha
Bob Broom
Supreme Court
Broom
Paul Kennedy
Omaha Board of Education
Kennedy
Larry Stoney
Fowler
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