Roads Study Urges Major Nebraska overhaul of road program
The Warner Committee reports Nebraskans want better roads now and would pay for them. It proposes a new Bureau of Public Roads Classification and Standards, a six year program, and state backed bonds to raise about 105 million for 1970. It backs local engineering support and a revised funding split with counties and cities receiving shares under new formulas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin Paul
Statehouse
Lincoln
Legislative Council Roads Study Committee
Nebraska
Jerome Warner
Waverly
Legislative Council
Warner
Bureau of Public Roads Classification and Standards
State Department of Roads
State Highway Commission
Warner Committee
Commission
Bureau
Highway Commission
General
Truck Officials Urge Safer Driving Pledge
Mark Robeson, executive VP of Yellow Freight, new ATA president, says the nation cannot afford more than 50,000 highway deaths yearly. He urges the industry to apply safety expertise to improve driver performance and support constructive solutions while stressing ongoing responsibility to enhance safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami Beach
Fla
American Trucking Associations
Mark Robeson
Yellow Freight System
Kansas City
Robeson
Hereford Breeder Named to American Hereford Association
Kansas City based American Hereford Association names recent member Jay Peters of Dalton to the roster. The AHA, world’s largest purebred registry with headquarters in Kansas City, reports 55 breeders added in October and maintains herd books with over 15 million Hereford records nationwide. Telelgraph want-ads get results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Jay J. Peters
Dalton
American
Association
AHA
Omaha Gap and Panhandle Gap in I 80 highway debate
An editorial argues the Omaha Gap blocks full I 80 progress from downtown Omaha to the Missouri River and urges Governor Tiemann to push for released federal highway funds. It says closing both gaps is vital to Nebraska’s economy without delaying panhandle I 80 and I 680 projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Nebraska
Congress
Tiemann
Omaha Gap
Nebraska Panhandle
Sidney
Wyoming
Panhandle
Omaha-Douglas County
Safe storage tips to protect valuable papers
Extension specialist Clara Leopold urges organizing valuable records before a flood or fire. Put key documents in a bank safety deposit box or a metal home case, and keep two copies: one at home and one secured. Make a detailed list of holdings and locations and consult the County Extension Office for guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara N. Leopold
University of Nebraska College of Agriculture and Home Economics
Linden embezzlement case delayed to December in Chadron
Chadron District Judge Robert Moran postponed the sentencing of Vivian Linden the former Chadron city clerk who pleaded guilty to embezzling 27512 from city sanitation and sewage funds. Linden 43 is free on her own recognizance. The delay allows time for the pre sentence report and probation investigation. Linden pleaded guilty October 28. She worked in the Water Department from October 1957 to March 1965 and as city clerk until August 22 this year. The alleged embezzlement occurred between August 1 1964 and August 22 1968.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chadron
Robert Moran
Vivian Linden
Linden
Water Department
Former Teacher Dies in Colorado
Audra M. Abbott age 60 of Wellington Colorado died at a Fort Collins hospital. Born September 29 1908 in Quincy Missouri she moved to Western Nebraska with her parents in 1908. She taught in Morrill Scotts Bluff and Sidney districts before retiring to Wellington in 1966 and married Willis Abbott June 1 1946 at Laramie.
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Bridgeport
Audra M. Abbott
Wellington
Colo
Fort Collins
Quincy
Nebraska
Bridgeport High School
Morrill
Scotts Bluff
Sidney
Willis Abbott
Laramie
Diorama Lights At Box Butte Fair Grounds
Hemingford residents turn on Christmas Diorama lights at 7 PM after completion last Sunday. The annual exhibit, depicting key scenes of the life of Christ with 40 feet of lifelike figures, runs at Box Butte County Fair Grounds until January 2, filling the main exhibit hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hemingford
Box Butte County
Fair Grounds
Christ
Army casualty notice for Chadron soldier in Vietnam
Parents of Spec 4 Danny Hudson of Chadron learned of his death about November 20 in Vietnam. Son of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Hudson, he entered the Army in October 1967 and went to Vietnam in March as a member of the 31st Infantry.
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Chadron
Danny Hudson
Vietnam
Kenneth Hudson
Hudson
Army
31St Infantry
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Hereford
Telegraph
Maine
Missouri River
Colorado Line
Big Springs
Neb
Spring Street
State Highway Department
Towa
The
Lincoln Journal
Nebraskaland
Fiews
State Capitol
Wheatbelt Public Power District
Cheyenne Business College
State of
Randall Ave
Cheyenne
Business Institute of Sidney
Clarence Hare
Camp Clarke Ranch
Blanchard & Lindgren
Nebr
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