Maynard Oils Leader Earns National Management Award
Sidney and Maynard area residents celebrate Maynard Oils chief Dill for winning the Outstanding Management Innovator Award at the International City Management Association Convention in Toronto. The six thousand five hundred member ICMA honored his record without controversy, praising his effective yet personable approach.
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Sidney
Maynard Oils
International City Management Association
Toronto
Dill
Nebraska
Maynard
Butz Leaves Post After Controversial Remarks
The resignation marks the end of Earl Butz's turbulent tenure as Secretary of Agriculture. Critics cite a harmful August remark about Blacks as the turning point, while supporters argue his farming policy stance and hard line against middlemen defined his service. Public trust in leadership is questioned amid the controversy.
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Waterloo
John Dean
Earl Butz
Secretary of Agriculture
Butz
Buzz
U.S. District Court
Omaha
Ernest Chambers
John Salanitro
Chambers
Judiciary Committee
Unicameral
FBI officer in Gordon urged to aid local police
The piece argues support for FBI agents serving as local police, cites Gordon Nebraska’s high crime rate, and defends law enforcement use of all legal means. It references Bob Yellow Bird, leader in the American Indian Movement, and a disputed incident involving a stroller unborn child.
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FBI
United States
Nebraska
Bob Yellow Bird
Gordon
Yellow Bird
Sheridan County
Election Year Test Sparks Debate On Candidates And Labor
A political column presents a quiz on Carter Ford and national issues, mixing humor with questions about debates taxes and poll trends. It contrasts farm and union perspectives, praising farmers while critiquing closed shop unions and urging voters to consider production realities.
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Jimmy Carter
Jerry Ford
Richard Nixon
Ford
Bolivia
Carter
Michigan
Ohio State
Bland
Walter Mondale
Bob Dole
New York Yankees
Orperee
Ladies Home Journal
Pat Boone
Fargo
N.D. c
George Orwell
Nebraska
Nes
Freese
Russia
U.S
George Meany
Nebraska board revises ambulance rules for certification
The Nebraska Board of Ambulance Advisors plans a three year grace period for attendants without formal training. After three years testing may replace training. Waivers for hardship will be allowed and physicians may vouch for some experienced workers. The rule aims to prevent service gaps once certification begins.
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Melvin Paul
Statehouse
Lincoln
Nebraska Board of Ambulance Advisors
State Health Department
Red Cross
Michael Dodge
Dodge
Ed O'Shaughnessy
South Sioux City
Charles G. Gross
Cambridge
Loee
Nebraska voices on Brazil trade and 1978 livestock credit extension
Nebraska lawmakers urge President Ford to press Brazil on discriminatory trade barriers harming U S wheat and general aviation. They cite Brazilian demands on Great Plains Wheat and imports limits while noting a 21 month extension of the Emergency Livestock Credit Act to support Nebraska cattle producers amid drought. The new money bill blocks certain OSHA fines, restricts abortion funding, and limits school bus transfers to desegregated districts.
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Brazil
Ford
Silveria
Nebraska
U.S
Great Plains Wheat, Inc
Great Plains Wheat
Venezuela
Upper Midwest
Farmers Home Administration
Departments of Labor, Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Occupational, Safety and Health Administration
OSHA
Sachuca
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States
Midland
By M. M. van Kirk
Parm
Teamster
California
Afl-Cio
Capitol
Bar Press
Nebraska Bar Association
American Bar Association
Erwin Charles Simants
Sutherland Man
Lincoln County
G. Woodson Howe
Omaha World-Herald
Howe
ABA
Simants
Media of Nebraska
Virginia Smith
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