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Newsline National, State, local issues
Jimmy’s folly Teens thirst for
^ he Refugee Act of 1980 illegal quencher
backfired when Fidel
Castro of Cuba sent his soci raise the age to 20 instead of
ety’s misfits to the U.S. lochol is the most deadly the original 21. The bill will
U.S. officials realized the A killer in the western
world, says a publication on go into effect on July 15,
scope of the problem when The Ringo Kid was played by John Wayne and li
lead lady Claire Trevor plays Dallas John alcohol by the Do It Now 1980.
there was an estimation of Wayne died of cancer in June of 79 There were mixed feelings
250,000 refugees (many of Association. on the passing of LB221.
them murderers, spies, 1979-80 Since 1960, there has
MARRIAGES been a considerable rise in “ I think that the passing of
thieves, and lepers). 8/79 — Debby Boone, the bill is going to take the
President Carter ordered Gabriel Ferrer its abuse, especially within
11/79 — Michael Moriarty, teenage consumption. The 19 year olds out of the bars
reinforced Coast Guards to Anne Hamilton and put them back into their I
round-up boats carrying ref Martin 1977 Akers Omaha Area
12/79 — Erik Estrada, Statistics say 78.2% of high cars to drink, thus teenage
ugees with the intention of Joyce Miller drunken driving will
sending them back to Cuba. — Liza Minnelli, Mark school students reported
Gero drinking beer more than increase. If a person wants
For the time being, Carter — Shaun Cassidy, to drink there is always a
has stated that only close Ann Pennington once or twice a month, of
1/80 — Steve McQueen, the students with A aver way to get it, no matter if
relatives of permanent U.S. Barbara Minty he’s 12 or 20.”
residents, long time political 2/80 — Sugar Ray ages, 37.8% drank; B aver
Leonard, Juanita ages, 56.4%; C averages, Senior
prisoners, and Cubans who Wilkinson “ If they’re going to raise
took temporary haven either 3/80 — Gilda Radner, G. 65.7%; below C, 73.7%.
E. Smith Nationally, 45% of teenag the drinking age there
in the U.S. Interests Section DIVORCED should be a set age all over
in Havana or in the Peruvian 7/79 — O. J. & Marquerite ers have been drunk, 12%
Simpson get drunk once a month, and the country, or it won’t be
Embassy would be permit 8/79 — Lindsay Wagner, effective.”
ted to stay. Michael Brandon 5% get drunk once a week.
11/79 — M ick&B ianca In January, Senator Ralph Junior
Jaggar Kelly, of Grand Island, spon “ I think they should have
2/80 — Cheryl & David
Ladd sored LB221 which would left the drinking age at 19,
DEATHS raise the drinking age from and just put a package
6/79 — John Wayne
7/79 — Minnie Riperton 19 to 21. An amendment liquor law on it.”
8/79 — Vivian Vance which was to be added onto Senior
10/79 — Chad Green
11/79 — Al Capp the clause, stated 19 and 20 “To get away from 18 year
— Herbert (Zeppo) year olds would be allowed olds driving from Nebraska
Marx
1/80 — Joy Adamson to purchase liquor by the to Iowa to drink, Iowa raised
2/80 — Jimmy Durante drink. Kelly opposed the its law to 19. Now we are
— David Jansen
3/80 — Jay Silverheels amendment, and it was raising ours to 20. We’ll have
Nature's disaster can be greater than Man's, 4/80 — Sir Alfred dropped after he agreed to the same problem as we
was proven when Mount St. Helen exploded Hitchcock
tried to avoid; driving to and
from Council Bluffs while
Saint’s tantrum leads to an Ash Sunday intoxicated.”
Senior
n Sunday May 18, the . A cloud of ash and frag done by St. Helens runs into “ I feel that if an 18-year
OState of Washington’s ments of magma rose to the billions of dollars. The old is ond enough to fight for
9,677 foot volcano, Mount 63,000 feet and drifted east- government will pay for res his or her country, then why
St. Helens, erupted. After southeast across the United toration of public facilities isn’t it right for them to
having evacuated the area, States and later Northward such as hospitals, sewer drink? Going to war is a
18 people were known killed over Canada. systems and roads, but responsible step and if you
and 88 were estimated miss Scientists calculated that much of it will be left to the can handle a machine gun
ing. the explosion was equal to individual’s insurance. Long you can handle a beer.”
The magma that poured 10-50 megatons of TNT. term low interest loans will Freshman
out of Mt. St. Helens con That is in the same range as also be available to the dis “ I’m glad they did it, when
tained fragments of glass, the record H-bomb set off by aster victims. I was 19,1 went out and
gas, and ash, and it got as the Soviet Union in 1961. drank with my friends, now
hot as 800 degrees Celsius. The amount of damage that I look back, I realize that
some 19 year olds are not
mature enough to handle
their liquor.
