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...sunshine finally puts an end to the rains that have been lashing the upper Midwest and swelling the rivers for the past three months, in amounts often difficult to believe (an inch in only six minutes last week at Papillion, Nebraska). Otherwise the crest could be even higher than predicted; continued rain caused forecasts of the expected maximum height at St. Louis to be raised a full foot within two days late last week. On Saturday, thunderstorms dropped an additional 5 in. of rain on central Iowa. A dangerous second crest could chase the big one down the Mississippi...
...said, 'Why not?' " They'll be back. So will Karen Harris, who "wanted to see what all the ruckus was about" and motored in from Wiggins, Colorado, 65 miles away. "Besides," says her husband Craig, "there's nothing to do in Wiggins." Maybe things are quiet in Chadron, Nebraska, too: a farmer there is a regular long-distance commuter to Mile High. After eight hours a day of riding atop his tractor, a Rockies executive heard the farmer say, five hours in his Cadillac feels like a breeze...
When the soft-spoken Boren opposes something, people listen. Senators James Exon and Bob Kerrey, both Democrats from Nebraska, said they backed the "basic thrust" of his plan. Still, a number of putative dissidents -- notably John Breaux of Louisiana and Kent Conrad of North Dakota -- declined to sign on to the amendment. Thus while Boren may be able to muster enough Democratic votes to join with Republicans in forcing Clinton to change his plan, there is little chance that the Boren-Danforth proposal can pass. Said Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen, a former chairman of the Senate Finance Committee: "The Boren...
There were bad moments. The Senate let Wisconsin's Joe McCarthy terrorize the country too long before censure. The likes of Indiana's Homer Capehart and Nebraska's Carl Curtis fumbled and bumbled...
...girl who came up to me at the Ice Cream Bash and, after I introduced myself, exclaimed, "Wow! I've never met anyone from Nebraska before!" She's one of my roommates. She's on The Crimson, too. Last night it wasn't her turn to do the editorial page. That's too bad, because I don't know if Joanna's ever edited anyone from Nebraska before...