What happened in the Midlands on this day? Here's a sampling from the World-Herald archives.
SHELL IS UNCOVERED AT BANCROFT SITE
Feb. 14, 1962: A shell about three feet long was found in the city landfill project at 2nd and Bancroft Streets by a bulldozer operator. Troy Kirkpatrick uncovered it as he was moving fill. He told Patrolman Raymond L. Swiercek he loaded it on a truck as scrap. The dump operator told the truck driver to unload it and called police. Offutt Staff Sgt. Robert Sherman said further examination would be necessary to determine if the defused shell contained an explosive.
1947: Lack of steel bars for reinforcement of the concrete may delay construction of the South Omaha sewer project. That fear was expressed by Sewer and Sanitation Engineer William J. Provaznik. Meeting at the City Hall, the Sanitation Commission had instructed Provaznik to complete his plans as soon as possible in conformity with the approval given the $1.2 million project by the Improvement Commission.
1993: The University of Nebraska Board of Regents approved the design of a new greenhouse for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's city campus. The $2.8 million greenhouse was part of the $31 million Beadle Center for Genetics and Biomaterials Research. The greenhouse will be just south of the Beadle Center, which would be at 19th and Vine Streets.
2005: Bartenders, store clerks and other liquor retailers could stop underage drinkers in their tracks under a bill before the Nebraska Legislature. The measure would authorize liquor license holders and their employees to detain people younger than 21 who try to buy alcohol. The bill says minors could be detained "in a reasonable manner for a reasonable length of time." State Sen. John Synowiecki of Omaha, who introduced Legislative Bill 536, said he hoped that if the proposal became law, no minor would ever be detained.
Copyright ©2012 Omaha World-Herald®. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, displayed or redistributed for any purpose without permission from the Omaha World-Herald.
