Omaha Time Capsule: Heat stays on

What happened in the Midlands on this day? Here's a sampling from the World-Herald archives.

HEAT STAYS ON

Feb. 3, 1943: A threatened strike, which would have left the Douglas County courthouse without heat, was settled when County Commissioner Edward Jelen reached a "compromise" with Tom Short, business agent for the AFL Operating Engineers' union, Local 38. Jelen said it was verbally agreed that the three engineers who had demanded a $30 per month pay increase would be given a $21 hike.

1954: A Lancaster County District Court jury found State Railway Commissioner Harold Palmer innocent of a drunken driving charge. The jurors deliberated about two hours. Mr. Palmer had appealed to the District Court after Municipal Judge John Jacobsen fined him one hundred dollars and costs and ordered him not to drive for six months. Three witnesses told the jury they smelled alcohol on Mr. Palmer's breath the night of the incident. Two policemen said they considered him drunk. But Mr. Palmer told the jury he was not intoxicated. He said he had only a glass of wine and "a small scotch and soda."

1972: Backers of the riverfront development program would try to convince high-ranking federal officials that their plans were worthy of multimillion-dollar aid and special designation. If the city was successful in obtaining designation as a "pilot city," the result could be development that would dwarf anything that could be done under either federal urban renewal or Model Cities programs, Mayor Eugene Leahy said.

1993: La Vista became the second local government in Sarpy County to oppose City of Omaha annexation across county lines. The La Vista City Council unanimously approved a resolution opposing passage of Legislative Bill 368. The measure would permit Omaha to go across county lines to annex unincorporated areas with population under 10,000.

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