Raphael P. “Ray,” Powers, 1924-2011 [RG4031.AM]

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RG4031.AM: Raphael P. “Ray,” Powers, 1924-2011

Legislative files: 1979-1980
Omaha, Douglas County, Neb.: State Senator (9th District)
Size: 2.0 cu.ft.

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Raphael P. “Ray” Powers was born in Omaha, Nebraska, on February 21, 1924. He attended Creighton Prep High School, Creighton University and Van Sant Business College. Married on February 20, 1946, to Florence Boyd, the Powers had nine children. Powers was employed by Brandeis Department Stores from 1947-1978, rising from his first job as part-time clerk to the company’s vice president of operations and general superintendent. In August of 1979, Ray Powers was appointed by Governor Thone to fill the unexpired term of the late Bill Barnett, representing the 9th Legislative District, an area that includes most of downtown Omaha and the residential neighborhoods west of downtown. Senator Powers introduced and supported bills relating to alcoholism treatment, the improvement of Omaha, and financial restructuring. Powers resigned his seat in the legislature in December of 1980.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

This collection consists of two boxes of manuscript material arranged in two series: 1) Subject Files, 1979-1980; and 2) Legislative Bills and Resolutions Files, 1979-1980. This material relates to Ray Powers’ term in the Nebraska Legislature as the 9th District representative.

Powers’ original filing system was maintained in the organization of the collection. The Subject Files of Series 1 are arranged alphabetically by topic. The Legislative Bills and Resolutions Files of Series 2 are arranged numerically by bill number. Both the subject and legislative bill files contain correspondence from constituents, reports, notes and memos, and position statements. For any particular topic, the researcher should check both series for relevant materials.

INVENTORY

Series 1 – Subject Files, 1979-1980

Box 1
Folder

1. Abortion
2. Accountability Commission
3. Appropriations Committee
4. Audits
5. Banking, Commerce and Insurance Committee
6. Banking, Commerce and Insurance Committee
7. Banking, Commerce and Insurance Committee
8. Banking, Commerce and Insurance Committee
9. Banking, Commerce and Insurance Committee
10. Banking, Commerce and Insurance Committee
11. Banks
12. Beatrice State Development Center
13. Budget
14. Business and Labor Committee
15. Business and Labor Committee
16. Business and Labor Committee
17. Civil Defense Agency
18. Civil Defense Agency
19. Compulsory Automobile Insurance
20. Correctional Services
21. Credit
22. Crime Victim’s Reparations Board
23. Democratic Party
24. Dentist Salaries
25. Driver’s Education
26. Drugs
27. Education
28. Election Day Liquor Sales
29. Electricians and Electrical Contractors Licensing
30. Energy
31. Energy
32. Executive Board
33. Falstaff Brewing Corporation
34. Forms Management Center
35. Furbearer
36. Gasohol
37. Governor’s Correspondence
38. Governor’s Task Force for Government Improvement
39. Grain Transportation
40. Grasshoppers
41. Hearing Impaired, Commission for the
42. Interim Travel and Expenses
43. Jaksha Petition
44. Judiciary Committee
45. Law Enforcement and Justice Advisory Committee
46. League of Women Voters
47. Legislation Quality Committee
48. Legislative Council Committee meeting schedules
49. Lobbyists
50. Lobbyists
51. Media
52. Mental Retardation
53. Miscellany
54. Miscellaneous Subjects Committee Reports
55. Motion Picture Fair Competition Act
56. Motorcycle Helmet Law
57. National Guard
58. Native American Survival Program
59. Nebraska Accountability and Disclosure Commission
60. Nebraska Alliance of Professional Health Care Organizations
61. Nebraska Association of Resource Districts (NRD)
62. Nebraska Bankers Association, Inc.
63. Nebraska Catholic Conference
64. Nebraska Conservation Union
65. Nebraska New Car and Truck Dealers Association
66. Nebraska Rural Electric Association
67. Nebraska State Education Association
68. Nebraska Technical Community Colleges
69. Nuclear Energy
70. Omaha Public Power District
71. Orientation
72. Penitentiary

Box 2
Folder

73. Postsecondary Education
74. Public Works Committee
75. Racing Commission
76. Racism
77. Regionalism
78. Road Development
79. “Rule of 78’s”
80. Rules
81. Safety Committee
82. School District Organization
83. Sewage Sludge and Paunch Manure Management Plan, Omaha
84. Small business
85. Solar Energy
86. South Africa
87. State Employees Pay
88. Taxation
89. Unemployment Compensation and Insurance
90. University
91. Usuary
92. Water
93. Water
94. Water
95. Women

Series 2 – Legislative Bills and Resolutions, 1979-1980

Box 2
Folder

1. LB35, Welfare Funds
2. LB60, Public Radio
3. LB61, Subdivision Lot Size Increase
4. LB69, Multi-Bank Holding Companies
5. LB108, Coverage of Bargaining Units for Post Secondary Educational Institutions
6. LB184, New Veterans’ Home
7. LB221, Raising Legal Drinking Age
8. LB228, Retired Teachers Supplementary Benefits Fund
9. LB261, Supreme Court Judicial District Reorganization
10. LB276, Accountants
11. LB306, Joint Tenancy Access Bill
12. LB308, Revolving Credit
13. LB314, Building and Loan Association Branches
14. LB318, Unemployment Benefits
15. LB361/722, Gas Tax
16. LB382, Laetrile
17. LB389, Displaced Homemaker Centers
18. LB405, Stock Saving and Loans
19. LB422, Insurance Requirements
20. LB423, Natural Resources Commission
21. LB454/460, Utility Ombudsman and Rates
22. LB483, Adoption Records
23. LB486, Aid to Education
24. LB491, Bank Facility Bill
25. LB496, Securities
26. LB498, Real Estate Filing Requirements
27. LB525, Group Homes
28. LB612, Lottery
29. LB619, Studded Snow Tires
30. LB621, Commercial Code
31. LB622, Property and Alimony Settlements
32. LB623, Unlawful Employment Practices
33. LB628, County Sheriff
34. LB632, Pasteurized Milk Law
35. LB637, Gasohol
36. LB646, Insurance for Alcoholic Treatment
37. LB647, Homestead Exemptions
38. LB651, Alcoholism Treatment Program
39. LB663, Displaced Homemakers Service Centers
40. LB684, Drug Advertising Commission
41. LB704, Public Transportation
42. LB714, Insurance Adjusters
43. LB719, Employment Security Fund
44. LB732-745, Penalties for Selling Alcohol to Minors-Alcohol Abuse Program
45. LB738, Dry Bean Resources
46. LB740, Energy Conservation
47. LB741, Obsolete Statutes
48. LB765, Special Education Programs
49. LB775, Child Care Tax Credit
50. LB786, Auctioneer Licensing
51. LB789, Aid for Dependent Children
52. LB800, Unemployment Compensation
53. LB813, School Buses for Public Transportation
54. LB820, Motor Vehicle Licensing Board
55. LB823, Security Guard Licensing
56. LB824, Community Colleges
57. LB843, Public Power Districts
58. LB847, Nurse Licensing
59. LB849, Boxing
60. LB853, Waste Disposal
61. LB862, Land Reutilization Authority
62. LB865, State Chartered Savings and Loans
63. LB882, Property Tax
64. LB890, Drivers’ Education
65. LB891, Abortion
66. LB895, Insanity Defense
67. LB899, Interest Rates
68. LB905, Pensions & Individual Retirement Accounts
69. LB906, No-Fault Motor Vehicle Insurance
70. LB912, Securities
71. LB914, Surplus Property Disposal
72. LB933, Sanitary and Improvement Districts
73. LB934, Insurance Licenses
74. LB939, Racing Commission
75. LB943, Unemployment Benefits
76. LB943, Unemployment Benefits
77. LB943, Unemployment Benefits
78. LB944, Motor Vehicle Liability Insurance
79. LB947, Removal of Persons from Public Property
80. LB954, Energy Conservation
81. LB961, Motorcycle Helmet
82. LB972, Corporation Dissolution
83. LB986, Community Redevelopment
84. LB993/994, Claims
85. LB995, State Employees’ Salary Increase
86. LB998, Per Meal Diem for State Troopers
87. LB1002, State Aid Appropriations
88. Legislative Resolutions

Subject headings:

Douglas County (Neb.) — History
Legislation — Nebraska
Liquor laws — Nebraska
Nebraska. Legislature, 1979-1980
Omaha (Neb.) — History
Politics — Nebraska
Powers, Raphael P. “Ray,” 1924-2011

08-06-2007 Revised TMM