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Oglala Sioux tribal president to visit Nebraska
• LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- The president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe is scheduled to visit Lincoln next week to discuss alcohol sales in the Nebraska town of Whiteclay, on the border of South Dakota's Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
• Tribal President Bryan Brewer will give a speech Sunday at Vine Congregational United Church of Christ in Lincoln. The 7 p.m. event is free and open to the public.
• Organizers say Brewer is also planning to meet with Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman to talk about alcohol sales in Whiteclay. Activists say the town's beer stores contribute to social problems on the officially dry reservation.
• Last year, Brewer spoke at Chadron State College in northwest Nebraska about his plans to attract small businesses to the reservation while preserving the tribe's Lakota language.
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SDNG Museum in Pierre to show Korean War exhibit
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- The South Dakota National Guard Museum in Pierre will host an exhibit later this month to mark the 60th anniversary of the Korean War.
• The U.S. Defense Department's exhibit commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Korean War will be displayed at the museum on July 26 and July 27.
• In the past three years, Bob Hill of Brookings has displayed the exhibit in Brookings, Mitchell, Pierre, Rapid City, Sioux Falls, Sisseton and Watertown. Hill is South Dakota's ambassador to the Defense Department's committee commemorating the Korean War, which lasted from 1950 to 1953.
• The exhibit includes photos, clothing, gear and other items that explain the Korean War.
• In addition to the exhibit, a wreath-laying ceremony will be held July 27 at the Korean War Memorial at Capitol Lake in Pierre.
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Rapid City man pleads guilty to sexual contact
• RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- A 36-year-old Rapid City man faces a mandatory minimum 10-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to sexual contact with a child younger than 16.
• The Rapid City Journal reports (http://bit.ly/1aGbXSn ) that under the terms of a plea bargain, two charges of first-degree rape of a child younger than 13 and a second sexual contact charge were dismissed against Michael E. Slaughter.
• By pleading guilty to the sexual contact charge, Slaughter avoided a potential life (Continued on page 18)
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