Roman L. Hruska

(1904-1999) born at David City, Butler County, lived in Omaha. Lawyer, politician, while serving as U.S. Congressman and U. S. Senator from Nebraska from 1953 to 1977, he helped shape Crime Control and Street Act of 1968 and Crime Control Act of 1970, was a supporter of Civil Rights legislation and an increase of Social Security benefits, called "Mr. Law Enforcement" by U.S. President Nixon. Consult Current Biography (1956) 283-285 and George Douth, Leaders in Profile: The United States Senate (Sperr & Douth, 1975) 403-410 and Omaha World Herald obituary, April 26, 1999, pp. 1-2 and American National Biography, Sup 1 (2002) 284-285 and Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives, Vol 5 (2002) 274-275.

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