Barbed wire hobby grows with collectors in Nebraska
Tor Martens, president of the Nebraska Barbed Wire Collectors Association, explains how barbed wire collecting began for him and notes about 200 state members and 60,000 in the U.S. Prices range from 25 cents to $1000 for 18 inch pieces. He cites early patents from Meriwether, Kelly, and Dodge, warns about reproductions, and mentions two monthly publications.
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Jane Monnich
Tor Martens
Martens
Nebraska Barbed Wire Collectors Association
Midwest
West
W.H. Meriwether
Michael Kelly
F.H. Dodge
International Barbed Wire Gazette
American Barbed Wire Journal
Platte Chorale auditions slated for April 30
Platte Technical Community College invites returning students and graduating high school seniors planning Platte in fall to audition for the 1975 76 Chorale. Auditions begin 4 30 p m in the music room. Music director John Putnam available for further information.
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Platte Technical Community College
John Putnam
Nebraska
Austria
United States
Disneyland
Balboa Park
Grand Canyon
Platte
Putnam
Beutel defends AM America amid on-air changes
New York UPI report on Bill Beutel of AM America. Beutel calls the show too light but asserts his belief in its future. He criticizes visual design, promises longer interviews, reduced music, and updated podiums as part of a midcourse revamp.
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Television IN Review
Bill Beutel
AM America
New York
UPI
ABC
Vietnam
London
Biafra
Beutel
NBC
Today
CBS Morning News
CBS
Freshmen bike-a-thon planned for overseas aid
Lindsay Holy Family High School freshmen announce a bike-a-thon fund raiser for the Catholic Overseas Aid Appeal. The event shifts from earlier plans due to weather and will start 11 a.m. from Lindsay Town Hall with a 25 mile route to Club 81 near Humphrey and back.
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Lindsay
Lindsay Holy Family High School
Catholic Overseas Aid Appeal
Archdiocese of
Omaha
Lindsay Town Hall
Highway 91
Humphrey
Holy Family High School
Cathy Sueper
Mary Shanle
Desperate Mothers Try To Give Starving Babies Away In Refugee Ship
On the Trans Colorado refugees aboard 18 000 people faced extreme hunger. Lyndsey Davis, a former U S Army sergeant, described mothers offering their infants in sheer desperation. The ship’s crew provided 600 liters of rice soup and over a million gallons of water. Davis, from Valhalla South Carolina, vowed to continue aiding refugees as they moved toward Cam Ranh Bay and Da Nang during the crisis.
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Saigon
Davis
Quang Tri
Hue
da Nang
Nha Trang
Cam Ranh Bay
Vung Tau
Korea
Vietnam
Trans Colorado
Valhalla
S.C
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Platte Chorale
Poe
Cape Kennedy
Fleischer Rexall Drug
S&h
13Th St
Barb Klug
Janet Shante
Roberta Rickert
Kathy Klug
Lori Knowlton
Cheerful Homemakers
Knowlton
Condi Reese
Pam Gottschall
Lisa Cook
Ronnie Reese
Tammy Reese
Foods
Gottschalls
Westernaires
Ag Park
Randell Henke
Peter
Joe F. Olacek
Jacek
Sunrise
Clarkson
AAA
America
Ubu
Jersey
U.S. 30 Center
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