Platts County Board reviews flood insurance plan steps
The board heard a report from Area 4 Civil Defense on federally subsidized flood plain insurance. It notes that insurance for flood prone property may be subsidized, with government help contingent on a Comprehensive Plan for Columbus and Platte County residents. Plans must cover housing, transportation, and arts.
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Platts County Board of Supervisors
Area 4 Civil Defense Association
Columbus
Platte County
Platte County's Comprehensive Plan and insurance stakes
The text notes Platte County may adopt a Comprehensive Plan tied to flood insurance eligibility, warning that failing to apply by June 30, 1975 could jeopardize federal aid. Civil Defense cites costs from $2,000 to $20,000 per county or community, framing plans as gateways to federal matching funds for water and sewer projects.
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Columbus
Palte County
Civil Defense
Charity and government aid judged by human dealings
The piece argues that charity should be person to person, not through rigid government programs. A congressional welfare study is cited showing incentives that encourage fraud and family structure changes. It praises church led aid, like Mormon efforts, for handling help on a personal basis.
Tol Birch Society Letter Describes Beliefs and History
The letter to the editor outlines the John Birch Society founded in 1958 by Hubert Welsh. It summarizes political, social, and religious tenets, arguing for individual rights, limited government, private property, family as a cornerstone, and religious morality, with a quoted November 25 1934 note and author Joseph H. Byers MD of David City Nebraska.
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Tol Birch Society
Hubert Welsh
John Birch Society
Logan
Joseph H. Byers
David City
Nebraska
Bicentennial Years in Colonial and American Milestones
The Quebec Act’s May passage shifts colonial boundaries toward the Ohio River and Great Lakes, provoking criticism in Protestant colonies over Catholic concessions. Twelve of thirteen colonies appoint delegates to a Continental Congress in Philadelphia on Sept. 5, Georgia opposes representation. 1824 Niblo's Garden in New York enters its second summer of outdoor music and entertainments opened by Irish immigrant William Niblo. 1874 A Sunday school camp at Chautauqua Lake seeds the Chautauqua Institution with lectures, concerts, and arts. Herbert Hoover, born at West Branch, rises from humble roots to future presidency via Stanford University.
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Coplay News Service
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Quebec
Canada
le Ohio River
Great Lakes
Virginia
England
Philadelphia
Georgia
Hkowever
Niblo’s Garden
Broadway
New York
William Niblo
William
Fred Niblo
Chautauqua Lake
Lewis Miller
Akron
Ohio
John Wi. Vincent
Chautauqua Institution
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Lake,s
Heroert Clark Toover
Jisk
United States
West Branch
Town
Oregon
Stanford University
al Palo Alto
Calif
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Let Peace Begins With Me headline in Columbus Telegram
Feature centered on a peace advocacy piece from The Columbus Telegram dated Saturday August 10 1974 in Columbus Nebraska. The readable text presents a civic message emphasizing harmony and community action during a period of social change.
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Columbus Telegram
Columbus
Chow Time Wivitilary of SS WieCserade Stee nbvene Lesee Horaerda
Readable text fragment notes a food event or menu item with odd spellings. No clear names, dates, or places emerge. The fragment hints at a competition or tasting with a price around 540. Further context is required for precise identification.
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Wivitilary
SS WieCserade Steenbvene Lesee Horaerda
Gleneagles Golf Yet Lures A Wandering Golfer
A writer tours Gleneagles in Perthshire Scotland describing the King's and Queen's courses. He riffs on castlelike lodgings and vast greens amid heather and gorse, laments Scots speech, and humorously misnames holes while recounting his round with Jim Mahoney and caddy Mr Duscan Macintyre. The piece blends golf satire with vivid locale details and cheeky observations on terrain and folklore.
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Perthshire
Scotland
Gleneagles
H . At
King's Golf Course
Queen's
London
Duscan Macintyre
King
Dan
East Neuk
Jim Mahoney
California
Jimmy
Dimmy
Mr. Macintyre
Leddie
Scarlet letter in U S Army style sparks debate
The Army's use of discharges has left veterans like Everett Roberts, a Vietnam veteran with a Purple Heart, stigmatized by a life sentence of Undesirable Discharge. Critics push for reform, arguing current reviews are rare, costly, and driven by vengeance, while some seek a universal discharge status to replace blanket labeling.
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Everett Roberts
USS
Army
Roberts
Vietnam
America
Congress
Washington
Red Cross
Sam
DuPont
Senate
California
Alan Cranston
Les Aspin
Dwis
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Roger
Berry's
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Fond Healthy Resort
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Shert Fockert
Tousieu
Yankee Stadium
MacIntyre
Mahoney
Will
Jim Nahoney
Julius Boros
Aventura
Mr. Runeat McIntyre
Jim
Dyna
U.S. Army
Wsfaper Ertrerprisi
Tom
Tiede
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