Tales of Platte County Erection of a telegraph line in 1860s Nebraska
Francis M. Dischner recounts the building of the first transcontinental telegraph from Omaha to Sacramento. He covers pole scarcity in Nebraska, Creighton’s diplomacy with Plains tribes, buffalo damage to poles, and the improvisations used to keep the line intact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Sacramento
Pacific Telegraph
Nebraska
Edward Creighton
Creighton
Wyoming
Buffalo Country
Fangless McRattle preempts Ballad of Fangless McRattle on TV
A children musical comedy Fangless McRattle preempts The Ballad of Fangless McRattle on Feb 1 1977 at 6 30 pm Channel 10 and 11. It was taped at Lincoln Children’s Zoo after a 12 performance run for 8000 children and chaperons with volunteer adult actors.
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Fangless McRattle
Lincoln Children’s Zoo
Channels
Fangless McBattle
Plains States
Nebraska
Passin through music notes and artists in Hollywood
A column reviews Pacheco’s Outsider era songs and reflections on America. It also notes Loggins and Messina Best of Friends LP, Lani Hall Sweet Bird, Silent Movie soundtrack, The Russian Album by Ormandy, and Melba Moore’s star status in a panorama of 1970s records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Archie Bunker
Tom Pacheco
Pacheco
Rogers
Willie Nelson
Ergena
RCA
Mexico
America
Massachusetts
Loggins & Messina
Columbia
Kenny Loggins
Jim Messina
Danny
Lani Hall
Sweet Bird
A&m
Lani
United Artists
John Morris
Marty Feldman
Dom DeLuise
Eugene Ormandy
Philadelphia Orchestra
Tchaikovsky
Stravinsky
Prokofiev
Borodin
Ippolitov-Ivanov
Rimsky-Korsakov
Scriabin
Melba
Buddah
Melba Moore
Roller coaster film shoots thrills at Magic Mountain
Hollywood reports on Roller coaster a disaster thriller not a disaster film. Timothy Bottoms plays the extortionist and George Segal the man who must stop him. Shot at Magic Mountain north of Los Angeles the loop ride provides the climax as stunt crews push for fresh angles and keep extras screaming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
NEA
Jennings Lang
Magic Mountain
Los Angeles
James Goldstone
George Segal
Ocean View
Norfolk
S Dominion
Richmond
King's Dominion
Goldstone
John
Virginia
Daheim
Segal
Toms
Lane
Guardinore
Jack Lemmon
Olivia DeHavilland
Millionaire homemaker crafts ornamental books for charity
Margaret Henderson of San Diego turns old books into gold painted displays with poems and illustrations. Her open book art supports charities and handicapped children, using postcards, wood scraps, and printed sayings collected by friends since 1974.
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Margaret Henderson
Henderson
San Diego
Calif
Federation of Women’s Clubs
Escae
Confusing Address Chaos Slows Drakes Broughton Mail
In Pershore England on Stonebow Road Drakes Broughton five houses numbered 6 plus four Davies families on the same road create mail delivery mixups. Further confusion arises from two unnamed residents complicating postal routing.
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Pershore
England
UPI
Stonebow Road
Drakes Broughton
Davies
Platte College stage presents A Midsummer Night's Dream
Platte College students stage Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Fine Arts Center Theater. Director Dick Averett led rehearsals with cast of 21 including Dennis Grape as Bottom and Ken Bonk as Theseus. Performance runs 8 p.m. Feb 24 with a 2:30 matinee Feb 27 at the Platte venue.
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Platte College
Dick Averett
Platte
Dennis Grape
Genoa
Frank Dieter
Omaha
Carol Kobrawill
Puck
Mr. Fix-It
Vicky Niedfeldt
Deb
Bill Bonk
Ray Johnson
Helena
Hermia
Lysander
Demetrius
Theseus
Hippolyta
Duke
Ken Bonk
Katie
Fine Arts Center Theater
Lug label collecting a labor of love preserves farm history
Ben Segawa, a former grower, collects over 60 agricultural lug labels from Western Hemisphere farms. His wall display features years like 1931 and labels such as Silver Strand Chula Vista Tomato and KITTYS, with stories behind names like DEE Skyline and Rocky Ridge.
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Ben Segawa
Segawa
Aee Eae Renan
Areum
Southern California Chemical Company
Sear Wit Dancin Ape Turing
Detroit
Mich
Dee
Detey
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Music Bird
Robert Emile
Big Bird
Sesame Street
Lincoln Symphony Orchestra
Lincoln Symphony
ETV
Tales of
Platte County
By Francis M. Dischner
U.S
United States
Douglas Greenwald
McGraw- Hill Publications Co
Robin Welles
Copley News Service
Oak
Ea Ee Ae
Susan Hampshire
Glencora Palliser
Pallisers
Platte Thespians
Averett
Allied Jat & Travel, Inc
U.S. Hwy
Columbus
KMTV
Omehe
KTIV
Sioux City
KHAS
Hestings
WOW
KETV
KCNA
Albion
KCAU
KOLN
Lincoln
Columbus Weather
KUON
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