Ak-Sar-Ben Honors Six Families for Long Farm Lineage
Platte County will honor six homestead families as Ak-Sar-Ben pioneer farmers, the largest group yet. Recipients receive inscribed tributes from Ak-Sar-Ben and the Nebraska Fair Managers Association. Eligible farms must stay in family ownership for 80 years or more, with detailed histories of Heinrich Hoessel, Rickert, Turner, Blaser, Wurdeman, and Wardeman Homesteads across Nebraska communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Platte County
Knights of
Ak- Sar-Ben
Nebraska Fair Managers Association
Myhre
St. Edward
Heinrich Hoessel
Weinrich “ Hoessel
Dina
America
Germany
George
John
Cross Plains
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Columbus
Sherman Township
Heinrich
Nixon determined to continue leadership after Middle East trip
White House aide Alexander Haig says President Nixon will stay on the job to pursue inflation relief and peace abroad. Haig reports Nixon returns from overseas trip intellectually reinvigorated and ready to focus on government while delegating Watergate matters. He notes Nixon recovering from illness and a leg blood clot, with less day to day pressure at his San Clemente estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Clemente
Calif
Alexander M. Haig Jr
Nixon
White House
Haig
Middle East
Soviet Union
Howald L. Ziegler
Washington
Art Waekingg
Real Estate Transfers Creston groups old meetings
A ledger of Platte County real estate transfers compiled by the Columbus Credit Bureau lists numerous transactions in Columbus and Creston. The report notes community meeting topics at the Lutheran Church and local club plans including a garage sale by Lions Club. Social visits and weekend hosting are described among Creston and nearby residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Creston
Platte County Register of Deeds Office
Columbus Credit Bureau
George W, Johansen
City of Columbus
Wip
Gervans A
Gerrards
City of Cols
Lloyd C. Hull
Et al
Bernice K. Olivelle
Fivanlavn
Gerrards Add
Michael E. Dalton
Larry L
Carole A.wynia
B. Beckers
Iola
Stone
Wttaw
Norman L
Paula L. Wilson
Becher Place
James J. Beller
Crestwood Acres
Ist
Columbus
Ivan P. Schmid
Carroll L & Tebert D. Beben
Highland Park
Cols
Alfred Rasmussen
Élngte
Richard G
Donna James
Pt Sevinem
Rogers Investment UN
First Building Corp
NLC
Rogers
al Wl
No. Park
Sid Add
Cots
James Preister
Marth
Lutheran Church
Doris. Hake
Iastesses
Robert Ritter
Stanley Bachman
Amma Flacher
Matilda Wardenberg
Country Club
Agnes Walter
Proup
Lions Club
P.M. Yoesley
Loseke
Marvin Wuardeman
Ernest Blessen
Harry Palmateer
John Busch
Charles Ahrens
Mitchelle Larson
Anna Fischer
Amelia Schettier
Caroline Sandberg
Omaha
Waldtitler
Madison Nursing Home
Sunchasers Camping Club Holds Campout Near Central Cols
The SUNCHAsers Camping Club of Columbus welcomed Bill and dune Bell as new members during a weekend campout at Hard Lake State Recreation Area near Central Cols. Tive vampires and five guests attended a polluck supper. Presidents Don and Rita Smith distributed Bypsy moth traps to be placed in yards with an Aug. 16 return deadline. An invitation to a central area convention in September at Crystal Lake near AyT was discussed. The next campout is planned for the weekend of Aug. 10 at Tibet Lake. A Boston meteorologist noted heavy snowstorms over the Rocky Mountains correlate with sunsets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill
Dune Bell
Sunchasers Camping Club of Columbus
Hard Lake State
Central Cols
Tive Vampires
Don
Rita Smith
Central Area
Crystal Lake
Ayt
Tibet Lake
WFL Claims 100 NFL Players Signed
Newport Beach California AP reports the World Football League claims up to 100 NFL players have signed, more than the 45 already announced. WFL general manager Curly Morrison of Wee California Sun disclosed the figure on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WFL
Newport Beach
Calif
World Football League
Curly Morrison
The
Wee California Sun
LeRoy Van Dyke Heads Grand Ole Opry Cast at Platte Co Fair
LeRoy Van Dyke headlines the Platte County Fair grandstand show with The Auctioneers and Decce recording, featuring Linda K. Lance of MCA and comedian Clem Appleknocker. Van Dyke, famed for The Auctioneer and Walk On By, joins Red Foley’s TV circuit and a weekly country radio show Country Crossrozas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LeRoy van Dyke
Decce
Grand Ole Opry
Platte County Fair
LeRoy
Red Foley
ABCTV
al Hirt
New Orleans
Las Vegas Strip
Linda K. Lance
MCA Records
Leigh 1959 class 15th reunion notices social event
Leigh High School class of 1939 held its Lith reunion Saturday evening after touring the school at 7 am. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Gary Nelson and many other couples from Lincoln Fremont Omaha Mount Vernon Dorchester Madison Waterloo Arlington Humphrey Leigh and more. Reunion planners were Mrs Engelbart Mrs Kurpgeweit and Mrs Machmueller with plans for a 1979 meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leigh -- Dleigh High School
Ami
Tri County Club House
Gary Nelson
Jennifer Koester
Lincoln
Richard Divis
Janet Blum
Fremont
Dale Inselman
James Severin
Omaha
Gary Dilges
Diane Eblers
Mount Vernon
S.D
Robert Weber
Trudy Polenz
Dorchester
Amd
Darrell Barrett
Jeanette Hamann
Madison
Lee Saunders
Eunice Held
Waterloo
Reuben Olson
Arlington
Delmar Marlinsen
Loma Brock
Humphrey
Robert Callies
Edith Fiala
Bd Machmueller
Beverly Newhaus
Marvin Kurpgewelt
Marilyn Went
Robert Engeltart
Loretta Stepan
Leigh
Hie
Shirley Loseke
Arnald Stubhman
Columbus
Carlolyn Fransen Johnson
Maryland
Joe Srd
Seward
John Sand
South Dakota youth found dead in ravine after motorcycle crash
Robert Wilmer Vollmer a 17 year old from McLaughlin visiting Lincoln was found dead in a north side ravine. Authorities say he rode a motorcycle on Sunday along Salt Creek and fell 25 feet. Death attributed to multiple internal injuries and fractures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln, Wen
Dakota
Jeu
Lancaster County
Robert Wilmer Vollmer
McLaughlin
Kenneth
Vollmer
Salt Creek
Milk money scandal tied to Nixon 1972 campaign
New Watergate testimony shows dairy-farmer cooperatives would have given more than 42 million to Nixon if White House officials had not fumbled receipt. Harold Nelson, former AMPI general manager, testified that milk producers sought conduit committees and access to funds early in Nixon’s term. He noted illegal political use of corporate money and connected bribery allegations surrounding treasury secretary Connally and fundraisers in 1963.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nixon
Whits House Arges
Harold S. Nelson
Associated Milk Producers, Inc
White House
Nelson
Alse
Nelse
Senate Watergate Committee
Treasury
Jon 3
B. Connally
Witte House
Huert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
Herbert L. Kalmbach
Connally
Jake Jacobsen
Connnally
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Rickert
John H
Katherine Rickert
Avich
Henry
Mary
Oldenburg
Plaile County
Shell Creek
John H. Rickert
United States
Abraham Linen
Henry and
Gatherine Rickert
William Amlmma Rickert
Acalph
Tih Rickert
Darred
Johnson Craig Tumes
Frances Turner Jacobsen
Johnson Craig
Eliza Jane Craig
Alk
Turner
Shenandoaha Mae
Antioch
Ohio
Horace Mann
Turners
Jacobsen
Johnson
Craig Turner
Harriett Louise Kauffman
Charles Fisher
Saratoga
Wyoming
Rs. Jacobsen
W.C
John Cran
Behlen Manufacturing
Imbel Blaser
John Blaser Sq
Aarwaudgen
Switzerland
Aurora
Ilinois- Blaser
Darmer
Iinois
Illinois
Blasers
Rose
Jgoph ‘Fschuden
Sophie
Adolph Ernst
Biliza
Dabn Stauffer
Mary Y Samuel Imhof
Anna
Baise] Wyman
Hector
Ida Afsrti
Samuel Imhof
Immersiale
Mary Blaser
Colfax
Flatte
Nance
Merrick
John Wordaman
John Wurdeman
August Wardeman
Julius
August
Marvin
Wardemans
London
New York
Mae
Flatbush Avenue
Boston
Rocky Mountains
Linda Xk, Vance
Platte Co
Future Farmers of America
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Operation Vigilance
Diol 911
South Dakota
Burgundy
Golden Sun Supplement
Booth
Platte County Fair Rush Bros
54Th Avenue
4-H Clubs
Platte Country Fair
FFA
Platte Co. Fair Agricultural Park
Federal Land Bank
23Rd Street
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