Welfare Agency aids with many services
Platte County Welfare Agency provides a range of state and federal aid programs via its director Mrs. Carol Obershaw. The office handles Aid to Aged Blind and Disabled, Crippled Children, medical aid, food stamps, county relief, and foster child support, with the county covering about 20 percent of medical costs and guidelines aligned to federal rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deb Gondringer
Platte County
Carol Obershaw
Obershaw
Federal Department of Agriculture
Last Apollo astronauts hospitalised after fumes aboard capsule
The final three Apollo flyers Thomas Stafford Vance Brand and Donald Slayton were taken to Army Hospital Pearl Harbor after returning from a nine day space mission. Doctors placed them in ICU for observation due to inflamed lungs from unidentified cabin fumes. They were expected to be monitored for respiratory reactions, with no distress reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
UPI
Apollo
Earth
Agency
Thomas Stafford
Vance Brand
Donald
Pearl Harbor
New Orleans
U.S
Brand
Stafford
Local Weather Readings and Sun Times Forecast
Readings show 70 at midnight and 82 high Friday with 59 low Friday and 94 high year ago and 6 18 sunrise Sunday and 8 54 sunset Sunday plus 6 19 sunrise Monday and 8 53 sunset Monday. Sunrise and sunset times are listed for Sunday and Monday.
Two Injured in Car Semi Accident on Viaduct
Barbara Bloebaum of 563 12th Avenue and her 19 month old son Chad suffered minor injuries after a car struck a moving semi trailer on the viaduct near the north end. Richard J. Melichar of Omaha, the truck driver, was uninjured. The Bloebaum car sustained substantial damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
33Rd Avenue Munity Hospital
Barbara Bloebaum
12Th Avenue
Chad
Bloebaum
Richard J. Melichar
Omaha
Detasseling Corn Brings Mixed Reactions From Youth Workers
Albion youths aged 12 to 18 on first day of detasseling for Prairie Valley Seed Company say pay is good with some earning up to 200 in two weeks. Many describe the job as horrible tiring and uncomfortable yet admit the pay lures them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois Lambley
Albion
Todd Berlin
Jim Keeshan
Noel Mack
Todd Matriciano
Prairie Valley Seed Company
Central City
Marllus Atwood
Judy Karmann
Becky Reigle
Patti Kettelson
Jim Ramsey
Martlys
Sue Hartford
Bruce Stewart
Charlene
Kim O'Brien
Neal Mack
Sherry Pinagel
Ford regrets Turkey action on U S bases
President Ford said he deeply regrets Turkey's move to seize joint U S Turkish bases and urged the House to rethink its veto on lifting the Turkish arms embargo. He warned of serious consequences for U S defense and urged prompt congressional action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Ford
Turkey
House
U.S
House of Representatives
House of
Congress
United States
Suleyman Demirel
Two Great Circuses Battle for Columbus in 1914 War
In August 1914 Columbus hosted a two circus clash as Ringling Brothers and Sells Floto competed side by side. Buffalo Bill Cody drew crowds while special trains from Lincoln and Omaha fed 40,000 tickets for four performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keith Bryan
Columbus
Sells-Floto
Ringling Brothers
Denver
Fred Bonfils
Harry Tammen
Denver Post
Floto Dog and Pony Show
Otto Floto
The
Post
Tammen Coe
Sells Brothers Circus
Ringlings
Bonfils and
Tammen
Sells
Sells- Floto
Sells Brothers
Wisconsin
Ringling
Sells Floto
Buffalo Bill Cody
Bonfils
Cody
Buffalo Bill
21St
23Rd Streets
26Th
33Rd Avenues
Nebraska
Lincoln
Burlington
Omaha
Norfolk
Albion-Spalding
Floto
Evans Hotel
Downtowner
11Th Street
23Rd Avenue
13Th Street
Calliope
Frankfort Square
Ringling Calliope
Od Plaineman
Ringling Brothers Circus
Barnum and Bailey Circus
al G. Barnes Circus
Dan Robinson
Hagenbuck and
Wallace
Forepaugh
King Brothers
Miller Brothers
John Robinson
Barnum and Bailey
Hubert Castle Circus
Carson
Phil Hockenberger
Carl Hoge
Also Mentioned on This Page
County Board of Supervisors
Fort Dodge
Iowa
Leslie Kirby
Leslie
Ed Law
Duncombe
Eastern Mediterranean
Atlantic Alliance
Lorena Marohn
Poesch
Jarold
26Th Avenue
Phil
Segelke
Carl
American Circus Corporation
Circus World Museum
Baraboo
Wis
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