Lighter Side: Rhodes Plan Seeks Federal Agency Relocation
Washington humor column notes Gov Rhodes idea to move 26 federal departments out of the capital. It cites the FCDA's 1954 Battle Creek move as a cautionary tale and playfully suggests humorous new home cities for agencies, from Peace Valley Missouri to Spyrock California.
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Dick West Washington
UPI
Ohio
James A. Rhodes
Ub of
Washington
Federal Civil Defense Administration
FCDA
Battle Creek
Mich
Rhodes
Ik Eda
Peace Valley
Chicken
Ark
Washington Area
Momic Energy Commission
Gangs
Tex
Federal Maritime Commission
Anchor
Army Slap Service
Atlas
State Department
Accord
Mass
Amity, Pa
Internal Revenue Service
Bourbon
Transportation Department
Atinto
W.va
Okla
Cost
Indian conference planned at Winnebago for Indian programs
Winnebago Neb Aug 19 21 1921 a conference of American Indian tribes from Nebraska and South Dakota will meet on the Winnebago pow wow grounds. The event follows a Wayne State College July conference that drew over 50 participants from federal state agencies and colleges to discuss progress and future plans. Francis Moul of Wayne State will coordinate non Indian resources with experts from federal and state levels expected to ensure action.
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Winnebago
Neb
UPI
Nixon
Nebraska
South
Dakota
Wayne State College
Francis Moul
Wayne State
Jamestown Glassmaking Began Early in Colonial Era
The first U.S. industry started with glassmaking circa 1608 at Jamestown Virginia. The early enterprise marks the nation’s industrial origins and showcases early colonial craftsmanship and resource use.
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Jamestown
Farm bill vote linked to low wheat prices in Nebraska
Nebraska Farm-Bureau Federation President Roland Nelson says the House agriculture committee action on the farm bill amounts to a camouflaged extension of 1965 food and agriculture law. He warns it will keep wheat surpluses rising and market prices falling for Nebraska growers. Nelson cites Nixon's 1938 campaign claim that the 1985 act is unsuitable for long-term use.
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Lincoln
UPI
Nebraska Farm-Bureau Federation
Roland Nelson
House Committee On Agriculture
Nebraska
Nelson
Nixon
Scheel Gromyko Meet For More Than Two Hours
West German Foreign Minister Walter Scheel and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko held a second session on their proposed nonaggression treaty that lasted over two hours in Spiridonovka Palace. A spokesman said they will resume Wednesday afternoon, with the full West German delegation to meet Wednesday morning. The talks touched on reunification and other contentious issues, while efforts were made to keep details from leaking.
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James 0. Jackson
Moscow
UPI
Walter Scheel
West Germany
Andrei A. Gromyko
Soviet Union
Spiridonovka Palace
Scheel
Lehrel
Soirces
Gromyko
von Bahr
Bonn
Schee
Willy Brandt
Sears Tower to rise 109 stories in Chicago
Sears, Roe buck and Co announced the Sears Tower will become the world’s tallest building at 1,450 feet in Chicago’s Loop. The 109 story tower will seat about 16,500 people, with 7,000 Sears employees, and finish by 1974 as the company’s national headquarters.
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Chicago
UPI
Sears, Roebuck and Co
Empire State Building
Loop
Sears
New York City
New York
Sears Tower
Gordon M. Metcalf
Reunion honors Muller family at Bellwood church gathering
Ma and Mrs Don Muller of California were saluted by the Clint Kallenbach family during a covered dish reunion at the United Methodist Church social hall in Bellwood. Sixty relatives attended from California Surprise Crete Rising City David City and Bellwood.
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Bellwood
Clint Kallenbach
Don Muller
California
Dohiy Muller
Surprise
United Methodist Church of
Crete
Rising City
David City
Dryland conditions worsen in eastern Nebraska report says
Lincoln based UPI reports the State Federal Division of Agricultural Statistics finds eastern dryland conditions continue to decline with only widely scattered showers. Western areas see timely rains and generally better crop development including sorghum near normal and wheat slow due to humidity. Farmers monitor fields for control measures as green bugs rise.
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Lincoln
UPI
State
Federal Division of Agricultural Statistics
Panhandle
Picnic at Clarkson Park Honors Colfax County 4-H
The annual Colfax County 4-H picnic will be held Saturday in Clarkson Park. Each family should bring food dishes and silverware for their own family. drinks will be furnished. A movie titled The Golden Age of Comedy will be shown, courtesy of Clarkson businessmen.
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Leigh
Colfax County
Clarkson Park
Clarkson
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