Museum seeks research helpers for historic exhibits
The Western Heritage Museum invites volunteers titled Historical Associates to join its Education and Research Department. Helpers will conduct detective work on Midlands topics to build accurate, engaging exhibits. Contact Jerry Watson or Don Spicer at Old Union Station Omaha NE 68108 or call 402-444-5074.
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Western
Iowa
Western Heritage Museum
Midlands
Spicer
Old Union Station
South Tenth Street
Omaha
Nebraska
Lothario Lupus stars in Boeing Boeing at Westroads Omaha
Peter Lupus of Mission Impossible fame headlines the comedy Boeing Boeing at the Westroads Dinner Theatre in Omaha through July 24. Lupus plays a fabled Lothario with three airline hostess fiances, a French German and American, whose schedules collide for comedic chaos.
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Lothario
Peter Lupus
Boeing Boeing
Westroads
Omaha
Lupus
Short Takes on New Films and a Vancouver Orpheum Recall
The column reviews The Car a driverless vehicle thriller in a Western town with Sheriff Morley and deputies. Citizens Band sees satirical use of electronic fads as Paul Le May and Candy Clark spark romance. Star Wars is praised for human warmth amid futuristic spectacle with Mark Hamill, Alec Guinness, and Peter Cushing. It then shifts to Tony Heinsbergen discussing his theater murals for the Orpheum in Vancouver and his views on modern architecture and nostalgia.
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LOS Angeles
NEA
Tony Heinsbergen
Tony
Anthony B Heinsbergen
Orpheum
Vancouver
British Columbia
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
John Morley
James Brolin
Ronny Cox
Citizens Band
Paul le May
Candy Clark
Mark Hamill
Alex Guinness
Peter Cushing
Bell
Portland
Spokane
Nedith
Canada
Nova Scotia
Hollywood
Heinsbergen
Goya
Glorious Giulini Chicago Ninth Recording Elevates Mahler
A detailed praise of Carlo Maria Giulini with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducting Mahler’s Ninth Symphony. The critic calls the recording superb and among the best interpretations, noting the collaboration’s high mutual respect and the ensemble’s excellence. Also mentions I Musici’s Vivaldi set as a strong companion release.
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Mahler
Carlo Maria Giulini
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Giulini
Deutsche Grammophon
New York
Chicago
Chicago Symphony
The
Bob Hope to Appear at Fonner Park in Grand Island
Bob Hope will appear at Fonner Park on July 9, announced by the Grand Island Chamber of Commerce. This marks his first Grand Island visit since wartime shows at the old air base, with the chamber arranging the appearance due to an open date between east and west coast performances.
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Grand Island, Neb
UPI
Bob Hope
Fonner Park
Grand Island
Hershey girl chosen Nebraska rodeo queen
Joy Kenton from Hershey was selected queen of the Nebraska State High School Rodeo. The 18 year old won the horsemanship award and will represent Nebraska at the National High School Rodeo in Helena Montana. First runnerup Delynn Clark of Alliance was named Miss Congeniality.
Penny may be passe as coinage foes inflation
The column notes a 1976 U S mintage over 12 billion with 73 percent in cents and warns the one cent may decline due to inflation. It recalls Lincoln cent history, fears future loss of the cent, and ends by mentioning sewage-to-gold discoveries in Menlo Park and bids on recycled metals.
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America
U.S
Lincoln
Art Carney
Jackie Gleason
Jackie
Menlo Park
Calif
Flea Market Origins and Oddities in Platte County Notes
Francis M. Dischner reflects on the Columbus Ag Park flea market and Head Fleas organizing a rotating circuit across six towns in four states. He notes $10 six foot tables, a $5 admission, and dealer dynamics, then shifts to a light digression on fleas and a historical NASA orbit by Titov aboard Vostok II in 1961.
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Ag Park
Columbus
Sioux Falls
Platte County
Vostok II
Cosmonaut
Titov
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Don
the Michaelangelo
Seattle
I Musici
Vivaldi
Philips
Allied Tech & Travel, Inc
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KJSK
KTTT
KFMQ
KEZO
KOOO
KEFM
KQKQ
KUNO
KLIN
KHUB
Fremont
KGOR
Hershey
Gary L. Palmer
Wappy Chef Restaurants
Jutta Baumgart
Happy Chef
Happy Chef Restaurant
23Rd St. Columbus
Nebr
Tales of
Francis M. Dischner
Europe
Earth
Tropics
Vostok
rAdets
Cash Lumber
Mutual of
Mutual of Omaha
Mutual Omaha
Life Insurance
United of Omaha
Rick Kubler
St. Columbus
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!