Meet America's new hamburger sweetheart
Rodney Allen Rippy, the Long Beach boy chosen for a Jack-In-The-Box hamburger ad, rides a fast rise from child star to TV guest spots, a Bell Records signing, and a budding film and merchandise push. His mother Flossie and father Tred manage a busy schedule as Rodney stays grounded at home with siblings.
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Ann Rudy Copley
Los Angeles
Rodney Allen
Rippy
ABC
CBS
Rodney
Flossie
Long Beach
Georgia
Shirley Temple
Rodney Allen Rippy
Mlossie Rippy
Tred
Sanialion
Mannix
Flip Wilson
Joan Rivers
Phyllis Diller
San Francisco
Ken
Iowa Corn Damaged by High Winds in Central Fields
Central Iowa corn fields suffered wind damage with gusts up to 40 mph. Extension agronomist Harvey Thompson of Iowa State University notes lodging, bent stalks, and down ears. About 20 percent of the state's corn crop is harmed, though full extent remains undetermined.
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Ames
Towa
Iowa
Harvey Thompson
Owa State University
Alrready
Thompson
Breath of Life drive launched by Platte College students
Platte College students kicked off the Breath of Life fundraiser door to door in Columbus to aid more than five million children with cystic fibrosis and other lung diseases. Nebraska CF Foundation chair Jo Anne Lannan says funds support 110 CF Centers nationwide in teaching hospitals. Centers treat CF and severe asthma, chronic bronchitis, bronchiectasis, and childhood emphysema while funding global research to cure CF, an inherited disease striking about 1 in 1,500 children.
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Platte College
Columbus
Jo Anne Lannan
Nebraska
National
Sentencing Set November 14 for Two Nebraskans
Taylor Nebraska men Cecil Merte Hawthorne and Tim Lucern face sentencing on November 14 after a September 26 conviction in a U S District Court for possession with intent to distribute 547 pounds of marijuana, transported from Nebraska to California by plane. They were indicted August 1 on three counts, with three counts dropped. both remain free on bond.
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Los. Angeles
Taylor
Neb
Nebraska
California
Cecil Merte Hawthorne
Tim Lucern
U.S. District Court
Irving Hill
Atty
Michael Kenney
Kenney
Four traffic deaths raise Nebraska highway fatality count
The Associated Press reports four Nebraska traffic deaths this week, increasing the annual state count. Louis McFarling, 46, of Omaha died after a two-vehicle crash in Southwest Omaha when his car hit a stopped tractor trailer rig at a red light. Donald Bourne, 27, of Grand Island, was treated for back injuries and released. A six-year-old Lexington girl, Pebble Brown, died after being struck by a vehicle on U S 20. Alfred Steffenson, 71, of Novad, and Martha Schwainger, 77, of Omaha also involved in fatal incidents near Omaha and Lexington respectively. Charles Rudlace, 28, of Chali, was ruled a traffic fatality in a forklift collision near a work site.
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Associated Press
Nebraska
Ooch
Louis McFarling
Omaha
Donald Bourne
Grand Island
Lexington
Pebble Brown
U.S. 20
Alfred Steffenson
Novad
Diflers
Martha Schawainger
AAL Branch No. 19 Officers Re elected at Annual Meeting
Officers Vernon Wake President Howard Box Vice President and Clarence Johannes Secretary Treasurer were re elected at the annual inner meeting of AAL Branch No. 19 held Sunday at Zio Lather School. The Camp Laither picnic was discussed and prizes were awarded including door prizes to Mrs Reinhold Dolesh and Ewald Deichmann.
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Leigh
AAL
Zio Lather School
Vernon Wake
Howard Box
Clarence Johannes
Camp Laither
Reinhold Dolesh
Ewald Deichmann
Administration promises economic relief to Americans
Washington reports the Nison administration pledges substantial relief from rising food prices as it seeks to ease cost of living for households. Officials stress targeted measures and timely action to curb inflation and stabilize markets.
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Washington
Nison
Balloonist Forbes Aims For Longer Day In Nationwide Trip
Balloonist Malcolm Forbes planned a two to three week eastward crossing from Coos Bay Oregon to New Jersey hoping to break his own distance record of 213 miles in one day. He stayed aloft 13 hours 5 minutes the previous day setting a world duration mark for one day.
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Vecumseh
Neb
Malcolm Forbes
Forbes
Tecumseh
Coos Bay
Ore
Del
Laml
New Jersey
Forbes Magazine
Sir
Two Scotus Girls Win Chorus Berths at All-State Tryout
Lynne Daren and Eileen Gorka of Scotus Central Catholic earned chorus spots at the All-State event held Saturday at Creighton. Tada Sehrad was named alternate. The article notes extra context about the event and local school participation.
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Scous Central Catholic
Creighton Biblic
Lynne Daren
Eileen Gorka
Tada Sehrad
Iremont
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Coptey News Service
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Thay
Pallee
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Chali
Skaby
Herbert F. Stein
President's Council of Economic Advisers
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Renain
Stelgal
Evon
Stern
Federal Reserve Board
Schuyler
James Healy
Sheldon
Town
Jody Lynn
Harold Gerlach
Lincoln
Doc Healy
John J. Healy
Ilan Grady
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