Nebraska Fresh Air kit kit hits market with humorous pitch
LaVern M. Pfeifer of Columbus launches the Nebraska Fresh Air Farms project with a 96 page illustrated booklet and a kit touted as humor with a shade of realism. The debut came Aug 5 and more than 1,000 orders show strong curiosity for the offbeat item inspired by the pet rock craze.
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Stan Linhorst
Nebraska Fresh Air
LaVern M. Pfeifer
Columbus
Pfeifer
Nebraska Fresh Air Farms
Gary Dahl
Nebraska
Humphrey St. Francis
Smelvin
Fresh Air
Smelbert
Fresh Air project gains momentum in Nebraska towns
Pfeifer promotes a Nebraska Fresh Air kit with a mailbox display on Highway 30 and time capsule placements in Frankfort Square and Seward. Lon Wetten, Omaha Art School director, did most of the art and the book may be revised in future editions. Pfeifer plans nationwide sales and trade shows while seeking to acquire all the state’s fresh air.
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Nebraska
Pfeifer
Columbus
Lon Wetten
Omaha Art School
Fresh Air Farms
Highway 30
Frankfort Square
Seward
Mrzlak Family Leaves Scotus High After 20 Years
Scotus High School notes a long absence of the Mrzlak name from class rosters marking two decades since the last Mrzlak graduated. The text lists several children and their post school paths including Creighton University, Duchesne, Wayne State, Barat College and residences in Houston Denver Culver City Murray and Omaha.
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Scotus High School
M’s
Mrzlak
Nick
Teresa Mrzlak
Margaret
Joe E. Lee
Houston
Texas
Creighton College
Scotus
Suzanne
Creighton University
Murray, Utah
Terese
Culver City
Calif
Gregg
The
Columbus Telegram
Fourth candidate may hit ballot in Nebraska race
UPI reports Judge Warren Urbom opened the door to a possible fourth candidate for Nebraska in the November ballot. He told Secretary of State Beermann to decide if Libertarian Roger MacBride qualifies to appear, while McCarthy's independent bid also progressed.
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Lincoln, Neb
UPI
U.S
Warren Urbom
Nebraska
Urbom
Allen J. Beermann
Roger MacBridge
Virginia
Beermann
Eugene McCarthy
Minnesota
McCarthy
Ford
Jimmy Carter
MacBride
Urbam
Carter signals delay of welfare, health care programs
At a news conference in Atlanta Jimmy Carter said he would delay welfare reforms and expanded health care if needed to balance the federal budget. He accused Ford of triggering high unemployment and insisted no new programs would start unless costs fit his balanced budget goal.
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Atlanta
UPI
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Ford
McCollister Rejects Grain Embargo as Unlikely
Republican Senate candidate John Y. McCollister said a new grain embargo is unlikely even in a food emergency. He outlined five policy steps to promote grain markets and criticized Democratic Congress for obstructing producers. He defended defense spending and urged a strong U S response to North Korea and other challenges.
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Senate
John Y. McCollister
Platte County
U.S
McCollister
Democratic Congress
Congress
House
Facial Expression Bridge Across Language Barriers Abroad
After three months in Venezuela with the American Field Service program, 18-year-old Cyndi Classen found actions singing and facial expressions communicate across language gaps. She lived with the Fuenmayor family in La Trinidad and learned basic Spanish though she spoke little, noting cultural differences and economic contrasts.
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Venezuela
American Field Service
Cyndi Classen
Miss Classen
James Classen
Alberto Fuenmayor
la Trinidad
Caracas
Fuenmayor
Ministry of Education
May Columbus High
Birth rate shapes Columbus School District planning needs
The Columbus School District faces hard choices as birth rates decline and enrollments shift. Projections show cycles with peaks around 1969-70 and 1990-95, prompting potential consolidations, renovations, and new programs in preschool, community involvement, and summer offerings.
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Columbus
Columbus Parent Teachers Association
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Sammy Sneak
Larry Wisehart
Telegram
Bebe Rebozo
Nebraska Fresh Air Farmacy
Sneak
Humphrey
Cie Ie
Mrzlaks
Omaha
Bellwood
Loran Schmit
Third District
Virginia Smith
U.S. Senate
Classen
Lincoln
Dick Howe
Fred Bellum
Bellum
North Park
Lost Creek
West Park
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