Aviator Harry Frey recalls Lindbergh and early flight days
The Humboldt farmer and former barnstormer recounts partnering with Errol Bahl to train pilots, meeting Charles Lindbergh during the 1920s, soloing in 1922, and designing planes like the Red Bird and Lark. He notes factory ventures, the 1929 crash, and returning to farming with his wife Martha contributing to plane construction.
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Ming. Frey
Charles Lindbergh
Mile Field
Frey
Falls City
Errol Bahl
Humboldt
Errol
Bahl
Lincoln
Ray Page
Lincoln Standard Aircraft Corporation
Lindbergh
Barnstrom
Kansas
Atlantic
St. Joseph
Lindy
Melvin Coates
Aviation
Bern
Kan
Denver
Edwin Ross
Weber, Kan
Hardy
Edwin
Melvin
Ross
Coates
Freys
Harlan
Aviation Magazine
Chambers of Commerce
Red Bird
Russia
Germany
Oklahoma City
Martha
Harry
Nebraska seeks injunction to block HEW fund cut
U.S. District Court in Lincoln defers action on Nebraska AG request to halt a 1.386 million dollar HEW welfare funds withholding. HEW delays cuts until at least Oct 5 or Wednesday, giving Senate time for remedial legislation. Nebraska argues only two of 220 nursing homes fail review. claims discrimination and uneven payments to other states. The order hinges on avoiding immediate irreparable harm.
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U.S. District Court
Lincoln
Nebraska
U.S. Health, Education and Welfare Dept
U.S. District
Warren Urbom
HEW
Senate
State Welfare Dept
Attorney General
House
Health Care Assn
Patrick G. Nipp
Omaha
Continental Care Centers Inc
Nebraska Health Care Assa
Jack D. Vetter
Lisa Okerlund
Kearney
Edwin Brass
Loup City
Patricia McElhose
Wisner
Mae Evans
Ponca
Elms
Kevin Sommers
Lancaster Manor
Frost Expected Across Western Nebraska This Weekend
A cool front brings frost likely in western Nebraska Sunday with overnight lows in the 30s. Friday night and Saturday see a cool wet pattern from a midsection weather system and an Oklahoma low pressure center. Rain totals include 1.59 inches at Kearney and 1.28 inches at Burwell with lighter amounts elsewhere.
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Nebraska
United States
Oklahoma
National Weather Service
Kearney
Burwell
Valentine
Chadron
Grand Island
North Platte
Omaha
Exon seeks Andrus visit on Norden Dam plan for Niobrara
Gov. J. J. Exon asks U S Interior Secretary Cecil Andrus to visit Nebraska to study the Bureau of Reclamation Norden Dam proposal on the Niobrara River. Nebraska Agri Water Council backs a thorough reevaluation of North Loop irrigation plans. Exon cites Mirage Flats as a failed earlier bureau project with no water delivered. The Norden project envisions a dam on the Niobrara with canals and irrigation of about 77 000 acres.
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J. J. Exon
Nebraska
U.S. Interior
Cecil Andrus
Bureau of Reclamation
Norden
Niobrara River
Nebraska Agri- Water Council
North Loop
Norden Dam
Exon
Mirage Flats
Bureau
Niobrara
O'Neill
Save the
Agri- Water Council
Mark Bolin
Gibbon
Council
Bolin
South Africans reject German Freikorps formed army unit
London Telegraph reports defense chiefs blocking 300 immigrants mainly Germans from creating a private army, citing elitism concerns. Freikorps members, many WWII veterans, train weekly near Johannesburg with insignia featuring the German eagle and enlist immigrants from Germany, Switzerland, Holland, Austria, and Britain.
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London
Johannesburg
South Africa
The
Germanischer Freikorps
Germany
Switzerland
Holland
Austria
Britain
Nebraska Grain storage to be discussed
The Agriculture and Environmental Committee will meet at 2 p.m. next Friday to hear testimony on reports that farmers lack grain storage facilities. Sen. Loran Schmit of Bellwood said the committee will determine if the issue is localized statewide or regional.
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Agriculture and Environmental Committee
Loran Schmit
Bellwood
UPI
Grand Island youths get life and 25 years in Beery murder case
Bernard Schaeffer 17 is given life in prison while George Lanzendorf 16 receives 25 years for their roles in the May Beery hardware store killing. Beery, 28, was shot 18 times and found in a sandpit west of town. The panel cited Schaeffer’s age and lack of prior record as mitigating factors.
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Grand Island
Bernard Schaeffer
Hall County
L.t. Kelly Jr
George Lanzendorf
Donald N. Beery
Beery
Kelly
Schaeffer
State Supreme Court
Omaha
Lanzendorf
Long distance ambulance pact eyed for Grand Island
Health care providers in Grand Island study a contract with an Omaha firm to supply long distance ambulances. Rapid patient transfer to Lincoln and Omaha is hampered by current inbound ambulance routing, affecting St. Francis Lutheran Memorial and the VA hospital.
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Grand Island
UPI
Omaha
Nancy Kiburz
Greater
Hall County
Howard
Buffalo
Lincoln
Dennis Hiatt
American Ambulance Service
St. Francis
Lutheran Memorial
Veterans Administration Hospital
Lutheran Memorial Hospital
South Dakota inquiry finds man's money in three boxes
South Dakota Attorney General William Janklow said investigators found $122,000 in three Sioux City bank safe deposit boxes under James Clark. Clark's body was unearthed near North Sioux City after he appealed a drug conviction. A drug agent linked to Clark was found dead in Rapid City in 1975. Janklow also ordered a news blackout to protect the investigation.
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Associated Press
South Dakota
William Janklow
Sioux City
James Clark
North
Clark
Rapid City
Janklow
Salt Valley View flea market to aid park equipment
The Salt Valley View Neighborhood Assn sponsors a Sunday flea market from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. along Clearview Blvd to raise funds for a 4.5 acre city park. Items are donated by members but anyone may sell and no donation is required. Remaining items after the sale will be auctioned.
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Salt Valley View
Engstrom
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Harry Frey
Linda Ulrich
Nebraska Educational Television Network
Urbam
Catieda
Panhandle
Scottsbluff
Andrus
Freikorps
Douglas County Atty
Sam Cooper
Jewel Falkner
Nehawka
Cass County
UNO
University of Nebraska At Omaha
del Weber
Geanette Renee Meyer
Syracuse
Immanual Medical Center
George C. Holling
Knutzen
Owen Knutzen
Nebraska Personnel and Guidance Assn
Jones
Jesse J. Jones
Omaha National Bank
Douglas County District Court
Fred Montag
Big Springs
Texas
Lincolnites
Lincoln Area
Mary Donley
Leon Donley
Jami McKinney
Earl McKinney
Alvo
Randy Kobler
Dean Kobler
G.I
Sam Grimminger
Edith Beery
S. Dakota
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