New Year Reflections and Historic White House Reception
A nostalgic piece recalls New Year customs from Jefferson's White House reception to Chinese New Year rites. It notes Jefferson's 1801 public greeting, with a Marine band firing a volley and celebrations, and contrasts it with annual New Year debts and resolutions. The writer ponders daily resolutions over yearly promises.
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Washington
Social Security rate changes under new plan
The program will apply a uniform rate for hospital insurance across three groups starting in 1986 at 35 percent. Scheduled increases aim to maintain financing with a scale rising to 0.5 percent in 1967, 5 percent in 1973, 6 percent in 1976, 7 percent in 1980, and 10.8 percent in 1987. Omaha district office details provided.
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Randolph Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and Guests
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Swigart and Susan visited the Wederquist home Sunday night. Mrs. Jess Webster and the Webster family joined in dinner at the Harve Thomas home in Coin. Carl McCreedy and Merle Ferrel called on friends in Omaha and Shenandoah. Chester Hansell dined with Lou Patton in Tabor. Mrs. Blezek and Mrs. Wanner visited Omaha. Earl Phillips and Cheryle attended the Messiah in Clarinda. Bill Lundy callers in Earl Phillips’s home.
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Vernon Swigart
Susan
R. E. Wederquist
Jess Webster
Joy Lee Webster
Tabor
Harve Thomas
Coin
Carl McCreedy
Dean McCreedy
Omaha
Merle Ferrel
Lula
Lena Penn
Shenandoah
Chester
Rosemary Fichter
Win. Kerr
Ben Brannian
Chester Hansell
Herses Hansell Jr
BD. T. McCracken
Jowery
St. Josephs Hospitals
Donald Howery
Howerys
Ernest Swinford
Maryville
Melvin Mooore
Hamburg
Woodrow Longmaker
Don Beggs
Don Jamison
Melvin Moore
Hamburg Hospital
Guy Johnson
Stanley Schaaf
Hawley Schaaf
Ed Walter
Kenneth Malcom
John Rhode
Jonathan
Tahor
Dean Swett
Council Bluffs
Dale Malcom
Nishna Valley School News Tries Four Science Projects
NV Science Dept. divides into Chemistry Transportation Communication Photography and Wiretronicy with student leaders guiding transitions. Projects include ground to air rocket print development dark room radio station and electronics chemistry experiments showcasing the school science program and teacher leadership.
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Tn le Sonhamore
Student Editorial Gun Safety by Captoin Archer
A student editorial urges tighter gun safety as population rises and careless handlers threaten others. It stresses keeping guns and shells away from children, loading and handling diligence, and strict adherence to hunting laws to prevent shootings.
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Captoin Archer
Marnie Fender Named NV Senior Saint
Connie Nielsen profiles Marnie Fender of Hastings as this week’s honored senior. The petite student majors in English literature American government bookkeeping homemaking and art and is active as baton twirler and substitute cheerleader. Her favorites include the Seven Days in May book the Yum Yum Tree film and the Beach Boys. She plans to marry after graduation.
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Marnie Fender
Morris Fender
Hastings
Marnie
Chevrolet
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Noel Allen Named to Honor Society
Noel Allen, a sophomore at the Malvern school, is named December's National Honor Society honoree for outstanding character and scholastic ability. He studies Spanish II, geometry, world history, physical science, and English II and participates in Bible and Spanish clubs. He has served on student council and as class officer and librarian.
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National Honor Society
Noel Allen
Noel
Besween
Safety Belt Belief by Danny Roeder
In a column by Danny Roeder readers discuss wearing seat belts as standard in modern cars. He notes belts save lives but many find them uncomfortable before getting used to them and recalls how forgetting to buckle up feels risky.
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Malvern’s
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Doug Sanders
Danny Roeder
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