Car-truck crash kills C Augustine Jr in Shelby area
A car-truck collision two miles east of Shelby at 7 p.m. Saturday killed Charles Augustine Jr., 21, of Rising City. Ronald Ziemba, 21, Osceola, suffered facial injuries and was hospitalized. Wayne Rice, 52, of Waco, drove the cattle truck involved. Augustine leaves a wife and two children.
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Shelby
Charles Augustine Jr
Augustine
Ronald Ziemba
Osceola
Wayne Rice
Waco
Ziemba
Jeffrey Hospital
Charles Augustines
Rising City
Final Winners of OXCO Bucks Draw
Mrs Kenneth Studley won both top prizes in the OXCO67 drawing held Saturday by the Osceola Chamber of Commerce. She received 50 dollars plus 10 in script. Other 10 dollar winners were Ron Emmons Elsie Prell Barbara Senn and Mrs Virgil Bugbee. BACK IN USA Airman Gary A Mentink USN son of Mr Gerald Mentink of Stromsburg Neb has returned from a seven month deployment with the 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean aboard the Saratoga. After 10 port calls in seven countries the Saratoga arrived at Mayport Fla where crewmen will spend the holidays before sailing to Philadelphia for overhaul.
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Kenneth Studley
Osceola Chamber of Commerce
Ron Emmons
Elsie Prell
Barbara Senn
Virgil Bugbee
USA
Gary A. Mentink
Usn
Gerald M. Mentink
Rt. 2
Stromsburg
Neb
United States
6Th Fleet
Mediterranean
Saratoga
Mayport
Fla
Philadelphia
Osceola Bulldogs set for Clarks Aurora and Aquinas
Osceola Bulldogs prepare for next week after three wins and two losses. They play Tuesday at Clarks and Friday night they host Aurora. January 12 they'll face David City Aquinas, then the conference tournament runs January 16 to 20 at Stromsburg.
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Sporting
Osceola Bulldogs
Clarks
Aurora
Nigt
David City Aquinas
Stromsburg
SWCD Members Attend All Day Area Meeting
Raymond Burke chairman of Polk County SWCD Jim Ericksen work unit conservationist Bruce Anderson Stromsburg and Mrs DeVern Rodenen SWCD district clerk attended an all day area meeting of the SWCDs with others.
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Raymond Burke
Polk County Soil and Water Conservation District
Jim Ericksen
Bruce Anderson
Stromsburg
DeVern Rodenen
SWCD
Weather shifts after snowfall as holidays near end
Wednesday brought bright sunshine after a Tuesday snowstorm. Readings show a sequence from December 20 to 26 with temperatures ranging from the low single digits to mid fifties and a trace of precipitation on Christmas Day, followed by a sudden spike to 2210 on Tuesday.
City Hall steel frame rising as weather delays cladding
The new storage building at City Hall has its steel frame erected but Christmas break and bad weather push back the metal skin installation. City equipment sits in the space under an exposed roof. The Nebraska Soil and Water Conservation Commission met in Beatrice on Monday December 18. The film The Gering Valley Story by the Commission was shown. Round Table talks were held on various topics. Polk County SWCC will meet December 27 at 8 p.m. in the Osceola office. Immigration and Naturalization Service warns aliens to report addresses soon, with January set as the reporting period. Forms will be available at post offices and INS offices during January.
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City Hall
Nebraska Soil and Water Conservation Commission
Beatrice
Gering Valley
Commission
Polk County
SWCC
Osceola
Immigration and Naturalization Service
United States
The
U.S
Congress
Federal Reserve
Auto and Allied Lines
Johnson
Vietnam
North Vietnam
Southeast Asia
Free World
United Auto Workers
Banks
N. Y. Stock Exchange
McNamara
Tention
U. S
Fed
1968 Economic Forecast Warns of Inflation and Reform
Babson predicts a volatile 1968 with inflation, tax shifts, and dollar pressures. Opportunities arise from dollar defense, stock market shifts, and expected growth in building and retail, but price rises and credit tightening threaten profits and living costs.
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Howes
Thayers, Hills and Howes
Indiana
Bill Engert
Babson
Roger Babson
C. Augustine Jr
Johansens
Oxco Bucks
Rgigen
Pepe
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