Bill to raise funds for Nebraska centennial promotion
Nebraska Centennial Commission seeks a 0.07 mill levy to finance promotional work for the 1967 centennial. The plan restricts funds to educational cultural and promotional uses, not building construction. A 1963-65 appropriation request of 72 480 dollars is also under consideration to accelerate celebration plans.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Nebraska Centennial Commission
W. D. Aeschbacher
Commission
A. James Ebel
Unicameral
Ebel
Steen
M. O. Steen
Nebraska Game Commission
The
Game Commission
Nemaha
Richardson
Missouri River
Birth Defects and Thalidomide Spur March of Dimes Campaign
The article outlines the March of Dimes Mothers' March efforts in late January 1963 addressing thalidomide linked birth defects. It notes the foundation's 25th anniversary, expansion of birth defect and arthritis centers, and ongoing polio support. It emphasizes early diagnosis, multidisciplinary care, and public-science partnership to prevent disability and advance treatment.
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National Foundation
United States
America
National Foundation-March of Dimes
Saik
March of Dimes
Lincoln meeting pleas for state aid to keep colleges affordable
Representatives from five colleges warned in Lincoln that without state aid many students would be priced out of higher education. Current funding relies on mill levies and student tuition.
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Lincoln
Anniversary and birth notices amid 1953 Osceola records
The Osceola Record reports Mr and Mrs Edward Crossant of Stromsburg celebrated a January wedding anniversary. It notes the birth of Charles Melvin to Mr and Mrs Melvin McGimpsey of Shelby on January 15. The Joachim Robak farm near Lone Star sold at public auction to Lonnie Cyza for 10150 per acre. Pupils Dist 37 and teacher Mrs Clyde Smith watched Eisenhowers inauguration at the Watts home January 20. Jack Conrad, son of Mr and Mrs Ray Conrad, earned Navy ROTC selection as a top high school candidate.
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Melvin McGimpsey
Shelby
Charles Melvin
Shelby Capital
Joachim Robak
Lone Star
Lonnie Cyza
Dist
Clyde Smith
Watts
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Jack Conrad
Ray Conrad
Cold snap hits area with twenty below unofficial low
Twenty degree below readings mark the coldest spell in over five years as Private Raymond Wagner returns on furlough. Merle Watts and spouse of Valentine welcome Patricia Sue born January 14, a 9 pound daughter. Petrus Nelson public auction set for January 27. Polk and Butler County Farmers Insurance Co holds annual meeting in She-, with further details not shown.
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Mercury
Raymond Wagner
Merle Watts
Valentine
Patricia Sue
Petrus Nelson
Polk and Butler County Farmers Insurance Co
She
Blizzard remembered in Nebraska pioneer history
A slice of old notes recalls local life including birthdays at the Blake home, cafe openings by Dee Brown and John DeLand, and a doctor’s antique firearms collection. It also quotes 1880s Nebraska weather coverage, noting the Great Blizzard’s impact and later regional tragedy and heroism in early newspaper history.
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T. W. Blake
Blake
Dee Brown
John DeLand
Finecy
Coe
Co K
Lynn Sheldon
Farm Bureau Board
Bert Dunn
C. L. LeMar
Michigan
State Historical Society
Nebraska
Omaha _ Republican
The
Lincoln Journal
Westinghouse
Weather Bureau
Journal
Northwest
Blizzard Club Remembers 1888 Nebraska Blizzard
Seventy five years after the January 12 1888 blizzard Nebraska marks the anniversary with annual Blizzard Club meetings. The group honors pioneers and preserves history including the volume In All Its Fury compiled under W H O Gara and Ora A Clement's chapter Newspaper Accounts of the Blizzard.
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Plains
Nebraska
Blizzard Club
W. H. O’gara
Ora A. Clement
Treasury reminder on bonds for tax refunds beginning this year
The Treasury Department notes that starting this year taxpayers can apply refunds from income tax returns to purchase U S Savings Bonds. This change signals a shift in how individuals can receive and invest their tax refunds through government savings instruments.
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Treasury Department
U. S
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Parks Division
Indian Cave State Park
Frontier Airlines
Lewis Dymond
Frontier
Richard Marvel
Hastings
Budget Committee
Omaha Municipal University
Oliver
Osceola
Osceola Ins., Inc
Geo. W. Engelhardt
Pres
C. E. Jones
W. Pres
Walter Pool
Rising City
Treas
C. E. Casselberry
Sec’y
Bert Smith
Henry Ebel
Bellwood
Security Bank
Greenwood Lumber Co
Hubert Russell
Barbara Alyn
Polk County Board of Commissioners
Rebekah Lodge
N. G
Fanny McCray
W. G
C. A. Dawes
Edith Gray
Bernice Brown
Hattie Newcomer
Bert Hotchkiss
Edward Crossant
Stromsburg
Jain
Fred Braithwait
Musician
W. H. Clark
Old
Rexall
Schick
Rexall Drug
Mr. Farmer
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