Legislative action boosts municipal and county pay and powers
The 1961 Nebraska Legislature enacted extensive bills affecting municipal and county government. At least 29 bills targeted municipal government and 33 addressed county government, excluding Lincoln and Omaha. Key moves include higher pay for county commissioners and supervisors, set salaries for other elected officers, and mileage fee hikes for sheriffs using personal cars in neighboring counties. The measure also caps for village trustees and enables city administrators for towns 5,000 to 40,000, with villages gaining off street parking authority. County surveyors’ pay was also addressed.
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Lincoln
Omaha
Nebraska Legislature Reforms Fees and Government Structure
Nebraska lawmakers pass fee increases for county clerks and registers of deeds, shifting copies and titles costs. They propose a study of small town economies, oversee a constitutional amendments ballot, and replace the Board of Control with two single‑administrator departments for Public Welfare and Public Institutions.
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Nebraska
Board of Control
Department of Public Welfare
Department of Public Institutions
Frank Morrison
Chaos Poem Teaches English Pronunciation Challenges
A short verse highlights the difficulty of English spelling with echoes of homographs. It cites a poem titled Chaos from an English pronunciation book by G. N. Trentte used in Dutch schools. The speaker promises to teach hard words like corpse corps horse and worse.
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G. N. Trentte
Phonetic Maze Rhyme and Final Advice
A playful list explores near rhyme pairs and homophones in English, highlighting contrasts like blood and flood, moss and gross, through and thorough. The verse ends with a plea to abandon the effort.
Osceola Visit Highlights Gabriel Family Gathering
Margaret Schweser and her California husband visit Osceola to see relatives. Albert Gabriel and family join relatives at the Kenneth Ebel home in Bellwood to honor Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Gabriel and their daughters Darlene and Celia from Moline Illinois.
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Bert'Smith
Margaret Schweser
California
Osceola
Albert
Gabriel
Kenneth Ebel
Bellwood
Ernie Gabriel
Darlene
Celia
Moline
Illinois
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