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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1959
Page
2
About sixty boys with managers traveled to Omaha Monday afternoon to view games between Omaha and Denver. The group wore shirts labeled Dodgers Yanks Braves reflecting a hoped for photo for the issue.
The Marine Corps Combat Correspondents Association held its first postwar military Conference and Annual Convention in Washington. More than a hundred members, mostly over 40, reunited to honor the chain of war reporting. A salute to General Robert L. Denny, USMC retired, founder of Marine public information and combat correspondents.
The decision to remove four French bases as 200 U S fighter-bombers and 6 000 Air Force personnel and dependents to Britain and West Germany is criticized as a diplomatic defeat. The piece blames General Lauris Norstad and notes tensions with General de Gaulle and Washington’s limited support. It cites Eisenhower’s remarks about a de Gaulle visit and a planned meeting “at the first opportunity.”
The piece argues the administration failed to manage key events including talks with the French President, Georgia golf, a waterway opening, and the Russian exposition. It notes that removing warplanes and personnel is underway, predicting limited chance to repair damage without surrender to French demand for atomic authority, blaming the State Department and CIA.
The report contrasts Herter’s guarded view on a Geneva breakthrough with British optimism on a summit and Berlin pact. It also highlights National Safety Council data and events, noting Farm Safety Week, tractor accidents, and farm fire losses, with figures on rural deaths and injuries.
County Agent notes mark dates for 4-H events at Osceola and Stromsburg with July 28 county demonstration and July 30 music contest and dress revue. August 5 includes girls judging at Osceola. camp highlights list 4-H attendees from Polk County and nearby towns. Also covers Balance Sheet of Agriculture liquid assets and local corn borer reports and farm briefs on pesticides, sorghum trends, milk consumption, and radioactive fallout safety.
District 54 notes describe visits by families from Denver to Osceola area residents with multiple calls on friends and relatives across Osceola Polk and David City. Activities include birthday gatherings hospital visits 4 H club events and family dinners with Imhoff Wyman Tooker Atkinson Gehring and Benson families noted.
A long list of social visits spans Council Bluffs, Omaha, Clarks, Central City, Denver, Worcester, Overbrook, Columbus, Silver Creek, and Marquette. Families including the Wyman, Duracinski, Engel, Burger, Gwartney, Blattman, Staniec, Imm, and Steffens share picnics, hospital calls, and a 20 year siblings reunion at Julia Staniec's Silver Creek home.
Mr and Mrs Warren Johnson and sons of Stromsburg visited Sunday for dinner and supper with Mr and Mrs Elmer E Johnson. Also joining were Mr and Mrs Rolland Johnson and daughter.
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