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Polk Progress

Location

Polk, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Aug 22, 1974

Page

2

Polk remembers and celebrates local life across many events

The Polk area shares news of church events, family milestones, and community changes. A church basement dedication follows a morning service with a community dinner, while a truck train collision injures Paul Munger near Polk. Local residents engage in vacations, weddings, school hires, and new homes as residents travel to Omaha and Lincoln for events and jobs.

W. A. Refshuage Iowa Arnold Lodgepole Gertrude Stevens Ed Stevens Walter Bristol Chappell Sterling Colo Swede Plain Rolland Dahlin Peterson North Dakota Alfreda Ostberg Johnson Cafe North Platte Violet Gustafson Crow Ray Sealey Polk Dukes Oregon Standard Oil Co The Progress Standard Oil Gustafson

Obituary Poetry Rates and Publication Details

The notice lists post office classification for Polk Nebraska and pricing for obituary poetry cards and subscriptions. Advertising rates per column inch are 77 cents, obituary poetry per line 15 cents, card of thanks 20 cents per line with a $2 minimum, subscriptions $6 per year in Nebraska and higher elsewhere, with three months and six month options.

Polk Nebraska Inch

Open letter on Watergate and democracy in Nixon era

A Vancouver journalist argues democracy must expose how Nixon support arose and calls for ending secrecy including CIA power. He warns that campaign money, committees, and lax laws enable corrupt leaders and stresses open government and vigilant voters to choose principled leaders.

Richard Milhaus Nixon Nixon Charlie Wolverton Vancouver B. C Oregon London England U .S Stimson Dulles Rusk Bundys Ike Kennedy Johnson Rhine Vietnam Hawaii Los Angeles Kissinger Commie Henry Thomas Buckle White House John Gardner Common Cause Gerald Ford United States Oval Office CIA

Polk area visitors share social calls

Mrs Hazel White of Burley South Dakota and Mrs Paula Ferris of Salt Lake City Utah visited Wednesday evening at the home of Mr and Mrs Walter Nelson. Mrs Minnie Wright visited Seward Sunday with the Doug Colberg family.

Hazel White Burley Paula Ferris Salt Lake City Utah Walter Nelson Minnie Wright Seward Doug Colberg

Local Competitor Nets Nine Firsts At 12 Entries

Mrs Oliver Baker also won nine first places and three seconds across twelve entries. The tally highlights strong performance by the Baker participant in a crowded meet.

Oliver Baker

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