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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1972
Page
3
The Progress Files reports Polk area sports noting the Cubs clinched their third consecutive district title while coal shortages affected supply in Polk and nearby towns. Local officials discuss a future caucus to fill expiring trustee terms as residents engage in social and family events across the region.
The Polk Progress lists editor details and mailing, with sections for obituary poetry and card of thanks. Subscription rates are 4.00 per year in Nebraska and 9.00 elsewhere, six months 2.50, three months 1.50 per single copy, with a 10 cent per line charge for poetry and card notices.
A sequence of local notices records farewell parties for Ivan Peterson moving to Fullerton and Julia Rice headed to Erie Kansas, a 86 year old John W Nelson funeral in Hordville, and a 15th wedding anniversary surprise at Guenther Mueller home. Also noted are Osceola Os memorials, Hordville dinners, and a State Co op Council meeting in Grand Island with Polk County participation.
The piece revisits Khrushchev era reforms and re-Stalinization in Russia, noting bureaus craving autocratic power without a Stalinist cult. It critiques U.S. fear-driven Cold War attitudes, McCarthyism, and missed chances to ease tensions, aided by the U-2 incident and flawed Vietnam policy, concluding with a wary view of American fear.
Marlin W Junge of Wheatridge Colorado visited Sunday with his mother in law Mrs Wilda Holmes and Robert. Mrs Hulda Sagehorn attended Baptismal services for her granddaughter Lisa Ann Kohtz daughter of Am dean Kohtz. She later joined open house at Richard Grasse in Hampton and spent the evening with Martha Larson at York Manor. Mrs Harry Brown and boys Mrs Eugene Ortgelsen Chad and Mrs Robert Ostrander and family were Monday morning coffee guests at Gary Harless home.
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