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Newspaper

Polk Progress

Location

Polk, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Oct 28, 1971

Page

2

Hayrack fall injures A C Jones in Progress Files

From the Progress Files: A C Jones broke a leg in a hayrack fall, Ewarld Klingsporn’s corn is gathered, a military funeral for Lemuel Rex Wilcox in Arborville, Rev George Carter welcomed as new minister, and local social notes. The item lists multiple family visits, weddings, hunting trips, church events, and a public sale at Minnie Johnson’s home, with winter’s first frost and a hospital stay for Ewald Elingsporn.

A. C. Jones Ewarld Klingsporn Lemuel Rex Wilcox A. B Wilcox Arborville France Buriel Methodist Church George Carter Roy Branting North Platte Olof Ostlund N. Shenk Geneva Cohagen Leonard Hopkins W L. Cohagen John Joseph St. Paul Minn Gibbon Minnesota Dennis Mills Leonard Strasburg Duree McNeely Monroe John I. Anderson Lincoln Monson Philip Sack Stew Peterson David Anderson Professor Frysinger

Open Letter to Governor Exon on Nebraska farming and environment

An open letter argues Nebraska farmers achieved bumper corn and milo yields but warns that intensive fertilizer use and continuous ammonia application threaten soil health and groundwater. It cites Barry Commoner on pollution, urges environmental safeguards amid expansion of agriculture and industry.

Robert L. Anderson Nebraska Electric Farmer Nebraska Earth University of Nebraska At School Extension Service State National Departments of Agriculture The New Yorker Barry Commoner Commoner Kansas City Federal Environmental Protection Agency

Sixth Grade Busy Week Highlights

This note details the final week of the first nine weeks in sixth grade. Lesley returns, fitness tests determine who earns the President’s Physical Fitness patch, and Social Studies covers Latin America from Mexico to South America with historical context and language glimpses.

Lesley South America Mexico Central America United States Western Hemisphere Latin America New World Mark Clymer

Wilbur Whitacre Returns From Medora Visit

Mr and Mrs Wilbur Whitacre returned home Thursday after visiting the C. C. La Porte family in Medora Kansas. Dorothy Whitacre, now Mrs LaPorte, is a Polk native.

Martha Hall Nels Olof Walter Rudolph Nyberg G. Glad Hans Meline Eric Plane Hilding Fritz Harold Strand Lincoln Cornhuskers Kansas Clara Burke Polk High School Walter Nelson Harold Nelson Kathie Salchow Hampton and Bradshaw Gertrude T J Nelson Robert Glasser Ruth Elmer Hanquist Ruby Anderson Lloyd Krader R. EB Wilbur Whitacre C. C. la Porte Medora LaPorte Dorothy Whitacre Polk

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