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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1968
Page
11
The document outlines multiple proposed constitutional amendments for Nebraska. It discusses pardons and clemency powers, state corp orations for electricity, legislative compensation, tax exemptions and homesteads, education loans, highway bonds, and legislative salaries.
Proposed Amendment No 11 seeks to amend the constitution to tighten the prohibition on legislators accepting additional state offices. The measure would prevent sitting lawmakers from being appointed to another state position while already serving, defining scope and enforcement mechanisms.
Text notes that employees of the Legislature shall receive no compensation beyond salary or per diem. Submitted by Frank Marsh Secretary of State. Publication scheduled three times during the weeks of October 14, 21, and 22, 1968.
Secretary Orville Freeman announced a reseal program for 1969 70 crops including Wheat corn milo oats barley and soybeans from 1968 that are eligible for price support loans stored on farm or commercially and resealed after loan maturity in spring and summer 1969 1964 1967 crops remain under reseal. The move aims to strengthen producer bargaining power and prices by speeding loan uptake.
Polk residents hosted and visited multiple families over the weekend. Ekdahl birthday was celebrated with Dick Harless Coover families and Eddie in attendance. Neighbor visits included Bayne of North Platte, Joe Ehn pair, Roger Gustafson and Hanah Hahn households, Hanquist and Dale Hanquist families, Hilmer Jones Wichita guests, and Dawn with Walli Killion visiting Denver with Mrs M C Killion.
The advertisement promotes Al Bonta of Exeter Nebraska for Railway Commission District 4. It pledges to push for safer railway crossing standards, especially at school bus crossings, and notes he is a family man with a wife and nine children. The ad is paid for by Al Bonta of Exeter Nebraska.
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