Progress Files Snapshot of 1950s Polk County Life
Readable items reflect community events in Polk including family anniversaries and weddings Chauncey Gustafson's 25th, Reuben Meline pre flight transfer, and 2nd Lt Raymond Stevens visit. Mentions Polk Schools bus purchase 2 years ago and local farm sales plus fair activities and parish gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reuben Meline
Waco
Texas
del Monte
Calif
Chauncey Gustafson
Clarks
Maynard Schrader
Nashville
Tenn
Ft. Dix
New Jersey
Pete Schrader
Jacqueline Lindburg
Denver
M. G. Lindburg
Henry Horstman
Ed Larson
Gloria
Thede Larson
J. W. Nelson
Helen Lohmiller
Belen Nelson
Erma Nelson
Platte River
Raymond Stevens
T Wy Stevens
Rockford
Elmer Peterson
Grand Island
Charles Stettner
Oscar Peterson
Leslie Adelson
Elwyn Johnson
John Johnson
Polk Progress Prices and Line Items Noted
Fragmentary OCR shows varied line entries with prices and currency symbols. The readable parts indicate catalog-like value notes and per-line pricing, but specific items, dates, or entities are unclear.
Polk Happenings: Andersons and Others Attend Funerals
Mr and Mrs Lee Anderson and Jill of Atoka Oklahoma stayed with the Oscar Anderson home from Wednesday to Sunday to attend the funeral of her uncle Mr Axer. Roy Glasser Jr and Sr plus Art Lowe Woodstock Minnesota and Lauren Glasser Cleghorn Iowa were also mentioned as visitors. Dwight Burney attended Attorney John Dougherty’s funeral at York and the Burneys visited Mrs Dougherty after services at East Ridge Catholic Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk
H. E. Warren
Otto Wilshusen
Will Blase
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Rena Mae Willits
Imogene Hanquist
Reatha
Martha Creech
Mary Lou
Carmen Sandell
Lavonne Lyle
Rena Mae
Riley School
Lincoln
Grant Johnson
Leand Bower
Manley Fisher
Blair
Walden McNaught
Ft. Riley
Kansas
McNaught
Hastings
Lee Anderson
Jill
Atoka
Okla
Oscar Anderson
Axer
Roy Glasser, Jr
Roy Glasser
Black Hills
Gavins Point
Art Lowe
Woodstock Minn
Lauren Glasser
Cleghorn
Iowa
Dwight Burney
Atty
John Dougherty
York
East Ridge Catholic Church
Burneys
Dougherty
Kissinger Senate hearing raises questions on Cambodia bombing
The article portrays Dr Henry Kissinger's Senate confirmation hearing amid tough queries on the secret Cambodia bombing. It critiques Nixon administration secrecy and warns that fear and power tempt reckless policy, urging elected leaders to pursue world security over national bravado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Kissinger
Senate
Congress
Cambodia
United States
Kissinger
Dr. Kissinger
Nixon
Henry David Thoreau
Henry
Also Mentioned on This Page
By Alvena Lind
Chauncey Gustafsons
Jack Dinsdale
Dinsdale Bros
Palmer
Henry Washington
Wilber
Polk-Stromsburg
Polk Farmers Co-op Grain Association
James Earl Bay
Ocean Park
Wash
Lloyd Hahn
Reuben Hanquist
Alding
Alvin Dahlin
Harold Miller
Nief Ostberg
St. Paul Legion Hall
Miller
Dolan
Joe) Hahn
Michael Joe
O. P. Alfred
Norris
Genoa
Anton Alfred
Scottsbluff
Farmers Coop
Grain Ass
Polk, Nebraska
Alfred
Nebraska
Nebraska Press Association
Inenaper
Watergate
Mason
Mason Nurseries
York, Nebraska
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