Lyndon Johnson Faces Farm Aid and Free World Doubts
The piece argues for reduced federal farm program costs and higher consumer prices, urging more federal support for farmers in the Great Plains. It questions why the United States bears the burden in Vietnam, calling for broader Western involvement and shared responsibility among allies.
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Johnson
Great Plains
Sidney
Great American
Washington
Viet Nam
United States
Southeast Asia
Free World
Water drilling boom alarms Southwest farmers
A 250 person meeting in an Arizona farming community warned that Texas promoters drill deep wells to tap a dropping groundwater table. Farmers cited wells dropping from 1000 to 400 gallons per minute and noted $31,000 spent on wells, urging a ban on new desert-area drilling to protect cropland and avoid driving small farmers out of business.
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Arizona
Texas
Americans ignore plea to see America first abroad
A Johnson plea to spend travel money at home spurs a record surge in U S tourism to Europe with 1.35 million travelers, spending about 1.7 billion dollars including transport. Travel officials joke about penalties while urging foreign trips, asking whether air or sea will prevail for the trip this year.
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Johnson
America
United States
Golly
Europe
Congress
The
North Platte
Time zones in flux as April 25 brings daylight saving shifts
Keith County News notes the nation moves to daylight saving on April 25 causing a mix of time observances across states. Western Nebraska may stay behind while eastern areas advance, complicating schedules for transport, TV viewers, travelers, and businesses nationwide.
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America
Keith County News
Nebraska Legislature backs highway study and $300000 survey
Nebraska lawmakers approve a $300000 needs survey of the highway system to be conducted by a private engineering firm under a legislative Council Interim Committee. Federal funds would cover two thirds of the cost as urban road problems prompt cautious support.
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Melvin Paul
Statehouse
Lincoln
Nebraska
Legislative Council
Legisature
Ross Rasmussen
Hooper
State Highway Department
State Highway Advisory Commission
Cecil I. Craft
North Platte
Craft
Washington,d.c
State Agriculture Department
University of Nebraska and
State Education Department
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Missing pieces in the comic strip world
A reader laments losing touch with weekly comic strips while away from home. He recalls favorites like Little Orphan Annie Dick Tracy Moon Maid and Dagwood Blondie and notes how absence from the funny pages leaves him ignorant of ongoing storylines. He argues comics offer relief from daily life despite varied humor.
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Little Orphan Annie
Daddy Warbucks
Arizona
Chester
Moon Maid
Moon People
Dagwood
Blondie
Lil Abner
Matt
Jeff
Jiggs
Maggie
Dennis the Menace
Steam Wagon Road Pioneer Nebraska Landmark
In Nebraska Territory a steam wagon project aimed to solve plains transport. Gen. Joseph R. Brown and David L. Osborn brought a steam engine to Nebraska City in 1862, starting toward Denver with three wagons before a crank shaft break halted the effort.
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Gan
Nebraska City
Roca
Fort Kearny
Joseph R. Brown
Minnesota
New York
David L. Osborn
Otoe County
Denver
Gen. Brown
Osborn
Steam Wagon Road linked Otoe County to the west
In 1864 the Steam Wagon Road expanded west from Otoe County passing Yankee Hill and crossing the Blue River near Milford. W H Hill of Nebraska City secured the contract to lay out the road and build bridges. The route grew into a main freighting road to the west.
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Nebraska
Jefferson
Clay County
Adams County
New Fort Kearney
Platte River
Wyoming
Fort Kearny
Old Fort Kearny
Salt Creek Ford
Ashland
Bone Creek
Butler
Platte
Morton Farm
Monks Bake Special Wedding Cake in Louisville Event
In Louisville Kentucky the wedding cake for Donald Colvin and Betty Wright was baked by monks from the Trappist Monastery at Gethsemane. Colvin previously worked summers at the monastery for three years assisting in farming operations.
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Louisville
Donald Colvin
Betty Wright
Trappist
Gethsemane
Colvin
Lutheran Welfare Services in Illinois could unite two Lutheran agencies
A proposed merger of Lutheran Social Service of the Illinois Synod and the Illinois Lutheran Welfare Association may create the largest Lutheran welfare agency in the United States. Negotiations have run two years with final approvals due from delegates at the Illinois District Convention in Indianapolis April 20 22 and the Illinois Synod convention at Augustana College in Moline June 7-10.
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Lutheran Welfare Services
Illinois
United States
Lutheran Social Service
Illinois Synod of the Lutheran Church of America
Illinois Lutheran Welfare Association
American Lutheran Church
Illinois District Convention
Indianapolis
Ind
Illinois Synod of the Lutheran Church In America
Augustana College
Moline
Ill
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