Lodgepole Plaza Community News and Welcome to New Residents
April showers give way to May flowers as residents of Lodgepole Plaza bid farewell to Caroline Anderson who moves to Saint Paul. Church services, bingo nights, film viewings, and May baskets from local groups fill the week. New residents include Jessie Beavers Oscar Aurich and Bessie McNurlin with welcomes from staff and neighbors. Esther Booth passes away after a long quiet life. In San Francisco a contrast in military pride is shown by interservice billboards.
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Lawanda Bennett
Saint Paul
Caroline Anderson
Abke
Presbyterian Church
Rev Bennett
Four-Square
Panhandlers Extension Club
Safeway
Weyerts Lutheran
Pearl McNamee
Aberdeen
S.C
Mildred Wise
Plaza
Jessie Beavers
Dalton
Ralph
Oscar Aurich
Bessie McNurlin
Sidney
Robert Young
Elsa Keenan
Fortage
Ind
Eleanor Williams
Prairie Tex
Marvin
Gurley
Wava Peterson
Memorial Hospital
Wava
Esther Booth
Dix celebrates bicentennial with sunrise volley salute
Dix American Legion fired five volleys to start the bicentennial celebration. Cmdr Larry Engstrom Bob Steele Wayne Manning David Allison and Suane Barrett joined in. Others attended breakfasts, dinners, and club gatherings across Dix as families and veterans marked the weekend with visits, birthday celebrations, and social events.
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Dix
Dix American Legion
Four Corners
Legion
Larry Engstrom
Bob Steele
Wayne Manning
David Allison
Suane Barrett
Potter Legion
Potter
Bob Peterson
Bob Peterson Jr
Art Larson
Alma Larson
Rose Anderson
Kimball
Ralph Anderson
Norman Johnson
Kim Killham
Olic Johnson
A J Adams
Dix Community Room
Lloyd Shaw
Low
LaVern Shaw
Gee Jackson
Womens High
Laura Biesecker
Bob Gustinson
Ed Forsyths
Lloyd Shaws
Gardner Nott
Cecil Wycoffs
Lawrence Engstrom
George Jacksons
LaVern Shaws
Rawlings
Florence Tobler
Nancy Biesecker
Jerome Lobner
George Jackson
Louisa Scheele
W D Mathews
Don Burch
Grand Island
Tom McGowan
Emil Dodics
Bob Hill
Bridgesdale
Colorado
Pearl Gunderson
Duane Tobler
Mildren
Dwaine Burton
Twin Falls
Idaho
Gerald Hall
Dolla Hall
Shell City
Tobler's
Ellen Jacobs
Jacobs
Tobler’s
Grain reserve plan eyed by State Department official
State Department official Thomas Enders said the Ford administration hopes to decide within a couple of months on the U S position for an international grain reserve to hedge against future shortages. He noted questions on commodities, ownership, enforcement, and safeguards, with possible inclusion of wheat and rice and private farmer ownership.
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Don Kendall
Washington
State Department
Ford Administration
U. S
Thomas O. Enders
Enders
U.S
Farm Editors of America
Congress
Rome
Soviet Union
Country Store Benefit Set by Lodgepole Auxiliary
Lodgepole American Legion Auxiliary Unit 286 announces a Country Store at the Lodgepole Senior Center on Tuesday starting at 9am and continuing all day. Items for sale include baked goods dishes and plants with coffee and rolls served. Contributions welcome from the community.
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Lodgepole
Francis de Brunner
Lodgepole American Legion Auxiliary
Lodgepole Senior Center
Farm price supports push to avert veto faces key votes
Close Ford associate Rep Albert H. Quie and Rep Charles Thone lead a bid to stop a presidential veto on a bill raising target prices for corn, wheat, and cotton and dairy supports. The House passed the measure 248 to 166, with administration aides warning of higher milk and cheese costs and broader spending.
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Washington
Ford
Albert H. Quie R Minn
House
Charles Thone
Agriculure
Earl L. Butz
Butz
Peter A. Peyser
R-N.y
Peyser
Andreas Nebraska Atlas to be republished with index
Alfred Theodore Andreas and the Western Historical Company produced a massive Nebraska atlas with county histories and biographical sketches. Raymond E. Dale added an index in 1962. Nebraska State Historical Society plans a two volume reprint at 26.50, rising to 28.50 after May 31, with late summer delivery.
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Nebraska
Alfred Theodore Andreas
Western Historical Company
Chicago
Andreas
New York
Iowa
Ilinois
Illinois
Thompson & Everts Atlas Publishing Company
Minnesota
Raymond E. Dale
Nebraska State Historical Society
The
Dale
State Society
American Beef Packers talks aim toward solvency
Omaha AP report says negotiations with New York City backers move toward a new line of credit to raise 25 to 30 million dollars. ABP seeks to reopen plants and pay about 8000 creditors as bankers speculate on leadership changes though West intends to stay.
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OMAHA
American Beef Packers, Inc . of
New York City
Associated Press
ABP
Frank West
West
River City Review to launch in Omaha on May 14
Former Omaha Sun reporter Mick Rood announced the River City Review, an Omaha area journalism review. It will publish every other Wednesday with coverage of media news operations. The initial press run will be at least 5,000 copies, mostly free, with later issues offered to paid subscribers.
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OMAHA
Omaha Sun
Mick Rood
Omaha Area Journalism Review
Rood
River City Review
UP profits decline in first quarter 1975
Union Pacific reports a 22 percent drop in earnings for the first quarter of 1975. Chairman Frank Barnett cites lack of railroad rate relief, recession, and repeal of the oil depletion allowance as causes. Net income totaled $24.5 million, down $7 million from the prior year.
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NEW York
Union Pacific Corporation
Frank Barnett
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