Tourism growth in Nebraska area noted as visitor industry rises
Multiple reports over two weeks highlight the region’s expanding visitor economy. True Magazine and Keith County History Society discuss Lake McConaughy fishing, a county museum fund drive, and Front Street Ogallala’s attractions. Lincoln 1965 convention surge boosts local economy, with detailed spending patterns and a 32 percent attendance rise. The piece stresses tourism as a lasting economic factor amid school lunch funding debates and federal subsidy questions.
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Robert Manley
True Magazine
Pete Czura
McConaughy
Keith County Historical Society
Art Campbell
Nebraskaland
Front Street
Ogallala
Chamber of Commerce
Nebraska Conference of Soil
State Historical Society
Nebraska Stock Growers
Lutheran Hour
Cornhusker Lanes
Mitchell Sharp
Lincoln
The
Sunday Journal & Star
Convention and Visitor Committee
American Automobile Association
AAA
Nebraska
If It’s Good It Can’t Happen Here Motto
A civic pamphlet urges residents to avoid meetings, criticize local progress, distrust institutions, and harbor cynicism about community efforts. It lists hostile attitudes toward government, churches, media, and civic groups, while urging distrust of progress and involvement in local programs.
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Police Department
Fire Department
Chamber of Commerce
City Hall
Mutual News & Views
New GI Benefits Expanded by 1966 Vet Bill
The 1966 Veterans Readjustment Benefits Act passed both houses with 381 to 0 in the House and 99 to 0 in the Senate. It provides education and home loan support, sets monthly stipend scales, extends eight years to use benefits, and includes medical care under VA hospitals. It excludes National Guard and reserve service unless on active duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Representatives
Senate
Army National Guard
Air National Guard
Army Reserve
Naval Reserve
Marine Corps Reserve
Coast Guard Reserve
Veterans Administration
Federal Housing Administration
New York Library Converted for Theatre Festival Expansion
The site of New York's first public library is being repurposed as the headquarters for a theatrical enterprise that evolved from a free summer Shakespeare Festival. Begun with a $150 budget in 1953, the festival seeks $2.3 million over three years for a capital program to build two theatres and establish a year-round schedule in the former John Jacob Astor Library, which was slated for demolition before the acquisition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Johnson
Nebraska
Congress
The
Lincoln Evening Journal
First Library
New York
First Public Library
John Jacob Astor
Festival
Manhattan
Tired American editorial sparks nationwide attention
A Lincoln Evening Journal reprint of Alan McIntosh's editorial denounces attacks on America. It condemns mobs at embassies and information centers, anti Americanism, and lax critics while praising free enterprise and national pride. Strong figures and institutions named include the United States, Viet Nam policy, State Department, and various international counterparts.
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Alan McIntosh
The
Rock County Herald
Laverne, Minn
Lincoln
World Panhandlers
America
United States
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Keith County News
National Observer
State Boards of Education
Publishers’ Weekly
Source
Michener
Stone
the Lockwood Concern
O'Hara
Kaufman Thomas
Mydans
Schlesinger Kennedy
Sorensen
Berne
Capote
Montgomery
Sidney
State Department
Vietnam
Sidney Livestock Sales
Keith Deaver
Dave Truss
Harold Cave
Crook
Colo
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