Nebraska Transportation Shift Reflected In Capitol Records
Statehouse reports show Nebraska's transport scene shifting from rail and truck toward autos and airlines. The Railway Commission allowed Chicago & Northwestern to drop two passenger trains on the Omaha to Chadron run, citing unprofitable passenger service while freight remains. The State Board of Control faced criticism over the Omaha School for the Deaf PR. Oil and gas prospects drawn as state geologist notes potential expansion in Panhandle and southeast Nebraska counties. The State Board of Education faces action on 27 small districts, risking lawsuits over high school standards and free tuition levies.
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Melvin Paul
Statehouse
Lincoln
Nebraska
Capitol
State Railway Commission
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Omaha
Chadron
Oil and Gas
Eugene Reed
Reed
Legislative Council
Panhandle
Dundy
Hitchcock
Red Willow
Harlan County
State Board of Education
F. B. Decker
Decker
Pay TV opposition voiced by Rep Miller in notice to Nebraskans
Rep Miller reports strong opposition to pay television in Nebraska Fourth District. He notes no favorable letters despite daily propaganda from business interests and urges more Nebraskans to share views. He cites personal visits to Nebraska and invites constituents to Washington for tours and breakfasts with the delegation.
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Washington
Nebraska
Congress
House
Senate
Ike
Capitol
Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
Nebraskans in Cowboy Hall of Fame first group named
The Cowboy Hall of Fame under construction selects three Nebraskans for the inaugural group. Buffalo Bill Cody joins William North and Edward Creighton, early cattlemen tied to the Dismal River and to the Union Pacific telegraph, in a century defining western development.
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Cody, North and
Creighton
Cowboy Hall of Fame
Oklahoma City
William F
Buffalo Bill” Cody
Buffalo Bill
United States
North Brothers
North Platte
Te Platte River
Sandhills
Frank North
John Bratt
Cody
North
United States’ Army
Edward Creighton
Nebraska
Creighton University
Wyoming
Union Pacific
Hollywood stars eye Europe and Australia tours
Hollywood column notes Yul Brynner planning a two week Australian literary readings tour before heading to New York then Europe for The Journey. Bill Holden weighs Roots of Heaven involvement and Vic Damone plans a Europe singing tour with Pier Angeli practicing ballet. Anna Kashfi attends a wedding, Kathy Grant Crosby pursues acting, Katy Jurado eyes romance, Mamie Van Doren bows out of High School Confidential, Ray Anthony’s rock tour grows, Sammy Davis Jr surgery leads to Eddie Fisher substitute, Dan O Herliby family expands, Sammy’s surgery and house moves, and Lemmon on birthday events and Spain plans are mentioned.
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Havana Riviera
Vic Damone
Europe
Pier Angeli
Havana
Pier
David Lichine
Patricia
Mamie van Doren
Kay Anthony
Bermuda
Ray
Richmond
Dan O’herlibys
Jean Simmons
Pacific Palisades
Greg Pecks
Sammy Davis, Jr
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State School For the Deaf
Robert Reilly
Rep Miller
Verne Pangborn
State Health Department
Pangborn
Sidney
Fremont
Old
Hollywood
Yul Brynner
New York
the Star
Charles Laughton
Brynner
Auasses
Brothers Karamazov
Australia
Bill Holden
Darryl Zanuck
Paramount
Anna Kashfi
Caryl Lee Ladd
Marton Brando
Chianti’s
Kathy Grant Crosby
Bing
MR Lemmon
Iren& Hervey
Robert Butts
Allan Jones
Katy Jurado
Jack Lemmon
America
Telegraph
Moses
Cecil B. DeMille
Fox Theatre
Charlton Heston
John Derek
Joshua
Debra Paget
Lilia
Yvonne de Carlo
Sephora
Anne Baxter
Edward G. Robinson
Sir Cedric Hardwicke
Robert Rennick
H. W. Statler
Carl Ziegler
Harold Bretz
D. C.carley
Myri Stovall
Ord
Western Beauty Shop
Over
Western Drug Store
Len Eakin & His Orchestra
Peetz
American Legion Hall
Peetz, Colorado
Vetco Party
VFW
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
21St & Illinois
Cecil B.demille
Apston
Sir Cedric
Nina Maartha
Judith Vincent Hardwicke - Foch
Scott Anderson
Price Wotten
Aeneas MacKenzie
Jesse L Lasky JR
Jack Gariss
Fredric M Frank
Motion Picture Associates
Ine Aponmevat Pate Vistavisiqn
Iday & Ding
Jor
Derek
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