Nation's press to cover historic night air mail reenactment
The nationwide event centers on Sidney pilot H N Qusty Rhodes flying a 125 hp Brunner Winkle Bird from North Platte to Omaha to reenact Jack Knight's 1921 night air mail flight. The trip, starting 7 30 CST, tops Nebraska Centennial kickoff with CBS News coverage and extensive media distribution.
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Sidney
North Platte
Omaha
Nebraska
H. N. Qusty Rhodes
U.S
Jack Knight
Rhodes
Lee
CBS News
Eppley Field
Ed Sykes
Nebraska Centennial Commission
Omaha Eppley Airfield
Merle Cornell
Strategic Air Command
Corewell
Testing To Be Started By Unit 19 At Chappell School
LaVern Ells of the State Department of Education will visit Chappell Elementary School from 9 15 to 11 45 a m Thursday to demonstrate and instruct teachers in a new screening test. This is the first step of a testing program in Kimball Cheyenne and Devel Counties sponsored by Educational Unit 19. Meetings will be in Cheyenne or Kimball County on a Saturday to be announced. The program targets rural teachers.
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LaVern Ells
State Department of Education
Chappell
L. E. Lydiatt
Kimball
Cheyenne
Devel
Educational Unit 19
Kimball County
Three Navy Men Held At Kimball for AWOL Car Theft
State Trooper Richard Larsen and Trooper John Oliver arrested Quentin E. Matson 20 William Decatur 21 and Thomas Hansen 19 all of Heyward Minn east of Potter on U S 30. The trio traveling from Long Beach Calif to Minnesota in a California plated car are held for federal authorities on AWOL and car theft probes.
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Kimball
Richard Larsen
Kimball City
John Oliver
Larsen
Quentin E. Matson
William ©. Decatur
Thomas Hansen
Heyward
Minn
Potter
U.S
Long Beach
Calif
Minnesota
California
Matson
Decatur
Valley Forge
Hansen
Oliver
Rexroth Wins Ak-Sar-Ben Trip Honors At Luncheon
Keith Rexroth earns the Ak-Sar-Ben trip award at a Nebraska Grain Improvement Association luncheon. Eight youths and two advisers from 4-H and Future Farmers of America are recognized for work in small-grain improvement, with winners from Verdigre, Verdel, Grant, Hildreth Wilcox, and Sidney. The Lancaster County 4-H Club is cited for Nebraska's junior champion grain judging team.
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Keith Rexroth
Omaha
Ak-Sar-Ben
Nebraska Grain Improvement Association
Future Farmers of America
Dale R. Andersen
Winneton
Verdigre
Davie O. Wesley
Verdel
Mark Reed
Grant
Duane Lienemann
Hildreth
Wilcox
Ted D. Ward
Kenneth Stein
Hastings Adams County
Tim Andersen
Marquette
Hamilton
Frank Fichtl
Schuyler
Colfax
Sidney
Cheyenne
Willard Stein
Hastings
Adams County
Lancaster County
Nebraska
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Dusty) Rhodes
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