North Dakota trio, pilot land plane in Banner County pasture
Four North Dakotans returning home from Denver landed in a Banner County pasture about 12 miles west of Harrisburg during a snowstorm. Pilot Gary Johnson, 25, Plaza ND, and his wife Cherell plus passengers Gary Linn and Loren Olson, also of Plaza, were not injured. An Air Force man ferried them to Kimball, where they spent the night before Johnson flew the plane back to Kimball for the return trip.
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Harrisburg
Banner County
Here
Jim Snyder
Gary Johnson
Plaza
N. D
Cherell
Gary Linn
Loren Olson
Snyder
Denver
Air Force
Kimball
Kimball County
Johnson
Olson Family Welcomes First Baby of Year Beth Ann
OSHKOSH Garden County reports its first baby of the year, a 7 pound 4 ounce girl named Beth Ann, born at 1 a.m. January 1 to Mr and Mrs W S Bill Olson. Beth Ann is the Olsons third daughter and the Olson family has banking holdings in Lisco Oshkosh and Dalton.
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Oshkosh
Garden County
W.S
Bill’ Olson
Beth Ann
Olsons
Olson
Lisco
Dalton
Iowa Fugitives Nabbed In Outstate Runaway Case
Gavin J. Griswold 18 of Atlantic Iowa faced a no fund check charge when stopped in a 1953 Chevrolet in Devel County. Passengers Anna Snyder 14 and Brandon Griswold 12 were runaways. Griswold was jailed after Iowa authorities were notified.
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Chappell
Iowa
Gavin J. Griswold
Atlantic
Anna K. Snyder
Brandon Griswold
Devel County
Nursing School Drive Aims To Ease Regional Nursing Shortage
In Scottsbluff a push to establish a school of practical nursing hinges on funding from the Nebraska Department of Vocational Education. Sister Lucy of St. Mary Hospital chairs a committee with school officials, hospital and nursing home leaders, and doctors. Senator Terry Carpenter plans a bill to enable junior colleges statewide to start practical nursing courses and obtain state aid.
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Scottsbluff
Nebraska Department of Vocational Education
Lucy
St. Mary Hospital
Terry Carpenter
Nebraska Fears Sewage Upgrades For 39 Towns By 1972
Nebraska communities face major wastewater upgrades under new federal standards requiring secondary treatment and 85 percent removal of biochemical oxygen demand and suspended solids. Forty plus towns must build plants by 1972, with total costs around 3.5 million dollars. State and federal cost shares depend on state funding. Governors, legislators, and municipal leaders weigh aid to cover two thirds or more of costs, while interior secretary Udall lauds Nebraska's non degradation clause and pushes other states to comply.
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Melvin Paul
Statehouse
Nebraska Press Association
Lincoln
Nebraska
State Water Pollution Control Council
Interior
Stewart L. Udall
T. A. Filipi
State Health Department
Environmental Health Division
Filipi
Kenneth Bowen
League of Nebraska Municipalities
Bowen
Washington
Udall
California
Utah
Kansas
Iowa
Kentucky
Virginia
Florida
Puerto Rico
Federal Water Pollution Control Administration
Hay Springs
Panhandle
Valentine
Ainsworth
Long Pine
Atkinson
Verdigre
Ewing
Pierce
Tilden
Stanton
West Point
Burwell
Meadow Grove
Uehling
Scribner
Hooper
Fremont
Spalding
Albion
Waterloo
Ashland
Staplehurst
Murray
Milford
Sterling
Humboldt
Elm Creek
Callaway
Odell
Fairbury
Hebron
Guide Rock
Campbell
Red Cloud
Arapahoe, Curtis
Indianola
Lindsay
Trenton
Tiemann named to Nebraskas tax board replacement
Joseph M. Dye named to replace Thomas K. Eason on the state tax board for a four year term. Nearby notes remind Nebraskans to file complete first state income tax returns including the food credit rules and required attachments.
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Tiemann
Joseph M. Dye
North Platte
Thomas K. Eason
North Bend
Murrell B. McNeil
McNeil
Nebraska
Out Of Old Nebraska Diseases Run Indians Near Scotts Bluff
As pioneers moved west on the Oregon Trail Indians met new diseases carried by whites. Epidemics of cholera smallpox and measles struck villages and tribes while traders like James Bordeaux Robidoux ran posts near Chadron and Scotts Bluff. Bordeaux’s medicine and boiling water saved his son Louie amid the outbreak.
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Oregon Trail
Nebraska
James Bordeaux
Chadron
Museum of the
Bordeaux
Robidoux
Scotts Bluff National Monument
St. Louis
Susan
White Roundhead
Roundhead
Louie
Susan Bordeaux
Ak-Sar-Ben Plans Summer Shows and Coronation Ball
Ak-Sar-Ben in Omaha unveils a 1969 schedule featuring Liberace July 14-18, Eddie Albert August 4-8, Robert Goulet September 1-5, plus two Family Shows July 21-25 and August 18-22. The 75th anniversary plan includes reduced-price tickets and a goal of 50,000 members.
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Omaha
Neb
Ak-Sar- Ben
Willis A. Strauss
Ak-Sar-Ben
Liberace
Ak-Sar-Ben Coliseum
Eddie Albert
John H. Becker
Strauss
Merit Badge Exploration and Fitness in Area Scouting
Boy Scouts in the Wyo-Braska Area Council will host a January theme Merit Badge Exploration to introduce Second Class Scouts to a broad range of skills. Cub Scouts will focus on Fit for America with den meetings weekly and a possible Cub Scout Olympic Games at pack meetings. Webelos will work on the Athlete badge in January and demonstrate requirements at the pack meeting.
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Boy Scouts
Wyo-Braska
Webelos
Nichols
America
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Nebraska Panhandle
Capitol News
Power Review Board
Norbert T. Tiemann
Nebraska Power Review Board
William H. Norton
Osceola
Thomas J. Fitchett
C. W. Holmquist
Oakland
Old
Ms Dendli
Second Family
Robert Goulet
Boise
Idaho
RG Haskin
Hin
Vlowes Abernaths Niefteen
Wallerberrs
Gabardine
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