Toll roads bill cleared for floor with no amendments
Public Works Committee sent the toll road bill to the Nebraska legislature without dissent or changes. It would create a three member Governor appointed turnpike authority with six year terms, power to issue revenue bonds, condemn right of way, fix tolls, and construct roads. Bonds would be repaid from tolls and income, with court or agency review limited.
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Public Works Committee
Hugh Carson
Ord
Nebraska Turnpike Authority
Carson
Legislative Council
Nebraska
Kansas
General Hare Lands Job At Sioux Depot Visit
Gen Hare, shown with Col Edward Pennington, Mayor Jack Lowe, Rudy Munderloh, and Col Luther Smoak, visits Sioux depot to discuss supply amid wartime efforts. The ceremony marks coordinated support as locally prominent figures join in the event.
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Gen. Hare
Sioux Depot
Edward Pennington
Sioux
Jack H. Lowe
Rudy Munderloh
Chamber of Commerce
Luther G. Smoak
Ray W. Hare
Sidney
Nebraska Senate urges state take Ft. Robinson preserve site
The Nebraska Legislature voted 38 to 0 urging the federal government to transfer Ft. Robinson near Crawford to the state. Sen. Monroe Bixler said a $15,000 token appropriation could keep the 22,000 acre property intact while the state decides uses. Other senators noted transfer would take months after Congress acts and discussed possible uses including historic preservation, recreation, beef research, and a home for the aged. opposition raised concerns over state funding for such a project.
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Ft. Robinson
Nebraska
Monroe Bixler
Harrison
Crawford
Carpenter
Scottsbeas
Congress
Arthur Carmody
Trenton
Police Court Actions Involving Local Drivers
Charles C Dickinson of Lodgepole faces a failure to yield right of way accident charge with fine and costs. Jimmy S. Hignight of Sidney is cited for speeding with $10 and costs. Harold C. Springston of Las Vegas Nev faces speeding with $10 and costs. Thomas E. Taylor of Sidney is charged with careless driving with $25 and costs.
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Charles C Dickinson
Lodgepole
Jimmy S. Hignight
Sidney
Harold C. Springston
Las Vegas
Nev
Thomas E. Taylor
Nebraska hospital funds face large federal cut
State Health Department notes possible new $50 million federal matching fund appropriation for next year. If approved, Nebraska would receive about $400,000, down from $497,000. $250,000 is earmarked to finish the Sidney Heyenne County Hospital, leaving $150,000 for other proposed hospitals in Omaha and out-state areas. Applications seek about $2 million in federal funds for additional hospital projects. The State Hospital Advisory Council will meet after final federal aid arrives to decide preferences.
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State Health Department
Verne Pangborn
House of Representatives
Pangborn
Nebraska
Washington
E. A. “Rogers
Heyenne County
Sidnesk
Omaha
Rogers
State Hospital ‘Advisory Council
Intoxication and Reckless Driving Court Entries
James Vandresse intoxication ten days in jail. Harold Schwartz reckless driving ten dollars and costs. Harry Hazlitt intoxication fifteen dollar bond. Fred Vach Potter intoxication fifteen dollar bond. Margel Lukachy intoxication and disturbance fifteen dollars and costs. Frank Cleveland Sidney reckless driving speeding twenty five dollars and costs. Daniel L Frerichs Dalton taking right of way ten dollars and costs. Dale F Fischer Sidney reckless driving ten dollars and costs.
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James ‘Vandresse
Harold G. ‘Schwartz
Harry Hazlitt
Fred Vach
Potter
Margel Lukachy
Frank Cleveland
Sidney
Daniel L. Frerichs
Dalton
Dale F. Fischer
County Court James E Lay Handles Nebraska Entry Case
Wilbert Kracker of Warren Wyoming forfeited $22 in a speeding case after a failure to stop at a port of entry. The docket notes mention a Lew Tractor Service and associated costs in a litigated matter.
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James E
Lay
Lew
Nebraska
Wilbert Kracker
Warren
Wyo
Cutting Hot Cake With Thread Technique
A kitchen tip explains that when cutting a hot cake use a thread instead of a knife. Score the top with a sharp knife then finish with a thread in a saw like motion for clean slices.
Educators Are Going West To New Posts
At Cheyenne County, two educators resign to seek teaching posts westward. George Henney, Potter superintendent and campaign leader for a new building, quits and leaves Friday for Los Angeles for interviews. his family will join after housing is found. Kenneth Chambers, Sunol School superintendent, also resigns to pursue teaching, planning studies at Colorado State College of Education Greeley and then a move to Oregon or Washington with his wife.
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Cheyenne County
Horace Greeley
George Henney
Potter
Los Angeles
Kenneth Chambers
Sunol
Will
Colorado State College of
Educkine Greeley
Oregon
Washington
Passport to Pleasure in Paris Mops Up Lost Passports in Bars
Paris police report 1951 incident where American tourists lost 396 passports in the French capital. Of these, 297 were recovered, with 78 reclaimed in bars.
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Paris
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