People You Know: Evacuees From Guantanamo Recall Cuban Flight
A Sidney resident Mrs. George Bunda and her son Bobby recount their evacuation from Guantanamo Bay aboard the USS Upshur after a 45 minute notice. They remained in Norfolk for 71 hours before joining relatives in Escondido and San Diego, while many husbands stayed behind for training.
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Sidney
Guantanamo Naval Base
Cuba
Kennedy
George Bunda
Della Nelson
Bobby
Bunda
Hervey Nelson
Summit
Escondida
Calif
Robert N. Nelson
Brunet
George Bunda Jr
Guantanamo Bay Naval Base
Norfolk
William T. Sampson School
Upshur
Navy
WGBY
Mrs
Econdida
Ray
Harold
Robert
Marvin Nelson
Larry Kaus
Clyde E. Hunt
Guantanamo
Surplus Sharing Plan Through Churches To Seek $1 009 110
American Protestants and Eastern Orthodox members will be asked to contribute 1 009 110 to fund the Share Our Surplus SOS program. The appeal supports distributing 330 million pounds of US surplus foods valued around 30 million to 32 areas in Asia Africa Latin America Europe and the Middle East, aiding orphans widows schoolchildren hospital patients and refugees overseas.
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New York
U_S
SOS
Canon Almon R. Pepper
Church World Service
National Council of Churches
Asia
Africa
Latin America
Europe
Middle East
U. S
United States
Christan Rural Overseas
Algeria
Burundi
Kenya
Liberia
Nigeria
Ghana
Congo
Malagasy Republic
Bolivia
Brazil
British Honduras
Cayman Islands
Chile
Dominican Republic
Grenada
Haiti
Honduras
Jamaica
Peru
Turks and Caicos Islands
Taiwan
Hong Kong
India
East Pakistan
West Pakistan
Philippines
Greece
Yugoslavia
Poland
Egypt
Jordan
Kentucky Census Reveals 268 Centenarians
Kentuckians in 1960 census show 268 people aged 100 or more out of 3,038,156 residents. Women outnumber men 143 to 125 among the centenarians.
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Frankfort
Kentucky
Rushville Hosts New Knights of Columbus Council No 5355
A new Knights of Columbus Council No 5355 forms in Rushville joining St Leo's Gordon Immaculate Conception Rushville St Columb ille's Hay Springs and Sacred Heart Mirage Flats. About 75 members expected for the charter with initiation at St Columb kille's Hay Springs on Sunday November 11 at 1 00 pm followed by a banquet. State leaders and KC councils from Alliance Chadron attend with numerous Rushville candidates listed.
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Rushville
Knights of Columbus
St Leo's
Gordon
Immaculate Conception
St Columbille’s
Hay Springs
Sacred Fleart
Mirage Flats
St. Columbkille’s
Walter Mruz
Fremont
George Nussralah
Historical group to convene November 14
The North Platte Valley Historical Association will meet at 7 30 p m Wednesday November 14 in the Gering junior high school cafeteria. W E Eigsti curator of the House of Yesterday Hastings will speak. Square dance entertainment precedes officer elections with several posts open for terms to November 1963. Refreshments follow the meeting.
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Gering
North Platte Valley Historical Association
W. E Eigsti
House of Yesterday
Hastings
Tom Spence
Bayard Chamber to Sponsor Conservation Banquet
The Bayard Chamber of Commerce will sponsor the Wild Horse Watershed Conservation Meeting on Tuesday November 13 at 6 30 p m in the American Legion Hall. Featured speaker is Robert S McClelland program advisor Western Regional Office of the National Association of Soil Conservation Districts based in Denver.
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Bayard
Bayard Chamber of Commerce
American Legion Hall
Robert S. McClelland
Western
National Association of Soil Conservation Districts
Denver
Narrow Bridge Signs On Way Out On No 30
Chappell Nebraska residents will see no more narrow bridge signs or bridge rails on Highway 30 as a $75 000 Nebraska Department of Roads project replaces seven spans between Chappell and Lodgepole and three east to Bog Springs Junction with 60 foot wide concrete bridges and culverts Detours are in place and concrete has been poured at several sites Nichols Construction Co of Geneva holds the contract with Clinton Schaff of Lincoln as project engineer.
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Chappell
Deuel
Nebraska Department of Roads
Lodgepole
Bog Springs
Nichols Construction Co
Geneva
Clinton Schaff
Lincoln
Work Starts on Minuteman Site Near Burns
Construction began last week at a Burns area Minuteman missile site as crews begin the 200 launcher project. Details on progress are limited with plans for western sites to be completed first as work moves east toward Nebraska and Colorado.
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Kimball
Burns
Wyatt
Nebraska
Colorado
Favorable Nebraska Weather Boosts Harvest Across Crops
Government crop observations report continued warm, dry weather aiding harvest in Nebraska with about 45 percent of corn harvested, 90 percent soybeans, and sorghum at strong production. Rail car shortages hinder grain movement while winter crops stay in good condition. Topsoil moisture declines in western counties as rains are needed to prevent pasture damage.
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Nebraska
State
Federal Division of Agricultural Statistics
Soil Sampling At Kimball Subject For 3 Meetings
A series of three informational meetings on the Kimball County soil survey report is planned this week. Harold H Gilman will outline how to use the survey, while Dr James Drew will discuss its role in agronomic research. University specialists and Soil Conservation Service staff will interpret the survey for farmers, ranchers, and apri businessmen.
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Kimball
Kimball County Soil Survey
Lodge Hall
Dix
Bushnell
University of Nebraska and
Soil Conservation Service
Fam
Apri
Harold H Gilman
University of Nebraska
James Drew
Proclamation on American Education Week in Sidney Nebraska
Mayor Dean Wilson proclaims November 11 to 17, 1962 as American Education Week urging citizens to reaffirm support for schools. The statement highlights education as essential to democracy and the nation’s future, calling for moral and financial backing from the community.
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Sidney
Dean Wilson
Ralph Spencer
Sidney Educator's Club
leBaron Goodwin
Parents
Russel Pedersen
Milton Nissen
P. T. A. Council
Nebraska
Potter Public School Phys Ed Program Draws 230 Students
The Potter Public School adds a physical education program with 230 students in grades 3 through 10 under Ray Snell. Classes are split by gender except grades 3 and 4, require showers for grades 5–10 after each session, and emphasize tumbling, balance, and calisthenics as Supt. Mason notes student progress.
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Potter Public School
Ray Snell
Mason
Supt
Potter School
Rita Carlson
Patrice Herboldsheimer
Carol Davis
Jeanette Hilpert
Fonda Coulter
Jody Enevoldsen
Telegraph
No-competition policy fosters individual student growth
A historical note states that the program emphasizes no competition among students to let each learner advance as rapidly as possible, focusing on personal development rather than rankings.
Free diabetes tests offered in Nebraska during Diabetes Week
Dr Morris Margolin urges all Nebraskans to take part in National Diabetes Week events from November 11 to 17. Governor Frank Morrison proclaims the week and stresses early detection to simplify disease control.
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Nebraska
Morris Margolin
Omaha
Nebraska State Medical Association
Frank Morrison
Margolin
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