Nebraska To Host Six State Rural Development Meet
A regional Rural Development Workshop at the University of Nebraska Lincoln on October 10 and 12 will draw attendees from six states Colorado Wyoming Kansas Nebraska South Dakota and North Dakota. At least two attendees are expected from Sidney Charles Ham and Gene Lienemann of Wheat Belt Public Power District. The program aims to highlight rural development opportunities across sectors and encourage cross organization collaboration for better use of resources.
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University of Nebaska
Colorado
Wyoming
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Nebraska
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North Dakota
Sidney
Charles Ham
Gene Lienemann
Wheat Belt
Wilber Ringler
Cooperative ‘Extension Service
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Manhattan
Kan
Ringler
Sherman County
Chambers of Commerce
Small Business Administration
Federal
State Departments of Health, Education and Welfare
Bigger Investment Shown For Farmers
Farm capital investment per worker in 1959 averaged $20 700 versus $15 300 per worker in manufacturing. On highly mechanized farms in the Corn Belt the average investment was even higher.
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Corn Belt
Nebraska petition drives for federal gasoline tax rollback
A Nebraska campaign urges signing a petition to reduce the federal gas tax from 4 to 3 cents per gallon. Led by K R White of the Nebraska Petroleum Council, the week long effort marks the first anniversary of the 1 cent rise and targets Congress and local candidates to restore the 3 cent rate by June 1961. The combined state and federal levy now stands at 11 cents with a 7 cent state tax, costing Nebraskans about $60.8 million yearly.
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K. R. White
Nebraska Petroleum Council
Congress
Nebraska
White
Kennedy Focuses on Farm Income Parity Promise
Kennedy pledges to raise farm income to parity and preserve family farming if elected. He says the Democratic platform commits to action to boost farmer returns and meet broader national responsibilities, with a promise to begin implementing next January.
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Kennedy
America
Calves More Healthy in Outdoor Hutches, SD Tests Show
South Dakota Experiment Station finds calf losses drop from about 20 percent in group housing to under 6 percent in individual outdoor hutches. Isolated, sunlit, draft-free units promote faster growth and reduce drug needs.
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South Dakota
Hutches
301 Committee Elects Officers
Nebraskans formed the 301 Committee to defeat the constitutional amendment abolishing the State Board of Education and making the commissioner of education elected. Byron Dunn was elected chairman with J. F. Lucas as vice chair and John E. Lynch as secretary treasurer.
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Commissioner of Education
Lincoln
Byron Dunn
J. F. Lucas
Omaha
John E. Lynch
Nebraska State Education Association
Hazel Abel
Walter Beggs
Richard Brown
Holdrege
Arthur
Carmody
Trenton
William Cook
Beatrice
Glenn Cramer
Albion
Robert B. Crosby
L. A. Enerson
Leonard E Hanson
Ogallala
Helen Kokes
Ord
Lucille Ledwith
Jack Lough
Roy Magill
W. D. Newberry
North Platte
Gordon Nuernberger
Wakefield
Norman Otto
Kearney
R. C. Patterson
Stuart
Harry Peck
George Robertson
J. Hyde Sweet
Nebraska City
Warren Wood
Gering
Nebraska
Dunn
Nebraskas 301 Committee Endorses Education Board Vote
A campaign group named 301 Committee selected to persuade Nebraskan voters that marking 301 on the November ballot preserves the State Board of Education and its appointive commissioner. The committee operates across counties and towns to rally support for the educational leadership.
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Mittees
Nebraska
State Board of Education
Farm Briefs and Fire Prevention Week Notice
President Eisenhower proclaims October 9 to 16 as National Fire Prevention Week urging fire loss prevention. Farm fire losses rose 37 percent in the 1950s with a third of the rise in 1958, totaling 175 million dollars last year. Nebraska Wheat Show entries for Chadron on October 13 must be in by October 7 to Ronald Stoller, Dawes County Extension Agent.
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Eisenhower
Chadron
Ronald Stoller
Dawes County
Neb
Water Flooding Projects in Morrill and Banner Oil Fields
Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation monthly hearing set for October 12 at Fort Sidney Motor Hotel will hear Skelly Oil Co requests for secondary recovery in the Lindberg Field Morrill County and British American Oil Producing Co requests for similar work in the Willson Ranch Field Banner County. Also on the agenda is Skelly Oil Co request for ratable take of gas in the Big Springs Field Derre County. The Mesec ta Ce 'erm ce Agriculture plans Alabama Research Day Oct 5 with nine alfalfa studies.
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Morrill County
Banner County
Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation
Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
Skelly Oil Co
Sand
Lindberg Field
British American Oil Producing Co
Willson Ranch
Big Springs
Derre Couny
Dentists Charge Lower Child Fees in Health Survey
A Health Insurance Institute survey finds three of five dentists set lower fees for children than for adults, highlighting pediatric price differences in dental care.
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Health Insurance Institute
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