Square Turn tractor built in Nebraska in 1914
Nebraska archives recount the 1914 Square Turn tractor from A T Kenny and A J Colwell in Norfolk. The three wheel machine boasted a Giant Grip Drive transmission, two drive wheels and a swivel seat, delivering up to 35 horsepower while turning in its own length and working where others failed.
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Nebraska
Nebraska State Historical Society
A. T. Kenny
A. J. Colwell
Norfolk
Colwell
Chicago
Neligh
Looning over speed and ethics in public duties
Reader Leon A Lafler criticizes fire department driving speed and praises proper procedure. He then rails against Congress auto deals, Ethics Committee hypocrisy, and the Chappaquiddick era, linking political privilege to public danger and calling for accountability.
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Congress
Picayune Auto
Massachusetts
Crossword Puzzle Across and Down List
A printable crossword puzzle grid with across clues and down clues including Swine genus Tart Cleopatra s and many more. Entries cover objects actions and descriptors from door part to kimono sash with various proper nouns and general terms.
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Charles
Britt Dickens
Cleopatra's
Great Lake
Plutocrat
Crone
Drug categories and the dangers of abuse
The passage outlines four drug categories narcotics sedatives stimulants and hallucinogens with marijuana and LSD in the last. It stresses proper medical use and abuse when drugs are taken outside prescription. It notes potential physical and mental harm and the choice young people face about experimenting with drugs. It also mentions native prairie seeds in grouse diets.
Nebraska map highlights irrigation strength in western Panhandle
Lincoln Journal farm editor Glenn Kreuscher reports the 1970 crop map shows western Nebraska with the best range conditions in the state due to irrigation. The article notes widespread water shortages across the state hurting the corn crop, while irrigated areas fare much better and Panhandle underground water is abundant but underused.
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Nebraska
Lincoln Journal
Glenn Kreuscher
Kreuscher
Panhandle
Bond funding speeds Nebraska highway work
Nebraska uses a $20 million bond to advance 25 interstate projects across the state, uniting Omaha and outstate interests. State Engineer Marvin Nuernberger says the move reduced prior animosity and let contracts start ahead of Washington obligation dates, with funds obligated to pay bills as projects finish.
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Nebraska
Omaha
Panhandle
Marvin Nuernberger
Outstate
Nuernberger
State Roads Department
Wyoming Line
Missouri River
Washington
Wyoming Border
Bushnell
Lodgepole
Chappell
Big Springs
Parks Close Lodging for 1970 Season in Lincoln Nebraska
Nebraska Game and Parks Commission says state park lodges will close for the 1970 season on Tuesday September 15 with outdoor recreation like fishing picnicking camping continuing as weather permits. Swimming pools at Niobrara Chadron and Ponca parks end Labor Day September 7. Chadron and Fort Robinson lodges reopen to host hunters during wild turkey and big game seasons in northwest Nebraska.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Game and Parks Commission
Niobrara
Chadron
Ponca
Fort Robinson
Longhorn Trail Drive Ignited Nebraska Boom
The first Texas longhorn trail drive reached Nebraska in 1866, sparking an industry that fueled a cowtown boom across the state lasting until 1887.
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Texas
Nebraska
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AP Newsfeatures
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