February 25, 1962
Twilent twelephone tweeter
The buzzer system in the county commissioners' office in the courthouse has been repaired once again, enabling employes in the county, clerk's office to "buzz" the . . .
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June 24, 1962
Just a little pokey
I agree with most that Americans have the best, finest tuned and smoothest running automobile engines on the market, but podner, they're outdated, outmoded and it's past . . .
July 18, 1962
Seat belts installed in the flivver
Despite widespread publicity given the importance of seat belts in cars, the promotion will never really be successful until fun loving Americans are forced by law to . . .
December 3, 1962
Best doggoned ice-skater-upper in the world
Understand Doc Baker and Archie Moore are in the same class. Neither ducked in time. Phil Niemann sez he'll take on Haystack, the wrestler, in the next match. Chamber . . .
March 18, 1964
The tourist's choice
U. S. 75 route planned and designed by coffee drinkers at Hested's. Follow the present route past Arbor Lodge and the new high school, south on Steinhart road, east on . . .
July 1, 1964
Mosquitos are so big and friendly
Railroad ties have been placed at John Brown's Cave for the placement of the columns from the Junior High (west building). George Rowe, curator, has enlarged and . . .
November 11, 1964
Leaped into space
People who "do something different" have always drawn my admiration. Today the noteworthy attention goes to Mrs. Thelma Barr, a rural school teacher, who is well known . . .
September 2, 1965
I love TV commercials
I love TV commercials. They're good for kidneys. One of the best is the jet test pilot. He climbs out of the cockpit and whow-e-e, he's got to have a coke. But the real . . .
September 17, 1965
Kicking in the spondulix
We better take off our hats to some of the airport enthusiasts who are kicking in the spondulix and time to develop an airport for Nebraska City. The re-grading, . . .
April 19, 1966
Look for me in the cellar
Dr. Everett Jackman reviewed the history of the Methodist church in Nebraska at a recent meeting aimed at providing enthusiasm to the delegates to a Methodist . . .
June 28, 1968
A little squeezins' at 31,000 feet
There isn't much question in Mexico about the heavyweight boxing champion—Joe Frazier of the U.S. Manuel Ramos gave it a go the other night at Madison Square Garden, but . . .
December 24, 1968
Mister, you ain't seen nuthin' yet
This will be a happy holiday season for many people. The Pueblo crew is home and the astronauts are making staggering marks in the record books. To any man who served in . . .
February 2, 1969
Karate chop at the generation gap
Fred Scott, Bellevue, will open karate classes here this month at the National Guard armory. If registration here is indicative of those across the country, then the . . .
April 18, 1969
Decks of ship ice-covered
The news stories of the past week of Korea and the U.S. spy plane stirred my thoughts of 18 years ago when I was wearing Navy blues and serving in Japan and Korea. In . . .
April 27, 1969
There's all kinds of people
Nebraska Citians will decide whether the town will have a new swimming pool at a special election. Last year students at Senior High and Lourdes pepped up a campaign . . .
May 18, 1969
A good carpool entertainer
So long kids . . . until next year. We have been in a car pool to Senior High along with four other families and each morning some brave parent puts on a coat of smiles . . .
September 7, 1969
Rocky was never my favorite boxer
The tragic death of Rocky Marciano is a great loss to sports fans. The former heavyweight boxing champion was killed in a plane crash along with the pilot and another . . .
March 22, 1970
Battle for the bathroom
Someone asked the other day what it's like to be the father of teenagers. It's great. It's even greater to be the father of teenage daughters . . . Mother gets the job . . .
August 4, 1970
Too hot, too dirty
"Yes Sir." If we heard those words once, we heard them hundreds of times during a two-day visit to Company A and other posts at the summer camp at Fort Carson, Colorado. . . .
August 23, 1970
Flying objects seem to accompany boys
Nebraska City was complimented this week with the announcement that Mr. and Mrs. Gene Mercer, recently of the Chicago area, chose this town because it not only offers . . .
October 18, 1970
Free roasted pigeon and dressing
Someone pointed out the other day that 200 to 300 pigeons have been counted on the roof of the Otoe county courthouse and the town may have to have a piegon shoot. We . . .
October 25, 1970
Dammit, run for City commission
Thanks to Don Carlile of the Peru State staff for the warm reception given a group of Senlor High students on their first campus visit. They were impressed with Peru . . .
November 11, 1970
Your name, rate and horsepower
"Write down your name, rate and horsepower," the clerk said the other day when we purchased a box of .22 caliber shells. "But we only want a box of shells to go do a . . .
April 11, 1971
Ya-hoo! Here comes Company B
Ya-hoo! Here comes Company B! Allen Holmes, who doesn't look his years, writes that Company B guardsmen will return to Nebraska City for a reunion May 15. The guardsmen . . .
May 30, 1971
Commencement at NCHS
It was a pretty big event for our family when our eldest, Denise, was handed her diploma Thursday night at Hayward park. We've covered commencements for many years at . . .
July 11, 1971
Hula dance in a grass skirt
The Jolly Trippers, the group of travelers who organized during the county Centennial, is making plans for a trip this fall to Florida and get this, to the Hawaiian . . .
November 14, 1971
Dressed a bit on the cool side
Some time ago during a warm Sunday morning, Danny DeVorss, two years of age, decided he would attend church. Danny is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard DeVorss. The family . . .
December 31, 1971
No more of this razzle-dazzle stuff
Were the smiles of our family around the tree. Was the poor attendance at church the Sunday following Christmas. A few excersing buffs are looking anxiously for the . . .
June 11, 1972
One week whirlwind vacation
By the time you read this, Millie and I will be in Canada. We're off on a one week whirlwind vacation that will take us 1,600 miles north of Nebraska City by car and . . .
July 2, 1972
I stepped on a pin
Surprise, Whoopie Landis! What started out to be a quiet evening at the Whoopie Landis home at 419 North Eighth Street, turned into something else. Whoopie was the . . .
October 22, 1972
My name is not so unusual
"Hey, Ivan!" "Yeah?" "What's the 'D.E.' in your name? Dead End? (snicker snicker.)." "Naw, it's no secret. It's been on my Social Security card since I was about 11 . . .
January 28, 1973
A new world in her room
Just in case you're interested . . . NBC news and Time magazine put Nebraska City "on the map" with stories about the fuel shortage and the special results — four days . . .
February 18, 1973
The Greatest Show on Television
Navy Capt. Jeremiah Denton, Virginia Beach, Va., stepped off a jet after eight years in communist prisons, fired a sharp salute to the flag of his country, spoke a few . . .
April 15, 1973
Outranked by my wife
Arbor Day 1973. Well, here we go again. It's time for Arbor Day and although most are still recuperating from a whopper of a Centennial last year, there are those . . .
April 22, 1973
The greatest shift on earth
Dancing at the Eagles? Music by Paul Moorhead? You bet, and it was a grand night. We had never danced at the Eagles or had we ever danced to music by Paul Moorhead, but . . .
April 29, 1973
Gas prices are going up
Gary White, owner of G&L Conoco, told Optimists the other day that the words "gas shortage" are not scare words, they're the real thing and Nebraska Citians had better . . .
June 3, 1973
Ahoy, thar ye blarsted landlubbers
Tony Piccolo . . . picture was taken a number of years ago when Mr. Piccolo directed the Medicare signup for area residents at Memorial Building. Tony Piccolo, Lincoln, . . .
November 18, 1973
Newspaper people take payola
Congratulations Lourdes. You're No. 1! NC Lourdes Knights. No. 1. Class D football state champions. HOME OF THE KNIGHTS. Congratulations to Coach Don Fleming and the . . .
March 10, 1974
It's stinko, lousy and boring
Legionnaires at Post No. 8 in Nebraska City discussed the "streaking" going on in towns across the country. Legionnaires were asked to write their senators and . . .
October 13, 1974
Putting out a fire over here
The best one we've heard . . . . . . came from a Nebraska City home and a volunteer fireman. "Whoopie" Landis was all geared up with air bottle, face mask, heavy duty . . .
February 2, 1975
Hello there, Jacki Haupt
Jacki Haupt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Don Haupt, will be leaving in a day or two for a trip to the Holy Land. We've known Jacki and her parents and family for several . . .
March 30, 1975
Some unusual situations
Drug officers come up against some unusual situations, but negotiating to kill yourself is something else. That was the conversation an agent had with a man as he . . .
May 4, 1975
Sucking sod bogs down vehicles
Elsewhere in today's paper is an announcement that another doctor will locate in Nebraska City. Dr. Harry McFadden will open his practice at Nebraska City Medical Group . . .
October 5, 1975
Whistle stop trip to Nebraska City
General Dwight D. Eisenhower made a whistle stop trip to Nebraska City at the Missouri Pacific depot September 19, 1952, according to the News-Press files. Ike was a . . .
October 19, 1975
One-legged dance to a cha-cha-cha tune
Neither rain nor snow . . . We've heard of dogs giving troubles to mailmen, but city carrier Frank Bataillon stepped on a new obstacle the other day. He was delivering . . .
November 16, 1975
And a ho, ho, ho
Chamber officials had a few anxious moments for a time when last year's Grand Giver said he would not wear the beard and red and white costume this Christmas season. The . . .
January 18, 1976
It was getting kinda hairy
A longtime N-P reader. Mrs. William (Alice) Seyfer, 90, sent a note along with her check to renew her subscription to the News-Press. "I think it was 1912 or 1913 when . . .
February 8, 1976
The Homemakers School
Many of the folks around here have been working with Nebraska City businesses to bring the Homemakers School to town again. The program will be February 12 at 1:30 p.m. . . .
February 29, 1976
Seems a shame
that we can put men on a bus route to the moon and take pictures of the surface of Mars . . . but can't stop the flu bug from attacking children. Arizona likes us. Ten . . .
March 14, 1976
Basketball recognition
Steve Orton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dale Orton, Ackley, Ia., has received much deserved recognition in basketball at Ackley - Geneva high school. Steve was named to the . . .
March 28, 1976
The aerial view
Andy Seybert has some interesting pictures of Nebraska City, many residents and many farms taken "for fun" and for business at the Davidson Agency. Andy is a licensed . . .
August 22, 1976
Even the fish were friendly
It was under a blazing sun and near 100-degree temperature when Neal Martin's fishing pole went "whang." To heck with the August weather, Neal said to himself, I've got . . .
October 10, 1976
The rip-off by Jack Frost
It's first of what kind? Ivan D.E. Beaumont. The advertisement in the News-Press said the first of its kind atlas for Otoe county will be assembled. That may be, but it . . .
October 24, 1976
Steve and Hotel Grand
To—A.M. Stephenson. It was just 54 years ago that he became the owner of Hotel Grand. For the benefit of new residents in town, Hotel Grand was located where Midwest . . .
November 21, 1976
Bless your little. . .heart
Ivan D.E. Beaumont. Dr. Koerber applied his stethoscope to the chest of a small boy explaining he had to listen to his heart. "That's the wrong place," the little fellow . . .
January 30, 1977
Golf to snowballs
The above picture pretty well tells the story of the unusual weather experienced at Tampa, Florida. It was the first snow in 15 years and although many truly enjoyed the . . .
July 17, 1977
Gary's cousin had help
Officer Tom Guthery of the Bloomington, Minn., police department, a cousin of NC policeman Gary White who was killed last week, received help from several law . . .
October 2, 1977
Stand up for the flag
Get off your . . . chairs! Stand up for the flag! A group of Legionnaires from this area snorted, kicked chairs and asked patrons in a box seat at Ak-Sar-Ben to please . . .
March 26, 1978
Time for Dads to Dig Deep
The Yellow Peril? Roy Tucker who serves as a governor of Lions clubs, got caught in a bit of joshing recently while attending a Lions meeting in his district. He . . .
April 2, 1978
Knau knows how
Creighton Knau, the farm announcer for KMA at Shenandoah, kept his audience entertained the other night at the Farm Bureau banquet with good humor and he held their . . .
April 16, 1978
Just takes exercise
A rather large man was going through an examination by Dr. Madison and was admiring the doctor's slender frame compared to his paunch. "Gosh, doc," the patient said, . . .
June 25, 1978
Once every 15,000 times
The young wife was the new mother of triplets and a friend was extending congratulations. The young mother remarked how fantastic it was that the triplets were born and . . .
September 10, 1978
Congratulations
. . . to Mrs. Dávid Rivett and Jim Petro and the many volunteers who collected $1,656 for muscular dystrophy. The Nebraska City group didn't get national television like . . .
October 1, 1978
Open House is planned
The new school. It was good news to read the other day that Mrs. Charles McElfresh and the PTA council are planning an open house at the new Hayward school on the site . . .
November 5, 1978
A little spook at our door
A little spook. There was a little spook at our door the other evening and I missed her. Gaylene, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Grundman, was making the rounds and . . .
November 12, 1978
You can fill 'er up
She will be missed. Marion Straw, assistant manager at Woolworth's in Nebraska City, is working in Fremont as the store manager. We wish Marion much success in her new . . .
January 7, 1979
This is a dog-gone good story
Incredible Hulk? Ron Badberg has a new item on his sandwich menu at Dean's cafe in Nebraska City: "Incredible Hulk . . . $2.25." "Y-E-E-O-O-W-W!" This is a dog-gone good . . .
January 28, 1979
Poor attendance
The attendance at the American Agriculture meeting the other night at Senior High was pretty poor for the numbers the group has attracted previously. We got a preview on . . .
April 8, 1979
Cameras a no-no
Thanks to Ellsworth Merkel, Verne Jones and Otoe County National Bank for an interesting tour of Grand Island. One of the most revealing tours was the Sperry-New Holland . . .
April 15, 1979
That one's all yours
That one's all yours. The city dude had been telling his friends of his great hunting ability. It just wasn't true. Meanwhile, his bragging got him into a hunting party . . .
April 22, 1979
Sure enough and by golly
It really was him. In the news . . . . When we read that the wedding ceremony for tennis stars Chris Evert and John Lloyd was conducted by a priest named Kelly, we all . . .
June 24, 1979
History is compiled
Larry Wiles, secretary of the NC Volunteer Fire Department, has compiled an interesting history of the local department. Among the items are that fire equipment was . . .