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April 29, 1964

Bumper-upper sometimes gets an upper-cutter

To know the panic in the New York subway fire you must have ridden a subway during a rush period. Out here in the middle west, we have a kind habit of saying "pardon me" . . .

July 26, 1964

Head south lickety-split to ole'KC

One of my favorite TV commercials is the one where three women are talking about some liver pills and irregularity. There's nothing I enjoy more than a glass of iced . . .

June 16, 1967

Is this why mothers get gray

Scuttlebutt is that Nebraska City may have a new municipal building. That's just about like soldier's rumor . . . it gets goooooooderer all the time. The fact that . . .

July 21, 1967

Smack dab into the Missouri river

All of a sudden Iowa and No. 2 highway are in the major news. A Fremont county, Iowa comprehensive plan runs a proposed Iowa 2 highway right smack dab into the Missouri . . .

August 18, 1968

Not-so-champion Shorthorn heifer

The Otoe county fair opens Monday in Syracuse and that means a lot of 4-Hers and FFA students will be competing for coveted honors. There have been a number of years of . . .

August 25, 1968

TO VIRGIL PITSTICK

Your friends of the traveling Centennial group are on their way by chartered bus to your adopted home state of Washington to say hello. But ole buddy VIP, let me clue . . .

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 . . .

April 13, 1969

Learned an almost forgotten English language

We've had a little visitor in our house the past week. Little Polly Jo Priefert of Belvidere, has new sister she will meet for the first time this weekend. Things have . . .

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 . . .

August 3, 1969

Keep the dollars at home

Shoppers are looking for free parking and more comfort in towns where they spend their money. And Nebraska City is fertile territory for such "conveniences", as we like . . .

October 5, 1969

What's the sex of a mule

The Rev. George Gross, pastor at the Assembly of God Church in Nebraska City, and the numbers "144" have special meaning. The word "gross" in the packaging industry . . .

November 16, 1969

Stick your finger in a fan

Harold Wilkins, the Bellevue artist, held the attention of tourism promoters at a Sunday meeting at Buffalo City with a special painting exhibition. The artist, . . .

December 7, 1969

Don't put it in the paper

The University of Nebraska football team should display one of its more glorious trompings of the year against Georgia in the Sun Bowl December 20. Georgia lost its . . .

February 8, 1970

Lil' ole' rinky dinky Nebraska City

One of the most interesting family trips we've taken occurred about 10 years ago and opened our eyes to a problem that we as midwesterners generally know little about – . . .

February 22, 1970

A backache, but a nice job

Here's a tip: If you want something to do in your sparetime, say like mebbe six or seven hours some night, see Roger and Betty McCreary and get a roll of wallpaper, . . .

May 17, 1970

The horses haven't been so faithful

County Clerk Jerry Schmitz and his office staff, Deputy Darlene Miller and Mrs. Marcina Cody, did a commendable job compiling the election results Tuesday night. Jerry . . .

May 25, 1970

Heaved a six-pound shotput

Mary Ellen Slack, girls physical education director in the City schools, said she has been very pleased with the interest of young girls in the track competition at . . .

June 28, 1970

We live in a strange world

I never knew there were so many families in the area with new additions from children's homes until this column was printed a week ago about our new son and daughter. We . . .

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 . . .

September 27, 1970

Questions about oldtime dance bands

The most interesting experience we've had this week came on a visit to the office of a Nebraska City professional man. In our waiting moments we picked up a magazine, a . . .

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 . . .

December 13, 1970

Some stories just have to be told

A Nebraska City family said the next time they go hunting on the river bottomland, they'll take a shovel and several sheets of plywood. Mr. and Mrs. Don Hoyle and their . . .

January 4, 1971

Nebraska City's overnight visitors

And then it snowed and the wind blew. Hundreds of travelers were trapped in Nebraska City and the area Sunday when the storm lashed southeastern Nebraska. And one of the . . .

March 14, 1971

Welcome home, Mr. Kaywoodie

Well, some nasty fireman heisted my Kaywoodie pipe from the dinner table at the "thank you" dinner a week ago, but we've got it back. (I blamed Sam Kellogg, Jr., for . . .

April 18, 1971

My neat and tidy tool compartment

We decided to join the "Company's Coming" program by helping with the cleanup around the house. First, the Missus said we had to clean out the "junk shed." For shame, . . .

June 6, 1971

So long, my friend, John

We're going to miss John Klingman very much this fall. He graduated from the School for the Visually Handicapped a week ago. John sang bass in our church choir. I was . . .

June 27, 1971

Happy Birthday to Dennis Armknecht

A year has passed since we first met a young man from the Cook area who needed a kidney transplant. Dennis Armknecht, son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Armknecht, will . . .

November 7, 1971

Have you seen my brown cow

LoReeta Baker, 16 year-old daughter of Dr. and Mrs. H. J. Baker, is one of the happiest young Misses in Nebraska City. She has an orchid lei. CYN3 Steve Exline, a Navy . . .

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 . . .

January 30, 1972

Car fever, boat fever, camper fever

A lot of people I know get spring fever. I get car fever, boat fever, pickup truck fever, camper fever and motor home fever . . . but spring fever? Never bothers me. I . . .

July 30, 1972

Hello there, Frances Goodspeed

Ron Goodspeed, NCHS vocal music director, and I were breaking bread the other day at the Optimist club luncheon when he asked if I was from Washington, Kansas. "Yup," I . . .

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 . . .

March 11, 1973

Keep the jalopy jumpin'

Mrs. Ralph Rodgers, who directed the very successful Heart fund campaign in Nebraska City, said it is hard to say "thanks" to everyone but she tried to include everyone . . .

March 25, 1973

Meanwhile, in the dentist's chair

The Optimist club and NC Pioneer Booster athletic banquet will be held soon, but the organizers are having a hard time trying to pin down an open date and a speaker. "I . . .

January 27, 1974

Making money lying in bed

Robbie Starr, 22, son of Mr. and Mrs. Murrell Starr, 1023 Twelfth Avenue, is unable to get around with a broken leg, but he's got a smile and ambition that caught 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 . . .

June 30, 1974

Return to us before the frost

Leo O'Flaherty called the other day to say good-by. "We're leaving in a few minutes on vacation." "Yes, I know, your daughter told me that you were going to take a . . .

September 15, 1974

Pork, pork and more pork

The American Legion has extended its dates of eligibility for membership for veterans of WWII, Korean and Vietnam, but left the dates the same for the WWI "war hosses" . . .

September 22, 1974

The best job in town

Didya hear the one about the man who got off the elevator on the wrong floor at St Mary's and found himself in the maternity ward? He went over to the window to look at . . .

December 22, 1974

The Christmas mail

Tom and Mickey Weathers and daughters from East Alton, Ill., send their best to Nebraska City friends. Tom was the parks and recreation director here and has a similar . . .

February 16, 1975

Show you my toilet seat

Yes, Mrs. Robert Pfeiffer, Dunbar, the way to make snow ice cream is just follow the instructions printed in The News-Press last week. Send Bob outside in the cold to . . .

March 23, 1975

Ole' butterfat rich Bessie

Mrs. Keith Guthals and me looked at the dessert served the other night at the FFA-Chamber banquet and wondered, "Why not sour cream chocolate cake?" Keith just laughed, . . .

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 . . .

March 7, 1976

Keep on scoopin'

Whatever happened to Terrible Terry Carpenter of Scottsbluff? Well, there are those who say he will be back in politics before the March 12 filing deadline. Sen. John . . .

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 . . .

April 25, 1976

Congratulations

. to the recipients of the Arbor Day Foundation awards and local Arbor Day committee presentation. Prominent among the honorees are two from Nebraska City, Morton . . .

July 11, 1976

The George Fenske files

The single girl walked into the office and began handing out cigars and candy, each wrapped with blue ribbons. One of the other workers looked at her with surprise and . . .

August 1, 1976

And then comes August

Today is the first day of August and it means that mothers are making many plans for "yuck" school. The school kids say they aren't looking forward to returning to . . .

August 8, 1976

The Big Red

Rod Cushing, the University student who handled the picture jobs for the News-Press last football season, called the other day and offered to do it again. We worked . . .

September 5, 1976

The signatures

The Rev. Virgil Anderson, pastor of First United Methodist church, has been helping with the organizational work of the money raising project of his church. To do this . . .

November 28, 1976

Noel is bowing out

Ivan D. E. Beaumont. Noel Bissel who had directed the scouting program in District I which includes Nebraska City, will retire December 1 after 30 years of scouting . . .

December 31, 1976

Congratulations, Mrs. Van Horn

Congratulations . . . . . . to Mrs. Gertrude Van Horn on winning the $1,000 in scrip in the grand prize Christmas drawing. Everyone should get a Christmas present like . . .

March 20, 1977

Mr. D was right as rain

Ivan D.E. Beaumont. Bill Brand, a native of Scottsbluff and a former News-Press reporter, warned about crossing western Nebraska during the wintry weather. We had no . . .

May 1, 1977

Emotion at concert

There was a moment of emotion when Mrs. Charlotte Mabie announced to the concert audience and students at Senior High that she had submitted her resignation as the vocal . . .

May 15, 1977

Tapped toes to the Manor

That toe-tapping music last Sunday on the North 40 was a pleasant sound. We strolled down the hill and joined the many people attending the open house at Nebraska City . . .

June 19, 1977

Too much and too little

The vacation was great. The grandparents in Los Angeles are healthy and happy. There was too much food and too little sleep, but we enjoyed it. The seven of us traveled . . .

October 22, 1978

Nebraska City

The other day Vern Livingston screened a number of slides and spoke about Nebraska City's development over the years. It was a brief and interesting story as only the . . .

October 29, 1978

Never too early

Yes, it's still October, but never too early to start planning for Christmas. Nebraska City retailers are making plans now and those plans call for more attention to the . . .

November 19, 1978

Preacher shocked

The preacher saw a group of little boys sitting in a circle with a dog in the middle. He asked them what they were doing with the dog. One little fellow said, "We ain't . . .

August 19, 1979

Easy riding time

We dusted off the BMW a couple of Sundays ago and went to the Czech Festival at Wilber. It had to be the hottest Sunday this summer, but motorcycle riding couldn't have . . .