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City to take legal action against property owners
(Local News ~ 12/07/10)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- Council members voted to begin legal procedures surrounding the abatement of nuisance property owned by Steven Fritz, Monday evening, during its regular meeting at Council chambers. The property, at 200/300 Airport Road, was declared a nuisance by the McCook Board of Health in September after repeated attempts to resolve the issue...
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Astronaut makes fuel stop, 'Newsboy' likely to stay put in Seattle
(Local News ~ 12/07/10)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- Even if the Museum of Flight in Seattle is successful in its quest to land one of the retiring space shuttles, it isn't likely the Gazette's former delivery plane will return to its old roost in McCook. Landing here to refuel on her way to Houston to talk to NASA, Dr. ...
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Orphan train: Homeless children in search of new families
(Features ~ 12/07/10)
BENKELMAN -- Some were ordered, as if from a catalog. Some were taken home, a surprise, a "puppy from the pound." Some were checked for strength, for their ability to do heavy farm work. Many, many were adopted and loved, and became just another member of the family. Some, unfortunately, were nothing more than indentured servants, free slave labor...
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Pearl Harbor: Same focus needed for today's issues
(Editorial ~ 12/07/10)
It was 69 years ago this morning that the Imperial Japanese Navy, wanting the U.S. Navy out of the way when it later attacked British and Dutch interests in Southeast Asia and U.S. interests in the Philippines, launched two waves of aircraft, 353 from six aircraft carriers, against the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor...
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Tora! Tora! Tora! remembered
(Column ~ 12/07/10)
It was early on a beautifully clear Sunday morning. Squadron mate Capt. Ron Cannon and crew had landed their KC-135, jet-powered tanker, at Honolulu International Airport and were taxiing over to Hickam Air Base. They looked west to see a huge fireball and black smoke pall over Pearl Harbor. ...
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Patterson Birthday
(Birthdays ~ 12/07/10)
The family of Sylvia Patterson is requesting a card shower in honor of her 75th birthday, Dec. 9. Family includes husband, George of McCook; children, Cindy and husband, Stan Moore of Bartley, Nebraska and Duane and wife, Cathy Patterson of Denver, Colorado; and four grandchildren. Cards of congratulations will reach her at 104 East 10th Street, McCook, NE 69001...
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Keene Anniversary
(Anniversary ~ 12/07/10)
The family of Elaine and LaMoine Keene is requesting a card shower in honor of the couple's 69th wedding anniversary. They were married Dec. 12, 1941. Their family includes children, Dian Trail and husband, Chuck and Steve Keene and wife, Patty; five grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Cards of congratulations will reach the couple at 111 West G Street, McCook, NE 69001...
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New associate pastor at St. Pat's still 'a kid at heart'
(Features ~ 12/07/10)
McCOOK, Nebraska -- If you see a young man in a clerical collar who out of the blue gives you a wave, be sure to return it. "I'm the kind of person that waves a lot," said the Rev. Lothar Gilde, the associate pastor at McCook's St. Patrick's Catholic Church. "Don't run in the other direction," he implored. "I know that everyone is greatly loved by Christ, and I try to extend the same good will to others that he desires."...
- Virginia Beth (Albrecht) Staley (Obituary ~ 12/07/10)
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Woods birthday
(Birthdays ~ 12/07/10)
The family of Twila Woods is requesting a card shower in honor of her 80th birthday, Dec. 12. Family includes three daughters, Carol and husband, Jim Ault of Bartley, Nebraska, Regina and husband, Marshall Telado of Elwood, Nebraska, and Penny and husband, Randy Klumpe of Hayes Center, Nebraska; and nine grandchildren. Cards of congratulations will reach her at P.O. Box 264, Bartley, NE 69020...
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