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Dennis Michael Byars (August 23, 1940 – April 14, 2022) [1] was an American politician who was a state senator in the Nebraska Legislature and director of Beatrice Community Hospital Foundation. Personal life
This is a list of newspapers in the U.S. state of Nebraska. The list is divided between papers currently being produced and those produced in the past and ...
Joe Vosoba, 95, American politician, member of the Nebraska Senate (1959–1963). [ 205 ] Gus Williams , 71, American basketball player ( Golden State Warriors , Seattle SuperSonics , Washington Bullets ), NBA champion ( 1979 ), complications from a stroke.
Beatrice (/ b i ˈ æ t r ɪ s /) [4] is a city in and the county seat of Gage County, Nebraska, United States. Its population was 12,261 at the 2020 census, making it the 15th most populous city in Nebraska. Beatrice is located approximately 42 miles south of Lincoln on the Big Blue River.
The Beatrice Six are Joseph White, Thomas Winslow, Ada JoAnn Taylor, Debra Shelden, James Dean and Kathy Gonzalez, who were falsely found guilty in 1989 of the 1985 rape and murder of Helen Wilson in Beatrice, Nebraska and served prison terms before being exonerated in 2009.
Esther Pilster (November 11, 1916 – July 20, 2014), born Esther Eunice Jones, was an educator, principal, activist and philanthropist from Nebraska. Early life and education [ edit ]
In 1975, he was inducted into the Nebraska Football Hall of Fame. [11] Alfson died at his home in Wisner in 2001. [12] He had two daughters and one granddaughter. In 2005, Alfson was posthumously recognized as an honorable mention in the state of Nebraska's top athletes of all time, as selected by the Omaha World-Herald. [11]
Born in Leigh, Nebraska, June 13, 1905, he graduated from high school in Beatrice, followed by enrollment in the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. [1] An athletic man who stood 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) tall, he broke the world's discus throw record in 1929 at the Drake Relays .