What happened in the Midlands on this day? Here's a sampling from the World-Herald archives.
ACT TO CINCH POSTAL SITE
Feb. 12, 1938: Private groups were reported active in two directions in a campaign to obtain government approval of the 14th and Farnam Streets location as the site for the planned $3 million Omaha post office. While in Omaha for a public hearing on the post office site question, W.E. Reynolds, assistant director of the Treasury Department procurement division, declared the government would not approve any new site for which property owners demand an exorbitant sale figure. The Chamber of Commerce was taking no official part in the present movement to obtain approval of the Farnam Street location, officials said.
1964: Omaha's 1964 bill for city prisoners housed in the Douglas County Jail would climb to $61,326 if the County Board approved a resolution to be introduced by Board Chairman Jack Cavanaugh. Mr. Cavanaugh said he would submit the resolution for board approval within the next two weeks. The increased cost, which would shoot the city's total cost to $169,216, results from a bill passed in the 1963 Legislature, allowing counties to charge actual cost for housing and feeding city prisoners, according to County Budget Director Adrian Jaworski.
1985: The Sarpy County Board voted to oppose both the concept of a recreational trail along the abandoned Rock Island railroad right of way and a bill authorizing the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission to take it over. Farmers and residents told the board they were already having trouble along the 24 miles the line crosses in Sarpy County, and Sheriff Pat Thomas agreed. Both the farmers and the sheriff said it was difficult to patrol. "We already had to get boats to patrol the river," Thomas said. "We'd have to get an air force to patrol the railroad."
1993: Omaha police resumed hauling junk cars from Omaha streets. Police quit towing junkers to the city impound lot at 7809 F St. for about three days the prior week because it was full, Police Capt. Jack Pfeffer, head of the Technical Services Bureau, said. Neighborhood association leaders then complained, saying removal of junk cars is a top priority in keeping neighborhoods from deteriorating. Officer Larry Kramer, who works at the lot, said it holds between 400 and 500 cars.
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