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The John Gottschalk Freedom Center is a newspaper production facility located at 14th Street and Capitol Avenue in Downtown Omaha, Nebraska. Built for the Omaha World-Herald, the building is considered to be one of the most automated and technologically advanced newspaper facilities in the world. [1] [2] [3] The Freedom Center has been labeled ...
The newspaper was the world's last to print both daily morning and afternoon editions, a practice it ended in March 2016. [3]The World-Herald was the largest employee-owned newspaper in the United States from 1979 until 2011: Omaha construction magnate Peter Kiewit bought the newspaper and its television station, the local ABC affiliate, in 1962 for $40.1 million from Omaha-based World ...
John E. Gottschalk ( / ˈɡɒtʃɔːk /; born 1943) is the retired chief executive officer and publisher of the Omaha World-Herald and was the national president of the Boy Scouts of America from 2008 to 2010. John Gottschalk. 33rd National President of Boy Scouts of America. In office.
Omaha's tallest building is the 634 feet (193 m), 45-story First National Bank Tower. Completed in 1969, the 478 feet (146 m), 30-story tall Woodmen Tower was the tallest [ 1] until the construction of the First National Bank Tower. While most of the city's tallest buildings are located in Downtown Omaha, several are located in Midtown Omaha.
National Orchestra Service. The National Orchestra Service, Inc. ( NOS ), was the most important booking and management agency for territory bands across the Great Plains and other regions from the early 1930s through 1960. [1] NOS managed black, white and integrated orchestras and was headquartered in Omaha .
Kenneth Vavrina. Father Ken Vavrina (born 1936) is a Roman Catholic priest and activist in Omaha, Nebraska. He has been involved in many events in North Omaha since returning to Omaha from various mission work abroad in 1993. Vavrina was born into a Czech family in Clarkson, Nebraska. After being ordained in 1962, he served in Omaha, South ...
The Omaha-Council Bluffs streetcar era began operations in 1868. By 1890, the metropolitan area had 90 miles (140 km) of tracks — more than any city except Boston. The Omaha Traction Company was the dominant private streetcar provider of the time; it was engulfed in repeated labor disputes. [ 1][ 2] By 1955, the city closed its streetcar ...
The city's premier newspapers, the Omaha Bee and the Omaha World-Herald, were founded in 1874 and 1885, respectively. Omaha was the location of the 1892 convention that formed the Populist Party, with its aptly titled Omaha Platform written by "radical farmers" from throughout the Midwest.