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My dentist, Dr. Shawn Lee, is a great lover of Rogers and its history. Recently, he shared a box of old Rogers Daily News newspapers that had been preserved by his family, some going back to 1927. As I examined each page, the year 1956, the 75th anniversary of Rogers, stood out as very interesting. Here are some glimpses of life in Rogers from that year with excerpts from the Diamond Jubilee special edition of the Rogers Daily News:

COVID concerns Given that we just saw the highest number of deaths in one day since the COVID pandemic began with COVID deniers seemingly everywhere, our Republican governor, Pete Ricketts, ought to consider a more humanistic approach to COVID prevention mandates than just the number of open hospital beds, which may very well reflect a historical oversupply as much as anything. What about the number of front-line health care providers — nurses, doctors, housekeeping, patient transporters, etc., available? What is the percentage of double shifts worked, rate of new infections among these...