Ura C. Brown Rites Friday
Ura C. Brown 64, longtime Western Electric employee and Sidney resident, died Tuesday at Memorial Hospital after years of ill health. Funeral Friday at 2 p.m. at First Methodist Church Sidney with Masonic rites. interment Greenwood Cemetery. He married Leona M. Greenwood in 1945 and is survived by wife, two sons, three brothers, and a sister.
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Ura C. Brown
Western Electric Co
Sidney
Memorial Hospital
Mr. Brown
Western Electric
First Methodist Church
John E. Stayton
Greenwood Cemetery
Deep River
Iowa
Leona M. Greenwood
Brown
the Elks
Frank Welch Lodge
AF & AM
York Rite
Tehama Shrine
Methodist Men’s Club
Providence Chapter
Order of Eastern Star
Lodgepole Valley Shrine Club
Iowa State College
Leo
Floyd
Scottsdale
Ariz
Ronald H
Fort Lee
New Jersey
George
Mt. Ver
Burlington Hearing Set On Train Discontinuance
A Tuesday hearing before the Interstate Commerce Commission in Cheyenne County will discuss CB&Q Railroad plans to discontinue passenger trains 33-7 and 34-8 between Alliance Nebraska and Brush Colorado. Nebraska officials warn of further cuts and potential loss of rail service, with protests from local stakeholders.
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Burlington
Alliance
Brush
Colo
Interstate Commerce Commission
Cheyenne County
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Colorado
John W. Swanson
Nebraska State Railway Commission
Norbert Tiemann
Neb
Casper
Wyo
Billings
Mont
Nebraska
Allance
Lincoln
Omaha
Commission
Dairy Imports To Be Reduced
Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman said the President should direct the Tariff Commission to investigate dairy imports under the Agricultural Adjustment Act. He cited 1966 imports at 2.7 billion pounds milk equivalent, a 300 percent rise from 1965, halting price supports and depressing dairy farmer income. Freeman urged quick hearings and urgent action.
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Orville L. Freeman
United States
Tariff Commission
Junex
Freemen
Hearing on Burlington passenger trains discontinuance
The notice urges attendance at 9:30 a.m. Thursday in the district courtroom to speak on the proposed halt of Burlington trains from Alliance to Brush. Public input is requested for the hearing.
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Burlington
Alliance
Brush
Harriet Kidney Dies Tuesday in Lodgepole
Mrs. Harriet Kidney of Lodgepole dies Tuesday afternoon at Memorial Hospital in Sidney. Services will be at the First Methodist Church in Lodgepole Saturday at 2 p.m. with Rev. Gary Aten officiating. Craig Holechek is in charge of arrangements. A full obituary appears Friday in Telegraph.
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Harriet Kidney
Lodgepole
First Methodist
Gary Aten
Kidney
Memorial Hospital
Sidney
Craig Holechek
Fair Panhandle forecast with mild afternoons and light showers
The Panhandle area is expected to be fair and mild this afternoon with partly cloudy skies tonight and Thursday. Light rain showers are possible tonight with cooler highs around 60 and lows near 40. Rain chances stay under 5 percent today, 20 percent tonight, and 5 percent Thursday as temperatures trend 2 to 10 degrees above normal into early next week. A few weekend showers possible.
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Panhandle
Frontier Airlines
Joint Church Meeting Set At Lodgepole
Western Nebraska Lutheran youth from the West District Luther League and Nekota Conference Luther League meet in Lodgepole for a joint spring assembly. Immanuel Lutheran churches host the day long event led by Rev. Alvin L. Danielson with a 9 30 a m start and a Weyerts venue for the evening program. The event marks the first joint meeting of these groups in western Nebraska drawing churches from North Platte to the Wyoming and South Dakota borders.
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Nebraska
Lodgepole
Paul Reimers
Potter
Weyerts
Danielson
North Platte
Highway #83
Wyoming
South Dakota
Land Bank Celebrates 50th Anniversary Dinner
The Federal Land Bank Association of Sidney marked 50 years with a dinner at Dude's Steak House attended by business and agriculture leaders. A Governor proclamation named April Federal Land Bank month while Charles G. Sutton highlighted operations and a new film Providers of Plenty. The association serves Cheyenne Kimball Banner Garden and Morrill counties.
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Federal Land Bank Association of Sidney
Federal Land Bank
Dude’s
Land Bank
Partners In Progress
Tiemann
Charles G. Sutton
Sidney Association
Federal Land Bank System
Cheyenne
Kimball
Banner
Garden
Morrill
United Fund Sets Annual Meeting and Elections
The United Fund will hold its annual meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Fort Sidney Motor Hotel directors room. Participating organizations will receive their checks and two new directors will be elected.
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United Fund Organization
Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
Plan to curb bad checks discussed by Cheyenne County
Cheyenne County bankers law enforcement and retailers approved a step by step plan to stop bad checks. Key points include not accepting doubtful checks warning customers offering five days to cure via bank protest and pursuing civil or criminal action with proof of fraud.
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Cheyenne County
St. Cheyenne County
John Peetz Jr
Bob Deck
Chamber of Commerce Retail Committee
Decker
Mr. Peetz
LaVern Wraper
Aerospace Educator To Be Chuckwagon Speaker April 12
Harold P. Pluimer of St. Paul Minnesota Director of Aerospace Education North Central Region US Air Force will headline the Sidney Chamber of Commerce Chuckwagon Dinner on April 12 at the Elks Auditorium. The two day Panhandle Equipment and Progress Day opens April 12 and 13 with the dinner and Fiddlers entertaining. Admission to the dinner is $1 for non farmers and wives. free for farmers and spouses. Pluimer will discuss future trends and technology including interplanetary travel color TV and home computers.
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John Peetz JR
Sidney
Chamber of Commerce
LaVern Draper
Don Tedesco
J. L. Thorpe
Telegraph
Panhandle
Egging Company
Sidney Chamber of Commerce
Elks Auditorium
Kenwood Anderson
Dalton
Harold P. Pluimer
St. Paul
Pluimer
Want Ad Teaser Phone Contact Falls Short
A brief want ad fragment reads sell it fast with a phone contact 254-5555. The item or details are not provided in the readable text.
Municipal Voters Light In Community School Elections
Voters cast ballots for town and school boards amid light turnout and good weather in communities outside Sidney. Dix, Gurley, Lodgepole, Dalton, and Potter elected incumbents and new members to local boards with vote tallies listed, including write‑ins and contested seats.
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Sidney
DIX
George Isaacs
Wayne Craig
Russell Brothers
John Novotny
William Bertels
Charles Clodfelter
Dix Board of Education
Dean Scheele
Burdette Gustafson
Herb Baack
Jack Brothers
Robert Wistrom
Gurley
Adeline Frerichs
Lyle Mather
Harry Handley
Allen Lessman
Lee Foster
Virgil Schumacher
Allen Less
Millard Zalesky
Gene Bond
Dalton
Pat Ernest
Clayton Gillese Pie
Harry Noonan
Gene Pelster
Ted Panas
John Heizer
Larry Schmidt
Glen Twarling
Potter
Kenneth Rose
Robert Slama
New Will
Ron Maas
Don Benish
Myron Woten
Harvey Benzel
State CAP Heads Here
Col Stavneak commander of the Nebraska Wing Civil Air Patrol led a meeting Saturday afternoon in Sidney with Western Group commanders from Scottsbluff OgalLalla McCook Imperial O Neill and Sidney Capt Helm and T Sgt Stevens of the USAF Liaison Office assisted. Topics included the three state Civil Defense exercise scheduled for Missouri Kansas and Nebraska with Lincoln as headquarters the first weekend in May.
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Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Civil Air Patrol
Lincoln
Neb
Funeral services pending for Gurley man Orville Hume
Orville A. Hume 61 of Gurley died today at the Veteran's Hospital in Cheyenne. Funeral services are pending at Craig-Holechek Funeral Home in Sidney and an obituary will appear in Friday's Telegraph.
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Craig-Holechek
Sidney
Orville A. Hume
Gurley
Veteran’s Hospital
Cheyenne
Legion To Award $100 Scholarships
Post 17 of the American Legion will establish two $100 scholarships for the Western Nebraska Vocational Technical School. One will go to a Sidney High School student and the other to a St Patrick's Academy student. details to be announced later. The Sidne Telegraph.
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Post 17
The
American Legion
Western Nebraska Vocational Technical School
Sidney High School
St. Patrick’s Academy
Floyd Lanks
Fire Chief Warns Against Burning in Residential Areas
Fire Chief Harvey Vizina notes complaints about weed and trash burning in homes. The law allows burning only from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. daily, except Mondays when burning is prohibited. Violators may be prosecuted.
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Harvey Vizina
Hochman to Join Colorado World Affairs Conference Panel
Benny Hochman departs Sunday for Boulder to take part in the University of Colorado's 20th annual world affairs conference. He will join multiple speakers on panels and in seminars over a three day period.
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Benny Hochman
Boulder
Colo
University of Colorado
Scratch Pads For Your Business Or Around Home
The Sidney Telegraph advertises scratch pads suitable for business and home use, highlighting affordable bulk quantities and local availability at 83 11th Ave.
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Sidney Telegraph
11Th Ave
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111Th Ave
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Eugene Wheeler
Harold Steele
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