Local Guard Alerted Over Dr King Death in Sidney Neb
Nebraskans mourn and react to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. assassination as Sidney National Guard issues a red alert precaution. Local troops remain ready but no action taken and a memorial mass is planned. Nebraska leaders call the event a tragedy and stress seeking justice and unity.
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Martin Luther King
Memphis
Tenn
Sidney
National Guard
Marion Gunderson
Gunderson
Dr. King
Nebraska
Associated Press
King
Clayton Yeutter
Norbert Tiemann
Samuel J. Cornelious
Kennedy
Medgar Evers
Malcolm X
Rudolph MacNair
Greater Omaha
America
Cattle Loss Light in Panhandle After Blizzard
Neighbors in Nebraska and Wyoming reported light cattle losses after last week’s Panhandle blizzard. Shako Land and Livestock Co. Minatare led with 65 yearling heifers and nine calves lost. Other ranches near Sidney Pine Bluffs Many Wells Ranch and Sunol reported small losses. One calf at Sunol, two dead at Lodge Pole, and one calf at Colton area. Sixty to eighty total losses expected. sheep losses in Mitchell reached 140. Ranchers continue surveys and recover strayed stock.
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Panhandle
Sidney
Cheyenne County
Shako Land and Livestock Company
Minatare
Bill Smith
Wells
Pine Bluffs
Wyoming
Nebraska
Tom Allington
Sunol
Carlson
Lodge Pole
Merlyn Carlson
Keith Deaver
Colton Area
Sheriff’s Office
Verlin Livingston
Weather map shows cooler Panhandle with below normal precip
The Associated Press map for April indicates cool temperatures across the southern Panhandle with precipitation expected to run normal to below normal for the next 30 days. The outlook contrasts with warmer readings elsewhere in the state.
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Panhandle
Associated Press
Langford enters U S House race in Nebraska third district
John D. Langford and Bayard resident Eva Jean Beltner announce Langford's bid for the Third District seat in North Platte. A 27 year Navy veteran and former Pentagon commander, Langford targets incumbent Dave Martin as he criticizes Vietnam policy and calls for stronger U S action. Beltner allies with Langford amid criticism of Martin and Rockefeller era ties.
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U. S
John D
Jack” Langford
North Platte
Eva Jean Beltner
Bayard
Beltner
Langford
Pentagon
Dave Martin
Kearney
LBJ
Johnson
Eugene McCarthy
Robert Kennedy
Vietnam
Martin
Nelson Rockefeller
New York
Rockefeller
Brazil Wheat Market Talk Set for Ogallala Meeting
Nebraska Wheat Growers Association trustees invite members and wheat men to a April 15 briefing in the Elks building Ogallala led by Armando Gomez from Rio de Janeiro Brazil. The report covers Brazil marketing and U S export implications with focus on Ordinary Hard Red Winter Wheats.
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Nebraska Wheat Growers Association
U. S
Ogallala
Nebraska Wheat Growers Association Board of Directors
Armando Gomez
Great Plains Wheat, Inc
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Ray Davis
Potter
Nebraska
United States
Davis
Nebraska Wheat Growers
Elks
Gurley Man Albert McGown Dies at Home
Albert Leon McGown 56 died suddenly at his Gurley home Saturday apparently of a heart attack. Funeral services set for Wednesday at Holewiek Funeral Home Oshkosh with Rev. Jerry Wilke officiating. Burial in Ash Hollow Cemetery Lewellen. Survived by widow Dorothy, mother Joanna Jones of Boulder, son Terry McGown of Boulder, daughter Darlene Kawalewski of Riverside, Calif., six stepchildren, one grandchild, nine step grandchildren, brother Frank McGown Jr. of Sacramento, Calif. Born December 24, 1911 in Lampasas Texas.
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Albert L. McGown
Gurley
Holewiek
Oshkosh
Jerry Wilke
First Baptist Church of
Sidney
Ash Hollow
Lewellen
Craig-Holechek
Albert Leon McGown
Lampas
Texas
Frank McGown
Egging Cab Co
Dorothy
Jonanna Jones
Boulder
Colo
Terry McGown
Darlene Kawalewiski
Riverside
Calif
Donna Sanford
Gur=ley
Lions Easter Egg Hunt Scheduled for April 13
The annual Lions Easter Egg Hunt will be next Saturday morning April 13 at American Legion Park. The gun sounds at 9 a.m. Grades three and four hunt west of the Shelter House, grades one and two west of the swimming pool, and pre-school through Kindergarten at the baseball field. Thousands of eggs will be distributed.
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American Legion Park
Panhandle Weather Forecast Forecast
Partly cloudy this afternoon tonight and Tuesday with westerly winds 15 to 25 mph. Tonight low 20 to 30 and Tuesday high 50 to 60. Precipitation chances near 5 percent today tonight and Tuesday. Five day outlook cooler to warmer trend with highs in the 60s and lows in the 30s. Light showers possible at the start and end of the period.
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Panhandle
Northwestern Names Omaha Man Central Manager
Robert R. Balfour, formerly of Omaha and a seven year switchman, is named central office foreman in Sidney. He will oversee the central office, assignments and the test center as Northwestern Bell installs new equipment.
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Northwestern Bell
Sidney
Robert R. Balfour
Omaha
Northwestern
Balfour
Panhandle Mental Health Center Construction Planned
Construction of the Panhandle Mental Health Center near St. Mary Hospital in Scottsbluff is expected to begin in the coming weeks. Eleven Panhandle counties cooperate on the project with Cheyenne County contributing 12.4 percent of the total cost. Commissioner Billie Smith of Potter serves as the Cheyenne County planning board representative.
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Panhandle Mental Health Center
St. Mary Hospital
Scottsbluff
Panhandle
Cheyenne County
Tal
Billie Smith
Potter
Mental Health Center
Fullen Construction Co
Syracuse-Lawler
Denver
Colorado
Banner
Box Butte
Dawes
Deuel
Garden
Kimball
Morrill
Scotts Bluff
Sheridan
Sioux
Mrs Hernbloom Triumphs In Lodgepole Who's Who Challenge
Mrs Harold Hernbloom correctly guessed 16 clues about Frank W Pivonka of Lodgepole and added four more to win 5 dollars. This week’s prize is 65 dollars with more clues in The Telegraph. Entries due by 5 pm Friday at Farmers Feed and Seed Ray's TV Gibson Ford Triangle Sheet Metal Cameo House of Beauty.
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Frank W. Pivonka
Lodgepole
Harold Hernbloom
Hernbloom
The
Telegraph
Piyonka
First State Bank
University of Missouri
Masons
Elks
Hunter
Farmers Feed and Seed
Ray’s TV
Gibson- Ford
Triangle Sheet Metal
Cameo House of Beauty
Alliance Times Awarded at Nebraska Press Convention
The Alliance Times-Herald received an Ak-Sar-Ben award in Omaha for coverage of local agriculture and blending farming and national rural issues. The York News Times also earned honors for in depth reporting on a $1 million hospital drive led by publisher Kent R. Thomas.
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Alliance Times-Herald
Omaha
Alliance
Gene Kemper
York News Times
Kent R. Thomas
Panhandle Mental Health Center project to begin soon
Construction starts in weeks for the Panhandle Mental Health Center in Scottsbluff a cooperative effort of eleven western Nebraska counties. Cheyenne County will pay 14 145 of 130 000 with federal matching funds to cover construction and maintenance. The facility aims to open in fall 1968 offering in patient and out patient care emergency treatment and education services with Dr Noel Haukebo as director.
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Panhandle Mental Health Center
Scottsbluff
Nebraska
Cheyenne County
Billie Smith
Potter
Smith
Scotts Bluff County
Cheyenne
West Nebraska
St. Mary’s Hospital
Scotts
Haukebo
False alarm prompts fire crew to bakery call
A prankster took two pieces of fire equipment from a fire station on Saturday in response to a false alarm. At 2 50 p m firemen were called to Harlans Bakery.
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Harlan’s Bakery
Dr. Cook Named To District Post At Rotary Meet
Sidney physician Dr Hull Cook was elected District Governor Designee of Rotary District 563 at a district gathering in Minden Nebraska. He will serve as executive officer for the 1969 70 term guiding district functions with Sidney Rotarians and three exchange students present Sylvia Mazal from Argentina and past exchangers Susan Knicely and Susan Beyer.
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Hull Cook
Sidney
Rotary
Minden
Nebraska
Sylvia Mazal
Argentina
Susan Knicely
Susan Beyer
Cook
Vern Bates Rites Set
Vern Bates 78 died in Denver where he had lived the last 20 years. Funeral services will be 10:30 a m Wednesday at Moore Chapel Denver with graveside rites at 4 p m at Greenwood Cemetery Sidney. Bates born Nov 26 1889 in Cheyenne to Bert Bates and wife. Survived by widow Betty two daughters Barbara Bates Lincoln and Patricia Woods Denver four sisters Rudy Bates Lodge Pole Doris Rowan Broken Bow Nell Hayden Kansas City Bertha Kucera Colorado Springs three grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
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William L
Vern) Bates
Denver
Moore Chapel
Greenwood Cemetery
Sidney
Mr. Bates
Cheyenne
Wyo
Bert Bates
Betty
Barbara Bates
Lincoln
Patricia Woods
Rudy Bates
Lodgepole
Doris Rowan
Broken Bow
Nell Hayden
Kansas City
Bertha Kucera
Colorado Springs
Colo
Craig-Holechek Funeral Home
School and City Officials to Be Inaugurated Tonight
Six elected officials take office including Sidney school board member James O. Thompson and incumbent Jack Knicely beginning a six year term. City council seats go to Stan Larabee Dr Del Koch George Elwood, and W W Schulz becomes police judge. The school board meets at 7 45 pm in the junior high board room while the city council convenes in the city office building.
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George Elwood
Jack Knicely
Sidney
James O. Thompson
Stan Larabee
del Koch
W. Schulz
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US Weather Bureau
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John Langford
Mrs. Hernbloom
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Alliance Times
Cooperative Panhandle Mental Health Center
Dr. Cook
Rotary Meet
Vern Bates
James O Thompson
W. W. Schulz
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