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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1963
Page
1
The item lists post postage details and change of address instructions plus subscription rates for the Sidney Nebraska newspaper established in 1873. It states prices inside and outside a 50 mile zone, carrier copies, and a 1963 date alongside volume and issue information.
The Sidney Chamber of Commerce prepares its second annual Chuck Wagon dinner at the Elks Auditorium on Thursday evening April 18. Willis H. Edmund will deliver the keynote talk. Over a thousand invitations have been mailed and more guests are welcome. The cafeteria style meal features western beef on buns with salad baked beans and dessert. The event honors rural Sidney trade area residents and expects a crowd surpassing last years 500 attendees.
Frontier Airlines announces a new high speed teletypewriter network linking Denver with 61 points across 10 states. The system will handle reservations dispatching and administration at 100 words per minute with six circuits converging at Denver relay center.
Police reported two city crashes with high property damage. At 18th and Illinois, Dorothy Divis and La Wanna Hajek collided rear ending Divis’s car causing 600 and 200 dollars damage respectively with no injuries. A second crash at Stn and Illinois involved Blair resident Duane Pond failing to stop for a red light and a truck driven by Jose Flores sustaining no damage.
The Lodgepole Valley Saddle Club hosts a pancake feed Sunday April 21 from 7 30 am to 1 30 pm at the club house. Adults 75 cents and children 12 and under 50 cents. Wes Jensen assisted by Delmar Dehning in charge. A Sunday afternoon ride is planned.
Frontier Airlines announces that American Express credit cards will be honored for online air travel purchases starting April 28. All ticket offices in 57 cities across 10 states in the Rocky Mountain West, Midwest and Southwest will accept the cards, alongside existing Diners Club acceptance. C. M. Britt, VP of sales and service, disclosed the move.
Sioux Army Depot spent over $400000 with small business concerns last year, mostly in Sidney and within 200 miles, buying automotive parts chemicals building supplies electrical plumbing hardware oils steel and related items. Contacts for vendor details include Ian Johnson Ermald Wier and Dorothy Robertson.
Nebraska wheat growers through the Nebraska Wheat Commission support a nutrition education program in Japan. Ninety demonstration buses travel to rural villages teaching housewives to cook with wheat products as Japanese households adopt bread and wheat meals. Taiwan will buy about 21 million bushels of U wheat with cash terms.
Clarence Leander Rafuse 60 died of a heart attack Saturday night in the Sidney Hotel lobby. He was born February 15 1903 in Summersville Nova Scotia and became a U S citizen in 1943 after serving in the Army. He is survived by his mother Mrs Lillian Rafuse and a brother Arthur of Halifax. Funeral arrangements are tentative for Wednesday with The Gehrig and Son Funeral Home handling the arrangements.
Sidney’s ambassador of goodwill Benny Hochman will visit Holdrege on Wednesday April 24 to address the Phelps County Educators Club. He will present From Hell to Here detailing his youth in a Nazi concentration camp.
Editorial argues Nebraska towns like Sidney should recreate frontier look to draw tourists. Funds lag for a Cheyenne County Historical Assn museum set in a former Ft. Sidney officers’ barracks, now remodeled for exhibits. Contributions are requested via The Sidney Telegraph box 219.
Funeral services for Carl Johnson 66 of Broadwater, who died Thursday in a La Mesa California hospital, will be held Tuesday at Leeds North Dakota. A wheat farmer north of Dalton since 1928 he belonged to Messiah Lutheran Church Broadwater and Bridgeport American Legion Post. Survived by widow Alma brother Melvin two sisters Ellen Day and another sister in North Dakota.
Rudy Dedic defeated fellow incumbent Francis Bud Gaston in a Potter village council race. Incumbents Kenny Rose and Gordon Reed also won seats after a tie was resolved by drawing slips from a box with one marked elected.
Three Sidney teens vie for queen honors Miss Delores Brue daughter of Dale and Mrs Brue Miss Sharon Crouse daughter of Carl and Mrs Crouse and Miss Virgina Mika daughter of William and Mrs Mika. Each is a Sidney High School senior with plans for after graduation. Brue will dance a modern jazz routine Crouse will perform an organ solo Mika will dance. Sponsors include Banks Drive Inns American National Bank and Arlo Jones Agency.
Minuteman ICBM launch sites are being built over several hundred square miles in southeastern Wyoming northeastern Colorado and southern Nebraska. Silos in circular clusters of ten are excavated below ground with launch control centers to manage the missiles. The project proceeds ahead of schedule with little public attention or disruption.
J C Swinbank of the University of Nebraska extension is named Nebraska's Mr Wheat during the Nebraska Grain Improvement Association's 25th anniversary. John Cooper, association president, credits his leadership from 1943 to 1952 and his role in initiating the Wheat Show and contests while promoting grain improvement in Nebraska.
Dalton Lions Club elected Berry Clifton Berry as president at its April gathering. New officers include W F Wallex and Jess Allen as vice presidents, Kenwood Anderson secretary, Lyle Rabe treasurer, Lee Nelson and Dale Flora two year directors, and Ron Norman Lien Jamer and Glen Twarling Tail Twister. A district talent show report and Easter Egg Hunt committee update were given. John Heizer led the session. Donna Allen sang with Mrs. J Johnson at the piano. Warren Glover shared Wind Cave and Yellowstone Park scenes and notes from seven summers guiding in Wind Cave. Next meeting set for April 23.
Nebraska oil output fell to 1,742,393 barrels in February, well below the 1962 average of over two million. The Sleepy Hollow Field in Red Willow County plunged to 337,927 barrels, with Sloss Field in Kimball down to 93,429 barrels as weather and demand impact production. Industry observers anticipate extensive wildcatting this year to replace depleted reserves.
L E Lydiatt, founder of the Lodgepole Valley Activities Association, was praised by Lodgepole Valley conference at Gurley for building the organization. After 41 years at Lodgepole schools he will retire at term end as the conference serves 14 schools.
Roger Plantz of the Soil Conservation Service announces extra trees available at the SCS office on a first come basis. Varieties include Red Cedar and Elm in greatest supply, with both farmers and households eligible to purchase.
A solid-fuel Minuteman missile fired successfully at Vandenberg Friday marks the second such test in two days and the fourth test at the base. The launch, a routine reliability test, occurred over the Pacific Missile Range with impact areas undisclosed. Construction of 750 Minutemen is authorized with silos planned at Ellsworth, Warren (S D and Wyo), and Malmstrom AFB.
The Defense Department authorized 756 Minuteman missiles at five sites. Boeing will bring in key personnel next spring to emplace and check out missiles at Warren AFB region. Morrison Knudsen leads general construction as weather favors early completion. One squadron in Montana has been declared operational.
Gary L. Statler of Omaha was robbed of 54 dollars by a hitchhiker with a knife after meeting him at Ninth and Douglas. Statler drove west on Dodge Street and jumped out at Fourteenth Street to flag down police. The attacker fled on foot as pursuing officers lost him at Thirteenth and Dodge.
Considerable cloudiness continues into Tuesday with a chance of light rain showers Monday night. Low Monday around 40 to 50, high Tuesday near 60 to 70.
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