Partisan Unicameral Drive At 25 Per Cent
Nebraska advocates push a petition drive to place a partisan legislature issue on the ballot. Local organizers report 25 percent of needed signatures, with 48 640 of 93 counties targeted and a goal of 75 000 signatures statewide. Bruce Hagemeister chairs the state committee. Frank Marsh will certify signatures.
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Cheyenne County
Nebraska
Frank Marsh
Frank Mattoon
John Lowell Jr
Bruce S Hagemeister
Llemingford
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Minnesota
Rites Today For Prominent Dalton Man
A Dalton and Bridgeport area rancher Joseph T. Marrin 59 died suddenly Friday morning at his Bridgeport home likely from a heart attack. Funeral at All Souls Catholic Church Bridgeport with burial in Dalton Cemetery followed by services at Holechek Funeral Home. He was born 1909 in Omaha and raised near Dalton. he was a rancher and tax consultant. survived by widow a brother a son-in-law a grandson and 11 nieces and nephews.
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Dalton
Bridgeport
Joseph T. Marrin
All Souls Catholic Church
Ted Nekoliczak
Robert Conrad
James Gilroy
Richard van Anne
Verner Hinman
Louis Buck
Sidney Keenan
Ernest Finn
Fred Geis
Phillip Schuetz
All Souls Church
Joseph Thomas Marrin
Omaha
Mud Springs
Dalton High School
Chadron State College
Denver University School of Commerce
Edna Mae Ziegler
Denver
JoAnne Lookabill
Lawrence
Jack Lockabill
Donald
Ovid
Colo
Two Hurt As Car Hits Tree In Sidney
Two Sidney youths were injured Saturday afternoon when a 1961 four door car struck a tree after turning from 14th and Newton. Debbie Duncan, the driver, and Jeff Spencer, front seat passenger, were taken by ambulance to Memorial hospital with facial cuts and a right arm injury respectively. The car sustained about 800 dollars in damage. four other passengers were unhurt.
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Sidney
Memorial Hospital
Debbie Duncan
Jeff Spencer
Newton
Miss Duncan
Larry G. Mace
Ilinois
Delmar Adams
Mrs Francis Dies in Atoka After Illness
Mrs. William Francis of Sidney 58 died Sunday in Atoka Oklahoma where she had stayed since January to care for her father. She had heart problems and was hospitalized about a week. Funeral rites will be held in Atoka. She is survived by her widow er, two sisters Mrs Art Gage Sidney and Mrs Opal Clayton Tulsa and her father Tom Crooms Atoka.
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William Francis
Sidney
Atoka
Okla
Art Gage
Opal Clayton
Tulsa
Tom Crooms
Second Tech School Open House Showcases 3 Million Facilities
Preparations for the second annual open house at the Western Nebraska Vocational Technical School outline a 3 million dollar operation in facilities and equipment. The event April 21 features tours of drafting electronics, airframe and power plant departments, campus amenities, and a B 25 arrival planned for April 28 presented by General Jimmy Doolittle. Visitors are advised to drive and park in designated areas ten miles west of Sidney.
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Western Nebraska Vocational Technical School
Drafting Electronics
Vo-Tech
Sioux Ordnance Depot
Jimmy Doolittle
Omaha
Sidney
Highway 30
Kennedy’s Committee In Sidney Boosts Kennedy Primary Drive
About 20 University of Denver and Colorado students, led by CU law student Carlton Stoiber, toured Sidney Nebraska to drum up votes for Sen. Robert Kennedy ahead of the May 14 primary. They plan further area trips and will evaluate the visit. Madeline Aufdengarten coordinated the Sidney leg.
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Students For
Kennedy
Chadron
Pine Ridge
South Dakota
Stoiber
Chadron College
Sidney
Madeline Aufdengarten
Colorado
Seven From Sidney Attend Career Meet in Lincoln Omaha
Seven representatives from Sidney will participate in the seventh annual Human Sciences Conference April 18-19 in Lincoln and Omaha. About 77 Nebraska high school students will attend to explore careers in the mental health field. Attendees include Kathy Grant, Mark Bonkiewicz, Kathleen Bennett, Freda Harrington, Linda Christensen, Thelma Hajek, and Sister M. Rene.
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Sidney
Lincoln
Omaha
Nebraska
Kathy Grant
Martin Grant
Mark Bonkiewicz
Joseph S. Bonkiewicz
Kathleen Bennett
Gene Bennett
Freda Harrington
Ben Hajek
Linda Christensen
Evelyn Christensen
Thelma Hajek
M. Rene
Swaybacked Gunderson barn to be torn down
A swaybacked old barn on the Gunderson homestead near the Kimball County line between Dix and Potter is slated for demolition. The property is now owned by Loring Tobler of Sidney who says the buildings will be torn down soon due to a deteriorating center post and years of heavy snows. Telegrap h Photo.
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Dix and
Potter
Kimball County
Gunderson
Longs
Loring Tobler
Sidney
Nebraska Voter Registration Surpasses 600000 in Statewide Totals
Statewide registration reaches 609070 as of Wednesday, with Republicans 317238, Democrats 275749, Independents 15823, and American Party 260. Cheyenne County totals 4382 voters, while Omaha Douglas County accounts for most American Party signups. May 3 deadline for May 14 primary.
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Cheyenne County
Secretary of State
New American Party
Douglas County
Omaha
Sidney
Frank Marsh
Nebraska
Marsh
American Party
Alabama
George Wallace
Butler
Douglas
Greeley
Howard, Platte
Sa~line
Sarpy
Saunders
Sherman
Phone Workers and Firms Brace for Nationwide Walkout
The Communications Workers of America review strike plans as 200 000 workers nationwide prepare to strike at 1 p.m. Thursday MST. The wage dispute involves 19 000 Northwestern Bell workers and about 90 in Sidney after Northwestern's final offer was rejected. Local 7405 says picket signs are distributed with unions ready for the action.
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Communications Workers of America
Northwestern Bell
Sidney
Northwestern
Panhandle Weather Forecast Shows Mild Today Then Cooler
The Panhandle expects generally fair conditions this afternoon tonight and Tuesday with a turn to colder by Tuesday night Westerly winds of 15 to 25 mph with gusts. Lows around 40 tonight highs near 70 Tuesday and precipitation chances under five percent Five day outlook calls for near normal temperatures Tuesday to Saturday with highs near 60 and lows in the 30s light showers possible midweek
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Panhandle
27 Bushels Forecast For 1968 Wheat
Nebraska wheat statisticians project an 88 992 000 bushel statewide yield for 1968 based on April 1 conditions. The forecast is 27 bushels per acre up 1 from 1967 and 31 percent above the 1962 66 average, with declines in the southwest and Panhandle reducing growth before winter dormancy.
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Lincoln - Government
Nebraska
Federal Division of Agricultural Statistics
Southwest
Panhandle
Total Oil Potential Looking Up in Rocky Mountain Region
The Rocky Mountain drilling pace suggests 1968 will have the highest oil and gas completions in seven years. First quarter total: 803 wells, up from 675 a year ago, with four states leading gains Montana Wyoming Nebraska and Arizona.
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Rocky Mountain
Petroleum Information
Rocky Mountain States
Petroleum
Montana
Wyoming
Nebraska
Arizona
New Mexico
Colorado
Tax Deadline Looms as 8 Million Rush Returns
The 1967 income tax deadline is midnight tonight. The Internal Revenue Service estimated on Saturday that about eight million people waited until the last weekend to mail their returns.
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Internal Revenue Service
Youth Groups To Work Saturday On Lodgepole Creek Cleanup
County Agent Ivan Liljegren organizes a Lodgepole Creek cleanup with youth groups Saturday April 20. Volunteers will clean three creek sections from Valley View to Legion Park, gathering at 9 a.m. at the park shelter house and later plan broader participation through April 28.
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Ivan Liljegren
Liljegren
Quitos
Valley View Crossing
Valley View
Hospital Bridge
Legion Park
Shelter House
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Dalton Man
Second Tech School
Kennedy’s
Cheyenne
East Ilinois
North Platte
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