City Council Approves Funds for Local Senior Center
Sidney City Council approved 3600 for the next fiscal year to support a senior citizens center under a 75 25 federal state matching plan. The plan, with May 1 submission deadline, would total about 14000 in year one with 25 city funds and 75 state funds. Over three years, funding shifts to 25 75 then 50 50 with self support after year three. Ed Cole sought city support for a Chamber of Commerce Washington trip, and council agreed to cover up to 1000 of the bill if the city share does not exceed that amount. The trip aims to meet federal fund administrators and area lawmakers.
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Chamber of Commerce
Washington, D. C
Sidney City
Senior Citizens Center
Nebraska Commission On the
Ed Cole
Cole
Sidney
Washington
John Baudek
Union Pacific Railroad
Greenwood Cemetery
Baudek
Jim Thompson
Library Board
Bob Hossle
Thompson
Ed Bauman
Mr. Baudek
Parents Night at Sidney Schools With Church Talk
The annual Spring Parents Night runs tonight at Sidney Senior and Junior High Schools. At 7, parents attend abbreviated classes and view Science Fair and social studies exhibits, with student demonstrations. An eighth grade orientation follows at 7:30, then a talk by Rev Harlan Brei at 8:15 in the high school auditorium. Candidates for the Parents Advisory Council will be introduced and voting takes place, ending with a social hour in the cafeteria. One of the noted country artists, T Texas Tyler, appears Thursday at 7:30 at Sidney Assembly of God Church, sharing his 28 years in show business before becoming a preacher. A love offering will aid his ministry. gospel albums will be on display. Capacity crowds expected. early arrival advised.
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Sidney
Harlan Brei
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
Parents Advisory Council
T. Texas Tyler
New York
Carnegie Hall
Columbia Pictures
Tyler
Two Accidents Involving Sidney Schools
Sidney Police investigated two minor accidents on Tuesday and Thursday at local school parking lots. Mary E. White's car struck Evelyn Jacobson's parked auto near Sidney Junior High at about 12:38 p.m. Minor damage resulted. Donald E. Rieken's vehicle collided with Steven G. Sutton's car at St Patrick’s Academy parking lot around 3:28 p.m.
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Sidney Police Department
Sidney
Mary E. White
Sidney Junior High
Evelyn Jacobson
Sidney St. Patrick’s Academy
Donald E. Rieken
Steven G. Sutton
Miss Kimball crown crowns Kathy Robinson in pageant
Kathy Robinson of Kimball was named Miss Kimball after winning the Saturday night pageant. She will compete in the Miss Nebraska Contest at York in June. First runner-up Jan Ellen Nelson of Dix and second runner-up Mary Kay Moore of Kimball. Cathy Wistrom of Dix named Miss Congeniality.
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Kimball
Kathy Robinson
Ed Robinson
York
Jan Ellen Nelson
Dix
Leonard E. Nelson
Mary Kay Moore
Richard E. Moore
Cathy Wistrom
Richard Wistrom
Cancer cases rise this year says American Cancer Society
The American Cancer Society reports about 600000 new cancer cases expected this year. Early diagnosis and proper treatment are crucial for potential cures and better outcomes. Support for the Cancer Crusade is urged to aid research, awareness, and patient aid programs.
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American Cancer Society
Cancer Crusade
State Job Placements Down in March
Nebraska Division of Employment local offices placed 3 566 jobs in March, about 15 percent below last March. Weather kept outdoor work minimal, hurting agriculture, structural, and outdoor services. Increases occurred in electronic device manufacturing up 316 percent, nondurable goods manufacturing up 15 percent, and utilities up 15 percent. The miscellaneous occupations group also rose.
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Nebraska Division of Employment
Thomas Doyle
Doyle
Panhandle forecast shows cool, mostly cloudy conditions
Forecasters expect a cool, mostly cloudy afternoon with a clear night. Temperatures dip to 30 to 40 tonight, then rise to 50 to 60 by Thursday. Friday through Monday trend 2 to 10 degrees above normal with a warming end of week, possible showers early next week. highs in 60s and lows 35 to 45. Frontier Airlines provides the outlook.
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Panhandle
Frontier Airlines
Rainfall Brings Green Up Across Countryside
A total of .30 inch of moisture, in gentle rain, turned the countryside from brown to green. Temperatures were balmy Monday from 40 to 64 degrees, then cooled Tuesday with a 36 to 46 range and .27 inch of rain. By noon today the low was 33 and the high 43, with an additional tenth inch of moisture after midnight.
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Mercury
Sugar Beet Wage Rates Set by Cheyenne County ASC
Lester Range announces wage rates for sugarbeet work effective April 7 as set by the Secretary of Agriculture after public hearings. General provisions match prior regulation with a new hand labor operation for removing weeds after machine thinning and herbicide use. Piece rates per acre apply for thinning 12.00, hoeing 15.50, hoe trimming 18.75, weeding 10.00, removing weeds 10.00, with other operations tied to a $1.65 per hour minimum earnings.
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Lester Range
Cheyenne County
ASC
Secretary of Agriculture
Social Studies Students Plan Lincoln Trip
Ten Sidney Senior and Junior High social studies students will spend two days in Lincoln this week visiting the capitol and Unicameras in session. They depart Thursday at 6 a.m. and stay with former Sidney High School instructor W. T. Miller, who will guide tours of ETV services.
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Sidney
Lincoln
Capitol
W.T. Miller
Sidney High School
Miller
Freda Harrington
Jim Bossley
Kristi Niemann
Karen Sue Johnson
Pam French
Craig Wilson
Jim Cunningham
Cynthia Studnicka
Brian Reed
Jean Curtiss
Paul Shea
Bob Roach
Job Applications and Unemployment File Decrease in March
March saw about 3,896 new job applications versus 6,587 a year earlier, a drop of 41 percent. The active job seeker file held 11,286 persons this March, down from 13,103 last March, a 14 percent decline.
Optimism at Vo-Tech Open House Next Sunday
Police reports note vandalism to a 1960 car parked near the high school and a stolen lawn spreader from Bauerkemper Motors. Dogs running loose were also logged. Amid SB 91 support, Western Nebraska Vo Tech eyes a brighter future as Open House approaches.
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Vo-Tech
Sidney
Lila Brunzell
Bauerkemper Motors
Western Nebraska Vocational Technical School
Robert Clark
Western Nebraska
Veteran Printer Leaves The Sidney Telegraph
A longtime Sidney printer John Lessig ends his 25 year run at The Telegraph and heads to The Tribune in Columbia Missouri as assistant foreman His wife will join him soon and their Dalton home has been sold Gala Open House planned with Flight Breakfast free for flyers and a 1 dollar fee for drivers Continuing Open House features an Air Show aerial contests skydiving demonstrations model apartment and tours of eight school buildings with VOC AIR Club free airplane rides Expected attendees include education officials and Omaha World Herald staff reporters as part of the event
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Sidney Telegraph
Dalton
the Telegraph
John Lessig
the Tribune
Columbia
Pat Benskin
Lessig
Don Dey Ermand
San Diego
Calif
Rocky Mountain News
Denver
California
Merle Rudebusch
VOC Air Club
Lloyd Wright
Reynolds
John Wagoner
Grand Island
State Board
Preview Of Phone Switch Set Friday
Sidney business and community leaders will see the Northwestern Bell installation at a luncheon this Friday. The upgrade, going into service Sunday, includes direct dial long distance, new 411 directory assistance, 611 repair service, and a time of day machine. Local calls will require seven digit dialing.
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Sidney
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
H. R. Zich
Zich
Robert Hossle
Northwestern Bell
Nebraska
Robert E. Runice
Dix Talent Show Highlights Local Winners and District Chance
The Dix Lions Club staged a school talent contest with Jill Shaw winning junior piano solo and advancing to the district contest in Potter on April 27. Jane Southard won the intermediate piano solo, while Claudia Steve and Bill Howton led senior musical numbers. Additional honors went to Matthew Shaw as second in junior division with piano pieces and Debby Shaw as second in intermediate division with a piano solo.
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Dix
Dix Lions Club
Potter
Jill Shaw
Jane Southard
Claudia
Steve
Bill Howton
Bill
Roger Loschen
Matthew Shaw
Debby Shaw
Kiwanis Drive For EKG Cart Campaign
The Sidney Kiwanis Club runs a four Sundays drive April 20 27 and May 4 11 offering Electrocardiographs for $5 about one third of cost. EKGs go to Base Tracing file for admitted patients with possible heart issues. Cheyenne County residents can book an appointment at banks or with Ralph Welch Sidney. Memorial Hospital PT dept reads EKGs for women in conference room for men, with parking north of hospital and Kiwanis guides. A copy goes to family physicians and a permanent copy to hospital records. The Crash Cart includes oscilloscope pulse rate meter automatic starting EKG machine oxygen tank and flowmeter suction unit and a defibrillator with synchronized pacemaker.
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Sidney Kiwanis Club
Cheyenne County
Kiwanis
Ralph Welch
Sidney
Memorial Hospital
Kiwanis Club
Pilots to Meet at Western Nebraska Vocational Tech
Area pilots are reminded of a 7 30 p m meeting tonight in the drafting building at Western Nebraska Vocational Technical School. Guest speaker Lew Ross of Denver will discuss Mountain Flying. Slides will be shown.
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Western Nebraska Vocational Technical School
Lew Ross
Denver
Bivens Lease Chappell Plant
Mr and Mrs Ed Bivens have leased and taken over operation of the Brauer Packing Co of Chappell The former operators Ivan Brauer and wife move to McCook where Brauer is employed as a federal inspector in the McCook Packing Plant The Bivens man formerly worked in a Sterling Colo supermarket meat department
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Ed Bivens
Brauer Packing Co
Chappell
Bivens
Sterling
Colo
Ivan Brauer
McCook
McCook Packing Plant
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Bivens Lease
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