Fort Sidney Queen Crowned In JC Pageant
Seven Sidney girls compete for Fort Sidney Days queen with Miss Nebraska trip and a $250 scholarship. Event at Junior High School Auditorium begins 7:30 p.m. Darrell Hunt hosts. judges tea and dinner precede..$0.15 reserved, $1 general admission.
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Fort Sidney
Sidney
Darrell Hunt
Dude's Steak House
Dude's
Sidney Junior Chamber of Commerce
Elm
SHS
Banks Drive-Inns
Beverly Kay Busboom
Dale V Busboom
Newton
Sidney High
Greerlees’, Inc
Sharon Lee Crouse
Carl A Crouse
Coronado Court
Sidney High School
American National Bank
Elaine Joyce Jurgens
15Th Street
Levin Jurgens
Lodgepole High School
Sidney Beauty Academy
Virginia Jean Mika
William Jr. Mika
Charlotte Drive
Arlo Jones Agency
Judith M. Steinback
Daugher
A. J. Younger
Farmer's Insurance Group
Sterling High School
Clint Dahlgren
North Platte
Bess Rothman
Bridgeport
Hjalmer Carlson
Chappell
June Hendrickson
Frontier Airlines
W. J.yreching
Northeastern Junior College
Sterling
Nancy Ballegeer
Potter
Loretto Heights College
Denver
Jaycees
Bill Maddox
Harold Tremain
Conrad Ribera
Earl Baack
Highlifers
Danny Zwickl
Eddie Ott
Jim
Bob Selzer
Greg Fitzgerald
Calahan
Stan Bellcu
Jerry Hile
Jim Schilling
Jim Lodes
Sioux Depot Man At Fort Lee Army School
Ermald L Weir a contracting officer at Sioux Army Depot attends the Defense Basic Procurement Course at Fort Lee Virginia. The U S Army Logistics Management Center offers 14 courses including project managership general supply procurement distribution maintenance and surplus property disposal.
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Ermald L Weir
Sioux Army Depot
Defense
U. S. Army Logistics Management Center
Fort Lee
Virginia
Carpenters Strike Over Missile Site Labor Dispute
Cheyenne Local 469 protests that Iron Workers perform carpentry tasks on Minuteman missile sites in Nebraska Wyoming and Colorado. Morrison Knudsen as prime contractor allegedly assigns work to sub contractors fueling walkouts. union to refer dispute to the labor relations board.
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Carpenters Union
Nebraska
Wyoming
Colorado
Bill Scraper
Chéyenne
Iron Workers Union
Scraper
Morrison-Knudsen
Cheyenne
Sterling
Greeley
Maynarie Roach
John Bell
Air Force
Associated Press
Missile Site Labor Relations Committee
Bill S Raper
Labor Relations Boradoan Washington
Far Aeelement
North Platte Shooting Ends in Suicide After Triple Murder
Gerald Schulz, son of Cheyenne County Sheriff W W Schulz and Union Pacific worker in North Platte, witnessed a coworker serially shoot three men before killing himself. Roy Gillett shot foreman Chet Mills, timekeeper Eugene Bellows, and freight agent Dale Keeney, then killed himself. Mills died at the hospital. Bellows and Keeney were killed instantly.
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Gerald Schulz
Cheyenne County
W W Schulz
Union Pacific
North Platte
Gerald
Roy Gillott
Gillett
Freight House
Chet Mills
Eugene Bellows
Dale Keeney
Sidney man plans law practice with Jack R. Knicely
Guy F. Bush of Sidney will join Jack R. Knicely in law after completing studies at the University of Nebraska and passing the Nebraska bar. He is the son of J. C. Bush and the grandson of Doran and A Bush, married to Wanda Westerhoff, a Sidney High School graduate and Navy veteran who recently reached the moot court finals before the Nebraska Supreme Court.
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Guy F
Jeff) Bush
Sidney
Jack R. Knicely
Bush
University of Nebraska
Nebraska
Mr. Bush
J. C. Bush
Guy V Doran
Fred A Bush
Wanda Westerhoff
Arnold Westerhoff
Postage Rates and Address Change Instructions Listed
Second Class Postage paid at Sidney Neb. Change of address requests go to Post Office Box 219 Sidney Neb. Subscription rates are $8 per year inside a 50 mile zone and $9 outside. Carrier delivery is $8 per year and single copies cost 10 cents.
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Sidney
Nebr
Soap Box Derby Clinic Set At Armory Sunday
Ned Swaeby announces a Soap Box Derby Clinic at the Armory on Sunday April 21 from 1 30 to 3 30 for all boys and parents. A film strip will illustrate racer construction and refreshments will be served. Registration for the June Derby Race continues.
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Armory
Ned Swaeby
Swaeby
Wildcat Wells Begin Across Nebraska Oil Fields
Oil drillers move a rig to the Laaker farm near Sidney Cheyenne County to drill a No 1 Laaker wildcat for Colorado Oil and Gas Co Exeter Drilling Co holds the contract for the No 1 Laaker location with a 4700 foot J sand test planned In Banner County Pan American casing the No 2 Sandburg dual completion Edwards Field and Nos 1 Sullivan No 1 Moore wildcats in Hayes Lincoln counties target D and J sections A discovery at Blackwood Creek produced 150 barrels daily before water cut rises Scotts Bluff County sees No 1 Shubert reach 76 barrels daily two miles north of Canal Field potential fifth producer for the county all in J sand and near Corners of existing fields.
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Laaker
Sidney
Cheyenne County
Colorado Oil and Gas Co
Exeter Drilling Co
Nebraska
Banner County
Pan-American
Sandburg
Edwards Field
Winslow and Hayes
Morrill County
Murfin Drilling Co
Lincoln
Hayes
Blackwood Creek
K Duncan
Taubert
Steed
Murfin
Granite
Hayes County
Sullivan
Lincoln County
Moore
Wildcat
Scotts Bluff County
Sun Oil Co
Don R. Link
Walter Ohmart
Weather outlook through Thursday
Fair weather continues into the week with a warming trend. Low Wednesday night expected around 25 to 30 degrees following by a Thursday high near 50 to 60 degrees.
Old McConnell Barn Razed By Monday Winds
Dalton residents mourn the loss of the 46 year old old McConnell barn after a Monday afternoon tornado winds collapsed the 40 by 100 foot structure. A cow and calf were trapped inside but uninjured as the roof caved in. The McConnell family plans a cattle shed replacement and recalls the barn as a historic local landmark guiding travelers.
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Dalton
McConnell
McConnell Place
Nebraska Panhandle
Rod McConnell
Robert McConnell
Rod
Earl McConnell
McConnells
McConnell Barn
4-H Spring Party Set For Saturday At State Armory
The annual 4-H spring party at the armory on Saturday April 20 opens at 7 30 PM. Groups will showcase booths with stunts refreshments and handiwork to display skills and raise funds for 4-H activities. Money supports building improvements and other projects, with free public admission for residents to visit.
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Armory
Lyle Burton
Fleming Finds Mail Reflects Opposition to State Income Tax
State Senator George H. Fleming of Sidney said new mail shows growing opposition to a state income tax. He noted the shift from earlier messages received during the legislative session.
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George H. Fleming
Sidney
Sen. Fleming
Len Fleming
Fleming
Nebraska
Game Commission
Mel Steen
Governor's Committee On Tourism
Mrs. J. W. Billeter Dies at 79 in Memorial Hospital
Mrs. J W Billeter 79 died early Wednesday at Memorial Hospital after a ten day illness from a heart attack. Funeral Friday at 2 p m in First Methodist Church Sidney with burial in Greenwood Cemetery. She lived in Cheyenne County 46 years and in Sidney since 1930. Survived by husband John son Lloyd five daughters and many relatives. Funeral directed by Gehrig and Son. Memorial designated to First Methodist Church.
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J. W Billeter
Memorial Hospital
Cheyenne County
Sidney
First Methodist Church
John Stayton
Greenwood Cemetery
Gehrig and Son Funeral Home
Anna Elizabeth Million
Rockport
Joseph J
Winifred Murphy Million
Kennard
Neb
John William Billeter
Coupe
Jackson County
Wyo
Sunol
Billeter
Order of Eastern Star
Royal Neighbors
Dalton Lions Club Names Don Dey Ermand V P
Clif Berry reports that Don Dey Ermand was omitted from the list of newly elected officers for Dalton Lions Club where he is named as the new first vice president. Berry suspects Ermand authored the release and warns of fines for the omission.
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Don Dey Ermand
Poaular
Datton
Datton Lions Club
G.ven
Dey Ermand
Clif Berry
Berry
Mexican Embassy Grants Courtesy Visa for Sidney High Band Trip
Senators Curtis and Hruska arranged a no fee collective visa from the Mexican Embassy for Sidney High School Band's July 1 to 10 Mexico City tour. The invitation from a Mexican government agency linked to the Palace of Fine Arts qualifies the group, with names and addresses needed for the visa. The arrangement reduces trip cost by 387 dollars and refunds sponsor visa fees if requested.
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Carl T. Curtis
Roman Hruska
Sidney High School
Nebraska
Thomas Beigart
Mexican Affairs Desk
Department of State
Washington, D. C
Mexico
Palace of Fine Arts
Mexico City
Curt
Lowry Lindell Band
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Aeby
Ken Woodward
Jerry Svoboda
Ken Keiselhorst
Ron Rosemond
Fort Lee Army School
Missile Carpenters
Jeff Bush
Wil
G. Yr
Jeff) Busi
Western Nebraska
Hod McConnell
Laaker Farm
Landmark
State Armory
J. W. Billeter
John
Lloyd
Broadwater
Elsie Bolinger
Casper
Bessie Aurich
Lucille Thomas
Beulah Hein
Doris Primus
Bird City
Kan
Lewis Million
Albert Million
Sarah Freeman
Nickerson
Ned
Myrtle Hinrichs
Dalton Lions
V. P
Yendis Cafe
Virgil Reed
Dick Baliman
Barney Smith
Bill Tolkerts
Ed Haupt
Jack O’brien
Lee Ross
Paul Adkinson
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