Mantle Homers For Distant Little Fan In New Years Game
Mickey Mantle hit a solo homer in the fourth inning to honor 12 year old Mike Lundy of Kimball Nebraska, watching from 2000 miles away as Mike battles illness. The Yankees lost 4 1 at Baltimore. Mike, a Kimball sixth grader, sends wire requests and letters to the Yankees and awaits medical checkups in Denver.
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Mickey
Mantle
Mike Lundy
Kimball
Mike
New York Yankees
North
Soung
Chuck Estraca
Baltimore
Nhenner
Estrada
Yankees
Gil McDougald
Yerkee Fielder
Yankee
Denver
Cleveland
Endangered House Of Flowers Damaged By Basement Fire
A basement blaze at 1106 Illinois heavily damaged the House of Flowers and its inventory, threatening nearby shops including Thompson Photo Center and the law offices of Clinton and McNish. Firefighters credited a closed basement door and a windless night for limiting the spread. The shop sustained about 3,000 to 5,000 dollars in inventory loss with some 250 dollars of flowers destroyed in the cooler. Insurance covered inventory and equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Flowers
Ilinois
Russell Fisher
Thirteenth Ave
Thompson Photo Center
Clinton
McNish
Eleventh Street
Sidney Shoe Center
American Loan Plan
Telegraph Editoral
Fox Theater
Ilinois Fisher
Fisher
Sidney Council Sets Hearings on Liquor Licenses
The Sidney City Council will hold hearings on liquor license applications. Fred Meick seeks a Class C license while Ray C and Armenta L Johnson seek a package license. The docket also shows building applications, church parking request, paving instalment resolution, and sewer rental charges ordinance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Fred Meick
Ray C
Armenta L Johnson
Presbyterian Church
Kerr to Speak at Nebraska Jefferson-Jackson Dinner
Omaha will host the annual Jefferson Jackson Day Dinner at the Hotel Paxton on June 3 with Senator Robert S Kerr of Oklahoma as the featured speaker. Bernard J Boyle, a Democratic committeeman, calls the event a victory celebration praising the current Democratic administration and Kerr, a 1948 Senate winner who was noted for the 1944 convention.
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Omaha
Bernard J Boyle
Robert S Kerr
Okla
Paxton
Vic Boyle
America
Kerr
Senate
Loyalty Day and District II convention set by VFW
The Veterans of Foreign Wars and Auxiliary plan a Loyalty Day banquet on April 29 with Bennie Hochman as speaker and a smorgasbord dinner at 7 pm. Tickets cost 2.50 and are on sale through Wednesday via VFW members. The following day District II convention activities begin at 2 pm with registration at 1 pm. Attendees include VFW groups from Scottsbluff, Imperial, Bridgeport and Sidney.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW
Neal Craig
Bennie Hochman
Vorce of Democracy
Sidney Post and Auxiliary
Little League
Scottsbluff
Imball
Bridgeport
Sidney
Tille
Kim Paxton
Maurine Walin
Kimball
Panhandle Wildcats coring in J sand tests near Potter and Alma
Oil field activity spans Potter and Kimball counties as Panhandle wildcats drill in J sand at No 1 Gurler and 1 McGowan while Don Rounds drills in Cretaceous at No 1 C Rapp. Buick Drilling and Simmons test Pennsylvanian at No 1 Calloway with mud, pressures rising. nearby Alma area production increases after string run. Ohio Oil abandons St John prospect near McCook airport and Drilling and Exploration plugs No 1 Lovercheck in Burnner County.
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Panhandle
Potter
Texota Oil Company
Gurler
Kimball County
DeVaughn Oil and Gas
McGowan
Hruska
Sidney
Cheyenne County
Don Rounds Drilling Company
Antelope Gas Products
South Alma Field
Buick Drilling Company
Simmons
Calloway
Lansing - Kansas City
Pennsylvanian
Ohio Oil
St John Commandery
McCook State Airport
Red Willow County
Drilling and Exploration Company
Lovercheck
Bunner County
Lutheran Church Anniversary Set For Next Sunday
Holy Trinity joins Lutheran Church for a 74th anniversary celebration next Sunday April 30 with a service at noon and an afternoon program. Congregation invited to attend with speakers and luncheon to follow. More details to appear in Wednesday and Saturday editions.
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Lutheran Church
Holy Trinity
Congregation of Holy Trinity
Dust Gust Causes Cars To Collide Near Sunol
Dust across Sidney roads led to a collision at 12 15 pm Sunday a half mile west of Sunol. Lewis Quinn 54 of Lodgepole drove a 1955 Chevrolet station wagon. Staff Sergeant H L Lunbery Amarillo Texas drove a 1952 Buick. Quinn's car $50 damage Lunbery's $19.
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Sidney
Sunol
Mel Busckist
Lewis Quinn
Lodgepole
H L Lunbery
Amarillo
Tex
Quinn
Lunbery
Mrs Barnhart 53 Dies in Portland Rites Set Tuesday
Mrs Mary E Barnhart 53 died Friday in Portland Oregon after a five week hospitalization. Funeral at 2 pm Tuesday from Craig Mortuary with Rev Norman Schroeder of Emanuel Lutheran Church Lodgepole officiating. Burial in South Sund Cemetery. Survivors include three daughters Mary Lou Bartling Lodgepole Ruth Bartling Sidney Dorothy May at home and six sons Benjamin and John Sidney Lucas Roy Lodgepole Edward Lee Lodgepole. sister Mrs Philip Kolb Minatare. six grandchildren.
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Craig Mortuary
Mary E Barnhart
Portland
Ore
Norman Schroeder
Emanuel Lutheran Church Lodgepole
South Sund Cemetery
Gail Jarred
Oscar Copley
Herbert Statler
Glen Dickinson
Glen Kokes
Martin Beckman
Barnhart
Cheyenne County
Lucas Studlar
Sund
B J Barnhart
Sidney
Shawnee
Oklo
Mary Lou Bartling
Lodgepole
Ruth Bartling
Dorothy May
Benjamin W
John B
Lucas
Roy B
Edward Lee
Virs
Philip Kolb
Minatare
Freak Winds Strike South Sidney Carport
A twister lifted a 1,000-pound aluminum carport from Paul Larsen at 2404 San Marino Road Saturday evening and hurled it onto the roof. Early Sunday 70 mph gusts swept the structure from the roof to the front lawn, missing Larsen by a whisker. Total damage estimated at 2000 dollars. the event was witnessed by neighbor Mrs. John McHenry as coinciding storm debris damaged a window and a car.
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Sidney
Paul Larsen
San Marino Road
Larsen
John McHenry
Larsens
Committees Named To Kick Off Old Settlers’ Reunion Plans
Officials of Lodgepole’s 37th Old Settlers Reunion named committees to start September preparations on Labor Day. Floyd E Wise leads as president with L M Quinn as VP and F W Pivonka as secretary treasurer.
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Lodgepole
Old Settlers
Floyd E. Wise
L. M Quinn
F. W Pivonka
Dale Wise
Dick Smith
Marion Dickinson
Fred Quinn
Arthur Rankin
Dale Talich
Ed Misegadis
Lew Quinn
Bob Michelman
Paul Fraass
Paul Huff
Dale Bunsen
Orville Kastens
Lloyd Dykman
Harold Isley
Leonard Bond
Bart Bondegard
Don Brown
Wayne E Bond
A. C. Peterson
A *L Kripal
Ralph Carleton
E K Yanney
Harold Kreider
Sydney Finch
Horace Quinn
A. J. Lindley
Don Wise
Violent Panhandle Wind Shatters Nebraska Region
After weeks of calm, western Nebraska s Panhandle endured a damaging windstorm with gusts over 100 mph. Dense dust, downed power lines, shattered windows, and debris disrupted life across Scottsbluff and surrounding areas. An injured driver and halted highways underscored the danger.
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Nebraska
Nature
Panhandle
Great Plains
Wyoming
Colorado
Kansas
Cheyenne County Historical Society Meeting Set
The Cheyenne County Historical Society will hold its annual meeting on Wednesday April 26 at 7 30 p m in the Central School auditorium in Sidney. Roy Greenlee vice president will run the business session including officer elections. A special program on Fort Sidney is planned and refreshments will follow.
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Cheyenne County Historical Society
Central School
Sidney
Roy Greenlee
Ft. Sidney
Introducing Miss Fort Sidney 1961 Entrant Dianne Puffer
Dianne Puffer, 18, Sidney High senior, daughter of Esther L Puffer and granddaughter of John C Jurgens, has piano tap ballet clarinet vocal training and pageant experience. She is sponsored by Lee Stores and will perform a vocal talent in the Miss Fort Sidney event. Corrine Vizina, 18, 1960 SHS Homecoming Queen, is also a candidate with a fire baton talent and is sponsored by Ameren National Bank.
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Dianne Puffer
Esther L Puffer
John C. Jurgens
Cheyenne County
Sidney High School
Dianne
Trainig
Job
Luther League
Lee
Corinne Vizina
Harvey Vizina
Corinne
SHS
National Honor Society
FTA
Ameren National Bank
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Mick
Mile
Estrana
Dick Hall
Mutch. Courtright
Coourtright
That City
Sen. Kerr
VEFW
Sydney
Telegraph
Oil Gas News
Harlan CO
Alma
Sidney Carport
Millard Zalesky
Elmer Phelps
Frank Pivonka
Charles Greenlee
Dixie Kripal
Gladys Haskell
Glenn Fraass
Roscoe Bills
Lloyd Bondegard
Charles Wise
A. L. Kripal
American Legion
Cora Holtman
Ed Block
Geo E Minshall
Mae Heath
Harry Duncan
Don Hyde
Floyd Treblik
Clarence Kripal
Robert L. Fraass
Arthur Sergent
L. E Lydiatt
Douglas Miller
Lumir Marek
Mattie Kemp
Bayard
Albert Wiley
Kemp
Wiley
Highway Patrol
McGrew
Mitchell
Consumers Public Power District
Fort Sidney
Dianne Puller
Duis
Duss
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