Park All Over The Place After Freakish Accident
A tractor trailer carrying 42 thousand pounds of pork halves toppled on Highway 30 nine miles west of Chappell after a drive shaft failed. Driver John H. Berger was hospitalized with head injuries. The cargo, picked up in Sioux City and bound for Los Angeles, was unloaded after inspection.
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Chappell
Bob Cook
Nebraska State Patrol
John H. Berger
Downey
Callf
Sioux City
Iowa
Los Angeles
Lincoln Sowers Club To Tour Nebraska In Spring Goodwill Trip
Lincoln Sowers Club will make a three day goodwill tour to 15 Nebraska cities next week. Fifty members will travel by chartered bus visiting Seward Broken Bow Scottsbluff Kimball Ogallala Kearney and St Paul and stop in Ravenna Mullen Alliance Sidney Gothenburg Lexington and Loup City. A stop at Sherman County Reservoir in Loup City is planned with Sidney courthouse visits.
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Sowers Club
Lincoln
Chamber of Commerce
Nebraska
Seward
Broken Bow
Scottsbluff
Kimball
Ogallala
Kearney
St. Paul
Ravenna
Mullen
Alliance
Sidney
Gothenburg
Lexington
Loup City
Sherman
Sowers
Courthouse Square
Dave Hedges
Lincoln Sowers Club
Hedges
Two Accidents Reported by Sidney Police Thursday
Sidney police investigated two Thursday accidents with minor damages. At 5:15 p.m. a 1957 car driven by Kenneth Morris backed into a parked car owned by David Groshans causing about 30 dollars damage. At 5:28 p.m. Curtis Heintz’s car was struck on King Street by a vehicle being backed from the curb by Mrs. J L Thorpe.
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Sidney
Sidney Country Club
Kenneth Morris
David Groshans
Morris
Groshans
Curtis Heintz
Maple
King Street
J. Lb. Thorpe
Osage
Roy MacAdam New Leader of Historical Assn
Roy MacAdam was chosen president of the Cheyenne County Historical Association at its Wednesday annual meeting, succeeding Jim Paxton. Elected with him were R. W. Brown as vice president, Mrs. Jack Curless as secretary, Clark Fuller as treasurer, and area board members Dan Phelps Sidney Lawrence Marrin Bud Hobson Robert Zuhlke and Charles Belden. Mr and Mrs Paul Mockett of Kimball gave a slide program on historical sites in Western Nebraska.
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Cheyenne County Historical Association
Roy MacAdam
Jim Paxton
Kansas- Nebraska
R. W. Brown
Jack Curless
Clark Fuller
Dan Phelps
Sidney
Lawrence Marrin
Dalton
Bud Hobson
Lodgepole
Robert Zuhlke
Gurley
Charles Belden
Potter
Paul Mockett
Kimball
Nebraska
Colonels To Give Concert At Hay Springs
The Fort Sidney Colonels will perform in Hay Springs Saturday evening in a Mariners Club sponsored program. The show starts at 8 p.m. at Hay Springs High School Auditorium. Directed by George Hinn and William Fankhauser, both connected to the area.
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Fort Sidney
Westie Panhandle Forecast Highlights Warm Weekend
Partly cloudy and warmer this afternoon, tonight, and Saturday. Highs near 60, lows in the 30s. Extended outlook shows variable clouds Sunday through Tuesday with highs in the upper 60s to 70s and lows 20s to 30s. Courtesy Frontier Airlines.
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Panhandle
Frontier Airlines
Registration Deadline For May Primary Approaching
County Clerk Ralph Englert warns that May 1 is the deadline to register or transfer for the May 12 primary. Voters must be properly registered to vote. changes in name or address require action in person. Party affiliation updates are also done in person. Independent registrants receive non-political ballots at the primary.
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Ralph Englert
Englert
Barker Cleaners to Close Saturday for P W Barker
Barker Cleaners will be closed all day Saturday April 26 in respect for founder P W Barker who died in Omaha Monday night. Funeral services set for Saturday at Light Memorial Presbyterian Church Sidney at ten o clock with Gehrig and Son Funeral Home handling arrangements.
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Barker Cleaners
P. W. Barker
Daylight Saving Time Starts Sunday Clocks Move Forward
DST begins at 2 a.m. Sunday with clocks advancing one hour. The change shortens Saturday night by one hour relative to bedtime and lasts six months until the last Sunday in October when the lost hour returns. For example a 10:30 p.m. bedtime becomes 11:30 p.m. once clocks jump.
Insurance Leaders of Nebraska Honor Sidney Agents
Insurance Honors Paul H. Husmann, Robert A. Jay, John A. Mason, CLA, and Glenn H. Spearow of Sidney who qualified by performance to join the Life Insurance Leaders of Nebraska, a distinguished group of Nebraska's top insurance representatives.
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Paul H. Husmann
Robert A. Jay
John A. Mason
Cla
Glenn H. Spearow
Sidney
Life Insurance
Nebraska
I 80 Construction Advances West Between Kimball and Bushnell
Construction begins on two I-80 projects totaling 1.814 million dollars to build 12.3 miles between Bushnell and Kimball. Contracts cover culverts and grading with detour graveling to maintain traffic. Project engineer is W. M. Rempel. completion expected May 1971. hearing set May 19 on a Sidney area interchange.
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Bushnell and
Kimball
Missouri Valley Construction Co
Grand Island
Nebraska
U.S. 30
Omaha
Big Springs
Chappell
Sidney
Kimball-Bushnell
Lodgepole
Nebraska Department of Roads
Brownson
South
Cheyenne County
Martin's Mail Shows Public Interest In District Survey
Frederick Fritz Newman of Aurora Nebraska works as a spring intern in Congressman Dave Martin's Washington office handling thousands of 14 question questionnaires from Nebraskans in the third district. The survey covers postal reform revenue sharing farm policy military draft welfare voting age and the Vietnam war with more than 20 000 responses expected by June.
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U.S
Nebraska
Third
Dave Martin
Frederick Newman
Aurora
Washington
Martin
Washington, D.C
Frederick
Fritz’ Newman
Nebr
Fritz
Concord
New Hampshire
St. Paul’s
Colwell Quits At Uni and Plans Ranch Return
Dr. W. E. Colwell resigned from the University of Nebraska Board of Regents. He will return to private business in Western Nebraska, reside at Pepper Creek Ranch near Hay Springs, and previously led the university mission in Bogota, Colombia as director until 1968 and later as dean of international programs in Lincoln.
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Omaha
W. E. Colwell
Board of Regents
Nebraska
Pepper Creek Ranch
Hay Springs
Colwell
University of Nebraska Mission
Bogota
Colombia
Lincoln
Road Scholars Named for Troubleshooting Contest
Western Nebraska Vocational Technical School selects Bernie Wunner and Rodney Schroberger as Road Scholars to compete in the 1970 Troubleshooting contest at Crooked Oak High School in Oklahoma City on April 25. James Dimmick, Auto Mechanics head, accompanies the team as they face 30 rivals from Oklahoma and Nebraska in a fast diagnostic challenge on ignition fuel and starting system faults.
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Western Nebraska Vocational Technical Technical School
Crooked Oak High School
Oklahoma City
Oka
Bernie Wunner
Morrill
Rodney Schroberger
Grant
James Dimmick
Auto Mechanics Department
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Regional Airport Hope Aimed at Panhandle Nebraska
Frontier Airlines officials seek a western Nebraska regional airport to improve air service for Panhandle towns. CAB confirms increased federal aid to local carriers while Frontier reports losses and studies regional options including shuttle links from Sidney.
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Frontier Airlines
Nebraska
Panhandle
Edward Gebhardt
Civil Aeronautics Board
Bridgeport
Sidney
Kimball
Scottsbluff
Chadron
Alliance
Oshkosh
Wyoming
Nebraska Panhandle
Denver
Washington
Frontier
CAB
Congress
Gebhardt
Weekend Weather Looks Promising Across Panhandle
The weatherman predicts a pleasant weekend after weeks of rain snow sleet and wind. While moisture delays fieldwork and oil drilling in scattered Panhandle locations the forecast remains favorable with ground drying as sun appears. Temperatures stay moderate and livestock crops unaffected, though late snow is never ruled out by locals.
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Panhandle
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Roy Mac Adam
Historical Assn
Westie
Kimball- Bushnell Strip
Ulations
John W. Newman
Uni
WNVTS
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