Second Anniversary Of The Bomb At Sioux Army Depot
On April 24 two years ago the nation announced the phasing out of Sioux Army Depot. Despite loss of payroll and staff, Sidney and western Nebraska adapted with retraining, new industry efforts, and plans for a vocational school and agricultural station, while communities press to rebound.
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Sidney
Sioux Army Depot
Col
Stanley Smiley
Robert McNamara
Nebraska
Colorado
McNamara
Sioux
Osf
Cyril Williams
Williams
University of Nebraska
Sidney Industrial Corp
California
Industrial Council Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Western
Hospital Formally Approves 19-Bed Addition at Memorial
Memorial Hospital and Home board approves a 19 bed addition and boiler room changes with an estimated $175000 cost. Sid ney Federal Savings and Loan funds the project. architect Howard Duncan of Scottsbluff to design. Dietary expansion to serve more patients, more parking, and a new physical therapist added. Medicare readiness prompts staff term updates and consulting pharmacist Elmer Ladine to meet federal rules.
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Memorial Hospital and Home
A. J. Jorgenson
Sidney Federal Savings and Loan Assn
Howard Duncan
Scottsbluff
Jorgenson
Elmer Ladine
Interchange debate for I-80 near Sidney to resume
State Engineer John Hossack will discuss I-80 interchanges and the proposed State Highway 19 routing east of Sidney with county commissioners, city council, planning commission, and Chamber representatives. Local officials press for a south hillside site, while the state favors east and west options, signaling urgency to finalize design.
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Sidney
John Hossack
City Planning Commission
Chamber of Commerce
Hossack
Town
State Highway Department
Panhandle Farm Equipment Show Postponed to Wednesday
Up to six thousand people may attend the Panhandle Farm Equipment and Progress Day now set for Wednesday after a blizzard delayed the event last week. The Egging farm southeast of Gurley hosts booths, a tractor parade, aerial displays, shuttle service, and lunch booths operated by local church and veteran groups. University of Nebraska extension specialists will present talks on mulch farming, tillage, irrigation, and more, with demonstrations starting at 9 a.m. and a tractor parade at 12:30 p.m.
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Panhandle
Egging Farm
Gurley
Egging Co
Sidney
American National Bank
Egginz
Sidney Chamber of Commerce
Sidney Merchants
St. Patrick’s Altar Society of
Weyerts American Legion Auxiliary of
St. Mary’s Altar Society of
Dalton
Weyerts Lutheran Church
Lloyd Carr
Frontier Air Service
Don Brown
Alliance
Nebraska
Jim Lussette
Bridgeport Farm Supply
University of Nebraska Extension
Delbert Lane
Charles Fenster
Clifford Ashburn
Laren Robinson
Louis Daigger
Gail Wicks
Ken von Bargen
Lionel Harris
Mike Mumgaard
Dean Lan«caster
Rollin Schneider
Jack Steele
Paul Fischbach
Dale Flowerday
Dan Lutz
Albin Ol- Son
Elberne Luehrs Farm
Highway 30
Lutheran Laymen Rally Draws 107 Attendees in Nebraska
Zone 1 Nebraska District of the Lutheran Laymen's League met at South Divide Lutheran Church on April 17 with 107 persons from Sidney Big Springs Julesburg Potter Gurley Ogallala North Platte. Rev Harlan Harnapp of North Platte spoke on Man At Work In God's World as President Ray Nienhueser of Sidney led the program. Herman Ellerman of Ogallala was named vice president and Rev Albert Prouty of Gurley was named pastoral advisor.
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Nebraska
Lutheran Laymen’s League
South Divide
Ogallala
Albert Prouty
Gurley
Mrs. Minnie Dryer Rites Tomorrow in Dalton
Mrs. Minnie E. Dryer 75 of Dalton died Saturday at Pioneer Memorial Hospital after five days as a patient. Services set for Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church with Rev. Robert Miller. burial in Dalton cemetery. Gehrig and Sen Funeral Home in charge. Survivors include son Merald Taylor, stepchildren Pat Dryer and Marion Dykman, sister Mamie Heath, brother Chester Taylor, four grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Memorials to Trinity Lutheran Church were designated.
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Minnie E. Dryer
Dalton
Pioneer Memorial Hospital
Alvin Taylor
North Platte
Dryer
Harm G. Dryer
Cheyenne County
Trinity Lutheran Church
Merald Taylor
Pat Dryer
Napa
Calif
Marion Dykman
Mamie Heath
Denver
Chester Taylor
Crops Escape Damage From Frigid Spell
Nebraska Panhandle farm observers report last weeks sudden cold did not harm winter wheat or sugar beets. Four below zero at Scottsbluff and six below at Alliance with three to five inches snow covering providing insulation. Officials say moisture from melted snow improves crop prospects. Federal statistician Nordquist notes no indication of serious damage yet.
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Nebraska Panhandle
Scottsbluff
Alliance
Lionel Harris
Charles Fenster
Box Butte
A. V. Nordquist
Lincoln
Nebraska
Panhandle forecast shows increasing clouds and showers
The Panhandle region is expected to see increasing cloudiness this afternoon and tonight into Tuesday with a chance of scattered rain showers on Tuesday. Lows near 40 tonight, highs around 60 Tuesday. The five day outlook calls for near normal temperatures with highs near 65 and lows 35 to 40, mostly fair weather overall.
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Panhandle
Series of Accidents in Sidney Leaves Rider Injured
Sidney police reported three Saturday accidents. Vera Loebe backing from a parking space on 11th avenue hit a parked car owned by Dominic Dalpont, $20 damage. Beverly Kinnersley backing from the curb struck Rodney Coupens’ car, $60 damage. Donald Keiper’s motorcycle lost a brake pin, went 50 feet down a hill near 13th avenue. he was treated at Memorial Hospital for back injuries and released.
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Donald R. Keiper
Sidney
Young Keiper
Telegraph
Vera A. Loebe
11Th Avenue
Dominic Dalpont
Sterling, Colo
Loebe
Dalpont
Beverly M. Kinnersley
11Th Street
Jackson Street
Rodney W. Coupens
Coupens
Kinnersley
13Th Avenue
Memorial Hospital
Sidneyites Hear Senator Kennedy at Omaha dinner
The Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner in Nebraska was held at Omaha City Auditorium with Senator Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts as speaker. About 2,000 attendees heard Kennedy, and 1,500 students in the balcony watched the remarks, with Sidney residents among the guests.
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Nebraska
Omaha
City Auditorium
Edward Kennedy
Massachusetts
Senator Kennedy
Sidney
C. A. Story
Leonard Fine
Tom Allington
Sun= ol
Robert Rauner
Sidney native Doug Adams joins VISTA ranks
Doug Adams son of Mr and Mrs Melvin Adams of Sidney will become the first Cheyenne County resident in VISTA Volunteers in Service to America. He departs Tuesday for training at the University of Maryland in Baltimore before heading to field work likely in a large city with poverty. Adams, a 1964 Sidney High School graduate, will serve as a recreation and athletic supervisor in an urban redevelopment program.
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Boulder, Colo
Rodney Vaughn
University of Colorado College of Music
Rotary International
England
Vaughn
Royal School of Church Music
Croydon
American Guild of Organists
CU College of Music
First Church of Christ In
Boulder
St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church
J. W. Vaughn
el Rancho Road
Sidney, Neb
Nebraska
Rotary
Doug Adams
Melvin Adams
Sidney
Cheyenne County
VISTA
Volunteers
America
University of Maryland
Baltimore
John F. Kennedy
Peace Corps
Adams
Personel
University of Nebraska
Lincoln Ymca
Sidney High School
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Duncan
Minnie Dryer
Vista Volunteers
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