Joseph F Herian rancher rodeo star dies at 74
Joseph F Herian 74, a prominent Antioch rancher and rodeo performer with his brother Ed, died in St. Josephs Hospital after months of declining health. Born March 20, 1895, he rode bronc since 1913, endured just one fall in Newark in 1925, and once performed before 50,000 at Madison Square Garden in 1918.
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Alliance
Joseph F. Herian
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Antioch
Mr. Herian
Lawn Church
Mr. Herlan
Joe Herlan
Newark
N.J
Madison Square Garden
Hospital Bids Too High in Ogallala Addition
Bids for a 1 million addition to Ogallala Community Hospital ran about 200000 over estimates. Paulsen Building and Supply Co. bid 1076750 for the addition and 128173 for remodeling. Abbott Contracting Corp bid 1100000 and 183000. Directors will meet to decide if plans should be revised as pledges total 1,050,000 toward the two story expansion that will more than double capacity.
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Ogallala
Ogallala Community Hospital
Paulsen Building and Supply Co
Cozad
Abbott Contracting Corp
Salina
Kane
Second Escapee Caught at Kimball County Jail Break
The second of three escapees from Kimball County Jail, Robert Swanson, 32, of California, was arrested in a Vineland New Jersey hotel room. A third fugitive, Stanley Tiernan, 37, Oakland, California, remains at large. James Kennedy surrendered in San Francisco. Federal charges filed. Swanson allegedly possessed one gun stolen during the escape.
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Kimball
Kimball County
Robert Swanson
California
Stanley Tiernan
Oakland
Cal
James Kennedy
San Francisco
Swanson
Vineland
N.J
Steen to speak at Oshkosh Chamber meeting
Mel Steen head of the Nebraska Game, Fish and Parks will be guest of the Oshkosh Chamber of Commerce at its Thursday meeting on May 8. He will discuss Nebraska’s recreation and tourist development program and local officials aim to persuade him to back road and attraction improvements for the area.
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Oshkosh
Mel Steen
Nebraska Game, Fish and Parks Department
Oshkosh Chamber of Commerce
Nebraska
Rec Area Opens May 1st In Kimball County
May 1 opens the Kimball City County Recreation Area golf course at 1 p.m. A naming contest will determine the area and course names with 25 credit prizes. Entries limited to April 28. blanks at local banks and James Lumber. Arnold Frankel of Long Island named golf pro. Frank Chizmar leaves position.
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Kimball
Kimball City-County Recreation Area
James Lumber
Dix
Arnold Frankel
Long Island
N.Y
Frank Chizmar
Frankel
Berkshire Country Club
Gering district approves bond for new elementary school
Gering Gering School District voters backed a 15 classroom elementary school with about 68 percent in a 323000 dollar bond election. The 432000 dollar facility is to be ready for the 1970 school year with 28000 square feet including two first through sixth grade classrooms, a kindergarten room, a library and a multipurpose room on a five acre North Field Addition site.
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Gering - Gering
Northfield
Lisco Rural Fire Dept Fund Drives for Ambulance
Donations pour in for a new rescue unit but fund raising may cover equipment yet fall short of the $2,000 needed for an ambulance. The department asks friends to lend financial help with checks made out to Lisco Rural Fire Dept and mailed to Lisco State Bank.
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LISCO
Lisco Rural Fire Department
Lisco Rural Fire Dept
Lisco State Bank
Oshkosh Grade School Bond Vote Set For May 6
Plans outline a May 6 vote on adding a southwest corner wing to Oshkosh Grade School. The proposal includes a classroom, two special education rooms, a music room with practice rooms, storage, and restrooms.
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Oshkosh
Pancake Feed at Lodgepole Valley Saddle Club Sunday
A pancake feed is planned at the Lodgepole Valley Saddle Club on Sunday April 27 from seven a.m. to noon. Tickets are one dollar for adults and fifty cents for children.
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Lodgepole Valley Saddle Club
Wells Added Link Minatare and North Minatare Fields
Oil activity across Nebraska reports a No. 1 Pickering Stallborns well in Scotts Bluff County linking Minatare fields, with production casing run and tests planned. A No. 1 Isaacs well in Kimball County’s Fernquist Field shows casing, while Cheyenne County near Lodgepole gears up for a deep test by Webb Resources. Additional permits list two Banner County extensions, and new spots in Falstaff and Llano Fields amid ongoing northwestern testing. few successes reported and a Sioux County well near Harrison plugged.
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Scotts Bluff County
Robert Bros
Volunteer Oil and Gas Co
Braden~Gear Drilling Co
Kimball County
Fernquist
Exeter Drilling Co
No. 1
Isaacs
Cheyenne County
Lodgepole
Webb Resources
Sam Gary
Denver
Lehmkuhl
CCNE
Stuarco Drilling Co
Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
Banner County
Larry Martin and Associates
Stanley R. Juelfs
Steele Oil Field Service
Llano
Stauffer GE SE SE
W. L. Sinclair
B-W Drilling Co., Inc
Bend Corp
NW Sec
Falstaff
Sioux
Dawes
Box Butte
Sioux County
Harrison
Lite A Bike Postponed By Weather Across County
Cooler conditions forced postponement of the Lite-A-Bike project by Porter Mee-Guyer Post 610 Veterans of Foreign Wars. Taping requires temperatures of 60 degrees or higher and will resume next Friday May 2, weather permitting, per Neal Craig, project chair.
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Porter Mee- Guyer
Post 610
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Neal Craig
Martin Urges Shorter Term School Funds
Congressman Dave Martin led floor debate on a bill to provide 26 billion dollars for the Elementary and Secondary Education Act amendments of 1969 and extend ESEA to 1975. He urged a two year extension, cited inequities in state allotments, and argued for consolidating education programs under the Office of Education to avoid wasteful spending.
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Dave Martin
House
Nebraska
Third
Congress
Martin
Kansas
Commissioners of Education
Education and Labor Committee
Department of Interior
Office of Education
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
100 Year Train Here July 18th
Union Pacific's Golden Spike Centennial Exposition train will visit Sidney on July 18 per UP President Edd Bailey. The train will stop at UP routes statewide after earlier reports that most Nebraska UP points would not see it. It ends Nebraska runs at the State Fair in Lincoln Aug 29-Sept 3, then Omaha Oct 10-12.
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Union Pacific
Sidney
U.P
Edd Bailey
Nebraska
Lincoln
Omaha
Cost of raising a Cheyenne County child to adulthood
A local analysis mirrors national data on rising childrearing costs. By age 18 a typical US child costs about 27 000 dollars, with local families of 8 000 to 10 000 income spending roughly 33 600 per child. Cheyenne County’s 360 eighteen-year-olds imply about 12 096 million in total parental outlays.
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Cheyenne County
Mde
United States
Department of Agriculture
Institute of Life Insurance
Labor Department
Car Upset Fatality Claims Donald Stott Near Sterling
Donald Lee Stott 20, of Sterling and former Sidney resident, died in a one car crash west of Sterling when the vehicle rolled after a curve. Passenger Karen Fay Galvin 20 Denver remains in critical condition at Logan County Hospital. James Robert Harold driver escaped with minor bruises. All three were Northeastern Junior College students. Services Saturday at Radford Funeral Chapel Sterling. Interment Sunset Memorial Gardens. Stott born July 23 1948 in Palmer Nebraska. Survived by Floyd and Mrs Stott of Sterling, one sister and one brother.
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Sidney
Sterling
Donald Lee Stott
Stot
Deanna Nelson
Lewis V. Nelson
Terrie Ann
Karen Fay Galvin
Denver
James Robert Harold
Julesburg
Miss Galvin
Logan County Hospital
Northeastern Junior College
Radford
Harlan A. Brei
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Palmer
Neb
Floyd Stott
Ham Operators To Meet Monday In Nebraska Tech Campus
The Western Nebraska Tech amateur radio club will meet Monday April 28 at 7 30 p m in the former headquarters building on the Vo Tech campus All ham radio enthusiasts are urged to attend The club recently set up a Station at the school Open House event.
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Western Nebraska Tech Amateur Radio Club
Vo-Tech
Knights of Columbus pick Chadron for next year convention
The Nebraska Council of the Knights of Columbus chose Chadron as the site for its next year convention. In a separate action at the annual conference ending Monday the council re elected all current officers.
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Lincoln
Nebraska Council of the Knights of Columbus
Chadron
Prizewinners named for annual firemen ball
Winners of door prizes at the annual firemen's ball at the Youth Center Saturday night have been announced. The list includes Diane Mitchell Sidney Frank Mazel Crook Co Ted Panas Dalton Ron Roberts Bridgeport and Howard Kurz Sidney.
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Diane Mitchell
Sidney
Frank Mazel
Crook
Ted Panas
Dalton
Ron Pe
Berts
Bridgeport
Howard Kurz
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