Kennedy Campaign Train To Stop In Sidney
Robert F Kennedy plans a whistle stop tour from Cheyenne to Omaha on Saturday with wife Ethel and about 100 reporters. The Kennedy Special will reach Sidney at 8 45 a.m. and stay about 20 minutes with local preparations and a pep band performance in the depot. Northwestern Bell is installing four telephones in the Union Pacific depot to hook the stop into communications.
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Robert F. Kennedy
Ethel
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Omaha
Nebraska
Sidney
Robert F.kennedy
Kennedy
Sidney High
Larry Pippitt
Pat Heaton, Jr
Northwestern Bell Telephones
Union Pacific
British Broadcasting System
Frank Broadcasting System
Life
Time
Look
London Economist
National Obsereer
Milwaukee
Boston
Oil News Marathon Drives Doran Unit in Nebraska Field
The Nebraska oil scene focuses on Gulf Oil No 1 Ellicott Ranch in Sioux County with Prairie Oil as contractor as seismic work hints at reserves. Sundance No 2 Nelson follows a sensational Nelson No 1 in Bertramson field Kimball County, while Marathon plans No 16 Doran in Cheyenne County near Sidney. Kennedy trains for a 10 town Nebraska tour ahead of the May 14 primary with stops from Kimball to Omaha.
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Nebraska
Sioux County
Gulf Oil Co
Ellicott Ranch
Prairie Oil Co
Gulf
Sioux-Dawes-Sheridan County
Kimball County
Sundance Oil Co
Bertramson Field
Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
Sundance
Nell Nelson
Marathon Oil Co
Sidney
Cheyenne County
Nelson
Patrick A. Doheny
Braden- Gear Drilling Co
Beale
Monahan
Curtis, I. Witt and Associates
B-W Drilling Co
Dowd- Vogler
Kimball
Carlyle Oil Producers
Allison Drilling Co
James
Bushnell
Union Pacific Railroad
Red Willow County
Vernon L
Most Et Als
Ralph Winner
CNE
Stoeppelworth Drilling Co
Omaha
Kennedy
Roosevelt
Cheyenne
Ogallala
North Platte
Lexington
Kearney
Grand Island
Columbus
Schuyler
Fremont
Services For Mrs Barnes At Rushville
Funeral services for Mrs. O H Ruth Barnes will be held at the First Presbyterian Church in Rushville next Wednesday at 1 30 p m Officiating will be the Rev Herman Heuser of Colorado Springs and the Rev Jack De Pond of Rushville Interment will be in Rushville Cemetery Chamberlain Mortuary in charge Barnes a pioneer resident of the Nebraska sand hills area Survivors include daughter two grandsons John Gottschalk Sidney Mike Gottschalk Lincoln granddaughter Lynn University of Nebraska and great granddaughter Jodi Sidney
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Rushville
O. H
Ruth) Barnes
Mary Jane Gottschalk
Sidney
Rochester
Minn
First Presbyterian Church
Herman Heuser
Colorado Springs
Jack DePond
Chamberlain
Daylight Saving Time Begins This Weekend
Daylight saving time starts this weekend at 2 a.m. Sunday April 28. For convenience, set clocks ahead one hour before bed Saturday night to wake Sunday in step with the world. The longer daylight lasts through the summer until the last Sunday in October.
Sidney Telegraph Opens May 2 in $3000 Subscription Contest
The Sidney Telegraph starts a six week expansion campaign on May 2 offering top prizes of 800, 500, or 300 with a 20 percent commission on all subscription money. Fourteen participants have enrolled and more can join by contacting The Telegraph at 254-5555. enrollment list will run in the May 1 issue.
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Telegraph
The
Sidney
Dave Martin Sets Saturday Noon Meeting
Congressman Dave Martin plans a meeting with area residents Saturday April 27 at a noon luncheon in the Fort Sidney Motor Hotel. He will speak with attendees before and after the meal and travel to Chappell for a similar meeting before visiting other area towns.
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Dave Martin
Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
Martin
Frank Mattoon
Cheyenne County
Republican
John Elwell, Jr
Sidney Martin
Chappell
Olson Rites Set Saturday for Lodgepole Resident
Lillie E. Olson 62 of Lodgepole died Thursday morning at her brother Art Peters home in Lodgepole. Born December 26 1905 in Lodgepole she was native to Cheyenne County. Survived by seven brothers and one sister. funeral Saturday April 27 at 2 p.m. Gloria Dei Lutheran Church Lodgepole with Rev Raymond Thiel officiating. Burial Pleasantview Cemetery Lodgepole. Craig Holechek Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
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Lillie E. Olson
Lodgepole
Art Peters
Mrs. Olson
Cheyenne County
Henning Peters
Albin
Charles
Clarence
Art
Edgar
Earl
Clyde
Henning
Chappell
Alfred
Sidney
Myrtle Quinn
Gloria Dei Lutheran Church
Raymond Thiel
Pleasantview
Craig Holechek
B 25 Gift Planned for Western Nebraska Voc Tech
The Western Nebraska Vocational Technical School will receive a B-25 aircraft as a gift. The ceremony at South Omaha Airport features retired General Jimmy Doolittle and is hosted by Mutual of Omaha. Merle Rudebusch, director, will represent Sidney, with transport plans undecided.
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Western Nebraska Vocational Technical School
Omaha
Jimmy Doolittle
Mutual of Omaha
General Doolittle
United States
South Omaha
Sidney
Merle Rudebusch
Vo= Tech
Rudebusch
Weather Panhandle Forecast Showers Possible This Afternoon
The Panhandle region is mostly fair this afternoon into Saturday with a 20 percent shower chance this afternoon, 10 percent tonight and Saturday. Winds will be westerly 10 to 20 mph. Lows near 25 to 35, highs near 50 to 60. Five day outlook shows 2 to 10 degrees below normal through Wednesday with a slow warming trend then cooling late.
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Panhandle
Cancer Fund Drive Set for Sunday in Sidney
Cancer fundraiser led by Cheyenne County Cancer Society chairman Don Tedesco and city drive chair S. J. Simmerman, sponsored by the Ladies Auxiliary to Porter McGuver Post 610 VFW. Residents urged to contribute to support cancer research and awareness campaigns.
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Sidney
Don Tedesco
Cheyenne County Cancer Society
S. J. Simmerman
Porter McGuver
American Cancer Society
Saturday Creek Cleaning Will Go As Planned
County Agent Ivan Liljegren says the Lodgepole Creek cleanup will proceed as planned despite a full town schedule. He invites volunteers not involved in other events and notes weekends in coming weeks are booked with activities such as a trade fair.
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Ivan Liljegren
Liljegren
Tiemann Defends Land Sales and Tax Plan at Town Hall
About 400 residents attended the Town Hall with Governor Norbert Tiemann and aides, questioning state spending and the tax system. He supported selling school lands as legally authorized, citing higher investment returns than lease income. The panel discussed farming, hog bills, farm research, irrigation, and plans for I 80 expansion into the Panhandle with timelines for the interstate.
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Norbert Tiemann
Vietnam
Panhandle
Tiemann
Lancaster District Court
Bartlett Boyles
Clayton Yeutter
Willard Barbee
Nebraska
Mel Steen
Pine Ridge
John Kurtz
Fort Robinson
Elmer Schlaphoff
Department of Agriculture
National Farmers Organization
Yeutter
Tom Parks
Department of Economic Development
Dale Williamson
Soil and Water Conservation Department
Bruce Gillan
Department of Roads
Chappell
Sidney
Governor Tiemann favors one house or partisan legislature
At a Sidney town hall meeting Governor Norbert Tiemann signaled he could live with a partisan split or continued nonpartisan one house legislature. He urged support for highway revenue bonds and defended their cost against pay as you go. He urged local school boards to address taxes, and praised agricultural research while criticizing a judge over state land sales.
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Norbert Tiemann
Sidney
Nebraska
Tiemann
W. T. Miller
Sidney Public Schools
Heinz Thomas
Town
Willard Barbee
State Game Commission
Northwest
The
Game Commission
John Kurtz
Ft. Robinson
Barbee
Merle McNeil
Bob Heilig
State Aeronautics Authority
Western Nebraska Vocational Technical School
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Sen, Robert F, Kennedy
Barnes
Sidney Telegraph
Olson
Tech School
Cancer Fund Drive
Dr. Yeutter
Gillan
NFO
Schlaphoff
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