Today in History and Birthdays Highlight
The page lists notable dates and events on August 9 1976 including Nagasaki bombing, Webster-Ashburton Treaty, Spain ending war terms, Edward VII coronation, Gandhi arrests, Nixon tapes subpoena, Belfast riots, and a Canton riverboat collision. It also notes birthdays for Gordon Dunn and Charles Farrell and a Daniel Webster quote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Japan
Nagasaki
Holland
Jonas Bronck
Bronx
New York
Canada
Webster-Ashburton
Spain
Edward VII
England
Queen Victoria
Mohandas Gandhi
U.S Senate Watergate Committee
Richard Nixon
White House
Cleveland
Ohio City
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Canton
China
Gordon Dunn
Charles Farrell
Daniel Webster
American Statesman
The
Associated Press
Panhandle Weather Outlook With Nearby Showers
Today will be partly cloudy with isolated thunderstorms late afternoon and evening. Highs in the upper 80s to low 90s, tonight partly cloudy with lows in the upper 50s to low 60s. Tuesday partly sunny and cooler with highs in the mid to upper 80s and variable winds. Extended forecast shows scattered showers ending Wednesday then clearing into Thursday and Friday with highs in the 80s and 50s to 60s overnight.
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Panhandle
Accidents and Incidents In Sidney County 1969
A Sidney report notes a 1969 Oldsmobile collision between Bradley Wicks and Douglas Loghry with no damage estimates. Arrests include Marge Norton for disturbance. Other items cover thefts, break ins, and various traffic citations involving residents such as Marc Nelson and Wayne Schmitt.
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Oldsmobile
Bradley Wicks
Sidney
Douglas Loghry
Marc Nelson
Wayne Schmitt
Leroy T Hendrex
Burdette Uribe
Michael A Gade
Baby Michael Arthur Jr Born At Memorial Hospital Sidney
Michael Arthur Rowe Jr is the newborn son of Mr and Mrs Michael Rowe of Peetz Colorado born at 1134 PM on July 30 at Memorial Hospital Sidney. Grandparents are Les Rowe and Adolph Rickert of Columbus. Great grandmother is Mrs Henry Hoessel. VFW Post 610 meets Tuesday at 8 PM at the Legion Building in Sidney.
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Michael Arthur Rowe JR
Michael Rowe
Peetz
Colo
Michael Arthur Jr
Memorial Hospital
Sidney
Sonya
Holly
Les Rowe
Columbus
Adolph Rickert
Henry Hoessel
VFW Post 610
Legion Building
Funeral set for Louise Dolan in Sidney at 930 am Tuesday
Louise Claire Dolan 58 of Route 1 Sidney will be buried after funeral services at Gehrig and Son Funeral Home Sidney with Rev Frank Hoelck presiding. Graveside rites follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens Sterling. She died Saturday at home born March 27, 1918 in Alma Nebraska. Married November 23 1936 to Thomas A Dolan they lived in Sidney since 1945. Survived by husband seven sons Jerry Denver Colorado Springs Tommy Rochester NH Larry Reno Danny Sterling Mick Rodney Pat Nancy Peggy three brothers Jim Jim Oliver Chandler three sisters Mary Helen Florence Niebur and others. Memorials to St Patrick and St Anthony churches.
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Louise Claire Dolan
Sidney
Gehrig and Son Funeral Home
Frank Hoelck
Sunset Memoril Gardens
Sterling
Dolan
Alma
Neb
Fort Morgan
Colo
Thomas A Dolan
Jerry
Colorado Springs
Tommy
Rochester
Larry
Reno
Nev
Danny
Mick
Rodney
Pat
Nancy
Peggy
Harry Chandler
Washington State
Jim Chandler
California
Oliver Chandler
Greeley
Cole
Mary Tucker
Pueblo
Cole Helen Betz
Fort Collins
Florence Niebur
Hospital admissions and discharges noted
Admission list includes Sidney Glenda Roach Diana Roach Gertrude Higgins Nancy Hammond Cathy Stone Mildred Butcher Leslie Nebarez Richard Scriber Leroy Gish Reuben Mitchell Harriett Meyer Mable Hanson Amanda Folkerts Ronnie Morlock Gurley Viola Bolz Melissa Ward Dalton Inez Flamig Chap Pell Gary Bruns Roy Frederick Peetz Colorado David Clere. Discharges name Sidney Clifford MecKellips Kathy Hoffman Helen Peetz Reuben Mitchell Nancy Hammond Mildred Butcher Glenda Roach Diana Roach Harvey Talhelm Richard Brauer Gertrude Higgins Leslie Nebarez Lodgepole Henry Glorke Barbara McCarthy Paul Ingwerson Norene Kavanaugh Dalton Kathe Wick Inez Flamig Gurley Melissa Ward. Viola Bolz Chappell Dwain Kanter Peetz Colod Diane Rowe Colorado David Clere.
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Sidney Glenda Roach
Diana Roach
Gertrude Higgins
Nancy Hammond
Cathy Stone
Mildred Butcher
Leslie Nebarez
Richard Scriber
Leroy Gish
Reuben Mitchell
Harriett Meyer
Mable Hanson
Amanda Folkerts
Ronnie Morlock Gurley
Viola Bolz
Melissa Ward Dalton
Inez Flamig
Pell Gary Bruns
Roy Frederick Peetz
Colormela Wieser
Potter Virginia Young
Colorado
David Clere
Sidney Clifford MecKellips
Kathy Hoffman
Helen Peetz
Glenda Roach
Harvey Talhelm
Richard Brauer
Leslie Nebarez Lodgepole
Henry Glorke
Barbara McCarthy
Paul Ingwerson
Norene Kavanaugh
Dalton Kathe Wick
Inez Flamig Gurley
Melissa Ward
Viola Bolz Chappell
Dwain Kanter Peetz
Colo Diane Rowe
Kin of Sidney Residents Die in Colorado Flood
Relatives of Sidney residents were among victims of the Big Thompson Canyon flood in Colorado. Stanley and Tanya Carlson of Greeley were killed. their van was found in Glen Haven and the bodies were recovered on a grassy knoll. Carlsons had married in June 1975 and had just purchased a new van for a mountain weekend trip.
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Sidney
Colorado
Stanley
Tanya Carlson
Greeley
C W . Siders
Iva Crees
Robert Roderick
Crees
Roderick
Siders
Carlsons
Mountains
Glen Haven
Loveland
Estes Park
Rodenck
Nebraska Mulls Retroactive Tax Rise by State Board
The State Board of Equalization meets to consider increasing Nebraska personal and corporate income tax rates and possibly making the change retroactive to July 1 or January 1. Officials already signal a sales tax hike to 3 percent with an implementation target of September 1. Allen Beermann, a board member, supports retroactivity amid lagging revenue, as Exon administration convenes the session.
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Lincoln
State Board of Equalization
Secretary of State
Allen Beermann
Beermann
Exon
Schmit says aspirin misuse more lethal than pesticides
State Senator Loran Schmit told the EPA pesticide policy panel in Kansas City that aspirin misuse has caused 14 Nebraska deaths since 1969, far more than pesticide-related fatalities since 1964. He urged less stringent regulation and warned of added costs for farmers.
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Lincoln
Loran Schmit
Schmit
Agriculture and Environment Committee
Kansas City
Nebraska
Bellwood Lawmaker
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Three Dalton seniors celebrate birthdays and plan open house
The Dalton senior citizens group met last Wednesday to honor birthdays of Mrs. Don Dey Ermand Mrs. Leo Messner and Mrs. Ethel Chichester. Hostesses Mrs. Lena Kallhoff and Mrs. Gertrude Brestel served cakes with Mrs. Messner. A cash donation from Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Planck was acknowledged and a kitchen band entertained. Plans were made for an open house for Mrs. Chichester on Aug 8. A guest from Bridgeport, Irene Loxterkamp, attended. A covered dish dinner followed on Monday with 18 members.
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Dalton
Don Dey Ermand
Leo Messner
Ethel Chichester
Lena Kallhoff
Gertrude Brestel
Messner
Forrest Planck
Lake Montezuma
Ariz
Chichester
Irene Loxterkamp
Bridgeport
Bridgeport appoints A C Johnson as Morrill County commissioner
A C Johnson of Bridgeport is named to fill the unexpired Morrill County commission term following the death of T C Nida. Johnson, a former Bridgeport mayor, was one of 16 candidates considered for the post.
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Bridgeport
A C Johnson
Morrill County
T C
Nida Johnson
Drought patterns seen in past link to current cycle says UW expert
University of Wisconsin Madison researcher Reid Bryson compares today’s dry conditions to an earlier North American drought from 1200 to 1400. He notes similar atmospheric circulation, dry westerlies, and long-lasting impacts on crops across Wisconsin Minnesota the Dakotas and Europe.
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Madison, Wistap
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Midwest
North America
Reid
Bryson
Institute For Environmental Studies
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Dakotas
Europe
North
Americas
Gulf of Mexico
Iowa
Neb Republican authorizes review of federal regulations
Rep Virginia Smith of Nebraska announced a bill for congressional review of federal regulations. The measure would let either chamber kill a regulation by majority vote via a concurrent resolution if not passed within 60 days of the regulation’s introduction, otherwise it would take effect automatically.
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Washington
Virginia Smith
Neb
House
Senate
Sidney council weighs traffic switch to stop signs
City council agenda shows a proposal to replace electric lights with stop signs at 9th and 12th Aves on Illinois St. A public hearing on an on and off sale beer license for Cedar Lanes bowling alley is scheduled, along with a library board appointment to fill an unexpired term. The council may also review a rezoning request from residential to limited business for a lot. The Sidney Housing Authority opens its meeting at 7 15 p m and may adjourn after council business.
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Sidney Streets
9Th
12Th
Illinois St
Lawrence Doyle
Cedar Lanes Bowling Alley
Library Board
Mary Cabela
Joel Bimer
William Rogers
Sidney Housing Authority
Train Hits Church Bus Killing Nine in Stratton
A Burlington Northern freight train struck a church bus carrying Sunday school children near Stratton Nebraska killing nine people including Pastor Thomas Nerren and his wife Shirlene. Seventeen aboard with eight survivors and seven dead children, investigators from the NTSB planned to arrive.
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John M. Willis
Associated Press
Stratton
Ron Longsine
McCook
Thomas B Nerren
Stratton Church of Christ
Floyd Wesch
Paul Carlson
Burlington Northern
Nerren
Shirlene
Denver
Thomas
Cindy Jo Minary
Debra Minary
Kenneth Minary
Julianna Scarrow
Steven Lloyd Scarrow
Jennifer Scarrow
Cecil Scarrow
Holly Schoenberger
Daniel Schoenberger
Norrens
William
Wesch
National Transportation Safety Board
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Nebr Telegraph
Bulletin Board
Marge Norton
Fred Miller
19Th Ave
Pat Heaton
Maple St
James Taylor
Elm St
Louise Dolan
Sen. Schmit
Che
Idney
National Newspaper
ASSOC
Ak-Sarden
Nebraska Press Association
Illinois Street
Sidney Telegraph
Larry E. Beyer
Don Marshall
Ena Sample
Henry Meysenburg
Cheryl Schoonover
Dee Havorka
Sidney Newspapers, Inc
Ogallala
Studebaker
Chadron
Archie Conn
Chadron State College
Conn
Chadron Prep
Bayard High School
CSC
William Hartman
Louis Ninegar
Bayard
Crawford
Fort Robinson
Vince Rotherham
Stuart L. Wheeler
Kansas-Nebraska Natural Gas Co
Nebraska-Wyoming Wheat Growers Association
Alliance
Scottsbluff
Scotts Bluff
Michael Branch
Terry Brubaker
Brubaker
Irene Madison
Logan County
J Ward McCaulley
Mrs. Smith
Omaha
Cpl
Larry Deckert
Perio
Deckert Sai
Linden
D. J. Garcia
Dick Ladine
Ulinels
Melody City
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