Businessmen urge enforcement and changes to Sidney meters
A delegation of downtown businessmen asked Sidney City Council to enforce parking meters, raise overtime penalties to 50 cents, issue complimentary tickets to out of state or non-39 prefix Nebraska cars, and test free all day Saturday parking from Aug 13 to Sept 24 to boost Saturday trade. Bill Peterson led the group while City Manager George Felsch said a new meter checker, Gerald Melvin, was hired recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Nebraska
Bill Peterson
George Felsch
Gerald Melvin
Gas Tax Hike Favored Over Auto Fees by City Council
The council urged state lawmakers to finance road upkeep via a higher gas tax rather than a $5 auto registration fee increase. They preferred neither option but chose the gas tax as more equitable if a choice was required.
Teen Center Plan Discussed With Sidney Council
Rick Beese and Mike Meysenburg spoke to Sidney council about creating a teen center. Officials promised city support once concrete plans, a location, and rules are set. Felsch noted interest from other communities including Fort Collins. A Youth Club exists with school card access, though not school sponsored.
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Rick Beese
Mike Meysenburg
Sidney
Felsch
Fort Collins
Colo
City to acquire surplus tractor and bids for city equipment
Mr Felsch announced the city can obtain an Air Force surplus tractor for airport use, needing repair but potentially helpful. Egg ing Co. to pick up the tractor on an eastern state trip. Council granted the city manager authority to advertise for bids on a new electric department pickup, a street department motor, Sioux Villa painting with labor, and a voltage regulator for the power plant. Felsch to notify State Department of Roads about a local hearing on highway work. City reports 27 blocks of streets sealcoated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Felsch
Egging Co
Sioux Villa
VFW Circus Sited as Council Weighs Location and Permits
Council discussed a VFW circus at 19th and Osage and rejected it due to anticipated complaints. Mayor Thorpe proposed seeking the Fairgrounds for better facilities. The panel reviewed Jones Center issues, ordered Arlo Jones to remove dirt and an unsightly building within two weeks or city action with charges. Additional items included disapproval of Bernard Furman’s liquor license, updates on Fairgrounds restrooms, and several building permits with one variance granted. Earl Plum curbside sidewalk permit approved with added connecting walk. Rev Carl L Nelson opened with prayer. next meeting set for Monday in special session.
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VFW
19Th and
Osage
J. L. Thorpe
Jones Center
Felsch
Arlo Jones
Don Wood
Wellner
Mel Adams
Linden
Ron DeVier
10Th
H. C. Craig
King
Earl Plum
15Th and
Spruce
Carl L. Nelson
SAD Pupils Move to Sidney Public Schools Agreement Signed
Contracts move District 166 Sioux Army Depot pupils into Sidney Public Schools on a tuition basis with transportation. Board Chair Carl Christ Jr. names all members to the Americanism committee with Gerald Matzke as chairman. Lawrence Brachtenbach wins a $4,482 storage room contract. The district plans a Scholastic Letters program with principals and Parents Advisory Board. Buck Graham hired as secretary. Superintendent Pedersen reports on a developmental education institute in Claremont California. Enrollment unknown until Aug 21 23 pre registration. No action on teacher aides for study halls.
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District 166
Sioux Army Depot
Sidney Public School
Board of Education
Sidney
Carl Christ Jr
Gerald Matzke
Lawrence Brachtenbach
Russell Pedersen
Parents Advisory Board
Pegler & Co. of
Lincoln
Buck Graham
Pedersen
Institute of Developmental Educational Activities
Claremont Graduate College
Claremont
Calif
Kettering Foundation
Akron
Ohio
East Ward
ASC Community Committees Election Ends August Eighteen
Cheyenne County ASC selects farm program administration committee members by mail voting. Ballots were sent to eligible voters including farm owners tenants and sharecroppers. Ballots must be mailed or returned by August 18 1966 with public tabulation on August 22 1966 at 9:00 AM.
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ASC
Cheyenne County
Raymond L. Davis
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation County Committee
Cheyenne Ascs
Sidney
Nebr
ASCS
Member Drive Starts Monday
The Chamber of Commerce membership drive begins at 7 30 a.m. next Monday with a kickoff breakfast at the Fort Sidney Motor Hotel. Board members lead teams of five or six solicitors to contact Sidney area businesses not yet signed up while drive chairman Stan Larabee urges current members to pay 1967 dues in advance to maximize effort for new memberships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
Sidney
Stan Larabee
Land Bank Dividends Increase in Nebraska Association
Land Bank dividends of 25688 were mailed August 8 to 619 members of the Sidney Federal Land Bank Association. The association serves Cheyenne Kimball Banner Garden and Morrill counties with long term loans totaling 9571000 dollars, up from last year. Directors include Oren Clary Lawrence Engstrom Robert Nelson Millard Musil and Peter Bourlier.
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Federal Land Bank Association of
Sidney
Sutton
Cheyenne
Kimball
Banner
Garden
Morrill
Sidney Federal Land Bank Association
Sidney Association
Federal Land Bank
Iowa
Nebraska
South Dakota
Wyoming
Federal Land Bank of Omaha
Omaha Land Bank
Oren Clary
Lewellen
Lawrence Engstrom
Vice Press
Robert Nelson
Bridgeport
Millard Musil
Potter
Peter Bourlier
Bushnell
Panhandle Weather Forecast with Mild Temperatures Ahead
The Panhandle region is forecast generally fair tonight and Thursday with lows 50 to 60 and highs in the 80s. Precipitation probability stays under five percent tonight and Thursday. The five day outlook shows temperatures averaging 2 to 5 degrees below normal through Monday, cooling early then warming later, with highs near 85 and lows near 55. Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected mostly in the first half of the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle
Frontier Airlines
C of C Float To Make The Rounds
The Chamber of Commerce will start work this week on a parade float for Fort Sidney Days and later showings at Lodgepole Old Settlers Dalton Fall Festival and Potter Days. The float will promote Sidney as the Home of the Western Nebraska Vocational Technical School and will be preserved for county and other festivals next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Fort Sidney
Lodgepole Old Settlers
Dalton
Sidney
Western Nebraska Vocational Technical School
Earth's Galaxy Produces Vast Stellar Count
Astronomers estimate the Milky Way contains about 200 billion stars and the Sun completes one orbit around the galaxy every roughly 230 million years, illustrating the vast scale and slow motion of cosmic structures.
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Earth
Three Californians Injured When car overturns on slick highway
Rudolph E. Hickman 36 of Los Angeles driver and his son Gregory 11 with Mrs Michelene Hickman 65 were injured when their 1966 Mustang overturned after leaving control on a rain slicked road 4.6 miles east of Sidney. They were treated at Memorial Hospital in Sidney with Mrs Hickman hospitalized several days. The crash damaged a nearby bridge barbed wire and fence posts. Seat belts were not used.
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Sidney
John Trenerry
Highway Safety Patrol
Rudolph E. Hickman
Los Angeles
Gregory Hickman
Michelene Hickman
Memorial Hospital
Trenerry
Semi Truck Tire Blowout Ends in Fence Damage
Nebraska Highway Patrol reported a minor early morning crash two miles east of Sidney on Highway 30. A westbound semi driven by James Hayes Jr of Covina Missouri blew a right front tire and veered off the road through a fence owned by Harvey Jacobsen of Sidney, with about 300 dollars in damage and no injuries.
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Nebraska Highway Patrol
Sidney
James Hayes, Jr
Covina
Harvey Jacobsen
Wheat acreage allotments boost 1967 production by 300 million bushels
Producers planting within farm acreage allotments become eligible for price support loans on all production and for price supplementing certificate payments on the farm share of the domestic food market for wheat. Base acreages for soil conserving lands will be reduced to reflect Monday's increase in wheat allotments. A department spokesman cited that at least two thirds of the additional acres will be planted to wheat, potentially lifting 1967 production by about 300 million bushels.
Peetz Lady Wins First Slogan Contest Week
Mrs. William Roelle of Peetz won the first weekly slogan contest sponsored by the Sidney Chamber of Commerce with Our Community Your Opportunity. 27 entries competed. top four will be considered for final selection. Deadline for this week is midnight Sunday. Entries came from Gurley Peetz Dalton Sundl and Potter.
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William Roelle
Peetz
Sidney Chamber of Commerce
Jerry Krutsinger
Sidney
Gurley
Dalton
Sundl
Potter
Lowry Lindell
Jack Pfeifer
Mr. Krutsinger
Roelle
J. M. McDonald
Book Keepers
Collins Sinclair
Gundy’s
Fox Theatre
Gamble’s
Chamber of Commerce
Furnished homes needed for rent in Sidney area
12 furnished two and three bedroom homes are sought for a short term by men and families working on missile sites. Needed from late August to November 1. Contact the C A Story Agency. Also notes Burma’s Shan tribes history with a Burmese king’s defeat and current confinement to 33 Shan states across 58,000 square miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
C. A .Story Agency
Burma
Final plans for 1966 Cheyenne County fair Fort Sidney Days
Final details were set at a Fair Board meeting for the 1966 Cheyenne County Fair Fort Sidney Days with stalls run by Rural Youth Kiwanis LDS Church and Jaycees. Events run Aug 20 to 24 with breakfast Tuesday by Rural Youth and a large barbecue for about 3 200 people. A barnyard display features various animal pairs. A Centennial booth and Queen contest were noted and a possible on site First Aid station discussed.
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Fort Sidney
Darrell Hunt
Kiwanis
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Jaycees
George Felsch
J. L. Thorpe
Wayne Campbell
Centennial Committee
Merchants Building
Bernie Gass
Ben Belden
Black Angus Calf Struck on Country Road Near Sidney
A black Angus calf was struck by a 1962 Chevrolet near Sidney at 3:30 a.m. on a country road one mile north of town. The car, driven by Lawrence Miller of Dalton, suffered $250 damage. The calf belonged to A B Rapp. Sgt Felix Koenig of the Nebraska Safety Patrol investigated the accident.
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Felix Koenig
Nebraska Safety Patrol
Sidney
Lawrence Miller
Dalton
A. B. Rapp
Institute Seeks Homes For Students
The Business Institute of Sidney plans to place over 60 new students for the upcoming term by September 19. Some will serve as mothers helpers living in local homes, offering busy families built in baby sitting freedom. Dean Ron Helt can be reached at 254-5808 for inquiries. Sidney residents are urged to open their homes again.
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Sidney
Ron Helt
Business Institue
Business Institute of Sidney
Rodney Klug Is Viet Nam Casualty
Word reached Mr and Mrs John Klug of Sidney that their son Rodney L Klug Pfc US Marine Corps sustained a concussion August 8 in the Da Nang area Viet Nam. He was riding in a government vehicle which struck a mine treated at the 3rd Medical Battalion hospital and returned to duty with an excellent condition report.
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John Klug
Sidney
Rodney L. Klug
Pfc
United States Marine Corps
da Nang
Viet Nam
Klug
3Rd Medical Battalion
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Deuel County Royalty
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Big Springs
Dallas Clouse
Chappell
Mr. Walline
Teen Center
State Department of Roads
VFW Circus
Bernard Furman
Fairgrounds
Legion Park Lagoon
Legion Park
State Fish & Game Commission
Tropics
Cheyenne County Fair
Tex Martin
Don Fedderson
Loring Tobler
Eft
Martin
Meridian
Tex
Feddersen
el Reno
Olka
Tobler
Telegraph
Ft. Sidney
Institute
Rodney Klug
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