On This Date in History and Birthdays 1976 Aug 13
A Friday bulletin lists historic events on August 13 across centuries from 1521 Cortes capture of Mexico City to 1937 Shanghai attack and 1961 border closure. It notes GM price hikes, Mao vindication, Berlin Wall anniversaries, and birthdays of Fidel Castro and Alfred Hitchcock with a Hemingway quote.
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East Germany
East
West Berlin
Hernando Cortez
Mexico City
North Yarmouth
Maine
Los Angeles
Manila
Shanghai
China
U.S
North Vietnam
Mao Tse-Tung
Berlin Wall
General Motors
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Alfred Hitchcock
Ernest Hemingway
Panhandle Weather Forecast Focused On Isolated Thunderstorms
Clear to partly cloudy today with isolated afternoon thundershowers possible. Tonight remains partly cloudy to clear with a similar small chance of isolated storms. Saturday should stay clear to partly cloudy with more isolated afternoon storms possible and highs in the upper 80s. Winds light and variable under 10 mph. Sunday through Tuesday expect little or no rain with highs in the 80s and overnight lows around 60.
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Panhandle
Police Calls Citation Friday for Timothy Heaton
Sidney resident Timothy Heaton was cited for driving while intoxicated after a police call Friday. Authorities noted no injuries and issued standard processing at the scene.
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Timothy Heaton
Sidney
Birth of Elizabeth Adele Vall in Torrance California
Mr and Mrs Andrew Vall of Torrance announce the birth of daughter Elizabeth Adele on July 21 at Little Company of Mary Hospital Torrance. She has an older sister Nicole two. Grandparents are Steven A Vall Los Angeles and Arthur J Pelster Sidney. Great grandparents Edith Schmitt Dalton and Louie Pelster Petersburg Nebraska.
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Elizabeth Adele Vall
Andrew Vall
Torrance
Calif
Elizabeth Adele
Little Company of Mary Hospital
Elizabeth
Nicole
Steven A Vall
Los Angeles
Arthur J Pelster
Sidney
Edith Schmitt
Dalton
Louie Pelster
Petersburg
Neb
Death of Mabel Larson Former Sidney Post Master’s Widow
Mabel E Larson 83 died Wednesday in Thermopolis Wyoming where she had lived three years. Graveside services will be Saturday at 10am at Greenwood Cemetery with Rev Max Leors of Christ Episcopal Church Sidney officiating. Born October 4 1892 in Red Cloud Nebraska she married Leroy Larson in February 1917 in Denver. He died March 10 1945. Survivors: son the Rev William L Larson two daughters Mrs Ralph Whitters Thermopolis and Mrs Rolland Block Broomfield Colorado ten grandchildren. Gehrig and Son Funeral Home in charge.
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Mabel Larson
Sidney
Mable E Larson
Thermopolis
Wyo
Larson
Greenwood Cemetery
Max Leors
Christ Episcopal Church
Red Cloud
Leroy Larson
Denver
William L Larson
Ralph Whitters
Rolland Block
Broomfield
Colo
Gehrig and Son Funeral Home
Hospital Admits And Discharges Across Multiple Cities
Hospital notes list admissions for Sidney Terry Uhrig Sandra Martinez Georgianna Hines Colleen Budorf LODGEPOLE Norine Kavanaugh Coreen Soucie Lakewood Cole Vance Bowen and discharges including Sidney Earline Cox Terry Uhrig Monica Lenzen Agatha Lenzen Lisa Green Lauria Green Robert Young CHAPPELL Gary Bruns LODGEPOLE Kelly Quinn DIX Hilda Gustafson Pueblo Colo Francisco Martinez.
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Sidney Terry Uhrig
Sandra Martinez
Georgianna Hines
Colleen Buhrdorf Lodgepole
Norine Kavanaugh
Coreen Soucie Lakewood
Cole Vance Bowen
Dimissed
Sidney
Earline Cox
Terry Uhrig
Monica Lenzen
Agatha Lenzen
Lisa Green
Lauria Green
Robert Young
Chappell
Gary Bruns
Lodgepole
Kelly Quinn
Dix
Hilda Gustafson
Pueblo
Colo
Francisco Martinez
Court actions involve several money judgments and defaults
County Court Civil action Nelson doing business as Nelson Co. v Tom Roebuck doing business as Tom's Plumbing & Heating includes a default money judgment for the plaintiff. Jay K Snook doing business as Putt Putt Hut v Louis M. Enriquez and Marjori Enriquez involves a pending money judgment. Potter Co-Op Grain Co. v Donald Spencer shows a money judgment pending.
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Civie NO Nelson
NO Nelson Co
Tom Roebuck
Tom's Plumbing
Jay K Snook
Louis M. Enriquez
Marjori Enriquez
Potter Co-Op Grain Co
Donald Spencer
Memorial services for Richard E Schriber announced
Services for Richard E Schriber 62 of Sidney will be held at 2 pm Monday at Gehrig and Sons Funeral Home with the Rev Paul Konig officiating. Schriber a self employed mechanic and Navy veteran died Wednesday. He was born April 22 1914 in Burwell and moved to Sidney in 1975 after living in Brandon Missouri and San Diego California. He is survived by his widow Doris Durnell two sons Richard Jr and Michael a daughter Shirley and one grandchild. Graveside services for Leroy Wa Gish 95 of Sidney are set for 10 am Monday at Light Memorial Presbyterian Church. Gish died Wednesday at Memorial Hospital. He was born November 16 1880 in Shelby County Iowa and moved to Bloomfield Nebraska in 1902. He married Minne L Zorn in 1904 and worked for several railroads before farming and later moving to Sidney. He served as Cheyenne County assessor and as Sidney city judge and belonged to multiple fraternal and church groups. Burial is at Greenwood Cemetery with Masonic graveside rites. Memorials preferred to the Light Memorial Presbyterian Church or Sidney Senior Citizen Center.
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Richard E Schriber
Spruce
Sidney
Gehrig and Sons
Paul Konig
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
Scriber
Missouri
McRiber
Burwell
Doris Durnell
Yuma
Brandon
San Diego
Calif
Richard Jr
Michael
Shirley
Denver
Greenwood Cemetery
Leroy Wa Gish
Light Memorial Presbyterian Church
Darrell A Davis
Gish
Memorial Hospital
Shelby County
Iowa
Bloomfield Neb
Minne L Zornat
Bloomfield Gish
Chicago
Union Pacific Railroad
Wheat Belt Public Power District
Cheyenne County
Light Memorial Presbyteran Church
Frank Welch Lodge
AF & AM
Nebraska
York Rite of Freemasonry
Tehema Shrine
Hastings
Irvin Campbell
Florence Gish
Eva LeFors
Rupert
Idaho
Lyle
Reva
Frank Welch
Sidney Senior Citizen Center
Holechek Funeral Home
Cheyennettes Drill Team to Ride in Sterling Parade
The Cheyennettes from Sidney with 25 members directed by Bernie Gass will march in the Logan County Fair Parade in Sterling on Saturday. The group, ages 10 to 18, previously performed at Frontier Days in Cheyenne and Bicentennial events in Gurley and Peet, and will entertain during the Cheyenne County Fair rodeo on August 21 and 22.
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Sidney
Logan County Fair
Sterling
Bernie Gass
Cheyenne
Gurley and Peet
Cheyenne County Fair
Ad salesman joins staff at The Sidney Telegraph
Phil Harris aged 23 has joined the staff as advertising salesman. a native of Ogallala Harris previously served as office manager at Plains Ninsutaciinke near Sidney. He attended Mid Plains Community College. Harris and his wife Donna of North Platte have two children Mike aged 3 and Diane 9 months.
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Sidney
Old Edsels still lemons rear wheel detaches on I-80
A 1958 Edsel detached a rear wheel while being towed by Ronald A Parsons of Buena Park California on Interstate 80 near Sidney Nebraska. The car overturned on the shoulder causing about 1500 dollars in damage. The towing car sustained no damage.
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Ronald A Parsons
Buena Park
Calif
Sidney
Allan L Anderson
Nebraska State Patrol
Chappell Man Carl Schou Named Associate Supreme Guardian
Carl Schou of Chappell was installed as Associate supreme guardian of the International Order of Job's Daughters at the national council session in St Louis. Schou has long been active in Jobs Daughters since 1956. The new supreme guardian is Mrs. Bertha Brown of York, Pennsylvania.
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Chappell
Carl Schou
International Order of Job’s Daughters
National Council
St Louis
Schou
Jobs Daughters
Supreme Guardian
Bertha Brown
York
Alliance Livestock gets 47 month lease extension from Burlington Northern
The Associated Press reports Burlington Northern Railroad grants Alliance Livestock a 47 month lease extension and mandates pasture pens be cleared by Oct 1 with facilities vacated by May 15 1977. Original Jan 1 vacate date kept for expansion and no compensation agreement on improvements emerges.
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Alliance
Alliance Livestock Co
Burlington Northern Railroad
Associated Press
John Yant
Burlington
Carpenter Eyes Lincoln Seat Amid Nichol Vacancy
Scottsbluff politician Terrible Terry Carpenter signals willingness to accept a governor’s appointment if Nichol resigns from the 48th District Unicameral seat. Carpenter, 76, notes past resignation and write in bid defeats while stressing uncertainty about timing and his own workload. If Nichol resigns before August 26, candidates may file to appear on November ballot. otherwise appointed successor would serve the rest of Nichol’s term.
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Lincoln
Terry Carpenter
C C Carpenter
Scottsbluff
William Nichol
Carpenter
Nichol
Exon
Also Mentioned on This Page
Nebr Telegraph
Frida
Bulletin Board
Sipney Telegraph
National Newspaper Assoc
Nebraska Press Association
Best
Ilinois Street
Sidney Telegraph
Larry E. Boyer
Don Marshall
Ena Sample
Henry Meysenberg
Cheryl Schoonover
Dee Havorka
Sidney Newspapers, Inc
Richard E Scriber
Roy Gish
PHI Aarris
Chappell Man
Aoseiens
Palisade
Southwest Public Power District
McCook
Colorado State Line
Ogallala
Here
Thomas P Quinn
Glen Haven
Cole Quinn
Quinn
Interstate 80
Lavern A. Tyaiten
Akron
Kathy Quinn
Winfield
Ill
Richard J Rohrbouck
Kimball
Kimball County
Western Nebraska Observer
Chadron
Dawes County
Pine Bluffs
Pierre
U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development
Virginia Smith
R-Neb
Platte River
Scottsbluff and
Gering
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Lyman
Public Service Company of Colorado
Stegal
Colorado
Bridgeport
Gene Smith
Morrill County
ASCS
North Platte
Tom Henson
Jail House Rock
Bill Armstrong
Board of Education
Julie Lebsack
Kent
Angus
Logan County
Terry
Ant
Ming
Devel
Morrill
Banner
Albin
Wyoming
Banner County
Ford Marquiss
Nebr
Kosch
Elmer Kath Real Estate
Aece
Jones Center
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