NFO Delegates Plan Holding Action For Higher Farm Prices
Delegates at the National Farmers Organization convention in Louisville report plans for an all commodity holding action to halt low prices. They seek to unite producers, start non member recruitment, and avoid selling grain within 40 days while expanding to livestock dairy and minor commodities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Farmers Organization
Louisville
Cheyenne County
Merle Christofferson
Arthur Holt
Frank Jones
Donald Lewis
Boyd Weist
National Nfc
Oren Lee Staley
Staley
NFO
Erhard Pfingsten
NFC
U.S. District Court
Pfingston
Hubert H. Humphrey
Homer Jackson
Rifle
Colo
Milton Young
Rep
North Dakota
The
Canadian Farmers Union
Roy Atkinson
Sidney High renames Maroons to Red Raiders
Sidney Public Schools board approved changing the high school nickname to Red Raiders during a busy Monday session. The board also heard plans for Operation Early Bird a volunteer run preschool project using donated materials and space at East Ward School with no funds involved.
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Maroons
Red Raiders
Early Bird
Sidney High School
Sidney Public Schools Board of Education
L. M. Clinton
Sidney
East Ward School
Clinton
University of Nebraska
Sidney High School to adopt Red and White colors
The school board approves a change from maroon to red and white colors. The mascot will be Red Raider, likely a horseman with a Texas style hat. John Jones and Gene Torczon backed the plan while opponents argued the old Maroon name was adequate.
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Sidney High School
John Jones
House of Representatives
Gene Torczon
Sidney Educators Ask Board to Recognize Teachers Group
The Sidney Educators Association asked the board to recognize the group as the official negotiating agency for local teachers and requested a meeting to discuss professional and employment relations under the new law. The matter was tabled for further study. Principals George Hinn and T. R. Tillotson spoke on school activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Educators Association
George Hinn
T. R. Tillotson
PPP Invited to WMCC Convention by Western Nebraska Chamber
Panhandle Partners For Progress received an invitation from the Western Nebraska United Chambers of Commerce to attend its annual meeting early January 1968. Ed Cole of Sidney Chamber of Commerce was asked to extend the invitation to PPP directors. The exact date depends on the speaker schedule and will be announced to Cole and PPP.
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Panhandle Partners For Progress
Western Nebraska United Chambers of Commerce
Ed Cole
Sidney Chamber of Commerce
PPP
Western Nebraska
WMCC
Gene Kemper
Alliance Daily Times Herald
Alliance
Kemper
Panhandle
Wne Ucc
Cole
PPP Board
Thane Davis
Wn-Ucc
Banner Oil Co Stock Sold in Auction in Scottsbluff
Sealed bids opened Tuesday for all Banner Oil Co. Inc. stock in Scottsbluff. White Feather Petroleum Co. Inc. appeared the high bidder at 315750 dollars after six bids were received, with four bids coming from Colorado firms.
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Scottsbluff
Banner Oil Co. Inc
White Feather Petroleum Co. Inc
Colorado
California man jailed in auto theft case at service station
Melvin Eugene Ellis 25 of Benna Park California was jailed on auto theft suspicions after three witnesses at the R and D Chevron station in Bourne noted inconsistencies in his stories about a 1966 Buick Riviera listed as stolen October 29 1967 from Bourne Massachusetts. FBI notified.
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California
Roy Bauer
Melvin Eugene Ellis
Benna Park
Calif
Bourne
Mass
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Mr. Ellis
R&d
Chevron
17Th
Illinois
Ken Bowersox
Bob Douty
Lynn Gottschalk Named Senior Copy Editor at University Paper
Miss Lynn Gottschalk, a sophomore at the University of Nebraska, was announced as the new senior copy editor for The Daily Nebraskan. She is the daughter of Mrs. Mary Jane Gottschalk, publisher of The Sidney Telegraph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn Gottschalk
Daily
Nebraskan
University of Nebraska
Miss Gottschalk
University
Mary Jane Gottschalk
Sidney Telegraph
Bulb Thieves At It Again In Sydney Neighborhood
Light bulb thefts plague Sydney with yard displays damaged. A display at Dr C J Cornelius residence 2434 El Rancho Rd lost an extension card Monday night. Mrs Wesley Chapman 1833 Cedar reported a broken fence post likely struck by a car.
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Sidney
C. J. Cornelius
el Rancho Rd
Wesley Chapman
Saddle Club Dinner Draws Large Crowd and Guests
Seventy five members and families attended the Lodgepole Valley Saddle club Christmas dinner at the club house on Sunday December 10. Silvia Mizel Rotary exchange student from Argentina visited with the Thayers. The January committee will host a potluck January 21 and view Nebraskaland films, with a kitchen shower for clubhouse supplies.
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Lodgepole Valley Saddle Club
Silvia Mizel
Rotary Exchange
Argentina
James Thayer
Bernard Gass
Paul Roberts
Leonard Rieken
J. B. Ruttner
Nebraskaland
Funeral rites held for Rolland E Followell
Rites were held Monday afternoon for Rolland E Followell 66 of Benton Arkansas found dead in a motel room last Sunday Burial was in the veterans section of Greenwood Cemetery.
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Rolland E. Followell
Benton
Arkansas
Greenwood Cemetery
Mr. Followell
Santa caps for hospital babies begin holiday tradition
On Christmas Day Memorial Hospital will display babies in the nursery wearing Santa Claus caps and booties made by Mrs Earl Schultz. The outfits will be given to parents of the babies, marking the first year of a potential hospital auxiliary tradition.
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Memorial Hospital
Earl Schultz
Panhandle Cold Outlook With Light Snow Chance
Regional forecast shows continued cold in the Panhandle with partly cloudy skies. Tonight and Thursday highs near 20 to 30 after subzero lows, with snow chances under five percent and temperatures averaging 10 to 15 degrees below normal through Monday.
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Panhandle
Sidney United Fund at 79 percent of goal
Benny Hochman, chairman of the Sidney United Fund drive, announced 79 percent progress with $10,631.97 in the fund toward a $13,350 goal. Some regular contributors are late, and a few solicitors could not complete lists due to numerous call backs. Funds will be distributed to eight requesting organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney United Fund
Benny Hochman
Hochman
United Fund
WNX Erecting New Terminal Headquarters
Scottsbluff city engineer issues permits for a new West Nebraska Express truck terminal and office at Fifth Street and Fifth Avenue. B and C Steel Co. of Gering holds the general contract and will move from 709 Mill Drive to a 3,600 square foot office plus 60 by 224 foot warehouse, with a truck service building and landscaped grounds. Groundwork is underway and completion is hoped for in spring.
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Scottsbluff
West Nebraska Express
Fifth Street
Fifth Avenue
B and C Steel Co
Gering
Mill Drive
Clark Williams
B and C Steel
Travelers Meet Local Celebrities At Sidney Airport Welcome
Mr and Mrs Paul L Martin arriving with Frontier Airlines were met by Gerald Matzke of his law firm but his wife led a bridge club to greet them. The group sang There Is No Place Like Nebraska as the Martins stepped off the plane. Fellow club members Iris Young Joyce Miller Barbara Houtz Naida Narjes Kay Kahl Mildred Elwell Dianne Kokjer Rosella Mehling accompanied Mrs Matzke.
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Paul L. Martin
Frontier Airlines
Sidney Municipal
Martins
Gerald Matzke
Naida Narjes
Kay Kahl
Mildred Elwell
Dianne Kokjer
Rosella Mehling
Sidney Leads 2 State Area in Air Travel Use Increase
Frontier Airlines reports November boardings rising 130 percent in Sidney to 182 from 79 the year before. The enlarged Frontier, serving 114 cities, shows Omaha Denver Jet Prop 580 routes boosting traffic. Nebraska cities list Sidney with 182 boardings and higher totals in Alliance and Lincoln amid merged Central Airlines results.
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Sidney
Frontier Airlines
Nebraska
Kansas
Denver
Omaha
Civil Aeronautics Board
Frontier
Lewis W. Dymond
Central Airlines
Central
Rocky Mountain West
Midwest
Southwest
Alliance
Chadron
Columbus
Grand Island
Hastings
Kearney
Lincoln
McCook
North Platte
Scottsbluff
Santa Claus Parade Planned in Sidney Friday
Santa will greet children at the Chamber of Commerce Office at 5 p.m. December 15 then lead a parade to the Fox Theatre for a free 5:45 p.m. show. The event, with candy canes and a cartoon, is hosted by the Sidney New Car Dealers Association and escorted by local police and volunteer fire crews.
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Santa Claus
Sidney
Santa
Sidney Chamber
Cheyenne County
Chamber of Commerce
Twinkle
Sparkle
Claus
City approves hospital plan and expands zoning reach
Sidney approves a new hospitalization and medical plan with Hartford Insurance Co via The Ackerman-Robinson Co to boost benefits. The council directs drafting of an ordinance doubling zoning authority to two miles from city limits following a Nebraska law change. Roy Bauer is named Civil Defense director. Next meeting is Dec 18 at 2 30 with bids for police cars and two trucks on agenda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Hartford Insurance Co
Ackerman-Robinson Co
L. M. Clinton
Nebraska
Roy Bauer
Bauer
Girl Detention Escapee Held for Extradition in Kimball
A 15 year old girl from a Minneapolis detention home is held in Kimball County jail for extradition. Trooper Richard Larsen of the Nebraska State Patrol says she was arrested Friday four miles west of Kimball after traveling with an older male under an alias at the direction of Minneapolis Juvenile Division. The arrest followed information from the Minneapolis Police Department.
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Kimball
Minneapolis
Minn
Kimball County
Rkuichard Larsen
Nebraska State Patrol
Larsen
Minneapolis Police Department
Last Chance For Golden Gifts Week Finale Draw
The 1967 Golden Gift Days wrap up this Saturday with more prizes than usual. A color console TV tops the list for first prize, second prize is a console stereo, third is a bicycle, and seven winners receive electric food blenders. Unclaimed prizes include two can openers and an electric knife. Extra tickets raise the total winners to 13. Tickets from participating merchants deposited before Friday closing time qualify. More than eighty Sidney merchants support the event as Christmas stocks remain ample.
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Sidney Business Firms
Jones Center
Sidney
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Banner Oil Co
John Wells
Sterling
Saddle Club
WNX
Nebr
Mr. Claus
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