TraveLodge opens in North Platte as Closmans move
Walt and Doris Closman former Sidney residents debut a 34 unit Travelodge at 602 East Fourth North Platte. Built last year in a two story light cream block with a glass enclosed pool the motel anchors a growing national chain. The Closmans praise downtown location and friendly Nebraska welcome.
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Closmans
Sidney
North Platte
Closman
United States Navy
Art
Bruce
Susan
Not So Mad Hatter Mrs Fleming Shows Plastic Bag Hat
Mrs. George Fleming, wife of a state senator, designs and crafts hats from plastic bags and pheasant feathers. She describes making a plastic bag Christmas tree and a white hat with red cherries, plus numerous other creations worn with outfits.
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George Fleming
Mrs. Fleming
Lincoln
Speeding and traffic fines listed for numerous individuals
A long list of individuals from multiple cities and states facing speeding and traffic related fines. Names include Ravenscroft San Jose Compton Spurr Reefoot Middelkamp Laionde Gregston Blaylock Moore Rocheleau Leder Brown Boileau Eddy Markel Walsh Stucky Short Ruttman Kiernan Silvester Chacon Townsend Garrett Davis Ross Cheslock Dart Padilla and others with fines ranging from five to eighteen dollars plus costs. The Federalists held major leadership in the first Congress in 1789 with a 53 to 12 margin over Democrats.
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Ed Ravenscroft
San Jose
Calif
Claire Compton Spurr
Salt Lake City
Robert R. Reefoot
Grand Island
Dolores Ann Middelkamp
Denver
Jerry R. Laionde
Travis Afb
Eugene Gregston
Sidney
William Young
Herbert G. Blaylock
Chicago
Phillip L. Moore
Lafayette
Ind
Martin L Adrain
Covington
Kentucky
Francis J Rocheleau
Hartford
Conn
John Leder
Big Springs
Ara C. Brown
Charles T Boileau
Kimball
Robert M Eddy
Timothy E Markel
George J Walsh
Omaha
Michael Stucky
Pretty Praire Kan
Thomas Short
James G Ross
Ventura
Diana M Cheslock
Philadelphia
Thomas W Dart
London
Ont
Patsy Ann Padilla
Truck Brakes Fail In Nebraska County Road Accident
A Sunday morning crash near Gurley involved a 1959 GMC water truck owned by Pfeifer Water Service Kimball driven by Trinidad C Avila 31. The vehicle left a dead end road after brake failure, struck a bank, caused $2500 damage, and the driver was uninjured.
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Nebraska Highway Patrol
Sethel Busekist
Gurley
Pfeifer Water Service
Kimball
Trinidad C Avila
Busekist
Farm Bureau and Kennedy Forces Set for Showdown
The American Farm Bureau Federation faces a national referendum next spring on a new wheat control program. The Kennedy administration backs the plan, while Farm Bureau seeks less government in agriculture. A White House victory could push controls to more products. a defeat might end the supply management approach and affect Freeman’s cabinet position.
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American Farm Bureau Federation
Kennedy
Big Farm Organization
Farm Bureau
Agriculture Department
Orville L Freeman
Freeman
Wheat Advances Toward Dormant Season in Nebraska
Nebraska winter wheat has entered the dormant stage as moisture reserves decline due to below normal November and December precipitation. Topsoil moisture is short, making the crop vulnerable to winter kill, with snow or rain needed. Corn harvest is nearly complete and field work focuses on plowing and fertilizer, while pastures and ranges remain open and livestock forage is adequate to abundant.
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Nebraska
State Federal Division of Agricultural Statistics
Graduates Working Chicago Unemployment Rates Revealed
The Labor Department in cooperation with Commerce Clearing House reports October 1961 unemployment figures. High school graduates show 16 percent joblessness while high school dropouts reach 30 percent nationwide.
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Chicago
U. S. Department of Labor
Commerce Clearing House
Police urge icy road precautions to reduce crashes
Police Chief Willis warns early winter storms bring multiple injuries from skidding and crashes. He cites braking distances on glare ice and snow and urges slower speeds, greater following distance, and traction aids such as reinforced tire chains and snow tires to prevent accidents.
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Police Department
Willis
National Safety Council
Subscription Rates Going Up Jan 1
The Sid ney Telegraph will raise subscription rates effective January 1. December renewals or new subscriptions lock in existing rates for two years. Current subscribers may extend expiration by two years, and new subscribers may opt for two years at present prices both for mail and carrier deliveries.
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Sidney Telegraph
Ivs Nonpartisan, But Legislature Is GOP Dominated
Republicans will dominate Nebraska’s 1963 legislature with 29 members, Democrats 12 and two Independents. The article names several among the Democrats Ed Danner J W Burbach Peter Claussen George Fleming Albert Kjar Ross Rasmussen LeRoy Bahensky William Skrda Thomas Damrow Donald McGinley Harold Stryker Lloyd Stalder and Independents Dale Erlewine Arnold Ruhnke.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Omaha
John Munnelly
Eugene Mahoney
Ed Danner
J. W. Burbach
Crofton
Peter Claussen
Leigh
George Fleming
Sidney
Albert Kjar
Lexington
Ross Rasmussen
Hooper
LeRoy Bahensky
St. Paul
William Skrda
Thomas Damrow
Beatrice
Donald McGinley
Ogallala
Harold Stryker
Rising City
Lloyd Stalder
Humphrey
Dale Erlewine
Grant
Arnold Ruhnke
Plymouth
Sidney Mayor proclaims Christmas Seal Week
Mayor Dean Wilson designated December 10 to 17 as Christmas Seal Week in Sidney. The proclamation honors the Cheyenne County Tuberculosis Committee and urges residents to contribute to the Christmas Seal Campaign while calling for intensified efforts to locate older adults with TB and to control respiratory diseases through education, screening, treatment, and research.
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Dean Wilson
Cheyenne County Tuberculosis Committee
Mavr'g
Assora
Tubrisles
Sdaorg
Sidney
Cheyenne
Recruit Training Completion for Charles D Hammond
Charles D Hammond son of Mr and Mrs Billy Hammond of 190 East Dr Sidney is set to complete recruit training on December 14 at the Naval Training Center San Diego California After nine weeks of indoctrination recruits receive training in physical fitness military law drill etiquette swimming survival first aid and shipboard routine Tests and interviews determine future training and assignments
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San .Diego
Calif
Charles D. Hammond
Billy Hammond
Sidney
Naval Training Center
San Diego
Naval Service
City’s North Side Building Occupied by City Departments
Three city departments move into a new shop warehouse on north 10th Avenue after contract completion by Nienhueser Construction Co. The changes free space in older properties, with planned future use of a quonset hut for equipment storage and demolition of the old Jackson Street building to create a metered parking lot.
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Sidney
North 10Th Avenue
Electric
Water
Nienhueser Construction Co
11Th and
Newton St
Tom Coffey
Water Department
Newton
Jackson St
Mr. Coffey
Water System For Golf Course Will Be Many Project
The municipal golf course irrigation system is set to be installed by city employees as weather allows. Warner Co. of Denver won a 25700 contract to supply semi automatic equipment, with trenching and top soil work to continue through winter towards a nine hole course at Sidney Country Club.
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Warner Co
Denver
Tom Coffey
Sidney Country Club
Governor's Wife Boosts TB Seals
Mrs. Frank B. Morrison wife of Nebraska's governor Thursday praised TB seal volunteers and county committees. She urged continued public support and urged use of Christmas Seals on mail and packages while meeting with Mrs. C. R. Caley in Lincoln Executive Mansion.
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Frank B. Morrison
Nebraska
Morrison
C. R. Caley
Clarks
Nebraska Tuberculosis Association
Lincoln
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Dorman
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American Shorthorn Association
Utica
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C. J. Osborn
Dormans
Roy MacAdam
Viola Osborn
Shorthorn
O. J
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Weymouth
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Ksid
Doris Closman
Walt Closman
Police
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