Today in History and Birthdays Featured on Friday
On this day in 1911 Roald Amundsen was first to reach the South Pole. Other dates note Washington's death in 1799 Alabama statehood in 1819 and Denmark selling the Danish West Indies in 1916. Birthdays include Senator Margaret Chase Smith and Lt Gen James Doolittle. thought from Leo Tse.
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Roald Amundsen
South Pole
George Washington
Mount Vernon
Alabama
Denmark
Danish West Indies
United States
Japan
Peking
U.S
Wake Island
UN General Assembly
United Nations
New York
Johnson
China
Moshe Dayan
Richard M. Nixon
Middle East
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
James Doolittle
Leo Tse
Panhandle forecast shows colder night and mild weekend
PANHANDLE FORECAST Partly cloudy and colder tonight with lows 8 to 16. Saturday brings partly cloudy skies and highs 33 to 38. Winds NW 16 to 20 mph. EXTENDED OUTLOOK Sunday through Tuesday mostly cloudy with small daily temps. Lows upper teens to mid 20s and highs upper 20s to mid 40s.
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Panhandle
Associated Press
Rodger Lee II Born to Rodger Roose Family
Mr and Mrs Rodger Roose of Sidney announce the birth of a son Rodger Lee II weighing seven pounds ten ounces at 9:32 p.m. December 12 at Memorial Hospital. Grandmother is Mrs Sonia Roose of Gurley. Great grandparents are Mr and Mrs Dennis Flood of Alliance and Mr and Mrs Walter Creamer of Bridgeport.
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Rodger Roose
Sidney
Rodger Lee II
Memorial Hospital
Sonia Roose
Gurley
Dennis Flood
Alliance
Walter Creamer
Bridgeport
Hospital Admissions and Discharges Noted
Read list shows admitted Sidney Eloisa Alvarez Robert Wise Gustav Suhr Paul Guerra Gurley Marvin McNurlin Potter Janelle Knight and dismissals for Dalton Gerald Pitman Potter Margaret German and Robert Lee. Hospitals record these patient movements in a brief daily notice.
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Sidney Eloisa Alvarez
Robert Wise
Gustav Suhr
Paul Guerra Gurley
Marvin McNurlin
Janelle Knight
Dalton
Gerald Pitman
Potter Margaret German
Robert Lee
Mrs Makey Earns National Radiologic Technologist Registry
Peggy Makey daughter of Mr and Mrs Donald C Larson of Potter completed her National Registry and is now a Registered Radiologic Technologist. She trained in Cheyenne Wyoming at LCCC and worked at Cheyenne Radiologist Office Cheyenne Memorial Hospital De Paul Hospital and VA Hospital. Since September she has been employed at Bryan Memorial Hospital in Lincoln.
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Peggy Makey
Donald C. Larson
Potter
Housing Plans Discussed at Sidney Meeting
Nearly 50 Sidney and Kimball contractors bankers and officials attended a Department of Economic Development housing meeting in Sidney. Topics covered housing surveys FHA and Farmers Home Administration loans non profit housing corporations and the local housing authority. The Sidney Housing Authority backs a door to door survey planned for early 1974. A followup meeting will be held to act on programs discussed.
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Sidney and Kimball Contractors
Department of Economic Development
Sidney
Federal Housing Authority
Farmers Home Administration
Deaths Elsie Hawkins and Local Pallbearers Named
Elsie Denna Hawkins 57 a Sidney resident died at her home 920 Elm St Sidney Born Sept 24 1916 in Ohiowa Daughter of Fred and Johanna Demeier She married Charles Hawkins Jan 11 1947 Survived by four sons Charles Gary Larry and Michael, one daughter Rosalie Roberts, two sisters Irene Mika and Evelyn Hopson Funeral services pending Pallbearers named for Brent Bules Pete Walla Bryan Lucas and others Honorary pallbearers listed
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Elsie Denna Hawkins
Sidney
Elm St
Fred
Johanna Thomas Demeier
Ohiowa
Charles Hawkins
Mr Hawkins
Charles
Denver
Gary
Larry
Chappell
Michael
Scottsbluff
Rosalie Roberts
Ft. Collins
Colo
Irene Mika
Evelyn Hopson
Norwalk
Calif
Gehrig and Son Funeral Home
Caution Over Alaska Pipeline Jobs Promises
State Labor Commissioner warns that promises of Alaska pipeline work are fraudulent. He cites Alaska’s high unemployment and licensing issues, noting no pipeline work before mid-1974 and visitors may face extreme conditions and disappointment.
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Alaska
Gerald E. Chizek
Storm across Nebraska brings heavy snow and slick highways
A fast moving storm spans eastern Nebraska with four inches or more of snow possible by Saturday morning. Weather Bureau warns of reduced visibility freezing rain and sleet while motorists face snowpacked roads. Official totals include four inches at Norfolk and three inches at Grand Island with chilly overnight lows near zero in the northeast and 18 above in the southwest.
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Associated Press
Nebraska
Weather Bureau
McCook and
O'Neill
Kansas
Norfolk
Grand Island
Imperial
Frostbite Hazard Emphasized For Nebraska Outdoors
The Nebraska Medical Association warns winter frostbite mainly threatens children hunters and outdoor workers. Ears noses fingers and toes are most affected with pink skin turning white or gray. Do not rub with snow or ice. seek medical care and warm rewarming with lukewarm water and body heat.
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Nebraska
Nebraska Medical Association
Yanomamo Waiters Use Ritual Fights to Diffuse Tensions
Among Venezuela's Yanomamo, fierce individuals engage ritualized combats to vent passions and prevent outbreaks of violence. The practice serves as a controlled outlet for aggression within the community.
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Venezuela
Advent Time For Happiness And Meaning In Christmas
The Rev Max L Kors argues Advent is a spiritual prep for Christmas beyond material gifts. He cites Saint Paul from prison, urges love within families and church, and says lasting happiness comes from the love of God through Christ, not worldly stimulants.
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Max L. Kors
Christ Church
Episcopal
Saint Paul
Paul
Christ
Church
Committee Forms to Start Merger of U S Farm Offices
Kenneth L Bowen of the Farmers Home Administration reports Nebraska will form an administrative committee with leaders from ASCS FHA SCS and FCIC to plan centralized agricultural service centers under the Rural Development Act. The aim is one stop service for farmers ranchers and rural residents across 84 ASCS 36 FHA 83 SCS and nine FCIC offices.
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U.S
U S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Nebraska
Kenneth L. Bowen
Farmers Home Administration
FHA
Federal Rural Development Act
The
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
ASCS
Soil Conservation Service
SCS
Fedeal Crop Insurance Corp
FCIC
Pagel
Paul Lindt
Wilson J Parker
Eugene D Bargman
Thompson Reappointed to State Roads Board
F B Thompson Cheyenne County highway superintendent was reappointed to a four year term on the Board of Public Roads Classifications and Standards. Governor Exon announced the decision Wednesday. He will serve with David O Coolidge Marvin Athey and Bruce C Gillan until November 16 1977.
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F. B. Thompson
Cheyenne County
Board of
Public Roads Classifications and Standards
J J Exon
Thompson
David O Coolidge
McCook
Marvin Athey
Imperial
Bruce C. Gillan
Lincoln
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bulletin Board
Rodger Lee Roose
Mrs. Makey
Wheatbelt Public Power District
Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce
Elsie Hawkins
Bules
Brent Bules
Peetz
Gary Meier
Jim Kerr
Dick Segelke
Jay Rockwell
Walla
Pete Walla
Jack Patterson
R. A. Adkins
T. B. Thompson
Dale Kruse
Tom Davis
Kermit Nelson
Bryan Lucas
Leonard Hendrick
Bud Rankin
Bud From
Dan Markel
Marion Dickinson
Howard Hurst
Art Rankin
Myron Carlson
Phil Quinn
A. C. Peterson
Clarence Yeas
Herb Hruska
Lloyd Bondegard
K. J. Dykman
Chizek
Western
Telegraph Printing Co
Illinois St
Nebr
Nebraska Press Association
Storm
Kors
Glassburn
Buleva
Rex
American National Bank
Sidney Neb
F.D.I.C
Bankamericard Bank
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