Crossing Deaths Push North Route For Nebraska
OGALALLA residents urge a northern interstate from Brady west to Big Springs after a fatal crash near Greek v. Colo. Five to twenty people died, eight communities would cross the Union Pacific main line to access the highway, safety over dollars and cents is urged, State Engineer Hossack favors a south route but critics argue no direct south communities exist.
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Ogalala
Greek v. Colo
Brady West
Big Springs
Union Pacific Railroad
Ogallala
Chamber of Commerce
Don Lenker
Greeley
Hcossack
John Hossack
Panhandle
Christmas Dinner For Needy Planned Disorderly OCR
A Christmas Day turkey dinner for anyone in need is to be served noon December 25 in the basement rooms of the Full Gospel Church. People are asked to bring food clothing and gifts for distribution to the needy.
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Tih
Jackson Andrea
Ralph Hoes
Dren
Coor
Thenmar Boven
Soil District Dinner Plans Discussed at Cheyenne County
Cheyenne County Soil and Water Conservation District leaders reviewed plans for the annual awards dinner set for Monday night Jan 8 at St Patrick's Youth Center Tickets at 2.50 a plate are sold by district officials The guest speaker will be S J Sparks of Chicago Illinois who will address Larger Plows and Less Farmers or How To Raise Cain Kids and Cows The public is invited and tickets will be sold until Jan 3 Also discussed were Stewardship Week plans and a Gold Bond stamp project to buy equipment The meeting included members of the Cheyenne County Agricultural Stabilization Conservation committee and Great Plains Development Group representatives
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne County Soil & Water Conservation District
Board of Supervisors
SCS
Conservation District
Ms. Patrick's Youth Center
S. J. Sparks
Chicago
Cheyenne County
Ray Davis
Herb Krauter
Wes Runge
Hefrs
Nother Canady
Great Plains
Roger Plans
Bus Driver Faces Manslaughter Charge in Colorado Tragedy
Duane Harris, 28, the driver of a school bus, faces manslaughter charges after a Union Pacific passenger train struck his bus near Greeley Colorado, killing 20 children and injuring 18. Authorities say the bus may not have stopped at the rural crossing while the train was speeding at about 80 mph. Harris was observed for custody at Weld County Jail after hospitalization. his wife had a newborn days earlier.
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Greeley
Colo
Weld
Duane Harris
Union Pacific
Harms
Greeley Hospital
Weld County
Colorado
Fleming
Sterling
City of
Foland Co Nominated for Outstanding Farm Equipment Dealer
Cheyenne County Soil Conservation District nominates Doyle Foland owner of Foland Farm Machinery Inc for 1964 farm equipment dealer of the year. Nomination cites cooperation with district, seed drill setup, stubble mulch promotion, wind damage mitigation, and innovations including a front wheel drive tractor. Winner to be announced at Mid-West Farm Equipment Assn meeting in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doyle Foland
Foland Farm Machinery, Inc
Cheyenne County Soil Conservation District
Mid-West Farm Equipment Assn
Fall City Truck and Implement Co
Richardson County
Foland
Cheyenne
Memorial Hospital Reports Higher Gross, Smaller Net Loss
Memorial Hospital and Rest Home posted gross business of 544000 for the past year, with a net loss of 17221 after normal depreciation allowances. This compares with 462000 gross and a 18177 net loss in 1960. At year end nearly 50000 in accounts receivable reflected an improved collection system, auditor notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memorial Hospital and Rest Home
Board of Directors
No Temperature Change Forecast
Pleasant winter temperatures persist through Saturday with partly cloudy skies. FAA station at the Airport reports outlook for southeast Colorado and southern Nebraska Panhandle. Lows Thursday and Friday around zero. high near 28. By 9:30 am Thursday temperatures rose to 16 with sun peeking through clouds. Winds from the south southeast.
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Federal Aeronautics Administration
Colorado
Nebraska Panhandle
Don Ces
Coffey Named To Editorial Advisory Board
Sidney’s City Manager Tom Coffey joined the editorial advisory board for the Municipal Manual to be published in Nebraska North and South Dakota. The tri state effort will feature boards in each state with advisory duties. Nebraska members include A G Wurst and University of Nebraska professors Dean A C Breckenridge Dr Ed Schmidt and Dr A B Winters.
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Sidney
Tom Coffey
New ‘Municipal Manual
Tri-State
Nebraska
North and
South Dakota
Economics
Nebraska Board
A G Wurst
League of Municipalities
University of Nebraska
A. C Breckenridge
Ed Schmidt
A. B Winters
Wheat Group to back feed grain growers in 1962
Gurley Nebraska feed grain farmers forming a state group may receive help from the Nebraska Wheat Growers Association NWGA president Robert Rauner said the NWGA board voted to support the eastern Nebraska feed grain group providing guidance and assistance at their December 18 meeting in Ogallala He stressed unity to boost market demand for US commodities in Europe and worldwide and to jointly tackle issues like disease and crop development while enhancing economic security for farmers through collaboration with wheat growers.
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Gurley
Nebraska
Alsn
Robert Rauner
NWGA
Rauner
Nwga Board of Directors
Ogallala
Europe
Twisters Prize Dance Contest Set For Fox Theater
Auditions for a twist contest will start next Friday at De Vonne Studio and Zikes Roller Rink with the finals at the Fox Theater during a midnight show on December 30. Prizes honor fastest, smallest, best pony tailed girl, most relaxed, youngest and most original. winners notified by telephone.
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Fox Theater
Vienday
Dian Cawthra
de Vonne Studio
Dramatic Dance
Fox
Glenn Carroll
Carroll
Rites At Boulder For Sidneyites Mother
Mrs Gertude Fitz-Randolph Currens mother of Mrs Eugene Warren of Sidney died early Saturday morning December 9 after her 87th birthday. Widow of Rev J Wilson Currens and former Boulder High School teacher she is survived by another daughter Was Jane Porter of Boulder. Funeral services were held Monday December. Hewe Mortuary in Boulder with Cay Tank Roberts of Ottawa.
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Gertude Fitz - Randolph Currens
Eugene Warren
Sidney
J . Wilson Currens
Boulder, Co'o
Jane Porter
Boulder Funers
Closed Saturday Blue Moon Cate to be closed this weekend
The Blue Moon Cate will close Saturday as Mo and Mis Loothatsen and wont wl be ett tending tamer dh serves on Chey enne there de other ar baw 0 nin.
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Cheyenne
Four Oil Gas Leases Filed This Week
Four oil and gas leases were filed in the County Clerk of Pindell’s office this week. Adelaide Bilithman to Midwest On Corp covers SW Sec 3 16 50 for five years. Kenneth G Naz to Arthur Gurda covers SW Sec 21 15 52 for five years. Farl Munshaw to Arthur Gurda covers FL Sec 6 16 49 for three years. Pimer to Moench to Arthur Guida covers NI' See 9 14 52, north of the Pooriaht of -wouy and outside the Potter town tat five Neath.
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Pindell
Adelaide Bilithman
Midwest
Corp
Arthur Gurda
Farl Munshaw
Pimer
Moench
Arthur Guida
Wouy
Potter
Eichmann Sentenced to Death by Hanging by Court
Three judges found Adolf Eichmann guilty of crimes against humanity and sentenced the former Nazi executioner to death by hanging. Eichmann, who claimed he merely carried out orders, accepted the verdict. his attorney said an appeal will likely fail.
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Adolf Eichmann
Eichmann
Nebraska oil permits near thousand mark this year
The Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission says drilling permits may exceed 1000 before year end as activity grows in central regions. H. L. Hunt holds two rigs in north central Nebraska with three new permits. Phillips Petroleum keeps a tight lid on findings in Perkins County. Red Willow County centers on Sleepy Hollow Field while others face mixed results and weather delays.
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Nebraska
Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
South Central
North Central
H. L. Hunt
Dallas
Rock
Garfield
Holt
Phillips Petroleum Co
Perkins County
Red Willows County
Sleepy Hollow
Oil and Gas Commission
Forsythe and Dowis to Perform at 1962 Cheyenne County Fair
The Forsythe and Dowis carnival will headline the 1962 Cheyenne County Fair, first time for the act at the event, with four days Aug 19 to 22. The Fair, moving earlier in the week, trims the schedule to four days and adds a rodeo next year.
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Forsythe & Dowis
Warren Cunningham
County Fair Board
Cunningham
Fair Board
William J Schuldt Dies At 93. Rites Scheduled Monday
William J Schuldt aged 93 died Thursday afternoon at Memorial Hospital after a period of illness. Funeral services are set for Monday at 2 p.m. at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church with Rev Norman Schroeder and Ray Miller assisting. Burial will be Greenwood Cemetery. He was born October 24 1868 in Mecklenburg Germany and migrated to the United States at 16, later living in Schuyler Nebraska as a grain dealer and elevator owner. He married Minne Busch in 1901. the couple later moved to Lodgepole and then Sidney where they resided with daughter Ava Monnich. He is survived by Ava Monnich daughter. sons Martin Kent Washington and Harold Red Bluff California. three grandchildren and two brothers.
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William J. Schuldt
Henry Monnich
Memorial Hospital
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
Norman Schroeder
Lodgepole
Ray Miller
Holy Trinity Church
Greenwood Cemetery
The
Gehrig and Son Funeral Home
William John Schuldt
Mecklenburg
Germany
John
Dorthea Arendt Schuldt
United States
Schuyler
Neb
Minne Busch
S U ‘Er
Sdney
Schu'dt
Lutheran Church
Police Check Four Collisions
Four separate crashes yielded heavy or notable damage in midweek and Thursday incidents. At Maple and 14th a 1955 Chrysler driven by Robert Hajek collided with a 1955 Chevrolet driven by Richard Taylor, with about 200 dollars in damage. A second collision at 13th and Illinois involved a 1956 Ford driven by Marcel Richards whose engine died and a 1955 Chevrolet driven by Judy Smith. damage exceeded 200 dollars. A Maple between 18th and 19th collision injured two cars, a 1959 Dodge driven by Georgia Olsen and a 1959 Volkswagen driven by Carl Bickel, with Dodge at 75 dollars and Volkswagen about 135 dollars damaged. A final eastbound Illinois crash around 7:40 am involved a 1959 Ford driven by James Lambert and a 1953 Buick driven by Leland Bodeman.
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Maple
14Th
Ervin Smith
Robert J. Hajek
Rt. B
Mth
Richard E. Taylor
Hajek
13Th
Illinois
Li Smith
Ford
Marcel Richards
Cedar
Chevrolet
Judy A Smith
Toledo
George Ott
Georgia Olsen
Trailer City
Volkswagen
Carl Bickel
Torrance
Calif
Andy Gorman
Illinois Street
Lt Smith
James V. Lambert
Buick
Leland A Bodeman
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LaVern Couch
Harold Meisner
Leo Gorman
Telegraph
Leo Schaf
Clerk
Harold Kieselhorst
Soil District
Foland Co
Foland Company
Coffey
Audiiion
Zzike
Boulder
Sidneyite
Oil-Gas News
Huckers
Box Butte
Hemingford
Thomas County
Banner County
Thames
Zach
Turnbull
HLM Drilling Co
Kimball County
Madden
Liberty
Texota Oil Co
Texota
Pan American 01 Co
Heinrich Wildcat
Keith County
Pan Am
F . We Warne
Ava Monnich
Martin
Kent
Wash
Harold
Red Blut, Cau
F.C Schu'dt
Fremont
Frank
Sioux City
Iowa
Oshkosh
Platte
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