New Frontier Route May Result From Air Transport Meeting
City Manager Tom Coffey travels to Omaha for an Aeronautics Department meeting that could shape Nebraska air service. Frontier Airlines proposals target an Omaha hub and a new route from Denver to Columbus and beyond, with Sidney connected to an extended shuttle, contingent on CAB approval and rising monthly boardings.
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Omaha
Tom Coffey
Nebraska
Frontier Airlines
State Aeronautics Department
Civil Aeronautics Board
CAB
Coffey
Sidney
James Landstedt
Frank Morrison
Lewis Dymond
Scottsbluff
Columbus
North Platte
Denver
Kearney
Grand Island
Lincoln
Midwest
Mr. Sandstedt
Frontier
Sandstedt
Omaha-Rapid City
Pacific Northwest
St. Louis
Valentine
Ainsworth
Janda Wins Voice of Democracy Contest at VFW Event
Mike Janda won first place in the Voice of Democracy contest sponsored by Porter McGuver Post 610 VFW at the Youth Center. Marilyn Gorman and Kathy Schwartz finished second and third, all students of St. Patrick's Academy with Tom Lenzen and Ervin Smith as co chairmen.
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Mike Janda
Matt Janda
Porter McGuver
Post 610
Marilyn Gorman
Leo Gorman
Kathy Schwartz
Keith Schwartz
St. Patrick’s Academy
Tom Lenzen
Ervin Smith
Taylor Graveside Rites Set Here
William W. Taylor of Evanston Wyoming died Saturday in Evanston after a long farm career in Kimball and a 1941 move to Cheyenne. He resided two months in Evanston. Graveside rites are set for Wednesday December 18 at 2 p.m. in Greenwood Cemetery with Rev. Carl L. Nelson officiating. Craig Mortuary handles local arrangements. Survivors include Mrs. Minnie Dryer and ten children, 38 grandchildren, 73 great grandchildren, and another sister. his wife died in January 1954.
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William W. Taylor
Evanston
Wyo
Minnie Dryer
Dalton
Taylor
Kimball
Cheyenne
Greenwood Cemetery
Carl L. Nelson
Craig
Woman Hurt In Gun Accident Near Sidney
Mrs. Carmen Fernandez accidentally shot herself in the hand with a .32 automatic pistol at her home four miles west of Sidney. Sheriff W. W. Schulz said she has been released from the hospital and is recovering well.
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Carmen Fernandez
W. W. Schulz
Sidney
Fernandez
Weather outlook with clouds and warming trend
Partly cloudy and warmer today. Tonight and tomorrow expect light snow showers and cloudy skies. Tomorrow turns colder with overnight lows around zero to ten above and daytime highs near fifteen to twenty.
Panabaker Display Opens for Public December 18
The 14th annual Christmas scene at the Panabaker farm in Dalton invites visitors beginning Wednesday night December 18. Highlights include Santa and sleigh on a building, illuminated cards over Santa's Workshop, an organist and choir boys, and Santa's Village with church schoolhouse shop and elf decorations. The display, created by the Panabakers, supports the Cheyenne County Heart Association with proceeds. The farm lies one mile south six east of Dalton, 18 miles north of Highway 30 on Krueger’s Lake Road.
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Panabaker Farm
Telegraph
Mrs. Panabaker
Ms Panabaker
Panatake
Ralph Panabaker Farm
Panabakers
Santa
Panabaker
Cheyenne County Heart Assn
Heart
Dalton Lions
Dalton
Local man named to lead Kennedy Memorial Pool drive
Jack R. Knicely of Sidney leads a committee fundraising 40000 for a memorial pool at the State Home for Children in Lincoln. Honorary chairs include Governor Frank Morrison and Senator Roman Hruska. The home houses 120 youths, 7 to 18, with 30 percent Black and 89 percent under 100 IQ.
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Lincoln
Jack R. Knicely
Sidney
Frank Morrison
Roman Hruska
David Stevens
Cozad
W. Orville Baldwin
Hebron
Val Peterson
Hastings
James V. Casey
Dean Peterson
Donald Clifton
Leo Hill
Henry Greenwalt
All of
Paul Hyland
Rotary Club
John F. Kennedy
Wesleyan University
Northeast High School
Crogan Rites Held for Lincoln Man
Military graveside services were held Saturday for Patrick Crogan 70 of Lincoln who died suddenly last week of a heart attack. He was the father of Mrs. Keith Deaver of Colton Rev Vincent Pelster officiated with pallbearers Neal Craig Jack M Wright Donald Denver Marion Whittaker Edward Mitchell and Glenn Sutton Gehrig and Son Funeral Home in charge Survivors include his widow a son of Denver and nine grandchildren
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Patrick Crogan
Lincoln
Keith Deaver
Colton
Vincent Pelster
Neal Craig
Jack M. Wright
Donald Denver
Marion Whittaker
Edward Mitchell
Glenn Sutton
Gehrig and Son Funeral Home
Denver
Two-Car Crash Injures Passenger on County Road West of Lorenzo
A 4 20 p m Friday collision on a county road 4 6 miles west of Lorenzo involved a 1964 Chevrolet station wagon driven by John A Webb 59 Bushnell and a 1957 Ford driven by Reuben Garcia 1624 Dodge Sidney. The Webb car drifted to the wrong side of the hill, causing $500 damage to each vehicle. Passenger Sig Mahlum 53 Bushnell suffered a forehead bump and left cheek cut and was treated and released at Memorial Hospital.
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Lorenzo
John Trenerry
The
Highway Safety Patrol
John A. Webb
Bushnell
Reuben Garcia
Dodge
Sidney
Webb
Sig Mahlum
Memorial Hospital
Oil Levy Cut In Nebraska Conservation Commission
The Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission on December 9 authorized a 50 percent cut in the conservation mill levy from two mills per dollar to one mill. The panel said current income exceeds operating expenses and the reduction applies to oil gas and casing head gas produced saved or sold from Nebraska premises, effective January 17.
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Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
Nebraska
Frontier boardings fall short of daily goal
Frontier Airlines boardings lag this month with 58 passengers by Dec 15, 17 below the five-a-day target of 75, per agent Dale Kindred. The shortfall signals slower demand for Frontier flights in the period.
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Frontier Airlines
Dale Kindred
Sam Sweet Dies Here After 81 Years In Sidney
Samuel R. Sweet 81, of Sidney, died Friday at Memorial Hospital after two months hospitalization. He lived in Sidney his entire life, worked 1921 1953 with Union Pacific Railroad rising to car inspector, married Hilma S. Anderson in Denver 1905, she died 1962. Survived by daughter Gladys Schroeder of Denver and half sister Irene McCormick of Oakland California. Funeral 2 pm Monday at Home Lutheran Church with burial in Greenwood Cemetery.
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Samuel R. Sweet
Memorial Hospital
Sidney
Mr. Sweet
Memorial Rest Home
Gehrig and Son Funeral Home
Henry Monnich
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Elmer Sweet
Union Pacific Railroad
Denver
Hilma S. Anderson
Gladys Schroeder
Irene McCormick
Oakland
Calif
Miles Rites Held for Ed Miles 70 in Sidney
Ed Miles died Wednesday night at Memorial Hospital after a stroke. A prominent Cheyenne County farmer and stock raiser, he moved to Sidney with his wife Mable J. Johnson in recent months. The service was held Saturday at the First Methodist Church in Sidney with burial in Greenwood Cemetery. He was born April 2, 1893 in Hooper Nebraska and survived by his widow two daughters one son 13 grandchildren a brother and a sister.
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Ed Miles
Memorial Hospital
Cheyenne County
John Slayton
First Methodist Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Gehrig and Son Funeral Home
Ralph Spearow
Keith Spiker
Clarence Dorman
Lloyd Johnson
Walter Miller
Harry Sparks
Ishkoodah Colt Named For fiery Indian meaning
The colt Ishkoodah a $15 000 Florida yearling boy carries a name meaning ball of fire in Indian.
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Ishkoodah
Florida
McNamara Cuts 33 Defense Installations Including Overseas
Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara orders discontinuation or substantial reduction at 33 installations, 26 in the United States and 7 overseas, to save over 100 million annually. Sioux Army Depot remains unaffected. Phased actions over up to 3 years minimize employee and community impact and involve federal, state, and local cooperation.
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Robert S. McNamara
United States
Sioux Army Depot
Stanley W. Smiley
Army
Navy
U. S
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Georgia
Illinois
Louisiana
Mississippi
Nevada
New Hampshire
New York
North Carolina
Ohio
Texas
Government eyes 7,800 military and 8,500 civilian cuts
The Economy Program aims to reduce personnel across the Government in line with Johnson’s goal. Attrition will create new opportunities for many affected civilians, with planned hiring freezes and relocation costs covered for career employees. Retraining and local payroll help will be provided at Government expense.
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Lne
Johnson
Defense Department
Defense Department Office of Economic Adjustment
Secretary McNamara Advances Defense Base Consolidation
The Defense Department reviews its base system to cut facilities, consolidate industrial overhaul and repair sites, and reduce inventories. Actions since 1961-62 aim to return 271,500 acres, sell 54 industrial plants, release or reassign over 53,000 personnel, and save $336 million annually.
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McNamara
Defense Departments
Secretary of Defense
United States
ZIP code mailing urged by Gorman at Sidney post office
Postmaster Leo Gorman of Sidney urges quick use of the five digit ZIP code in all addresses to speed the transition to mechanized sorting. He notes ZIP codes direct mail to 552 U.S. distribution centers and reduce manual handlings, while contracts for scanning machines aim to handle up to 17 500 addresses an hour.
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Leo Gorman
Sidney
United States
Gorman
John A. Gronouski
United States Post Office Department
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World-Herald
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Western
Sidney Telegraph
VFW
Crogan
Sam Sweet
Miles
Sioux
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