Sidney buys 16368 acres of former Sioux Army Depot
Senator McClellan informs Senators Hruska and Curtis that the Government Operations Committee has received the formal offer and property agreement by the City of Sidney to purchase about 16,368 acres of the former Sioux Army Depot for 1.325 million dollars. If no objection is raised by January 8, 1968, the transaction will close under existing terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Roman Hruska
Carl T. Curtis
J. L. McClellan
D.-Ark
Government Operations
Government Operations Committee
Sidney
Sioux
Sen. McClellan
General Services Administration
January 21 date set for new air mail in Nebraska
The Civil Aeronautics Board approved air taxi routes for Nebraska mail. By January 21 air taxi operators should meet equipment and pilot standards and overnight delivery between Nebraska post offices is planned. Route Sid ney North Platte Grand Island will depart Sidney 7 pm mountain time and arrive Grand Island 11:20 pm central time with returns overnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Civil Aeronautics Board
Post Office Department
Air Service
Grand Island
Sidney-North Platte-Grand Island
Sidney
North Platte
Kansas
Oklahoma
Union Pacific
Burlington
Englert Elected Nebraska County Officials Leader
Ralph Englert, Cheyenne County Clerk, was elected president of Nebras ka County Clerks and Register of Deeds at the convention of county officials in Omaha last week. August Stahla of Kimball became president of the County Engineers and Roger Gaykel of Scottsbluff was named vice president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska County Clerks and Register of Deeds
Ralph Englert
Cheyenne
Mr. Englert
Omaha
August Stahla
Kimball
Roger Gaykel
Scottsbluff
Lorenzo School Choral Concert Set Wednesday
The Lorenzo School plans a Christmas concert next Wednesday evening December 20 at 7 30 in the school gym. The concert chorus of secondary students opens with pieces by Palestrina and Leontovich and the Messiah chorus. Elementary students perform a costume operetta He Said He Was Santa and the program ends with seasonal songs by LeRoy Anderson Simeone Moe and Torme.
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Lorenzo School
Palestrina
Leontovich
Billings
Quick & Fluckey
LeRoy Anderson
Drummer Boy
Simeone
Torme
Joseph
Daniel Moe
Christmas Greetings in Many Languages Worldwide
The World Book Encyclopedia notes greetings for Christmas in multiple languages. Dutch Bele g speaks Zalig Kerstfeest, Russian Rozhdestvom Khristovym, Polish Wesolych Swiat Bozego Narodzenia, Danish Glaedelig Jul, Italian Buon Natale, Portuguese Boas Festes, Spanish Felices Pascual, German Frohe Weihnachten, French Joyeux Noel, and English Merry Christmas.
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Belgium
Russia
Poland
Denmark
World Book Encyclopedia
Italy
Portugal
Felices Pascual
Spain
Froeliche Weihnachten
Germany
Panhandle forecast predicts colder periods and snow
The Panhandle is expected to be fair and colder this afternoon and tonight with a low near 10 degrees and a high on Tuesday of 20 to 30 degrees. Snow chances rise to 80 percent Tuesday with windy west erly conditions and a brief snow dance. Temperatures Tuesday through Saturday average 11 degrees below normal with highs around 29 to 30 and lows from 0 to 10 above.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle
Grain Boycott Proposed by National Farmers Organization
In early 1968 the National Farmers Organization urges withholding grain from the market across 35 states to lift prices. NFC leader Gren Lee Staley says action will start by Jan 17 and contracts may be used to secure fair returns. Nebraska Wheat Growers head Raymond Davis notes price gains from withholding and cautions against tying to other groups.
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National Farmers Organization
Gren Lee Staley
Kansas City
Nebraska Wheat Growers Assn
Raymond Davis
Potter
NFC
Nebraska
Ice Blamed For Two Car Mishap Near Bridgeport
A two vehicle collision 6.8 miles east of Bridgeport on Highway 385 left Sharon Tallmage 19 of Sidney and Gerald Pitman 61 of Dalton hospitalized. Trooper Siders said slick pavement caused the wreck at the junction of routes to Bridgeport and Broadwater. Passenger Vance Duncan 18 received medical treatment but was not hospitalized. Tallmage car damage estimated at 300 dollars. Pitman wagon declared a total loss.
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Dalton
Farmernand
Sidney
Bridgeport
Broadwater
George Siders
Nebraska State Patrol
Sharon E. Tallmage
Gerald W. Pitman
Pitman
Vance Duncan
Tallmage
Fire call near Colton for oil well blaze, no damage
Sidney volunteer firefighters answered a call four miles north of Colton last Saturday at 3 20 p m. An oil well treater on the Walt Johnson lease was on fire but caused no damage.
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Sidney
Colton
Walt Johnson
Six Year Old Lodgepole Girl Killed In Ice Crash
A six year old Lodgepole girl, Sandy Taylor, died when the car she rode in with her mother collided with a second vehicle on Highway 30 east of Lodgepole about 9:30 am. Her brothers Randy and Ronny were hospitalized in satisfactory condition along with the other driver Anton Kripal who suffered multiple injuries. Funeral services are set for December 20 at Immanuel Lutheran Church Lodgepole with burial in Oshkosh Cemetery.
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Sandy J. Taylor
Roy L. Taylor
Lodgepole
Anton J. Kripal
Lodgepole 2
Devel County
Sandy Taylor
Kripal
Taylor
Telegraph
L. Roy Taylor
Devel County Hospital
Chappell
Raymond Thiel
Oshkosh
Zimmer Funeral Home
Jack
Ronny
Randy
Christy
Terry
Elsie Carlson
Marion Shaw
Broadwater
Curtis Smith Victim of Stroke in Rialto California
Curtis C. Smith 60, longtime Sidney area resident, died December 5 in Rialto California after a stroke the prior Sunday. Funeral and interment were held in Rialto with his Sidney brothers in law and their wives attending. He was born in Missouri, moved to Sidney as a child, left 30 years ago for California to work in trucking and contracting. Survived by widow Vera Anderson, daughter Ruth Bradley of Huntington Beach, and six grandchildren.
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Sidney
Curtis C. Smith
Rialto
Calif
Robert Andersen
Roy Andersen
Missouri
California
Vera Anderson
Ruth Bradley
Huntington Beach
Nebraska Letters Show Broad Interest in State
Information and Tourism Division receives thousands of letters seeking brochures maps and literature about Nebraska. Respondents range from a nine year old in Phoenix Aziz to a girl in Rolling Meadows J and a Hawaii boy with surf riders drawing, with many students using the information for reports. All requests were filled.
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Lincoln
Information and Tourism Division
The
Game Commission
Nebraska
Rolling Meadows
N. J
Norway
Barryton
Mich
United States
Kana Coke
Hawaii
Waterloo
Nebra
Aziz
Ice and Snow Slam Western Nebraska and Nearby Colorado Roads
Ice packed highways and treacherous streets have kept traffic light for ten days in western Nebraska and northeastern Colorado. A mild blizzard early Sunday followed two hours of snow Saturday night, with zero degree temperatures and ice glazed gravel roads. The highway patrol warned to stay off roads unless urgent as accidents occurred including one fatality between Chapel and Lodgepole. Stranded bus from Hemingford reached Sidney at 2 am. Travel safety and Christmas plans hinge on whether conditions improve before weekend travel.
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Nebraska
Colorado
Mercury
Highway Patrol
Panhandle
St. Patrick’s High School
Hemingford
Sidney
Gurley
Chappell
Lodgepole
North Platte Valley
Cold Wet Weather Looms Over Nation Into January
A 30 day weather map from the weather bureau predicts above normal precipitation and below normal temperatures for western Nebraska and much of the nation through mid January. The outlook warns of an early severe winter with ice packed highways in the Panhandle and northeastern Colorado following December snowfalls.
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Weather Bureau
Nebraska
Panhandle
Colorado
U.S. Weather Bureau
FHA Office Days Change in Regular Schedule
J Joe Goldtrap announces Farmers Home Administration will set new regular office days starting Jan 1. The Sidney Nebraska office will open Mondays 8 AM to 5 PM serving Cheyenne and Kimball counties. Garden County Oshkosh office will be open second and fourth Fridays 9 30 AM to 4 30 PM. No offices the last week of December or first week of January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers Home Administration
J. Joe Goldtrap
Sidney
8Th Ave
Cheyenne
Kimball
Garden
Dalton Marine Flying Support In Viet Fight
Marine Sergeant Larry L. Borges son of Mr and Mrs Franklin W Borges of East Route Dalton is at the Marine Corps Air Station Chu Lai Vietnam serving with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 223 Marine Aircraft Group 12 a unit of the First Marine Aircraft Wing His squadron flies the A 4 Skyhawk jet daily missions in support of U S and Allied ground forces engaged in combat operations.
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Chu Lai
Vietnam
Larry L. Borges
Franklin W. Borges
East Route
Dalton
Marine Corps Air Station
Marine Fighter Attack Squadron
Marine Aircraft Group-12
First
Marine Aircraft Wing
U.S
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Pat Ernest
Charles Sutton
Ray Nicholson
Golden Gifts
City-Sioux OK
Englert
NFO
Ice
Curtis Smith
America
Source
FHA
Goldtrap
Dalton Marine
Viet
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