Yuletide Rush Marks Final Week and Holiday Closures
The Sidney Public Schools close Thursday at 2 p m for holiday break and resume January 4. St Patricks closes December 22 at 2 p m and returns January 3. Western Nebraska Technical College ends fall quarter December 23 with graduation at 2 p m. new quarter begins January 10. Christmas programs and caroling fill the week. special services to be announced Wednesday. The Sidney Telegraph maintains a normal schedule with Friday’s Christmas edition soon after noon. Santa visits downtown tonight 6 30 to 8 30 and again for a final appearance.
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Sidney Public Schools
St Patricks
Western Nebraska Technical College
WNTC
Sidney Telegraph
Telegraph
No White Seen For Christmas Forecast Puts Browns in Air
Forecasts show a brown Christmas with mild weekend southerly winds possible moisture. A trace of freezing drizzle occurred Sunday morning between 6 and 7 a.m. FAA flight service notes highs and lows from Friday to today and predicts generally fair weather Wednesday through Friday with highs near 50 and lows in the 20s. Occasional gusty southerly winds are noted by Frontier Airlines.
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Federal Aviation Administration Flight Service Agency
Five New Troopers In Three-County Area
Nebraska State Patrol assigns five new troopers to the Cheyenne Kimball Deuel region after 45 graduates. Steven Evans York Dennis Richard Lexington Kimball. Larry Krebsbach Aurora Thomas Parker Schottsbluff Sidney. Henry Russell Jr Alliance Chappell. They begin Jan 3 with a six month probation under veteran troopers.
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Cheyenne- Kimball-Deuel County
Nebraska State Patrol
Felix Koenig
Sidney
Three County
Telegraph
Criminal Investigation Division
Steven V. Evans
York
Dennis G. Richard
Lexington
Kimball
Larry J. Krebsbach
Aurora
Thomas F. Parker
Schottsbluff
Henry E. Russell Jr
Alliance
Chappell
Lincoln
J James Exon
Ronald W. Osborne
Omaha
Evans
Gerlad S Vilam
UF drive short of $12,900 goal with four days left
The So Close United Fund misses the $12,900 target as Benny Hochman reports a remaining $1,200 needed four days before Christmas. Donor lists will be published Friday and packets must be turned in at drive headquarters by Thursday, with the final list prepared that day.
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United Fund
Benny Hochman
Dream Of Being A State Trooper Comes True
Sidney man James Benzel fulfilled a long held goal by graduating Nov 17 as one of 45 in a Patrol school class of 320 hopefuls. He waited to turn 21 to train and now joins his wife Karen Wade, and parents Adolph and Mrs Benzel at the ceremony in North Platte.
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Gerald L Schenck
St Paul
Harold Schenck
Omaha
Earl Schenck
Ogallala
Daniel Schenck, Jr
Chadron
Howard County
Dan Schenck, Sr
Richard Mohrman
Lincoln
Donald
Kimball
Sidney
James Benzel
Adolph Benzel
Benzel
Karen Wade
Ed Grier
North Platte
Breakin at Dude's Restaurant Reported This Weekend
Police investigate a breakin at Dude's Restaurant discovered at 10 25 am. The thief drilled a hole and unlocked the back door. Chief Roy Bauer said $95 in cash was taken and no suspects have been apprehended.
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Roy Bauer
New License Plates Show Styles For Coming Year
Displayed examples reveal various plate styles including individualized plates up to six letters. Mrs. Aaron Harmon and Mrs. Don Robinson pose with County Treasurer Milt Nissen while government and standard designs appear, such as the 39-Al plate long used by W. E. Gehrig Sr and plates ordered by Marion Whitaker.
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Aaron Harmon
Don Robinson
Milt Nissen
Marion Whitaker
Robinson
W. E. Gehrig Sr
Car Damaged In Collision With Deer
A California traveler, Stanley Bremer, 46, of Fremont, Calif, struck a deer on Highway 30 two miles west of Potter at 7 20 p m and escaped injury while his car sustained about 450 in damage. His wife was unhurt. Bremer planned to open an Iowa auto body shop and be his own first customer.
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California
Iowa
Ron Gusman
Stanley Bremer
Fremont
Calif
Potter
Gusman
Bremer
Dix
Max Wardeman
Wurdeman
Kimball County Hospital
Blood donors sought for heart attack patient Walter Runge
Blood donations are being sought to replace used units for Walter Runge who suffered a heart attack at home and remains in critical condition at Memorial Hospital. He is expected to stay four to six weeks. Call 254-3817 to leave your name.
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Walter Runge
Memorial Hospital
Greg Luce named to The Young Nebraskans choir
Sidney High School senior Greg Luce is selected for The Young Nebraskans a Doane College backed choir of 30 high school juniors and seniors. The group will tour Nebraska for two weeks then Germany for two weeks with rehearsals and public concerts planned in Doane and Lincoln.
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Greg Luce
Sidney High School
Young Nebraskans
Doane College
Nebraska Arts Council
Nebraska
Germany
Doane
Lincoln
Jordan Ball
Greg
Sidney Man Involved. NFO backs FHA policy probe
The National Farmers Organization at its Kansas City convention endorsed a congressional inquiry into Farmers Home Administration policies. Nebraska leaders Joe Killian and Don Kucera helped draft the resolution urging FHA reform, accountability, and avoidance of foreclosures plus impartial federal investigators. Support crossed states despite some opposition.
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National Farmers Organization Convention
Kansas City
Farmers “Home _ Administration
FHA
Nebraska
NFO
Joe Killian
Sidney
Don Kucera
Grant
Nebraska Nfc
Bill Sellhorst
Dodge
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
Senate
North Dakota
IRS Expands Tax Help With Free Nebraska Telephone Line
Beginning December 20 the Omaha District of the IRS launches a toll free long distance line 800 642 9960 to answer tax questions for Nebraskans outside the Omaha area. Omaha callers use 221 4001. The service aims to handle about 190 000 annual inquiries, with up to 36 staff during peak months and 9 external lines linking 67 telephone companies to the Omaha office.
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Omaha
Internal Revenue Service
Richard P Vinal
Internal Revenue Service For
Nebraska
IRS
Vinal
Four New Drill Sites In Nebraska Unveiled
B W Drilling Co and Parker and O Brien announced four new oil drilling ventures in Cheyenne Banner and Kimball counties with B W handling all four sites. The permits tally climbs past sixty since November 1 as the Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission maintains a brisk approval pace.
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Cheyenne
Kimball
Banner Counties
B-W Drilling Co
Parker and O'Brian
B-W
Cheyenne County
State
Jung
Banner County
Huffman
Kimball County
Nebraska
Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commisssion
DOR Submits Potter to Brownson Plan for I-80 Segment
State Engineer Thomas Doyle says the Nebraska Department of Roads seeks F H W A approval to design the Potter Brownson portion of Interstate 80 in Cheyenne County. The plan covers right of way, access control, grading, drainage, grade separations, concrete pavement, shoulders, guard rails, fencing and seeding.
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Thomas Doyle
Nebraska Department of Roads
Federal Highway Administration
Potter-Brownson
Cheyenne County
Fire at Sidney High School Causes Minor Damage
Sidney Fire Department answered a Friday call to Sidney High School at 8:44 p.m and extinguished a small blaze confined to two mops. A fire department spokesman said the fire started from a cigarette and caused minor damage.
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Sidney Fire Department
Sidney High School
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Sidney High Singers
Congress
Texas
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