Dalton farm couple fixes toys for Toys for Toys program
Howard and Phyllis Gerke of eight miles southwest of Dalton lead a community effort to repair repaint and recondition toys for needy children in the southern Panhandle through the Toys for Toys program funded by the Community Action Agency in Sidney. They gather gifts from neighbors hunt parts salvage items from junk piles and sometimes enlist Santa Claus helpers to identify youths in need. The couple pigments and sews while Gerke repairs and they admit some modern toys baffle them yet their lifelong toy passion keeps them at work. They note strong local cooperation including juck men who rescue discarded toys and help prevent waste while they prepare toys for distribution before Christmas.
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Dalton
Southern Panhandle
Howard
Phyllis Gerke
Community Action Agency
Sidney
Frances
Craig
Gerkes
Santa Claus
Gerke
Hawaii
Gurley
Santa
10Th Ave
Howard Gerke
Bill Plank
Panhandle
Ferris Preble
JoAnn Goen
Rexroth Heads ASC Committee in Cheyenne County
Robert Rexroth of Sidney has been re elected to the Cheyenne County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee and named county chairman. Dolan Larson of Gurley is vice chairman, with Elwood Lostroh of Sidney as holdover. Arnold Draper of Gurley and Bill Behrends of Sunol were elected as alternates. Deadline terms cover three years.
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Robert Rexroth
Sidney
Cheyenne County
Rexroth
Lawrence Thompson
ASC
Larson
Gurley
Lostroh
Draper
Behrends
Lodgepole
Thompson
Carter names woman to Cabinet post
Plains Georgia UPI Jimmy Carter named Juanita Kreps to commerce secretary and Griffin Bell to attorney general along with Robert Bergland as agriculture secretary. Kreps first woman in a Cabinet post, Bergland a Minnesota farmer congressman, Bell facing NAACP opposition over civil rights record.
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Plains
UPI
Jimmy Carter
Juanita Kreps
Commerce
Griffin Bell
Minnesota
Robert Bergland
Beil
NAACP
Carter
Bell
Johnson quits probation post for Sidney Police Department
District 10 Probation Officer Darrell Johnson will leave his Cheyenne County post on January 1 to become a Sidney Police Department patrolman. Johnson served six years as a deputy sheriff before taking the probation officer job last June and earned his permanent law enforcement officer certificate in April.
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District 10
Darrell Johnson
Sidney
Johnson
Cheyenne County
Toys For Toys Program warms Cheyenne areas this Christmas
Community Action Agency in Sidney reports the Toys for Toys drive will bring merrier holidays to about 100 families and 350 children in Cheyenne, Kimball and Deuel Counties. Since starting four years ago, the program collects repairs and distributes gifts sourced from welfare offices, neighbors, and agency clients.
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Cheyenne
Kimball
Devel
Frances Craig
Community Action Agency
Sidney
Craig
Eve Ruff
Chappell gas station hit twice in two weekends
In Chappell at the corner of Highway 30 and Thompson Avenue the Hansen gas station suffered a fresh hit when a 1973 station wagon driven by Lyneil Rahe, 16, struck the front of the building. Rahe had a lip cut and teeth knocked out and was hospitalized in Sidney. A week earlier Norman Rennich, 24, of Oshkosh wrecked the sign and utility pole, was cited for drunken driving, and the station owner, Larry Hansen, reviews the damage and considers next steps.
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Chappell
Larry Hansen
Highway 30
Thompson Ave
Lyneil Rahe
Rahe
Sidney
Walter Faustman
Norman Rennich
Oshkosh
Rennich
Faustman
Hansen
WIFE group meets Tuesday in Sidney
The Women Involved in Farm Economics group formed last week in Sidney plans its second meeting Tuesday at 9 am at the Fort Sidney Motor Hotel. Moderator Mrs Marilyn Spiker says a nominating committee and a bylaws committee will likely be appointed. Attendees include women from the Alliance area who reportedly plan to attend.
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Sidney
Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
Marilyn Spiker
Spiker
Alliance Area
Extradition Action Underway in Sidney Murder Case
Extradition efforts to bring Jerry Simpson and Jacqueline Simpson Brick to Cheyenne County for trial on first degree murder and robbery proceed. They are jailed in Los Angeles and will appear there January 7. The victim, Frederick Skiba, was found shot four times along Interstate 80 west of Sidney after being killed on November 12.
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Jerry Simpson
Jacqueline Simpson Brick
Cheyenne County
Frederick
Skiba
Tom Sonntag
Simpson
Brick
Los Angeles
Cheyenne
Nebraska
Sonntag
J J Exon
Paul Douglas
California
Interstate 80
Sidney
Mailbox filled with Alaska cards from Perry Mason to Dean Bedient
Dean Bedient, a Sidney high school student with muscular dystrophy, receives daily Christmas cards from Alaska via his friend Perry Mason and Perry’s network. The cards come from Alaska residents, school staff, and even the Anchorage Daily Times staff, totaling 67 cards with 53 from Alaska. Dean hopes to visit Alaska someday, while his mother notes more Sidney and Nebraska cards are arriving, and his family encourages others to send cards to brighten his Christmas.
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Dean Bedient
Sidney
Alaska
Dean
Perry Mason Perry
Eagle River
Alas
Tom
Leona
Debbie
Perry
Ann
Masons
Anchorage Daily Times
Patty *Bud
Eppler
Land of Opportunity
Sidney High School
Nebraska
Alan
Western Nebraska Technical College
Perry Mason
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Dalton Farm
Telegraph Photo
Cabinet Post
Kreps
Duke University
Durham
New York Stock Exchange
JC. Penney
Eastman Kodak
Bergland
Churacie Sa Yn
Walter Mondale
Chuck Rozec
Mary Powell
Mae Gorman
Jack Craig
CAA
Vicone Cleaners
Marion Hall
Telegraph
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