Christmas Trailer Fire Destroys Clapp Home in Sidney
Uninsured trailer at Porter Trailer Court burned early Saturday injuring Harold Clapp and leaving his two sons Ronnie and Steve homeless. Fire Chief Dan Benzel attributed the blaze to a damaged drop cord near a heater. A clothing drive organized by the Firemen's Auxiliary and Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce seeks donations to aid the family.
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Porter Trailer Court
West Sidney
Dan Benzel
Harold Clapp
Clapp
Ronnie
Steve
Cheyenne County
Benzel
Highway 30
Clapps
Porter Trailer
Bids For Interstate I-80 Work Approved In November Meeting
Panhandle RC&D priorities set for Lodgepole Division including Lodgepole Valley 4-H Youth Camp and flood control near Sidney. Projects span recreation wildlife water studies and community facilities with state approval expected. I-80 bids awarded for Lodgepole to Sunol and Bushnell to Kimball stretches.
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Panhandle
Department of Agriculture
Rc&d
Lodgepole Valley
Sidney
Sidney Draw
Kimball
Cheyenne
Lodgepole Division
Devel
Lodgepole
Chappell
Point of Rocks
Potter
Nebraska Game and Fish Department
White House
Agriculture and Forestry Committee
Deuel County
Deuel County Fairgrounds
Bushnell
Cheyenne County
Nebraska
Vo-Tech
Panhandle Network Library Service
Panhandle Rc&d
Sunol
State Department of Roads
Werner Construction
Hastings
Missouri Valley Construction Co
Grand Island
K and H Co
Lexington
Beal Enterprises
Brule
Beatrice Construction Co
Beatrice
W. L. Schmidt Co
Deuel
Robinson Seed Co
Oshkosh
Depots to Close as UP Plans Mobile Agency
At a Friday Lincoln hearing the Nebraska Railway Commission approved Union Pacifics plan to close three Panhandle depots along the main line and replace them with a Kimball mobile agency. Potter Dix and Bushnell depots will be replaced after year end, marking Nebraskas first mobile agency on the line. The move may set a precedent for further consolidation and affect local agents Talbott at Bushnell, Levecerth at Kimball, and Del Lam at Potter.
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Lincoln
Nebraska Railway Commission
Union Pacific Railroad
Kimball
Potter, Dix and Bushnell
Nebraska
Railway Commission
Agen
Talbott
Bushiwn
Leve Certh
del Lam
Potter
Good Weather Follows Five Inch Snowfall
Cheyenne County reports an island of good weather while Scottsbluff and North Platte faced fog and poor visibility. Five inches of snow with 0.3 inches moisture fell Friday. temperatures ranged from -5 to 36 over the weekend and into today as sun melts lingering snow.
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Cheyenne County
Federal Aviation Agency Flight Service Station
Scottsbluff
North Platte
FAA
St Patrick's School to drop six grades statewide impact
The article notes parochial schools in Nebraska face financial strain after Amendment 12 failed. St Patrick's parish in Sidney will eliminate six grades in its school system, with exact grades undetermined and no changes until after the current year ends. A formal statement is promised by mid January.
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Nebraska
Sidney
Edward Flinn
St. Patrick's Parish
St. Patrick’s
Father Flinn
Cold Panhandle Forecast With Snow Flurries Possible
Clear this afternoon and tonight with partly cloudy Tuesday and a small chance of snow flurries. Continued cold in the near term with highs 25 to 35 and lows 5 to 15. Snow chances are minimal. Extended outlook shows variable cloudiness with a slight snow chance and highs in the upper 20s to 30s, lows 5 to 15.
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Panhandle
Frontier Airlines
Yearlings Up At Western Plains Sale
At Western Plains Auction Co. Sidney calves were weaker while yearlings rose with steers to 38 dollars and heifers to 36 50. Cows reached 19 20 and yearling heifers 29. Hog volume was light as the firm pauses until Jan 9 1971 with a Jan 10 horse sale planned. About 600 head expected for the January sale amid renewed calf demand.
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Western Plains Auction Co
Sidney
Jane
Former Gurley Resident Dies in Julesburg
Vernon Groshans 39, native of Gurley, was found dead Sunday in a Julesburg garage, apparently from asphyxiation. Funeral 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at St. Pauls Lutheran Julesburg. burial in Julesburg Cemetery. Austin Mortuary in charge. Groshans son of late John and Mrs. Groshans of Gurley. He moved to Julesburg 12 years ago with Foster Lumber Co and later worked at a service station. A longer obituary will follow.
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Vernon Groshans
Gurley
Julesburg
Colo
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
7Th
Mapel
Austin
Groshans
John Groshans
Foster Lumber Co
Melrvin Rites To Be Tuesday
Mrs Perry MelIrvin 59 died Saturday at DePaul Hospital Cheyenne after 24 days there Funeral services set for 2 p m Tuesday at Seventh Day Adventist Church with Rev Ronald Doss officiating Interment Greenwood Cemetery Holecick Funeral Home in charge Lola Gordon born Oct 19 1911 in Colorado to Shed and Lily Mae Cline Gordon married Feb 22 1932 at Atwood Kean to Perry McIrvin and lived in Sidney survivors include her widower son Lyle of Cheyenne daughter Mrs Wanda Bennett of Casper six grandchildren five brothers and four sisters Memorials to the Seventh Day Adventist Church are requested
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Perry MelIrvin
DePaul Hospital
Cheyenne
Wyo
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Ronald Doss
Greenwood Cemetery
Holecick Funeral Home
Lola Gordon
Colorado
Shed
Lily MaeCline Gordon
Atwood Kean
Perry McIrvin
Sidney
Lyle
Wanda Bennett
Casper
Taraly
Alliance Jailbreakers Nabbed Near Sidney
Four male inmates and a female accomplice escaped from Box Butte County jail in Alliance using a hacksaw. They were captured near Sidney after a high speed chase led by State Trooper Jack Robinson on Highway 385. Accused include Titus Blair Davis Flowers and accomplice Connie Davis. The woman faces aiding and abetting charges. the men were jailed in Alliance for armed robbery larceny and burglary.
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Box Butte
Alliance
Sidney
Jack Robinson
Don W. Titus
Louisville
Colo
David E. Blair
Loveland
Ronald D. Davis
Denver
Terry L. Flowers
Lamar
Connie T. Davis
Memorial Hospital
Robinson
Sidney Leads Nebraska In October Retail Activity
Nebraska October retail sales rose 18 percent from 1969 levels despite declines in several hard goods. Sidney led with a 13.2 percent rise in general business activity, followed by North Platte and Hastings, while Omaha and Lincoln showed smaller gains or declines. Other city indexes ranged from gains in Kearney and Alliance to declines in Columbus and Scottsbluff.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Business In
University of Nebraska College of Business Administration
Bureau of Business Research
Sidney
North Platte
Hastings
Kearney
Alliance
Chadron
Broken Bow
Holdrege
Omaha
Nebraska City
Grand Island
Fremont
Falls City
York
Beatrice
Fairbury
McCook
Columbus
Scottsbluff
Semi Slides on Snowy Highway 385 Near Sidney
State Trooper Ken State reports a noon accident on Highway 385 one mile north of Sidney involving a 1964 International truck-trailer driven by 23 year old Robert W. Teall of Sidney. The rig skidded on packed snow, jackkn ifed, and lay in a private driveway with $2,000 damage and no injuries.
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Ken State
Sidney
International
Robert W. Teall
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Land and Water Committee
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Joe Nickro
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St. Patrick’s School
Mathewson
Rexroth
Nebraska Cooperative Extension Service
South Panhandle
Kimball- Banner
Devel, Garden
Morrill
Sioux
Dawes
Sheridan
Alma Jorn
Rod Mathewson
Robert Rexroth
Preston Burke
Lisco
Clayton Richstein
Garden County
Lynn Clark
Louis Piva
John Fuessler
Don Lease
Bridgeport
Morris
Charles Marcy
Sheridan County
Ed Flaherty
Ken Allison
Wilke
Rushville
Western Plains
Wheatbelt
At&e Corporation
Wauksha
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