Christmas Arrives at Sidney Homes and Local Outlook
In Sidney families celebrate Christmas while in Bethlehem Israeli troops man security at the Church of the Nativity and roadblocks limit access. Local post office reports normal mail, Memorial Hospital notes steady yet seasonal census, and downtown stores report rising holiday sales as Nebraskans miss the White Christmas.
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Panhandle
Jordan
Bethlehem
Ferris Preble
Sidney
Memorial Hospital
Darold Hendee
Vince Maliszewski
Northwestern Bell Telephone Office
Maliszewski
Christ
Weather Bureau
South Dakota
Nebraska
Iowa
Minois
Middle East
Hilltop
Whites Adopt Four Foster Kids as Dalton Family Grows
Tears filled Cheyenne County Court as Judge P. J. Heaton Sr. granted adoption to Mr. and Mrs. James I. White of Dalton, expanding their brood to seven. Foster children Rex Ricky Cindy and David become real Whites. plan to move to Lincoln after holidays with Wilma Thomas. Mrs. White is Nebraska Young Mother of 1974.
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Cheyenne County
P. J. Heaton Sr
James I. White
Dalton
Nebraska Unicameral survey shows nonpartisan leanings
Associated Press survey of 46 Nebraska senators finds a strong preference for nonpartisan operation and good governor relations, with mixed views on a partisan speaker. Debate over December organization, lobbying rules, and governor relations highlights a tense, undecided path ahead.
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Nebraska Unicameral
Erick Kramer
Associated Press
Pat
John DeCamp
DeCamp
Thomas Kennedy
Newman Grove
Nebraska
Myron Rumery
North Platte
Wheat sowing points to record harvest
Kansas City AP reports grain farmers sowed more winter wheat than last year. If weather disease and pests cooperate next summer's harvest could set a record. Government acreage and crop condition data arrive Dec 23. Industry sources estimate up 6 to 10 percent planted and improved conditions.
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Kansas City
Clearance sales announced in Christmas issue
The Sidney Telegraph outlines post Christmas clearance sales by local merchants in the Christmas Greeting Issue. Staff work on a noon Tuesday deadline for the Christmas issue and plan a New Year’s Day edition the following week.
King's Daughters Deliver 48 Christmas Food Baskets
The King’s Daughters group and Sidney United Fund delivered 48 food baskets to needy families on Monday. The effort, funded by the Sidney United Fund, supports Christmas meals and year round aid including layettes and clothing for needy babies and children. The organization, now 23 members strong, originated with Fort Sidney officers’ wives and evolved through local fundraising and the United Fund system.
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King’s Daughters
Sidney Street Dept
King's Daughters
Sidney United Fund
Fort Sidney
War Dept
Sidney Telegraph
United Fund
Memorial Hospital
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Sidney Homes
Jesus
Palace Hotel
Harold Simpson
Lincoln
Ernest Chambers
Omaha
Ralph Kelly
Grand Island
Jules Burbach
Crofton
Jerome Warner
Waverly
J. James Exon
Chambers
Exon
Gerald Whelan
Whelan
Unicameras
Burbach
Cal Carsten
Avoca
Ashe
Smth
Herb Duis
Gothenburg
Lastie Seal
Alliance
PeCuno
Bership Fund
City Street Department
Ted Whittrock
Bil Burke
Jim Fries
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