28 Dec 1970
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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1970
Page
1
Skaters use the Legion Park rink in regular daily sessions, turning the icy space into a lively evening scene as numbers of skaters fill the area and create a vivid outdoor display.
A month long undercover operation in Sidney led to pending felony charges against five youths for sale of marijuana and hard drugs. Iowa narcotics agents worked with Cheyenne County Attorney Don Tedesco, buying LSD, hashish, mescaline, and marijuana from local youths, with drugs sent to Lincoln for tests. Arrests and arraignments are planned after drugs were turned over to Sheriff Kermit Brumbaugh for analysis.
Sidney street superintendent Patt Wright died suddenly on Christmas morning at his trailer home in west Sidney from a heart attack. He was rushed to Memorial Hospital and died an hour later. Funeral services were held at Gehrig and Son and his remains sent to Omaha for further services. Wright, born January 13, 1907 in Pine Island Minnesota, had worked 25 years for Inland Construction and three years with the Sidney street department. Surviving are his widow Gladys and a brother William of Salt Lake City.
The library closes at 5 p.m. on New Year’s Eve and is closed all day Friday January 1. Regular hours return 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. Sunday hours include special access for college students from 1 to 5 p.m.
Temperatures rise since Christmas and stay balmy and dry through New Year. FAA flight service station logs show only .91 inch of moisture since last Wednesday, mainly a light snowfall on Thursday. Temps range from 8 to 27 on Wednesday, 1 to 34 on Thursday, 0 to 34 Friday, 9 to 40 Saturday, 5 to 42 Sunday, and 11 to 38 Monday.
Andersen Thompson and Moore, CPAs, announce a Sidney office in the L. M. Clinton law office on 11th Avenue. John Moore leads Sidney operations. other partners are Larry Andersen and Paul Thompson. Appointments may be made through Mr. Clinton, though the firm shares space.
Jennie H Hammond 98 a Sidney resident for over six decades died Wednesday at Memorial Rest Home where she lived since 1964. Funeral rites 10:30 a.m. at First United Methodist Church with Rev. Stanley A Ganzel. interment Greenwood Cemetery. Survivors include sons Clifford and Ralph. daughters Edna McMillen and Martha Walker. 7 grandchildren 22 great grandchildren 2 great great grandchildren. Memorial to First United Methodist Church.
Mrs. Heye J. Dykman 79 died Saturday at Miller Memorial Hospital Chappell. Funeral set 2 p.m. Tuesday at Gloria Dei Lutheran Lodgepole with Rev. Raymond J Thiel. burial Pleasant View Cemetery. Holeciek Funeral Home in charge. Memorial to Gloria Dei church established. Born Sept 9 1891 at Ohiowa Neb to Joseph and Mary Kronhofman. Lived in Fillmore County before marrying Hege J. Dykman Sept 9 1935 in China. resided Lodgepole area since. Survived by widower two sisters and two brothers.
Arnold Roy Marrill a 26 year old former Western Nebraska Vocational Technical School student died Friday afternoon from an accidental .22 caliber gunshot wound at his farm home near Scottsbluff The gun believed empty discharged while handled by another man Funeral services are set for 2 p m Tuesday at the Dugan Funeral Chapel with burial in Fairview Cemetery Scottsbluff Surviving are the widow two daughters his parents and three brothers
The Sidney Volunteer Fire Department answered a 2am call at the Lee Bodmen home 220 West Drive to extinguish a furnace motor fire. Damages estimated at about $55.
Wilbert N. Christensen of Lodgepole died Sunday after four months as a patient. Funeral services will be at the United Methodist Church in Lodgepole at 2 p.m. Wednesday with Rev. Harold Backus and Capt. Don Christensen officiating. Interment is in Pleasant View Cemetery. The Holeciek Funeral Home is in charge. Christensen was born March 26, 1901, and married Freda A. Sick in 1926. He was a member of the United Methodist Church and AF&AM Golden Red Lodge 306. Surviving are his widow, two sons, a daughter, a brother, two sisters and 10 grandchildren.
Martha Aurich died shortly before noon today at Memorial Rest Home. Her late husband Arthur Aurich died in December 1964. Arrangements are pending at home.
Sidney police logged three weekend accidents amid icy streets. Robert Young and Curtis Alexander collided on 19th Avenue and Cedar Street. both blamed snow packed streets. H L McHatton backed into Raoul Nelson’s car on Illinois Street with no damage to McHatton. Robert Hartman was hit by Vincent Beyer on 19th Avenue after Beyer slid over the centerline. Hartman’s car sustained 40 in damage.
The 9th annual Nebraska Turfgrass Conference will focus on turf areas public and private with events scheduled January 13 to 15 at the Nebraska Center for Continuent Education in Lincoln.
Second Lieutenant William P Eddy has been assigned to the command information staff at Ft Huachuca Arizona serving in the public affairs office. He will coordinate information activities for the Army internal audience and work closely with STRATCOM headquartered at the installation. Eddy a Sidney Beatrice Grand Island Nebraska native and 1964 Sidney High School graduate earned a DINFOS distinguished award and previously completed basic and infantry officer courses at Ft Benning. He holds a BS in journalism and secondary education from the University of Nebraska and taught journalism at Beatrice High School before active duty.
The government reports November prices rose 0.3 percent, a slowdown from October. The CPI stands at 137.8 percent of the 1957 59 average, with average weekly earnings at 121.07 and purchasing power down 1.8 percent from a year earlier. Grocery prices fell 0.7 percent while clothing housing cars and services rose.
The annual meeting of the Members of the Lodgepole Valley 4-H Youth Camp association will be held at 7 30 p m on Wednesday December 30 in the City Council offices. Directors will be elected and other business may be transacted.
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