Violence and politics mark Sidney year in review
The Telegraph staff recount Sidney's 1960 headlines with a focus on air service battles, a key local election upset, and a Kennedy appearance. They note Kennedy's Sept. dinner and Dave Martin's win over Don McGinley. The piece closes with the poignant story of Betty Jean Hoosier, a six year old who battled liver sclerosis and drew community support before her October death.
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Dave Martin
Don McGinley
Sidney
Robert Kennedy
John Kennedy
Kennedy
U. S
Betty Jean Hoosier
Virgil Hoosier
Betty Jean
First Baby Of The Year Contest Gifts In Cheyenne County 1961
A Sidney Telegraph ad lists 18 Cheyenne County businesses offering prizes totaling about 100 dollars for the first baby born in 1961. Prizes include items for the baby and parents, with rules requiring birth in Cheyenne County, resident parents, and a physician written statement with the birth time. Participating sponsors include The Style Center and McCoy's Family Shoe Store.
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Cheyenne County
Sidney Telegraph
Sidney Business Organizations
Style Center
McCoy’s Family Shoe
Little-Drilled Cheyenne Co Land Leased
A tract in east-central Cheyenne County leased from Evonne Brown et al by Shell Oil Company for ten years. The page notes steady county leasing activity through December 29 with grants to Chandler & Simpson and others, including R H Payne to Chandler & Simpson and Gerald W. Pitman et al with varying terms.
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Cheyenne County
Evonne Brown Et Ail
Shell Oil Company
Shell
R H. Payne
Chandler & Simpson
Firemen's Alertness Averts Serious Blaze
A Conoco Ford gasoline truck caught fire near 17th and Hickory, 12 feet from large gas storage tanks. Fire erupted at 3:24 p.m. The engine compartment burned after a backfire. City firemen arrived quickly, preventing a major blaze. Jerry Miller operates the Conoco facility.
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Hickory
Conoco Ford
Jerry Miller
Conoco
New Year's Day Holiday Observed in Sidney and Cheyenne County
Monday will be observed as a legal holiday throughout Sidney and Cheyenne County as New Year's Day falls on a Sunday. No telegraph issue will be published.
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Sidney
Cheyenne County
Spuds Fly Amuck When Truck Tips Near Chappell
A GMC diesel tractor overturn spilled thirty four thousand pounds of potatoes on Highway 30 six miles east of Chappell at 12:30 a.m. Driver Larry L. McGuire 21 of Butler Missouri fell asleep at the wheel causing the crash. Damages listed include 20000 for the tractor 8000 for the trailer and a broken vertebrae plus 25 fine and costs for McGuire. Potatoes damage totaled.
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Highway
Chappell
Larry L. McGuire
Butler
Missouri
McGuire
Bob Cook
Kentucky
California Test Case Cited In Memorandum To Council
City Attorney L M Clinton told Sidney City Council a California test case blocks re zoning for a real estate brokerage as a profession under current rules. Memorandum cites subsection A4 of Article six allowing home occupations but not business on premises. The council reviewed the interpretation amid a zoning conflict involving Miss Mabel Lee Johnson at 1944 Jackson Street.
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Sidney
L. M. Clinton
Clinton
Block Four
Trognitz
California
Sidney City
Mabel Lee Johnson
Jackson Street
Dey Ermand Of Dalton To Retire As Postmaster This Saturday
Dalton postmaster Don Dey Ermand, a veteran journalist and Panhandle region figure, retires after 27 years in the Dalton office. Arriving in 1917, he built the Dalton Delegate weekly and balanced newspaper work with his postal duties through war and postwar years, guiding local weather and industry coverage while serving the community in multiple roles.
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Dey Ermand
Dalton
Vetera
Pioneers
Don Dey Ermand
Panhandle
Nebraska
Byork
Western Nebraska Observer
Kimball
WB Cargill
Dix
Tyna
Rey Ermand
Deyi Darind
Emire
Dwigat Eisenhower
Posta
Deymands
Inc Dent
Dahon
Delton
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Little - Drilled
Cheyenne Co
Council
Dey Ermand Wid Aleady
Dalon
Re Ibn Delano Roosevelt
Ept
Ofice
Tal
Dey Ermands
Boulder
Colo
Nebraska Panhandle
Iowa
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