State Vocational School Plans 2000-Student Campus at Depot
Nebraska Board of Vocational Education seeks federal and state support for a 2000-student Vocational Technical School at Sioux Army Depot. The plan covers 30 courses from auto body to aircraft mechanics, with expansion to a decade. Request includes 1703 acres, 113 buildings, rail and road access, utilities, and adjacent use of existing facilities near the depot. Colonel Cyrus Williams notes collaboration with Manpower Training and Agricultural Experiment Station to guide land and structure needs while avoiding interference with depot uses.
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Sioux Army Depot
Nebraska Board of Vocational Education
State Board of Vocational Education
Russell Pedersen
Sidney
Joe Schaf
William Resiher
State Dept. of Education
Lincoln
Nebr
Ordville
Cyrus Williams
Sidney Telegraph
Sioux Army
It Was An Eventful Year 1965 in Cheyenne County News
A review of 1965 highlights Cheyenne County noting state action to establish a vocational school at Sioux Army Depot and plans to offset depot job losses by 1967. Rainfall reached up to 22 inches improving ground though crops faced damage. Other items include Egging Co expansion near Gurley, federal manpower training at Sioux Army Depot, Sidney hog and cattle market growth, a safflower plant soybean push, Minuteman Missile activation for Warren AFB, a marijuana cache seizure and car theft arrests, and new county construction projects including Dalton school addition, Potter post office, and Sidney library. A full chronology appears Jan 3 in The Telegraph.
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Cheyenne County
Sioux Army Depot
Egging Co
Gurley
Warren Air Force Base
Cheyenne
Wyo
Omaha
Dalton School
Potter
Sidney
Rural Area Development Association
the Telegraph
1966 First Baby Of Year Contest Announced Today
Cheyenne county awards and local sponsors plan gifts for the first baby of 1966 born in the area. Rules require birth in Cheyenne county and resident parents with exact birth time by physician. Prizes include subscriptions, gift certificates, baby gear, and an opening savings account. The 1965 winner was Ray Dean Aguiniga born January 2 at 2 15 a.m.
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Cheyenne County
Sidney Telegraph
Sidney 66 Oil Company
Western Drug Company
Safeway Stores
Gerber’s
Greenlees
Lockwood’s
Penney’s
Photo Center
Sidney National Bank
Sidney Beauty Academy
McCoy’s Family
Style Center
House of Flowers
Dad
Goodyear
Model Cleaners
Harlan’s Bakery
McDonald’s
Ray Dean Aguiniga
Raymond Aguiniga
Ray Dean
Licenses Go On Sale At 8:00 Monday
Motor vehicle licenses go on sale at 8 a m Monday morning with Mrs Mable Jorgensen Cheyenne County treasurer expecting a rush The sale features Centennial plates scarlet on cream bearing the word and will run three years Plan includes a lobby table for tax statements Old registrations required and plates limited to A through G with 1 to 999 numbers Mail orders incur a 50 cent handling fee The window will be open 8 to 4 daily including noon hours
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Mable Jorgensen
Cheyenne
Jorgensen
Seal Sales Forging Ahead in Cheyenne County 1965
Dr. Del Koch, Cheyenne County Christmas Seal chairman, says donations for the 1965 drive are slightly ahead of last year at this time despite a county list down by about 1000. The second reminders go out by week’s end and are not duns but reminders for moved letters.
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del Koch
Cheyenne County
Koch
Sidney Telegraph Ad Rates and Publication Details
The Sidney Celebragraph announces subscription rates eight dollars per year within a fifty mile zone nine dollars outside plus eight dollars per year for carrier delivery. Single copies cost ten cents. The notice includes a postpaid return address in Sidney Nebraska and states the paper was established in 1873 with Friday December 31 1965 as Vol 92 No 57.
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Sidney
Nebr
Nebraska
New Year Party Planned By Elks
Elks Auditorium hosts the annual New Year’s Eve celebration Friday for Elks, its members, Docs and guests. Dancing from 9 p.m. to the small hours. Hats favors noise makers and balloons provided. Music by the King's Men. Ham and eggs served after midnight.
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Elks Auditorium
Elks
Docs
New Year closing hours survey in Sidney
Sidney Telegraph lists New Year closing times across businesses. The business office closes all day, retailers at 4 30 p m, Sioux Army Depot down for Friday except maintenance, Cheyenne county extension office noon, county courthouse offices noon, post office open to 5 p m, most grocers 6 p m, doctors open to usual hour. The Sidney Telegraph offers help with printed forms at 881 Fifth Ave.
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Sidney
Sidney Telegraph
Sioux
Cheyenne County
County Court House
U.S. Postoffice
Sidney Grocers
Doctors
Wheatbelt Crew Saves Life Of Bridgeport Man
Wheatbelt Public Power District crew members Marvin Boehmer Ken Humphrey and Floyd Burdick were trimming trees near Bridgeport when elderly resident Tom Griffiths collapsed. They performed mouth to mouth resuscitation and kept his airway clear while notifying highway patrol. Griffiths, father of W L Griffiths of Sidney, remained unconscious at Bridgeport hospital at noon and doctors cited uncertain cause.
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Wheatbelt
Bridgeport
Tom Griffiths
Marvin Boehmer
Ken Humphrey
Floyd Burdick
Mr. Griffiths
Highway Patrol
W. L. Griffiths
Sidney
Weather on Coast Not Headed Here
The Scottsbluff Weather Bureau says California weather moving northeast should miss the Nebraska Panhandle. Montana snow and freezing rain forecast for North and South Dakota and Minnesota. Local forecast calls for light rain or snow with no anticipated trouble. Recent days have been balmy with temperatures from 37 to 40 Tuesday night, up to 53 Wednesday, and 27 to 52 Thursday by noon.
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California
Scottsbluff Weather Bureau
Nebraska Panhandle
Montana
South Dakota
Minnesota
Ursuline Sisters 50th Anniversary Arrives in Sidney
December 31 marks half a century since Ursuline Sisters arrived to staff St. Charles School in Sidney. A May 1966 alumni celebration is planned while the local church holds no observance this weekend.
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Louisville
Sidney
St. Patrick’s Academy
M. Michaelene
M. Dolorita
St. Pat’s
St. Patrick’s Parish
Sidney of Ursuline Sisters
Academy
St. Patrick’s
Ursuline
George Gipfert Rites Pending
Funeral services for George Gipfert 75 who died Wednesday evening in Memorial Hospital are pending at the Craig Mortuary. He was born August 19 1890 on a farm near Seward Nebraska and moved to Cheyenne county in 1917 with his parents. Survivors include daughter Delores Lindquist of Broadwater Nebraska two grandchildren and brother William Gipfert of Sidney.
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George Gipfert
Memorial Hospital
Craig Mortuary
Seward
Neb
Cheyenne County
Delores Lindquist
Broadwater
William Gipfert
Sidney
SHS Co-Ed Is THE Bus in Rose Parade Contingent
Telegraph photographer Bill Eddy captions the SHS Co-Ed a unique bus in Sidney Band’s Rose Parade caravan. He notes its curtained changing area, distinct scents in a fashion of aftershave, and that it sang Happy Birthday to Mr. Johnson in Cheyenne. The director urged, when leaving town, to turn out the lights and be quiet.
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Telegraph
Bill Eddy
Sidney
SHS
Bill
Johnson
Cheyenne
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