Direct dialing and Touch Tone service reach Sidney users
Northwestern Bell announces a $1 million service upgrade near Sidney that will enable direct dialing to the United States and Canada and introduce Touch Tone telephones. The new switching equipment, built by Western Electric, is undergoing installation after expansions since 1967. Direct dialing starts Sunday April 20, with Touch Tone available April 21, as customers are briefed through April 20.
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Sidney Telephone
Northwestern Bell
H.R. Zich
United States
Canada
Nebraska
Sidney
Mr. Zich
Zich
Western Electric Co
District Control Plan Favored by Lincoln Senator Knight
A bill by Lincoln Senator John Knight would split Nebraska into six mandatory community college districts responsible for post high school and vocational training. It would replace the State Education Dept with a three plus three plus one state board and create district governing boards elected by voters. Sidney Senator Robert Clark’s LB91 would not affect the plan as state vocational schools would be absorbed.
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Lincoln Sen
John Knight
Knight
Milford
Sidney
Curtis
Division of Vocational Education
State Education Dept
Community College District
State Board of Education
University of Nebraska Board of Regents
Sidney Sen
Robert Clark
Coho Salmon Experiment Aims to Stock Wildhorse Creek
Lincoln reports 165000 coho released in Wildhorse Creek east and west branches in January with 16000 fingerlings and 150000 fry, plus 1500 larger coho into Merritt Reservoir. Hatcheries Gretna and Rock Creek supply fry. 3900 fingerlings stocked last fall in Lake McConaughy. Imprinting sought to bias salmon to return to Wildhorse Creek for spawning.
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Wildhorse Creek
Panhandle
Game Commission
Gretna
Rock Creek
Merritt Reservoir
Lake McConaughy
Valentine
Commission Fisheries
Panhandle forecast shows warm trend with light wind
Fair and warmer conditions expected this afternoon tonight and Tuesday with westerly winds 15 to 25 mph. Highs near 40 this afternoon and 40 to 50 on Tuesday, lows 10 to 20. Precipitation near zero. Five day outlook calls for average temperatures 5 to 15 degrees above normal, highs 45 to 55 and lows in the 20s, with little or no precipitation. Courtesy Frontier Airlines.
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Panhandle
Frontier Airlines
Groundhog predicts six more weeks of winter in Cheyenne County
Groundhog observations Sunday point to six more weeks of winter in the area. Cheyenne County reports a mild season so far with a warming trend expected this week. Weekend temps ranged from 2 to 35 on Friday, 13 to 45 on Saturday, and 10 to 32 on Sunday, with winds at 30 mph from the west.
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Cheyenne County
Nebraska
Federal Aviation Agency Flight Service Center
Viggo Olsen Services To Be Tuesday
Funeral rites for Viggo Jens Olsen, 46, will be held Tuesday morning at Craig-Holechek Funeral Home. Rev. Darrell Davis will conduct at 10:30. Burial in Greenwood Cemetery. Olsen, born July 2, 1922, died Sunday in San Diego. Survived by sister Edith Adams of Denver and five brothers. Preceded by parents, sister Eva Stewart, and brother Svend.
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Craig-Holechek
Viggo Jens Olsen
San Diego
Calif
Darrell Davis
Light Memorial Presbyterian Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Mr. Olsen
Jens Olsen
South of Potter
Edith Adams
Denver
Colo
George
Phoenix
Ariz
Harold
Loveland
Leo
Gundhart
Potter
Fred
Kimball
Eva Stewart
Svend
671 Animals Sold At Saturday Sale
The Sidney Livestock Sales Pavilion sold 671 head of live stock Saturday. Prices held firm amid spirited bidding. Top hog price was $19.80, with numerous consignments listed including whiteface and black steers and heifers, Holsteins, and cows priced by weight and class.
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Sidney
Vo-Tech Night Classes Offer Four Subjects to 80 Students
Night classes at the Vo Tech school include Electronics Welding Auto Mechanics in two sections and Building Construction with 80 participants. Assistant director M G Hanson says interested residents should contact the school. Total cost is 10 dollars plus materials.
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Vo-Tech
M.G. Hanson
Deep Test Oil Leasing Grows Near Lodgepole Nebraska
A deep oil test near Lodgepole in Cheyenne County sparks brisk leasing. About 15 thousand acres of mineral leases have been filed, with most in Range 47, Township 14 around the No 1 Lehmkuhl well staked by Sam Gary of Denver. The No 15 1 Lehmkuhl NE NE Sec 15 14 47 is Gary’s target as Stuarco Drilling Co. prepares to drill once green light is given. County records show leases issued to Lee R. Martin and later assigned to Gary, with ten year terms. a five year lease sits in Range 47 Township 15. More leases across the county hint at a robust exploration year, as four discoveries in three months spur hopes for renewed activity since the D J Basin boom two decades ago.
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Lodgepole
Cheyenne County
Sam Gary
Denver
Range 47
Township 14
Lee R. Martin
Gary
Nebraska
Denver-Julesburg
Gurley
Lehmkuhl
Stuarco Drilling Co
Township 15
Cheyenne-Kimball County
Mr. Gary
No. 1 Lachine Cheyenne wildcat drilled near Gurley
Nebraska officials approved late last week a No. 1 Lachine wildcat in Cheyenne County six miles west of Gurley. Principal parties include Gable Drilling Co. Paul Karcher and Ackman-Schulein and Associates. A second Cheyenne wildcat, No. 2 State, was also permitted this morning to Gable Drilling Co. and R. D. Borchert. A Sioux County location, No. 1 Fee GE SE, involves K and M Associates Chris L. Christensen and Gable as driller.
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Cheyenne County
Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
Gable Drilling Co
Paul Karcher
Ackman-Schulein
Gurley
GE NW
R. D. Borchert
Sioux County
K & M Associates
Chris L. Christensen
Gable
Hirtzel Rites Are Thursday
Herman Hirtzel 90 longtime Dalton resident died Sunday at Pioneer Memorial Hospital in Dalton. Funeral services are 11 a m Thursday at Grace Lutheran Church Gurley with burial in Dalton Cemetery. Craig-Holechek Funeral Home in charge. He was born March 5 1878 in Germany and came to the United States as a youth. He lived in Beatrice before moving to western Nebraska in 1918 and worked for the Louie Reimers family since then.
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Dalton
Herman Hirtzel
Pioneer Memorial Hospital
Pioneer Nursing Home
Grace Lutheran Church of
Sidney Jan boardings fall due to flyovers on frontier
Frontier Airlines reports 128 passenger boardings at Sidney in January, down from 195 a year earlier. Officials attribute the drop to frequent flyovers at Sidney and other nearby points, impacting local travel.
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Frontier Airlines
Sidney
SBA Interview Arrangements at The Davey Co Scottsbluff
SBA interview session scheduled in The Davey Co conference room at 17 East 21st Street Scottsbluff on Wednesday February 12. A loan officer will interview businessmen interested in SBA program. appointments via 635 3121 before February 12.
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Small Business Administration
Davey Co
East 21St St
Scottsbluff
Counterfeit Suspects Go To Federal Courts
Four suspects bound over to federal authorities after waiving preliminary hearing. Lorenzo Powell Gloria Beeks Anderson Wilson and Margaret Wilson, all listed Los Angeles, were arrested during a Nebraska traffic stop after $4,900 in counterfeit money was found. The car, a 1968 Oldsmobile Toronado, was stolen in Los Angeles. Beeks and Wilson II were taken to Omaha. Powell and Wilson remain jailed in Cheyenne County awaiting federal release. US Secret Service filed federal charges. scene in Sidney with radar speed stop and car search.
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Lorenzo Powell
Gloria Jean Beeks
Anderson Wilson Jr
Margaret Wilson
U. S
Gerald E. Matzke
Miss Beeks
Miss Wilson
Omaha
U. S. Marshall
Powell
Wilson
Cheyenne County
Los Angeles
Matzke
Sidney
Jack Knicely
Nebraska Safety Patrol
Max Ibach
U. S. Secret Service
Opening Day at Head Start Sees 17 Kids Enrolled
This Was Get Acquainted Day For Head Start. Four year old Todd Barowsky joined 16 other youngsters as the program opened after a semester layoff. Todd wore a Snowman name tag while teachers, including Mrs. L. M. Clinton, helped him with his jacket and greeted classmates. Telegraph Photo.
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Todd Barowsky
Todd
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Glenna Kreager
Marge Olson
NWB
Telegraph
Bayard
North Platte River
Joe Ulrich
Bridgeport
Upper
Great Lakes
McConaughy
Ulrich
Viggo Olsen
Deep
New Drilling Ventures
Hirtzel
SBA
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