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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1969
Page
1
Kimball Manor Nursing Home plans an open house Sunday from 1 30 p m to 4 30 p m to celebrate its first birthday. The public is invited. Administrator Frank Bishop said refreshments will be served and visitors can tour the facilities.
IRS official Stanley M. Johnson urges Nebraska taxpayers to attach the preaddressed name label from their 1040 package or use the preaddressed Form 1040 A. The change aims to cut social security number errors that delayed refunds for 11,628 Nebraskans last year. Returns filed before April 1 with the name label can receive refunds in five to six weeks. if the label has an error it should be corrected and sent with the return.
A Panhandle Community Action meeting at East Ward School discussed Head Start Senior Citizens Center and Neighborhood Youth Corps. The group urged local interest to unlock county funding with plans for NYC expansion and reentry programs for high school dropouts and young marrieds seeking degrees.
Ten Eagle Scouts from five Scout Councils visited Lincoln on Friday February 7 for Report to the Governor ceremonies in the hearing room. Dennis Pelster of Dalton was among them, as the group highlighted Scouting growth with over 13 000 adult volunteers serving more than 60 000 youths and eight camps covering 3 300 acres. Governor Tiemann hosted lunch with Governor and Mrs. Tiemann after tours of the Capitol, meeting legislators, and viewing Lincoln's statue. Deputy Regional Executive Robert Lamm attended. Dennis is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Pelster.
Sidney Police logged two noninjury accidents over the past two days. On Wednesday at 5 p m a Cheryl Evans car parked at The Jones Center rolled into a second Sidney vehicle owned by Carol Wamsley, with no damage estimates available. On Thursday at 4 50 p m Debora Thompson's eastbound car on King Street struck Leona Rezanina's northbound vehicle at 11th. No injuries and no damage estimates reported.
The Panhandle area shows mostly cloudy skies this afternoon with a small chance of light snow. Tonight and Saturday will be partly to mostly cloudy with highs in the 30s and 40s and overnight lows around 10 to 20 degrees. Precipitation odds are about 5 percent this afternoon, near zero tonight and Saturday. The five day outlook forecast temperatures 5 to 10 degrees above normal with occasional rain or snow, then mostly after the first of the week highs around 45 to 55 and lows in the 20s.
New oil drilling locations are reported across western Nebraska by the Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission. Union Texas Petroleum spots No. 1 Horst in SW NE Sec 1 15 47 about eleven miles north of Lodgepole. K&M Associates and Chris C Christensen advance the Sioux County program with No. 1 Elliott GW SE Sec 2 25 54, contractor Reserve Drilling Co. Kenton Field seeks field expansion at No. 1 Baur NE NW Sec 10 14 54 with Pacific Northwest Oil Producers as operator. Petro-Lewis drills north offset at No. 12-29 Terman NWSW Sec 29 14 52. No. 1 Terman recently completed at 66 barrels daily. Other wells are in drilling stage in the Panhandle with no depth reports yet.
Four of five state owned tracts went to buyers at an auction ordered by the 1967 Nebraska Legislature after Sen. Ramey Whitney of Chappell petitioned the sale. Prices met or exceeded appraised valuations for three tracts, while one tract failed to meet value and was leased. The east half of one tract was leased for an $800 bonus.
Western Nebraska Organized Agriculture schedules two meetings next week with sessions on Feb 19 in Oshkosh city auditorium and Feb 20 in Sidney Fort Sidney Motor Hotel. Speakers include Sister M. Thomas More on farm policy and Lloyd Anderson on probable insect problems in 1969, plus a beef cattle program talk by Tom Lasater. A women’s workshop and a joint luncheon featuring More are planned, with a 2 pm panel on production for specific markets moderated by Bert Evans. Local attendance is encouraged and organizers aim for standing-room-only crowds.
Sister M Thomas More OSF a noted educator and historian returns as a noon luncheon speaker for the Western Nebraska Organized Agriculture meetings in Oshkosh and Sidney next week She directs Holy Family College history department and chairs Manitowoc County Historical Society while pursuing farm policy reform through agrarian group federation with long standing ties to Catholic rural life circles.
Joseph J. Hahler 52, prominent Sidney businessman and pioneer family member, died Thursday afternoon while visiting Otto Aufendorgarten's auto shop. Funeral at St. Patrick's Church Monday 9:30 a.m. with Rosary Sunday 7:30 p.m. Greenwood Cemetery burial. Survived by widow Wilhelmina and four children, plus siblings and a Denver brother. The family designates St. Patrick's Church for memorials.
Lincoln The Department of Roads will open bids March 13 for projects estimated at 13 million dollars, the largest highway bid set in two years. A major contract covers a half mile on Interstate 480 from 12th to 21st Streets in Omaha including paving two structure superstructures and guard rails. Three seeding and guard rail jobs in Deuel County raise total I 80 letting to 6.4 million dollars.
The Cheyenne County chapter of the National Farmers Organization will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the National Guard Armory. President Ervin W. Phelps invites both members and nonmembers, including farmers, business and professional people, to air complaints, praise or questions. The group seeks direction for the agricultural economy locally and notes previous reporting error identifying Robert Harms as president.
The Star Bus Line owned by Mr. and Mrs. James J. Rutz will begin daily service Sunday February 16 from Scotts Bluff at 10 30 a m to Sidney arriving 12 30 p m serving Greyhound and Trailways stops. Through service to Gurley Dalton Bridgeport Bayard Alliance Hemingford and Chadron departs Sidney 4 45 p m arriving Chadron 8 00 p m with Scottsbluff connections via Bayard at 6 30 p m. Southbound from Chadron leaves 7 30 a m. No pickups between Kimball and Sidney or Bridgeport for Scottsbluff. Headquarters: 1422 Broadway Scottsbluff.
Greyhound Bus Line will relocate its Sidney station from The Post House Cafe to the corner of 13th and Clinots St in a former filling station. Louise Norwood named manager. Meal stops in Sidney end. rest stops remain, and schedules unchanged. The Post House on Clinois St between 11th and 12th Ave will close Saturday night, with Barkalow Bros. of Omaha owning the building.
Richard Thomas Garlick of Sacramento Calif charged last week in County Court with possession of narcotic drugs was bound over to District Court Wednesday after his attorney waived the preliminary hearing P J Heaton Sr appeared in court Bond set earlier at 2500 Garlick is held in county jail
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