Sidney memorials and growth themes from a decade past
A retrospective look at 1961 and earlier notes Sidney figures, churches and businesses, including Albert Greehlée’s death in California and clergy changes at Christ Episcopal. Local developments span cable franchise talks, new enterprises, construction loans, and civic plans reflected from 1931 to 1961.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert D. Greehlée
Sidney Merchant
California
Chamber of Commerce
Sam Odlund
Dean Wilson
John Elwell
Lowry Lindell
Bill Usher
Bernie’s Packing
Sidney
Max Kors
Fred Parks
Christ Episcopal Church
Father Parks
William Wold
Sioux Ordnance Depot
Kermit Brumbaugh
FBI
Floyd Harrington
Telephone Company
Farmers Elevator
Chappell
Frontier Airlines
Tom Coffey
State Aeronautics Department
Kermit Moore
Chautauqua Fused Culture and Community in Nebraska Days
A historical overview of Nebraska chautauquas from 1875 to 1925, outlining their tents in parks, week to three week programs, and performances by national and local figures. It notes Beatrice Crete and Geneva examples, shifts to moral and religious themes, crowds of thousands, and the decline with rise of cars and moving pictures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska State Historical Society
Nebraska
William Jennings Bryan
Crete
Beatrice
Geneva
Blakely Grove
Tabernacle
Whittier
Tennyson Halls
Frances E. Willard
W.C.T.U
Samuel Dickie
Prohibiton Party
Edward Rosewater
Omaha Bee
Charles H. van Wyck
Nebraska City
T.M. Marquette
Father McCorry
Man
A.J. Messing
Frank Saddler
Chicago
Castle Square
Lou Beauchamp
Dixie Jubilee
Art Davis
University
Fremont
Geneva Nebraska Signal
New York Lake
Stock Company
Farm Bureau Opposes Livestock Trucking Regulation Bill
Nebraska farmers and Farm Bureau warn SB 391 aims to end the intrastate exemption for livestock haulers and place trucking under Railway Commission rules. They argue regulation would raise rates, reduce service, and hurt farm shipments from farm to market or processing plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Railway Commission
Roland Luedtke
Lincoln
Farm Bureau
Frontier to deploy Beech 99 for small-city routes
Frontier Airlines plans a March trial using Beech 99 turboprops with 15 seats to serve Chadron Alliance and Sidney among smaller communities. Flights run without stewardesses liquor or meals, a two-man crew, and aim to boost service and add flights where traffic is light.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frontier Airlines
Frontier
Chadron
Alliance
Sidney
E. Paul Burke
Vietnam GI Drug Addiction Crisis Demands Action
The piece notes a growing drug problem among Vietnam era GIs, with 60 percent of September 1970 medical admissions drug related and about 10 percent of men in Vietnam addicted. It argues for rehabilitation and legislative action, citing former Sen. Thomas Dodd as a possible path.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vietnam
Orient
Christian Science Monitor
Hat
United States
Thomas Dodd
Connecticut
Alliance Daily Times-Herald
Nebraska tourism move eyed from Game Commission to ED department
Lincoln Journal reports LB518 by Sen James Waldron backed by the Exon administration proposes shifting Nebraska tourism promotion from the Game Commission to the Department of Economic Development. Proponents argue the switch would align tourism with state economic goals though funding and Nebraskaland magazine implications are debated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Game Commission
Department of Economic Development
Economic Development Department
The
M.O. Steen
Nebraskaland
GoEe
Crossword Puzzle Clues From an Old Paper
A dense list of crossword prompts with numbered clues across categories like animals, learning, sites, and objects. The puzzle includes garbled entries and scraps such as Australian bird learning site of Tel eagend and other distorted terms. It mixes both straightforward and unclear hints for solver work.
Nebraska Senate Faces 90 Day Limit Hard 1971 Session
Nebraska lawmakers wrestle with a 90 day constitution limit as 303 new bills push totals to 1,002. Sen. Terry Carpenter tops introductions with 117 bills during the first 20 days, while clashes among Omaha delegates draw attention as committees adopt stricter rules and new electronic drafting aids improve efficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Nebraska
Cornhusker
W.H. Hasebroock
West Point
Terry Carpenter
Scottsbluff
Carpenter
Oakland
C.W Holmquist
James Waldron
Callaway
Omaha
Eugene T. Mahoney
Mahoney
Walter Epke
York
Richard F. Proud
Proud
Hasebroock
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Sidney Telegraph
Cheyenne County Hospital Assn
Ira Steward
Earle A. Winter
Jack H. Lowe
Charles N. Deaver
Rae L. Jones
T.E. Kokjer
Kenneth Rose
Gunhardt Olsen
Don Erickson
Potter
Arthur Rowan
Ross Gathman
Gurley
Howard Reimers
Dalton
Lee Johnson
Sunol
Clarence Meyers
Lodgepole
Will Sparks
Charles Hancock
Lions
John A. Dilley
I.E. Crabb
Ernest Wockard
Ross Handley
District Farmers Union
Nels Oscar Freeburg
Lorenz Jesset
Boyd’s Cigar Store
Harry Marsh
Marvin Filbin
Worland
Wyo
Rotary Ladies Night
Roy Greenlee
Hull Cook
Lloyd Frahm
Art
Griswold
J.L. Tewell
Robert G. Simmons
Hoover
Charles Lieber
Waukegan, Ill
Ward Johnson
Jessie Davison
al Bundy
Chet Worden
Red Feather Lake
Colorado
Frank Wolf
Clifford
Jack
Gladys
Hodgkin, Crider, Campbell, Uptegrove
Osborn
George E. Minshall
Dan Duncan
Nielson
Cheyenne County
Florence Fisher
Ellis Baker
Emily Gould
Foster Cook
Thelma Davis
Kathryn King
Berneice Foster
Effie Bayne
Wm. S. Hart
U.S.A
H.G. Hall
H. Bokstadter
Rudolph Kruse
Lodgepole Creek
Brownson
Brewer
J.F. Mohlmann
A.S. Hardy
Gus Wellner
J.W. Harper
F.A. Pierson
U.P
Union Pacific
Arthur M. Oberfelder
Nebraska University
National Debating Society
Mitchell Automobiles
Alabama Minstrels
Tobin Opera House
Methodist Church
Asa Rensberg
Yarletz
Jim McDaniel
New York
Grace Wright
Daisy Phillips
Clara Austin
Guy Chamber
Francis Brennan
Chas. Callahan
A.B. Persinger
Hazen
Denver
MacGillicuddy
C.E.S
Fred Lehmkuhl
William Tecumseh Sherman
L.B. Cary
Telegraph
John Adams
E.V.S. Pomeroy
Essig Hardware
W.J. St. Clair
Colton
Omaha World Herald
the Lincoln Journal
Westre
Gang HA
Ardor
Sea Bird
American Statesman
Weary
Capitol News
Terry
Melvin Paul
Statehouse
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