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Newspaper

Sidney Telegraph

Location

Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Feb 16, 1968

Page

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Sidney High Band to Present Mid-Winter Concert

The Sidney High School symphonic band will give its annual Mid Winter Concert at 3 p.m. Sunday Feb 18 in the Junior High School. Directed by Larry Pippitt the program features Sousa Gershwin Erickson Reed Williams Hawkins and Bennet works plus a four horn quartet and Carnival of Melody. Performers include Ellis Vaughn Penny Pedersen Connie Fisher Emily Massie Loren Bauman Liz Jay Judy Hochman Kelly etc. The free program highlights classical and contemporary pieces with the band’s full ensemble and solo numbers.

Sidney High School Larry Pippitt Gridiron Club John Philip Sousa George Gershwin Frank Erickson Albert Davis Alfred Reed United States Rudolph Schirmer Ramparts Clifton Williams United States Air Force Academy Academy David Bennet Ellis Vaughn Penny Pedersen Connie Fisher Emily Massie Loren Bauman Liz Jay Judy Hochman Jerry Weber Carnival of Melody Robert Hawkins Debi Thayer Kathy Wright Connie Wilson Carol Nissen Rochelle Wolvin Mary White June Zwickl Linda Lybarger Karen Johnson Gayle Goodwin JoAnn Owen Rholanda Gorman Marsha Pottorff Carol Miller Loretta Hinman Carol Bond Susan Fisher Nancy Meier Bill Fankhauser Donna Cornelius Joyce Foland Lyndee Peterson Pat Thompson Beth Edwards Faith Hunt Connie Hickox Janice Eich Chris Brush Carli Baack Janet Tremain Dora Bergstrom Pam Adams Robette Bryant Brenda St. Lawrence Bob Willis Phil Smith Rita Underdown Vicki Niebaum Jeannie Olsen Kay Hogeland Lynn Mehling Jayne Wut Connie Palmer Richard Atkins Jeanette Jones Jane Oliverius Connie Adams Julie Wilson Jeff Spady Jim Bosley Cindy Wolf Steve Lienemann Bob Paxton Dave Hendee Rod Born Bruce Outright Ron Skarka Linda Thayer John Schou Wayne Cornelius Roger Wester Dick Bonner Bryan Wilcox Dick Kahl Greg Zack Ken Boehm Rod Oliverius George Hartman Steve Empson Dan Sherrerd Peggy Mason Deanna Bruns Cynthia Schmale Tom Biggs Debbie Hyde Kathy Loewe Bob Studnicka Lester Steffens Ruth Schmidt Tom Atkins Don Kettler Gerald Thompson Larry Lingwall Teresa Tucker Jim Benzel Kathy Brunick Joe Headley Ken Paxton Jeff Samson Steve Steele John Curless Bob Mathes Patty Jelinek Marsha Griffith DeAnne Theis Debbie Musil Cindy Tilghman Tonda Gable Leon McConnell John Jenks

Charles L Harris results from brief illness obituary

Charles L Harris 64 died early Friday at Memorial Hospital after a nine day stay following a heart attack. Funeral services will be Tuesday at 10 in Gehrig and Son Funeral Home with Rev Darrell Davis officiating. Interment in Greenwood Cemetery. Heart Fund memorials requested. Harris born Oct 20 1903 Genoa Neb came to the community in 1943 worked at Miller Implement Co widowed, survived by wife Bertha, son Charles Burton Harris, seven sisters and three grandchildren.

Charles L. Harris Memorial Hospital Gehrig and Son Darrell Davis Light Memorial Presbyterian Church Greenwood Cemetery Heart Fund Genoa Neb Charles Emma Clayton Harris St. Edward Miller Implement Co Madison, Neb Bertha L. Truglove Presbyterian Church Charles Burton Harris Longmont Colo Bessie Peterson Gladys Hanna Alda Bagley Omaha Hazel Kinney Sidney Verna Olson Rock Island, Ill Edna Trosper Spencer, Iowa Ada Coleman Wood River

New Owners Takeover Green Lantern Cafe by Hecker Family

Paul and Gwen Hecker Jr. announce the purchase of The Green Lantern Cafe with Mrs. Jean Holbrook to manage. The Heckers will continue operating The Yendis Cafe, and pledge the same quality foods and service customers expect.

Paul Gwen Hecker, Jr Green Lantern Cafe Jean Holbrook Green Lantern Heckers

Registration Required For Caucus Action

An attorney general opinion states participants in the city caucus on February 27 must be registered voters. Nominators must also be registered. In Nebraska, those at caucuses must be legal voters, defined as those who completed voter registration. County Clerk Ralph Englert notes challenges could arise if unregistered individuals participate, with school board nominations exempt under another statute.

Nebraska Ralph Englert Englert Ed Swanson Sidney

Light Pole Hit In Wreck Early This Morning

A car struck a utility pole at 2:55 a.m. causing about 400 in damage. Monica Henderson of Sidney said brake failure caused the skid into the curb. City crews fixed lines and the pole. Earlier Thursday night a second accident damaged a parked car on Linden near 14th.

Monica Henderson Sidney Maple 14Th and Linden Darrella Davis Geneva Westerhoff

Valentine Pioneer Peter Beyer Remembers Western Nebraska

Cheyenne County pioneer Peter Beyer aged 89 recalls moving from eastern Nebraska sixty years ago with his four brothers to seek range land. He remembers grazing cattle from Dalton to Sidney and notes wheat farming did well but prices hamper it now. His son Leonard farms west of the Sioux Depot while Beyer reflects on a life shaped by the High Plains heritage.

Cheyenne County Nebraska Peter Beyer Mr. Beyer Fred Beyer Sidney Sioux City Pierce County Beyer Dalton Potter Cupid Frank H. G. Hall

Watch Believed Taken Last Month

Sidney police investigated a missing Omega ladies watch valued at 250 dollars. Mrs. Betty Koch reported the item, a gray banded watch with four small diamonds, lost since January 5 and previously unreported awaiting possible return.

Sidney Betty Koch Monterey

Panhandle Partners Plan on WNUCE Agenda

Two PPP delegates were named to present the Panhandle Partners For Progress plan at the WNUCC annual meeting in Alliance on Feb. 22. The group seeks broad Panhandle backing, hints at a constitutional convention, and plans billboards maps and a Panhandle Legislature to preside in a capital city. Juelfs and Ham urged wider Panhandle resident attendance and support from the Sidney youth council.

Panhandle Nebraska United Chambers of Commerce PPP WNUCC Stan Juelfs Kimball Charles Ham Sidney Ham Alliance Juells Alliance Wmcc Sidney Council of Youth C. B. Dorwart Juelfs Ed Cole Sidney Chamber of Commerce

Unit 19 Meets Next Monday

A regular meeting of Educational Service Unit 19 is scheduled for Monday February 19 at 7 30 p m in East Ward School. L E Lydiatte administrator says a demonstration of a video tape recorder will be shown. The public is invited to attend.

Educational Service Unit East Ward School L. E. Lydiatte

State Seeks Opinion On Road Bonds

The Nebraska Legislature highway study committee will hold ten public meetings across the state to gauge opinion on a state road program. The sessions aim to judge support for shifting from pay as you go to a bonding plan. Closest meetings to Sidney are Ogallala and Alliance on Tuesday March 12.

Highway Study Committee Nebraska Legislature Nebraska Sidney Ogallala Alliance Elks Keith Lincoln Perkins McPherson Arthur Grant Deuel Garden Cheyenne City Auditorium Kimball Banner Scotts Bluff Morrill Sioux Dawes Box Batte Sheridan George H. Fleming

Economist warns Neb services at risk if tax repeal drives pass

Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation seminars hear University of Nebraska agr iculture economist Jack Timmons argue that sales and income tax repeal drives could force cuts to state services. He notes sales taxes offer stable revenue, while income taxes are flexible but unstable and subject to exemptions.

Nebraska Jack Timmons University of Nebraska Agriculture Sidney Timmons Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation

New Drilling Under Way In Rudolf Field

Kimball County reports its first oil discovery of the year northeast of Dix with 3,600 feet recovered on a drill stem test at the No. 1 Scheele in the Rudolf Field. Drilling also starts in Cheyenne County and other western Nebraska oil regions as observers note potential producers amid a slow start to the year.

Kimball County Dix Patrick A. Doheny Scheele Nebraska Cheyenne C. G. Novotny Wyo Braden- Gear Drilling Co Rudolph Field Chandler and Associates, Inc Golf State Stuarco Drilling Co Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Sleepy Hollow Red Willow County

Sidney Leads Frontier Gains in January 1968

Frontier Airlines reports Nebraska posting the best state gains with Sidney up 47 percent in January over last year. Across the 14 western states system revenue passenger miles rose 39 percent as 173 826 passengers totaled 58 047 000 miles, an average of 334 miles per trip, up from 281.

Sidney Frontier Airlines Nebraska Frontier Chadron Lincoln Columbus Kearney Omaha Alliance Scottsbluff

Governor And Vision 17 On Bluffs Agenda

Governor Norbert Tiemann plans a town hall in Scottsbluff on February 27 at 7 30 p m in the Senior High auditorium with seating on a first come first served basis. Earlier that day at 10 a m Northern Natural Gas unit Management Systems will present a Western Nebraska promotional plan modeled after Vision 17 Inc. The Scottsbluff Chamber of Commerce supports establishing a similar program in the region.

Norbert Tiemann Scottsbluff Scottsbluff Chamber of Commerce Western Nebraska Tiemann Management Systems Northern Natural Gas Western Nebraska Vision 17, Inc Scottsbluff Chamber

Ramada Inn 173 Units Planned for Ogallala I 80

Plans announce a 173 unit Ramada Inn to rise on the northeast quad of the I 80 entrance into Ogallala. Clearing began on a 6.5 acre site as the first major building on I 80 in Ogallala. Built by Mid Western Development Inc stockholders led by President Jim Welsh, the motel includes a restaurant lounge pool and convention rooms with dog kennels laundry and teletype service linking Ramada Inns nationwide. It is one of four Nebraska Ramadas planned for 1968 in Omaha Lincoln and Scottsbluff.

Ogallala Mid- Western Development, Inc Jim Welsh U. S Ogallala’s Nebraska Omaha Lincoln Scottsbluff

Taxpayers urged to file Form 1040A in Nebraska

Richard P. Vinal district director of the interior Revenue service for Nebraska says taxpayers who received pre addressed Form 1040A should file it if eligible. He notes that the use of Form 1040A helps the IRS utilize the full capabilities of its new automatic data processing system.

Omaha Richard P Vinal Internal Revenue Service Nebraska

Also Mentioned on This Page

Sidney High Swverry Bilik C. L. Harris Watch Panhandle Partners Unit Court House Milt Nissen Washington Nissen Rudolf Field Sidney Air Boardings Pace State Ogallala I
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