Longtime Cheyenne County Sheriff Schulz Announces Retirement
W W Bill Schulz, nearing 37 years as Cheyenne County sheriff, will not seek re election this year. At 72 he is the oldest active sheriff in Nebraska, with a career spanning crime fighting, civic work, scouting leadership, and service in fire and chamber groups. His tenure included dramatic near misses and a record of electoral success in nine campaigns.
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Cheyenne County
W. W
Bill) Schulz
Sheriff Schulz
Schulz
Icof Lodge
Sidney Volunteer Fire Department
Chamber of Commerce
Marathon Names Sullivan New Sidney District Manager
A. G. Sullivan Jr. is appointed the Marathon Oil Co Sidney District operations manager effective March 1, succeeding Edmund Smigel who transfers to Terre Haute. Sullivan, a Texas A&M petroleum engineer and Army veteran, has held multiple Marathon posts including district petroleum engineer in 1957 and Tulsa staff engineer before his Sidney move. Smigel has led Sidney district since April 1965 and will relocate to Terre Haute, with his family remaining until early June.
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A. G. Sullivan Jr
Marathon Oil Co’s
Sidney
Edmund F.smigel
Terre Haute
W. C. Sylvester
Casper
Mr. Sullivan
Hot Springs
Ark
Texas A&m
Army
Corps of Engineers
Texas A & M
Marathon
Price
Texas
Haynesville
Shreveport
Sullivan
Division Petroleum Engineer
Tulsa
Sthelyne
Arthur G. III
Alma Catherine
Smigel
L.E. ‘Whitey’ Lindstrom
John Deere Day showcases 1966 farm machinery lineup
John Deere Day at Sidney Implement and the Fox Theatre on February 24 invites farmers and families to view new 1966 tractors tillage gear planters and harvest equipment on display with demonstrations lunch from 11 30 to 1 and a 1 15 PM movie. Free door prizes and open house at Sidney Implement noted.
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John Deere
E. R
Jim) Jimerson
Sidney Implement, Inc
Fox Theatre
Sidney Implement
Service Department
Jimerson
McBride’s Picks for Class D Tournament Opener
Gregg McBride of The Omaha World Herald predicts Lorenzo, Dix and Gurley to finish first, second and third in the Class D basketball opener at Dalton Tuesday night. Details follow in the sports pages.
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Gregg McBride
Omaha World Herald
Lorenzo
Dix
Gurley
Dalton
Wayne Campbell Named To Board Of Grain Assn
Wayne Campbell elected to the 1966 executive committee of the Nebraska Grain Improvement Association at the annual meeting in Omaha. Berton Shoup of Shoup and Sons, Inc. was elected president, succeeding Howard Becker who joins the executive committee. Other officers named include Donald Lehr vice president H C Van Houten Richard Johnson and Roger Cunningham. New executive committee members include Harry Allery J Floyd Chance John Cooper Ace Cory Ervin Kaura Milton Klint Ross Magowan Gordon Karlin O NeaL and Harry Turner Jr.
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Omaha
Berton Shoup
Shoup and Sons, Inc
Sutherland
Nebraska
Nebraska Grain Improvement Association
Shoup
Howard Becker
Becker
Donald J. Lehr
Westcentral Cooperative Grain Co
H. C. van Houten
Lincoln Grain Exchange
Lincoln
Richard Johnson
the Peavey Company of
Roger Cunningham
First National Bank and Trust Co
Duane Foote
Robert Smith
Omaha Chamber of Commerce
Harry Allery
Omaha Grain Exchange
Wayne Campbell
Lodgepole
Willard Cantin
Equity Union Grain Co
J. Floyd Chance
Gooch Milling and Elevator Co
John Cooper
The
C. A. Cooper Co
Humboldt
Ace Cory
Cargill, Inc
Ervin J. Kaura
Scoular-Bishop Grain Co
Milton Klint
Morrison-Quirk Grain Corp
Hastings
Ross Magowan
Magowan Grain Co
Gordon
Karlin O’neal
Omaha Flour Mills
Harry Turner, Jr
Turner Grain Co
Cairo
Bosses' Night Tickets On Sale In Sidney
Tickets for the Sidney Junior Chamber of Commerce Bosses Night dinner go on sale this Friday February 25. Priced at 2.50, they are available from any Jaycee. Principal speaker will be Lt Col Phil Sorensen who has announced his candidacy for governor.
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Sidney
Washington Birthday Closures End Local Government Services
Tuesday closures affect Cheyenne County course house and most state and federal offices with post office windows closed and no mail delivery. Sioux Army Depot allocates a day off for all employees except security personnel.
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Cheyenne County
Washington
Sioux Army Depot
Sidney Nebraska Newspaper Notice of Rates and Postal Details
Second Class Postage Paid at Sidney Neb Send change of address to Post Office Box 219 Sidney Neb Subscription rates eight dollars per year inside fifty mile zone nine dollars outside fifty mile zone eight dollars per year by carrier Single copies ten cents Sidney Nebraska Established in 1873 Monday February twenty first 1966
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Sidney
Nebr
Nebraska
Lawrence Schwartz Dies. Pot ter Native Gathers Funeral Plans
Lawrence Henry Schwartz 73 longtime Potter resident died today at Memorial Hospital after a stroke suffered at home on February 19 He farmed in Potter and was a member of St Patrick s Catholic Church and the Potter American Legion Survived by his widow Elsie two brothers George and Frank Funeral services are set at St Patrick s Thursday 9 30 a m with burial in Greenwood Cemetery A rosary will be held Wednesday evening at 7 30 at Gehrig and Son Funeral Home Heavy frost and sleet causing power line outages hits Cheyenne County Wheatbelt Public Power District crews worked through the night to repair breaks due to ice and wind causing conductor damage and protection device trouble
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Union Pacific
Sheriff Schulz
Wye-Braska
Methodist Church
Nebraska Sheriffs & Peace Officers Association
Schulz
George Sheldon
Kimball
Cheyenne County
Sheldon
Cheyenne
Lawrence Henry Schwartz
Potter
Memorial Hospital
Schwartz
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Vincent J. Pelster
Greenwood Cemetery
Sidney
Gehrig and Son Funeral
Mr. Schwartz
Herndon
Kaw
Michael
Magdalene Fleischacher Schwartz
Sargent
Neb
Elsie Mae French
Wray
Colo
Potter American Legion
Legion
Elsie
George
Chappell
Frank
Broken Bow
Wheatbelt Public Power District
Charles Ham
Wheatbelt
Editor questions Panhandle roadside plans along I-80
Jack H. Lowe editor of The Sidney Telegraph questions Lincoln officials about luxury recreation areas along I-80 reaching to Big Springs and asks if southern Panhandle Nebraksa will be included in future long range plans. He warns of traffic drain to Colorado and seeks assurances of Nebraska development.
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Jack H. Lowe
Sidney Telegraph
Mel Steen
Game, Forestation and Parks Commission
Lincoln
Mel
Big Springs
Panhandle
Nebraska
Wyoming-Nebraska Line
Nebraska Highway Commission
Colorado
Southern
Nebraska-Colorado
Sterling
Colo
Denver
When Stealing A Car Choose One With Good Lights
A hitchhiker jailed in Sidney after admitting stealing a car from downtown Ogallala. Ern Wayne Jamison Jr., 21, Oroville, Calif., was arrested three miles east of Sidney around 7 PM for taking a 1955 Ford owned by Paul Peterson of Ogallala. Jamison said he took the car off a street in Ogallala. Authorities planned to return him to Ogallala to face charges.
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Sidney City
Ogallala
Keith County
Ernst Wayne Jamison Jr
Oroville
Calif
Jamison
Sidney
Allan Anderson
Chappell
Anderson
Paul Peterson
Morris Files For Sheriff In Cheyenne County Race
Deputy Sheriff Gene Morris 43 files for Cheyenne County Sheriff on the Republican ticket increasing candidates to three. Morris, a 25 year Western Nebraska resident and WWII veteran, lists prior service with Sidney and Ogallala police, 23 FBI training schools, and four children including Gene Jr. a deputy in Red Willow County.
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Gene Morris
Cheyenne County
Kermit Brumbaugh
Republcan
Jack Curless
Morris
Nebraska
St. Joseph
Sidney
Ogallala
South Pacific
ICDF
Lions Club
Veterans of Foreign Wars and
Elks Lodge
Nebraska Sheriffs & Peace Officers Association
Colorado Sheriffs & Peace Officers Group
FBI
Gene Jr
Red Willow County
Weather Panhandle forecast with mild warming trend
Partly cloudy this afternoon and tonight through Tuesday with lows from 10 to 20 and highs from 35 to 45. Five day outlook shows Tuesday to Saturday averaging 5 to 10 degrees above normal, with highs 40 to 50 and lows 15 to 25. Little or no precipitation expected, courtesy Frontier Airlines.
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Panhandle
Frontier Airlines
Veteran Sheriff Schulz to retire from Cheyenne County post
veteran Nebraska lawman Sheriff W W Schulz says he will not seek re election. the longtime Cheyenne County peace officer is widely respected in the region and will end his career after this term.
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W. W
Bill) Schulz
Cheyenne County
Nebraska
Time Is Running Out On 1966 License Plates
County Treasurer Mable Jorgensen warns vehicle owners to display 1966 plates by March 1. The motor department office will be open 8 am to 4 pm for the remainder of the month, with no sales after 4 pm to finish daily processing. After March 1, obtaining a plastic container for the registration certificate will be harder.
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Mable Jorgensen
Jorgensen
Nebraska Farm Bureau petitions to test state property tax
Cheyenne County petition drive seeks voter action next November to remove the state levy from property tax funding. Petitions due Tuesday night at 7 30 at the Farm Bureau office with notary on site. The plan aims to force a broadened tax base after the general election while local taxes remain intact.
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Cheyenne
Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation
Farm Bureau
1824
10Th Ave
Nebraska
John C. Kreader Funeral Held in Dalton Today
Funeral services for John Colman Kreader of Dalton were conducted at the Presbyterian Church with Rev. Melvin Marrow presiding. Burial followed at Dalton Cemetery. He was born May 13, 1884 in Hooper Nebraska, married to Lillian Peterson, and lived in Dalton before retiring to Sidney then returning to Dalton in 1952. Survivors include two sons Colman H. and Donald F., two sisters Ethel Woods and Alta Wilson, and one grandson Jan L. Kreader.
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John Colman Kreader
Dalton
Presbyterian Church
Melvin Marrow
Dalton Cemetery
Harold Worth
Floyd Worth
Edward Walsh
Harold Winkleman
Lawrence Miller
Cecil Pritchett
Craig Mortuary
Hooper
Neb
John M
Minnie L. McAllister Kreader
Lillian Peterson
Fremont
Cheyenne County
Potter
Sidney
Ruth Ewing wills Lodgepole library and multiple bequests
The Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission reports two plugged and abandoned wells near Dalton and Sidney. Ruth L Ewing dies Feb 3 leaving a $35,000 bequest mix for Memorial Hospital in Sidney, Lodgepole public library funding, and several charities including Omaha's Children’s Home Society and Shrine Hospital for Crippled Children. The Lodgepole library fund is a ten year endowment named for Nancy Fawcett.
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Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
Dalton
Goodwin
Sidney
Memorial Hospital
Lodgepole
Ruth L Ewing
Shrine Hospital For
Salt Lake City
Methodist Church of
Miller Memorial Hospital
Chappell
St. Dunstane’s Institution For the Blind
London
England
Doug Killham Recovering After Colorado Injury
Mr and Mrs Howard Portz drove to Denver Sunday and brought Mrs Portz son Doug Killham back to Sidney He was critically injured earlier this winter in a gas explosion at a Breckenridge ski lodge Colorado and had been hospitalized in Denver Since then His recovery has been termed Satisfactory though he faces a long convalescence He suffered head and leg injuries requiring surgery
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Howard Portz
Denver
Safflower Ok'd For Idle Acres
US Department of Agriculture approves alternate crops for acreage diverted from wheat and feed grains in 1966. Cheyenne County ASC chair Raymond L. Davis notes diversions may plant guar, sesame, safflower, sunflower, castor beans, plantage ovate, mustard seed, and crambe on eligible acreage. Diversion payments vary by crop from 0 to 50 percent. safflower yields no payment. Legislation requires crop necessity, no price-support cost rise, and no farm income harm.
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Department of Agriculture
Raymond L. Davis
Cheyenne County
ASC
West Nebraska Hereford Sale Set March 14
The 53rd Western Nebraska Hereford Association show and semi annual sale is set for March 14 at Alliance Livestock Auction Co. Fifty bulls and one female will be consigned from Western Nebraska breeders with show at 9 a.m. and sale at 12:30 p.m. Judge will be Mrs. Virginia Peckham of Brady and auctioneer Robert Schnell of Lemmon SD. Consignors include Swinbank and Wright Bridgeport W E McDonald Mitchell Dr E VanTour Alliance Dean Emerson and Sons Lakeside Joe McMillan Sidney John Stannard Mitchell Ed Bullington Tucker Herefords Mull en Earl Henderson and Sons Alliance Arthur McMillen and Sons Sidney Vernon Jones and Sons Henry and William T Schaffert and Sons Alliance.
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Western Nebraska Hereford Association
Alliance Livestock Auction Co
Western Nebraska
Virginia Peckham
Brady
Robert Schnell
Lemmon
S.D
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Bart Taylor
Arnold Braasch
Les Bosley
Edmund F, Smigel
McBride
Board of Grain Assn
Lawrence Schwartz
Rich Slocum
Sidney High School
John C. Kreader
Ewing
Sidney Hospital
Doug Killham
Safflower Ok’d
Idle Acres
West Nebraska
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