On This Date February 23 1976 Highlights And Birthdays
A compact bulletin highlights key historical events on February 23 across years from 1836 to 2006. It notes the Alamo siege start, Buena Vista victory, Lincoln’s secret arrival, Mississippi readmission, Japan’s China occupation, a Santa Barbara oil refinery shelling, Salk vaccine launch in Pittsburgh, and remarks from Humphrey and a Brussels Jews conference. It lists Elston Howard turning 46 and Franklin’s quote. It ends with a Bicentennial note on muskets procurement by Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Texas
Zachary Taylor
Santa Anna
Baltimore
Mississippi
Union
Japan
China
Santa Barbara
Calif
Asia
Brussels
Belgium
Afl-Cio
New York Yankee
Elston Howard
Benjamin Franklin
Continental Congress
Philadelphia
Associated Press
Panhandle Forecast Mixed Sun, Mild Today and Tuesday
Forecast shows mostly sunny and mild conditions today and Tuesday with fair tonight. Highs in the 60s, tonight's lows in the 20s to 30s, Tuesday highs mid 50s, winds southwest 10 to 20 mph, gusty today then diminishing tonight. Extended outlook calls for clear to partly cloudy skies and a cooling trend into Thursday and Friday with highs mainly in the 50s and 40s and lows in the 20s and 30s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle
Police Calls Report From Sidney Cars Crashes and Incidents
Police log lists multiple Friday and Saturday incidents in Sidney including rear end crashes involving Bricker Smith and Anthony with damages of 450, 175, and 100 dollars. A 1970 Dodge backed into a Pinto, a Ford slid into a parking meter, a Ford hit a guard rail, and other minor incidents plus a runaway juvenile apprehension and mischief and domestic disturbance reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford
James H Bricker
Sidney
Chevrolet
Raymond Smith
Smith Auto
Pontiac
Lorin Anthony
Anthony Auto
Bricker
Dodge
George Edmonds
Pinto
Peggy Cody
Catherine Steel
Illinois St
Janet Lee Tooley
11Th Ave
Hickory St
Elvera Zalesky
Michael Wiser
Lincoln
Quince
Deborah Drive
Admitted and Dismissed Names In Potter County Notice
Sidney Pfingston Sharon Kaplan Patty Langley Irving Tscharner JH Lanker Sandra Cochran Cindy Smith Casey Kramer Ralph Harlan Bonnie McKee John Whitmire Potter Charlotte Reed Iliff COLO Della Hernandez Peetz COLO Faye Fehringer dismissed Sidney John Van Anne Freida Brauer Frank Klentz Thomas Harvey Sol Willis Sr J H Laaker Sharon Kaplan Potter Charlotte Reed
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Willard Pfingston
Sharon Kaplan
Patty Langley
Irving Tscharner
J HH Lanker
Sandra Cochran
Cindy Smith
Casey Kramer
Ralph Harlan
Bonnie McKee
John Whitmire
Potter Charlotte Reed
Iliff
Colo Della Hernandez Peetz
Colo Faye Fehringer
Sidney
John van Anne
Freida Brauer
Frank Klentz
Thomas Harvey
Sol Willis
J H Laaker
Charlotte Reed
Births Jennie Lea Anderson and Chad Alan Langley
Mr and Mrs Thomas Anderson of Kearney announce the birth of a six pound three ounce girl, Jennie Lea, born Feb 17. She has a brother Casey and grandparents Mr and Mrs Arnold Anderson of Axtell and Mr and Mrs Jim Keating of Sidney. Dennis Langley of Sidney announces a son Chad Alan, born Feb 20 at Memorial Hospital at 3 01 am. He has a brother Kenneth Kirk and grandparents Mr and Mrs Harold Langley, Mrs Rose Adams of Sidney, and James A Smith of Denver. Great-grandparents include Mrs Myrtle Prather and Mrs V Y Smith of Jennings, Okla and Mrs Pearl Floyd of Jennings, Okla.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Lea Anderson
Thomas Anderson
Kearney
Jennie Lea
Casey
Anderson
Kari Keating
Sidney
Arnold Anderson
Axtell
Jim Keating
Chad Alan Langley
Dennis Langley
Pound
Chad Alan
Memorial Hospital
Kenneth Kirk
Harold Langley
Rose Adams
James A Smith
Denver
Colo
Myrtle Prather
V. Y Smith
Jennings
Okla
Pearl Floyd
Deaths in the region two long-serving residents remembered
Obituary notices list Robert Vincent Darling 70 of Memorial Hospital death with services pending at Gehrig and Son Funeral Home. He leaves three sons, a daughter, sister Opal Merck, 15 grandchildren and five step grandchildren. Surviving spouse Bertha and daughter Alma preceded him. Burial in Buffalo Gap SD. Henry Frahm Jr dies in Aurora Colorado. Services at Light Memorial Presbyterian Church. Frahm owned Frahm Neon Sign Co. Survived by wife Lorene, two sons Raymond and Robert, a brother William, and four grandchildren. Burial Greenwood Cemetery. Alvin Ben Jurgens 66 Sidney native ex-press operator, WWII veteran, dies at home. Funeral 1:30 p.m. Holewiek Funeral Home Weyerts Immanuel Lutheran officiating. Burial Weyerts Cemetery. Memorials Weyerts Immanuel Lutheran Church. Pallbearers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Vincent Darling
Gehrig and Son
Memorial Hospital
Darling
Gordon
Edward John
Maude Bayliff Darling
Bertha Hubener
Klamath Falls
Ore
Bertha
Alma
Robert
James
Rapid City
Theodore
Aurora
Colo
Karen Lewis
Omaha
Opal Merck
Sidney
Buffalo Gap
S.D
Henry Frahm JR
Darrell Davis
Light Memorial Presbyterian Church
Frahm
Sioux Army Depot
Frahm Neon Sign Co
Lorene
Raymond
Scottsbluff
William V
Seattle
Wash
Greenwood Cemetery
Gehrig and Son Funeral Home
Alvin Ben Jurgens
Ben
Grace Peters Jurgens
Weyerts
Neb
Steel Foundries
Columbus
William
Mattie) Frerichs
Elene Jurgens
Lodgepole
Downtown Sidney men plan purchase of Newberrys building
Preston Hogeland and John Laing announced plans to buy Newberrys at 1035 Illinois St and open joint operations in the building. Hogeland will relocate Hogeland Variety and coffee shop to the west portion, while Laing will run a clothing and home furnishings store in the east. They expect a partial opening by March and plan to lock in inventory tonight with possession Friday. Newberrys will close for inventory today at 4 pm with doors to reopen under new ownership later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Newberry’s
Ilinois St
Preston Hogeland
John Laing
Hogeland
Hogeland Variety
Newberry
Laing
J.C. Penney
Illinois St
Penney
Hogeland’s
Ben Franklin
J.C Penny Company
Newberry's
Art Littrell
McCrory Co
York
Littrell
McCrory Company
Lund Wins Nomination For Conservation Contractor Awards
Doyle L Lund of Sidney and Mrs Doris Cass of Burwell were nominated for Conservation Contractor of the Year and Mrs Conservation Contractor of the Year by the Land Improvement Contractors Association following their wins at the Nebraska chapter convention. Lund, manager of Sidney Conservation Contractors, was cited for seven years as an NLICA director and for leading the heavy equipment operator school at Western Nebraska Technical College. Cass, a widow who heads the family business started in 1947, serves as contractor of the year. Local officials note Lund’s prior service with the Soil Conservation Service and his election to the NLICA board. The report also covers EPA pesticide legislation and expected NATA lobbying in Lincoln on aircraft taxes and training costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney and
Burwell
Doyle L Lund
Sidney
Doris Cass
Nebraska Land Improvement Contractors Assn
NLICA
Cass
Lund
Sidney Conservation Contractors
Lumb
Western Nebraska Technical College
Elks Club
Cheyenne County
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Lloyd Carr
Nebraska Aviation Trades Association
NATA
Carr
Agriculture Committee
Bruce Fletcher
National Aviations Trades Association
Nebraska
Fletcher
Sidney sees October retail slump while region shows mixed gains
Net taxable retail sales in Sidney fell 6 percent in October 1975 from a year earlier, with regionwide results showing varied gains such as Kimball up 3.8 percent and Alliance up 18.7 percent. The report notes overall Nebraska activity rose slightly versus prior months but remained below 1974 levels, while government sector led improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Nebraska
Bureau of Business Research
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Panhandle
Kimball
Ogallala
Scottsbluff
Alliance
Chadron
Sidney-Kimball
Community club meetings agenda posted
A list of local group meetings for Monday through Wednesday includes LPNAN hosts at 7 30 p.m. with Mrs Ron Rehmer on Monterey Drive, Kings Daughters Betty Taylor at Maple, Wheatgrowers Association at 7 30 p.m. in Wheatbelt Building, Parents Without Partners at Sidney City Office Council Room, American Legion Post 17 and Auxiliary at Legion Hall, Catholic Daughters Mother Seton 1696 at St Patrick's basement, Head Start CFRP, Lodgepole Valley Saddle Club at 7 30 p.m. with a film, all dates in February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parents Without Partners
Sidney
American Legion
Legion Hall Catholic Daughters Court
Mother Seton
St. Patrick’s Church
Nebraska Western plans cooperative machinist training pilot
Nebraska Western College teams with Lockwood to pilot a non-credit machinist training program starting March 16. The 126 hour course covers basic arithmetic to engineering drawing and machine operation. It includes on campus, off site, and work experience portions with a $50 tuition, limited to 20 students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska Western College
Lockwood
John Lewis
NWC
Independent Learning Center
ILC
Lewis
Arden Still
Gunther Koob
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bulletin Board
Alvin B. Jurgens
Kawasaki
Bauerkemper Motor Clinic
Honda Bikes
Wayne Bauerkemper
Bauerkemper
Masek Sports Division
LPNAN
Ron Rehmer
Monterey Drive
Lpns
King's Daughters
Betty Taylor
Maple
Cheyenne County Wheatgrowers Association and Wheathearts Meeting
Wheatbelt
Lodgepole Valley Saddle Club
Che Sidney
National Newspaper Association
Ak-Sar-Ben
Nebk Ask Press Association
Illinois Street
Sidney Telegraph
Larry E. Beyer
Dave Hendee
Ens Sample
Henry Meysenburg
Cheryl Schoonever
Dee Haverka
Jan Headley
Sidney Newspapers, Inc
Nebraska Press Association
David Hendee
Nebraska Western Plans Program
Beckwith
Frank Thoendel
Still and
Roob
Ed Winn-Potter
Nebr
Maddox Motor CO
Illinois
International
Save Your Land
Call
Bridgeport Equipment
Bridgeport
Purina Health Aids
Purina Research Farm
Mlinois
Purina
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