Wearing Of The Green Win Boosts St Pat's In Class D Tourney
St Patrick's Academy defeated Potter 68 to 50 on Thursday night on the Sidney High School floor to advance in the Class D tournament. Dalton faces Big Springs and St Pat's meets Lodgepole in semifinal action as tourney play continues.
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Stakeway
Etra Lincoln
Nebr
Downs Potter
Dalton
Big Springs
St. Pat’s
Lodgepole
St. Patrick’s Academy
Potter
St. Pat
Coyotes
Academy
Sidney High School
Lodgepole Panthers
Tigers
Lewellen
Chappell
Gurley
Anti ballistic sites eyed for western Nebraska area
The Omaha World Herald reports that President Nixon aims to expand the ABM program expanding Minuteman protection to western Nebraska and adjoining areas in Wyoming and Colorado. About 200 Minuteman missiles are in the three state region with 150 in southern Nebraska’s Panhandle and roughly fifty in Cheyenne County. Second phase calls for Safeguard ABM around Warren AFB and Whiteman AFB with deployment in Missouri and North Dakota. If approved, substantial construction would occur in western Nebraska.
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Nebraska
Wyoming
Colorado
Nixon
Congress
Howard Silber
Omaha World Herald
Warren Air Force Base
Cheyenne
Mr. Silber
Panhandle
Minutemen
Cheyenne County
Silber
Minuteman
Ing
Francis E. Warren Air Force Base
Wyo
Whiteman Air Force Base
Sedalia
Nebraska Panhandle
Strategic Air Command
Whiteman
Missouri
Safeguard
Grand Forks Air Force Base
North Dakota
Malmstrom Air Force Base
Great Falls
Ellsworth Air Force Base
Rapid City
S. D
Minot Air Force Base
Sidney Board Considering Expansion of Continuous Education
The Sidney Board of Education is expected to favor expanding continuous education to elementary grades Kinder garten through six at Central School. If approved at the March meeting the program would extend existing policy to more subjects and students. Superintendent Pedersen said a broad public information drive will accompany any expansion to clarify continuous education and distinguish it from modular scheduling.
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Sidney Board of Education
Supt
Russell Pedersen
Reward Offered to Halt Vandals at SWISS Sites
Sidney Warehousing and Industrial Sites Inc. posts a 500 dollar reward for arrest and conviction of vandals and thieves. SWISS reports heavy losses and asks for help from law enforcement. Sheriff Brumbaugh assigns extra deputies to protect former military reserve buildings amid break ins. Theft of electric motors plumbing fixtures and damaged doors and windows are noted. Evidence of vehicle drag racing and rifles used to shoot out windows is observed.
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Sidney Warehousing and
Industrial Sites, Inc
Swiss, Inc
Kermit Brumbaugh
Foland Farm Machinery hosts 25th anniversary open house
Foland Farm Machinery in Sidney marks 25th anniversary this Friday February 27 with an all day open house featuring the new 1970 Moline tractors. Doyle Foland business and civic leader hosts inviting visitors for hospitality refreshments and a view of the new farm equipment. Test drives encouraged and prizes awarded at day’s end. Located at 1041 Forrest Street.
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Foland
Moline
Doyle Foland
Sidney
Foland Farm Machinery Co
Awarded For Heritage Talk
Nick Kripal, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Kripal of Lodgepole, received notice of the George Washington Honor Medal Award for his 1969 youth public address The Forgotten Heritage. The Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge will present the award at regional ceremonies in late spring or early summer. More than 2,300 awards will be handed to promote understanding of the American way of life.
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Nick Kripal
Clarence Kripal
Lodgepole
The
Freedoms Foundation
Valley Forge
New Partnership Formed At Dixie Discount Store
Al Corley and J B Glenn formed a partnership last Friday at Dixie Discount, taking over the former Lloyd Williams ownership. Both men from Amarillo Texas have ties to Fort Morgan Colorado and Lexington, plan to expand Dixie Discount with more products and greater variety.
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al Corley
J. B. Glenn
Dixie Discount
Lloyd Williams
Corley
Glenn
Amarillo
Tex
Fort Morgan
Colo
Lexington
Ann
Lisa
1543
Cedar
Dixie
One-Car Crash Damages 1969 Dodge Near Sidney
A 1969 Dodge driven by Marvin Trease, 24, of Sidney, skidded and went into a barrow pit after losing control north of Sidney at 11 p.m. Sunday. The car totaled for $2,000 with $10 damage to a barbed wire fence.
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Sidney
Marvin Trease
Barrow
Weather Outlook: Fair Today with Snow Showers Possible Thursday
Panhandle forecast calls for generally fair conditions this afternoon and tonight with partly cloudy skies. Snow showers possible Thursday with highs 40 to 50 and lows 15 to 25. Precipitation near zero today and tonight, about 10 percent Thursday. Five day outlook through Sunday shows variable clouds and chances of showers, with highs in the 40s cooling to the 30s by period end.
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Panhandle
Benish Estate Delivers Memorial Bequest to Rest Home
The Viola Benish estate transferred 877 717 46 to Memorial Rest Home as a lasting memorial to the Alfred Benish family. Attorney Tom Brower and Administrator Charles Sutton represented the estate in the transfer. The money, in various investments, is to be used for constructive purposes at the rest home, per the late Miss Benish’s will.
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Benish Estate
Memorial Rest Home
Viola Benish
Sidney
Alfred Benish
Tom Brower
Charles Sutton
Ray Cruise
Brower
Miss Benish
Thomas O'Connell Sr
Darold Hendee
Gerald Matzke
Sutton
Lewis H. Mehling
Cruise
Ak-Sar-Ben Donates $5,051 For Sidney Youth Camp
Ak-Sar-Ben ambassador Dr C B Dorwart gave Mayor Robert Hossle a $5 051 27 check at the Monday council meeting matching individual and organization gifts for the Lodgepole Valley Youth Camp to be built in Sidney. City budget is 7 500 with seven acres land provided. Liljegren and Payne are pictured. Reservations have already been requested for this summer.
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C. B. Dorwart
Ak-Sar-Ben
Robert Hossle
Lodgepole Valley
Sidney
Ivan Liljegren
Lodgepole Valley Youth Camp
James Payne
Lpvyc, Inc
Hassle
Liljegren
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State Highway Department
Nebraska Department of Roads
Nebraska Highway Commission
Ken Gottula
Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce
Highway Department
Gottula
Town
U. S. 30
U. S. 385
Sidney East
Colton
Dave Hudson
Jim Jensen
Bridgeport
Hudson
Lincoln
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