Six Million Power Line Proposal Near Sidney
Final sessions of the Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association here elected three directors and approved an engineering plan for two high voltage transmission lines. The plan calls for a 230000 kilovolt line from Stegall to Sidney and a 115000 kilovolt line from Ogallala to Paxton, Neb. Construction requires Rural Electrification Administration loan funds of about six million dollars. The project would make Tri-State a major operating utility and marks a shift from broker to owner of transmission lines. Arthur J. Schnose received a ten year service certificate. he was named president of Tri-State after the meeting, with Oscar Yoder as vice president and Wayne Bond as treasurer.
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Cheyenne
Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association
Nebraska
Colorado
Wyoming
Wendell Garwood
Denver
Wayne Bond
Lodgepole
Neb
Fidele Guenzi
Sterling, Colo
Don E. Miller
Thermopolis
Wyo
Sion Lines
Stegall
Sidney
Ogallala
Paxton
Rural Electrification Administration
Tri-State
School Village Caucuses Set Tuesday Elections April 6th
Four Cheyenne County towns plan caucuses on Tuesday March 2 with village and school board nominations ahead of the April 6 election. Sidney sits out this biennial cycle. Dalton Gurley Lodgepole Potter schedule caucuses for nominations to town and school boards, with term expirations listed for incumbents and vacancies to be filled.
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Cheyenne County
Sidney
Dalton
Dalton Village
Tueseday
Ted Panas
John Heizer
Glen Brestel
Brestel
Sterling
Kermit Nelson
Dale Flora
Gurley Gurley
Lee Foster
Virgil Schumacher
Allen Lessman
Robert Spearow
Robert Sande
Harold Kreider
Paul Fraass
Potter
Legion Hall
Kenneth Rose
Gordon Reed
Rudy Dedic
Ray Slama
George Coulter Jr
Kimball
Lodgepole Wins D Tournament Final at Chappell
Lodgepole Panthers defeated Brule 64 49 to claim the district Class D basketball championship and earn a regional playoff shot. Dalton upset Harrisburg 66 62 at Dix, advancing to meet Dix in the D tourney final. Sidney St Patrick’s fell in overtime to St Patrick’s North Platte, ending its Class C bid as Sidney High’s Maroons move to Class A action.
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Lodgepole Panthers
Brule
Chappell
Dalton
Dix
Harrisburg
Tigers
Sidney St. Patrick’s
Ogallala
St. Patrick’s
North Platte
Sidney High
Maroons
Sidney
Scottsbluff
Famous Authors To Lead Sidney Family Life Workshop
Dr. Sylvanus Duvall and Dr. Evelyn Duvall, renowned experts on family life and teenage matters, will conduct a multi-day workshop in Sidney September 7 to 9. The Sidney Ministerial Association organized the event with local clergy and laity coordinating. Private subscriptions are expected to fund the program.
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Sidney
Sidney Ministerial Association
Sylvanus Duvall
Evelyn Duvall
Mrs Wookey Victim Of Long Illness In Sidney
Anna Christina Johnson Wookey 69 longtime Sidney resident dies at home after a period of ill health. Funeral set for Saturday 10am at First Methodist Church with Rev. John Stayton officiating. Interment Greenwood Cemetery. memorials to Methodist Church or Heart Fund. Survived by two daughters Ellen Nicholson and Bethene Larson, a brother Otto Johnson, and eight grandchildren.
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Sidney
Anna C. Wookey
First Methodist Church
John Stayton
Greenwood Cemetery
Gehrig & Son Funeral Home
Methodist Church
Heart Fund
Anna Christina Johnson
Kanana
Kan
Charles
Christina Johnson
Hotchkiss
Colo
Glen B. Wookey
Wookey
Broadewater
Gurley
Order of Eastern Star
Ellen Nicholson
Alliance
Bethene Larson
Cody
Wyo
Otto Johnson
Jennings
Brune Joins Frons Tier Airlines Denver Sales Staff
Thomas J. Brune gardt is named to Frons tier Airlines Denver regional sales team. The appointment is announced by William J. Mitchell vice president of sales and service for the Denver based carrier.
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Denver
Thomas J. Brunegardt
Fronstier Airlines
William J. Mitchell
Carol Clark to Study in Spain University of Madrid stay
Carol Clark daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Clark of Sidney leaves Saturday for Madrid Spain to enter the University of Madrid for a Spanish major and to study through May 1966 semester credit from the University of Colorado will be allowed upon her return. She will be met by advisor Dona Rosario Sanchez de Valduz and live with her before moving to a professor family. Miss Clark expects to teach Spanish at the high school level after graduation and notes Americans reluctance to learn foreign languages.
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Carol Clark
Robert Clark
Sidney
Madrid
Spain
University of Madrid
University of Colorado
Miss Clark
Dona Rosario Sanchez de Valduz
Sidney High School
Carol
University of Colorado At Boulder
Sioux Army Depot manpower program may expand after Congress acts
Sioux Army Depot plans to extend its Sid ney Occupational Training School with possible expansion if Congress extends the Federal manpower training act beyond next June 30. As of now 136 students enroll with about 10,000 dollars weekly cost. the depot expects broader federal funding and longer program years to add courses such as heavy equipment maintenance.
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Sidney
Sioux Army Depot
Congress
Russell Pedersen
Sidney Public Schools
Washington
Sioux
Joseph Schaf
Sioux Depot
Pedersen
Schaf
Defense Department
Cyril Williams
Williams
Deefense
Col. Williams
Industrial Council Committee
Sideney Chamber of Commerce
Department of Defense
Essay Contest On Drinking For Students
The Sidney Ministerial Association and Nebraska Council on Alcohol Education sponsor an essay contest for junior and senior high students statewide. Junior essays titled I Know The Truth About Drinking. seniors What I Can Do About The Drinking Problem. Prizes: four district $25 bonds plus state winners receive additional bonds. State winners honored May 8 in Lincoln on Citizenship Day. Postmark by Apr 1. results by May 1. Entry blanks via postcard to contest chairman. contact parishers for info.
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Sidney Ministerial Association
Nebraska Council On Alcohol Education, Inc
Lincoln
S. 54Th Street
Neb
Stuents
A Lamb Is Due Monday Weather Report Scroll
The five day Scottsbluff Weather forecast predicts continued balmy conditions with no rain in sight. The FAA station records temperatures from zero to 37 degrees on Wednesday, 11 to 51 on Thursday, and a noon reading of 62 with a 22 morning low, as shirt sleeves returned.
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Scottsbluff
Federal Aviation Agency
Den 3
Jack Fish
Larry Gass
Steve Spencer
Darwin Lessman
Randy Ohlbrecht
Danny Virgil
Telegraph
Panhandle Forecast Calls for Mild Weather and Warm Weekend
Panhandle area forecast says fair and mild tonight and Saturday with lows near 20 to 30 and highs in the 50s. Five day outlook shows temperatures about 4 to 8 degrees above normal through Wednesday, mostly small daily changes, with highs around 50 and lows 20 to 30 and little if any precipitation.
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Panhandle
Frontier Airlines
Sidney Man Is Accident Victim
Sidney resident Jackie Shaffer, a Western Bridge Construction Co. employee, was killed when the Caterpillar he was driving overturned onto a truck near Harrison. The 33 year old was active in Moose Lodge and community affairs. funeral plans are pending with Curtis Funeral Home. His mother resides in Moorfield Neb. Shaffer had recently moved to Sidney and was not married.
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Western Bridge Construction Co
Omaha
Jackie Shaffer
Harrison
Shaffer
Curtis
Moorfield
Neb
Sidney
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Simonton
National Power Survey
Federal Power Commission
William R. Maybew
R. W. Beck and
VFW
Memorial Hospital
Post 610
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Maralee Miller
Charles Colling
Post
Vernon Anderson
Neal Craig
Richard Ladine
Jess Higgins
Charles Weir
Lloyd Schmidt
Roy Grimes
Sidney Telegraph
11Th Avenue
P. O. Box 219
Sidney Man
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