Judge Nisley Retires After 44 Years on Nebraska Bench
Isaic J. Nisley of North Platte ends a 44 year judicial career as district judge for the 13th district with 36 years in that role. Clarence Beck succeeds Nisley as district judge after ten years as Nebraska Attorney General. Judge John Kuns of Kimball will preside the January district court session in Sidney.
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Isaac J. Nisley
North Platte
Nisley
13Th Judicial District
Dawson County
Nebraska
Lexington
Sidney
Nebraska Supreme Court
Beck
District Court
Clarence Beck
Val Peterson
Republic
13Th
Kuns
John Kuns
Kimball
Judge Kuns
California
Nebraska University Law School
Lincoln County
Telegraph
Arrests Rise in 1960 in Four-State Nebraska Troop Area
The Sidney Nebraska office of the state patrol reported 2 745 arrests and 305 investigated accidents in 1960 as nine troopers and supervisor Mel Buskist note an increase in arrests due to staffing gains. Speeding accounted for 1 660 of the arrests with 919 drunk driving cases and 88 stop sign violations.
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Nebraska
Sidney
Kimball and
Chappell
Mel Busekist
Busckist
Cheyenne
Deuel
Kimball
Cheyenne County
Air Force Academy and Military Academy Candidates Named
Congressman Don McGinley announced nominees from the 4th District for the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs and the Military Academy at West Point New York. Candidates include James Milton Nissen Sidney Lonnie Lee Lessman Dalton Barry Alan Blackman Michael Allan Houghtaling Kimball and Jarius Dale Flora Jr Dalton named as alternate to West Point.
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Washington, D. C
Don McGinley
Air Force Academy
Colorado Springs
Military Academy
West Point
N. Y
James Milton Nissen
Sidney
Lonnie Lee Lessman
Dalton
Barry
Alan Blackman
Michael Allan Houghtaling
Kimball
Jarius Dale Flora Jr
Noted Sidney businessman E L Uptegrove dies at 85
Edward L. Uptegrove, 85, a prominent Sidney resident with Nebraska Wyoming holdings, died Tuesday at Memorial Hospital after a three month illness. He was a former implement dealer and one of Nebraska's oldest registered pharmacists. Funeral services Friday at Gehrig and Son with burial in Greenwood Cemetery. He served as mayor and on multiple local boards. survived by wife Dee Kennedy and children Mary and Mrs. R. J. Fox plus three stepdaughters.
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Sidney
Memorial Hospital
Edward L. Uptegrove
Nebraska
Wyoming
Gehrig and Son
C. F. Parks
Greenwood Cemetery
Edward Lovell Uptegrove
Silex
William Isaac
Elizabeth McKenzie Uptegrove
State Normal At
Peru
Neb
Laura Kime
Uptegreve
Aptegrove
Rotary Club
Order of Eastern Star and Masons
Scottish Rite
Lincoln
Sidney Elks Lodge
Sidney Country Club
Wyoming Mountains
Dee Kennedy
Mary
R. J. Fox
Custer
S. D
Don Howard
Jack H. Lowe
Carolyn Kennedy
Pittsburgh
Thursday Rites For Lawrence Smith 83
Funeral services for Lawrence A Smith aged 83 will be held Thursday at 10 AM from First Methodist Church with Rev R L Townsend officiating. Burial follows in Greenwood Cemetery. Smith, a Sidney resident since 1942, retired after 45 years with Illinois railroads engineering. He later worked at Grimm Clinic and assisted at Gehrig and Son Funeral Home.
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First Methodist
Lawrence A Smith
R L Townsend
Greenwood Cemetery
Gehrig and Son Funeral Home
Sidney
Mr Smith
Ilinois
Grimm Clinic
Telegraph Purchases Brown's Interest In Globe Printing Co
Warren E. Brown, longtime manager partner of Globe Telegraph Printing Co, sold his stake to The Telegraph Printing Co Inc. Tony Kaus will lead the plant at 1133 Jackson St as the firms plan future offset conversion while maintaining current operations and address.
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Warren E. Brown
Globe-telegraph Printing Co
The
Telegraph Printing Co., Inc
Brown
Telegraph
Sterling, Colo
Globe Printing Co
Globe
Tony Kaus
Globe Telegraph
Jackson St
Chamber backs WNX service to Sidney Kimball area
The Kimball Chamber of Commerce Retail Merchants Committee said it will support West Nebraska Express to serve the Sidney Kimball area from Denver. WNX, Besler Truck Lines, and Northeast Motor Freight seek ICC authority, with a single hearing set for January 18 at the New Customs House in Denver after a denied Sidney hearing. Protests come from several trucking firms and three railroads including Union Pacific Burlington and Colorado Southern.
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Retail Merchants Committee
Kimball Chamber of Commerce
West Nebraska Express
Sidney - Kimball
Denver
Interstate Commerce Commission
Lincoln
WNX
Besler Trucklines
Northeast Motor Freight
ICC
Resler
New Customs House
Nebraska Express
Sidney
Union Pacific
Burlington
Colorado Southern
Another Girl Is Winner Of 1961 First Baby Contest
Christine Ann Thomas, born January 1 at 9 57 a.m. in Memorial Hospital Sidney, weighs seven pounds two and a half ounces and is the ninth straight New Year’s baby girl. Parents LaVern Thomas and Rosemary Peetz are Sidney natives with farm ties near the airport. Christine is the couple’s fifth child, joining Timothy five, Walter four, Cheryl two and a half, and Sharon one. Christine won about $100 in prizes from Sidney merchants as “Miss 1961.”
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LaVern Thomas
Memorial Hospital
Sidney
Thomas
Anno Thomas
Rosemary Peetz
Frank Peetz
Timothy
Walter
Cheryl
Sharon
Heidi Gay Andreason
David Andreason
Jan
Harry Schertzer
Carol Lean Matthews
Alfred Matthews
Carol Jean Lingwall
Don Lingwall
Alice Hayes
Ainman
Billie Gene Hayes
S.O.D
Barbara Jean Fiehler
George Fiehler
Monica Rodriguez
Herman Jiminez
Brownson
Jennie Lu
Virgil Sears
Christine Ann
Sidney Merchants
Memorial Hospital Reflects Civic Spirit in Sidney Growth
Memorial Hospital at Seventh and Osage in Sidney grew from a $750000 facility to a $1900000 plant with 135 employees and 46 daily patients. Led by local figures in the 1950s, the project survived a defeated bond issue and fostered regional health care with a notable physical therapy department and strong staff.
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Sidney
Memorial Hospital
Seventh and Osage
Reir
Sidney Hospital
Memorial
Leo P. Bolin
Sidney's Hospital
Scottsbluff
Sid
Cheyenne
North Platte
Sterling
Daryl Conger
University of Kansas
New 1961 Decals Sold for 1960 Plates Warned by Patrol
Sergeant Mel Busckist of the Highway Patrol said 1961 decals must be placed at the lower right corner of the 1960 license plate. He noted a surge of calls from motorists seeking guidance on the new decals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mel Busckist
Highway Patrol
Busckist
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Judge Nisley
Air Force
E. L. Uptegrove
Lawrence Smith
Chamber
Lincoln Icc
Christine Ann Thomas
Ira
John Deere
Peetz and Crook
Colorado
Lorenzo, Potter, Dix
Dalton, Gurley, Lodgepole
Sidney Memorial
William Vecera
Loren Fraser
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