Nebraska Braces As Snowstorm Drops Heavy Local Snow
Nebraska endures a major post New Year snowstorm with six inches on the ground and winds driving gusts to minus 29. Travel east of Grand Island is limited by up to 15 inch drifts while Cheyenne County reports some passable roads. City crews work to clear streets and return travel to normal.
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Federal Aviation Agency
FAA
Mercury
Dalton
Cheyenne
Highway Patrol
Grand Island
Nebraska
Cheyenne County College
Nellie Egging 82 Dies. Rites Held at St Patrick’s
Nellie Egging 82 longtime Gurley and Sidney resident died Saturday at Memorial Hospital after seven weeks as a patient. Funeral services were held Monday at St Patrick’s Catholic Church with Rev Edward Flinn in charge. Interment followed at Greenwood Cemetery. Memorials may be sent to St Patrick’s Church.
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Gurley
nineteen new Scout units organized in Wyo-Braska area
Nineteen new Scout units have been organized in the 15 county area served by the Wye- Braska Area Boy Scout Council. Six new Cub Packs nine new Scout Troops and four Explorer Posts are now in operation serving over two hundred and twenty new members. Units were organized in Chugwater Glenda Torrington Lyman Chadron Rushville Alliance Whitman Hyannis McGrew Scottsbluff Dix Sidney and Lodgepole. The council includes Niobrara Goshen and Platte counties in Wyoming and Panhandle counties in Nebraska plus Grant county. It is a member of the F Scotteclutt Gering Community Chest and the Sidney United Fund.
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Wye- Braska
Boy Scout Council
James Metzger
Metzger
Chugwater
Glenda
Torrington
Lyman
Chadron
Rushville
Alliance
Whitman
Hyannis
McGrew
Farm life record notes Egging family lineage from Gurley
The obituary notes Mrs. Egging lived on the Gurley farm until 1960 when she moved to Sidney. Surviving are numerous children including Henry of Denver and Leo, Gerhard, Leonard and Lawrence of Gurley, Christine Suit of Sidney, and others in Sidney and Colorado. She leaves 36 grandchildren and 27 great grandchildren, plus a sister in Holland and a brother in Broadwater. Preceded by her husband, parents, three brothers, one sister, two daughters and three grandsons. Mr. Egging died February 4 1965.
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Gurley
Egging
Sidney
Henry
Denver
Leo
Gerhard
Leonard
Broomfield
Colo
Lawrence
Christine Suit
Marie -Bode
Dalton
Dalton;Mrs. ‘Alice Skrdlant, Mrs.' Loretta ‘Rufenacht and Mrs. Geneva Lubash
Rika
Arends
Holland
Bernard Rieken
Broadwater
Sidney-Japan wrestling match draws statewide attention
Tickets remain for a Sidney High School vs Japan dual meet in the Sidney Junior High Auditorium. The event features a nine weight class lineup and serves as a cultural exchange with Japan, aiding a fund to send an American team to Japan. Local fans urged to buy early as capacity may sell out.
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Sidney
United States
Sidney High
Japan
Hank Reitz
SHS
Sidney National Bank
Ellison Pharmacy
Western Drug
Eix
Ada
High School
Richard
Sidney High Red Raiders
Martha E Simpson former Rural Sidney resident dies
Martha Ellen Emerson Simpson a former resident of the southeast rural Sidney area died Sunday morning at Memorial Hospital after a two day stay. Funeral arrangements are pending at Holewick Funeral Home. She was born November 16 1883 in Olin Iowa married January 1 1907 to Leroy George Simpson. They lived near Crook Colorado then retired to Longmont Colorado in 1944. She is survived by son Lawrence of Sidney two daughters Estehr Shepherd of Sidney Frances Barkley of Kellogg Iowa four grandchildren nine great grandchildren one brother Sherman Emerson Encampment Wyoming and one sister Ruth Campbell Grand Junction Colorado. Memorials may be sent to Memorial Hospital.
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Sidney
Martha E. Simpson
Memorial Hospital
Holewick
Martha Ellen Emerson
Olin
Iowa
Charles
Nora Kaufman Emerson
Leroy George Simpson
Crook
Colo
Longmont
Simpson
Lawrence
Estehr M. Shepherd
Frances B. Barkley
Kellogg
Snow sidewalk duty reminder from City Manager
City Manager John Baudek reminds Sidney residents it is their legal duty to clear sidewalks. He notes mail carriers may refuse delivery if there is no cleared path to the mailbox.
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John Baudek
Sidney
December 1970 Sets Sidney Accident Record
December 1970 proved record setting for Sidney with 53 accidents by mid month, surpassing 1967’s 52. The 53rd occurred at 1 45 p m on Thursday on Illinois Street east of 11th Avenue, involving Phillip Hates and Arno Thomas. Through early January three more accidents were logged with limited details.
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Sidney
Phillip Hates
16Th
Arno Thomas
11Th Avenue
Illinois Street
John L. Cook
5Th Avenue
Bob Harris
Thomas McClelland
Portland
Ore
David Josten
15Th Avenue
Panhandle Weather Outlook Through Friday
Clear to partly cloudy and cold through Tuesday with highs 10 to 20 and lows 5 to 15. Tuesday highs 15 to 25. Snow chances near zero. Extended outlook shows variable clouds and a chance of snow Thursday with highs near 20 Wednesday rising to the 30s by Friday and lows from 10 below to 10 above.
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Panhandle
Frontier Airlines
Two College Sisters Hurt In Highway Collision Near Sunol
Two Kimball sisters Gloria Miranda 19 and Rose Miranda 21 were injured in a Sunday 11 45 a m two car crash on Highway 30 one mile east of Sunol. Gloria Miranda drove a 1965 Valiant while Linda Coleman 18 in a 1966 Falcon wagon swerved and struck their car. Both sisters were treated at Memorial Hospital and expected to be released the same day.
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Sunol
Ron Gusman
Kimball
Gloria Miranda
Rose Miranda
Memorial Hospital
Gusman
Linda Coleman
Harwood
Coleman
Miranda
Borrow Pit
Miss Coleman
Utah
Mirandas
Snow pile collision damages Ray Josten vehicle
A maneuver near a snow pile in the street caused a collision with an auto owned by Ray Josten at the same address.
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Ray Josten
Nebraska Panhandle Weather Year 1970 Records Cold Dry
The 1970 weather year in the Scottsbluff Nebraska Panhandle was dry and cold with February warm, several months below normal, and October notably cold. Records include Chadron -13 to -20 lows and Scottsbluff -20, 18 inches of April snow, 10.9 mph annual wind, 48 days at or above 90, and 32 days below freezing.
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Scottsbluff
Nebraska Panhandle
Chadron
Alliance
Sidney
Deer Killed at Point of Rocks in Morning Crash
A 1967 Pontiac driven by Lawrence D. Slocum Jr. of Fort Collins hit five deer at Point of Rocks three miles east of Potter. The accident occurred about 4 30 a m causing heavy damage to the car and killing a deer. state trooper Jack Robinson reported.
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Colorado
Point of Rocks
Potter
Jack Robinson
Lawrence D. Slocum Jr
Fort Collins
Chamber Board to Elect Officers at Tuesday Meeting
Cheyenne County Chamber of Commerce board of directors will hold its organizational meeting at 7:45 p.m. Tuesday in the Chamber office. New directors will assume duties and officers will be elected for the coming year. A separate note reports a vehicle collision killing a deer with $475 damage to the front end. no injuries to the driver or two passengers.
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Cheyenne County
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Telephone Company
Reada Sue Gentry
Gerald Gentry
Ledgepole
Ralph Gentry
Marvin Murray
Brule
Joe Adams
Big Springs
Ronda Sue
Kay Highland
Highland
Gentry
Nellie Egging
P.O
Adams City
Omaha World Herald
Martha Simpson
Chamber Board
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