Duane Pope Trial Heads Nov Chronology In Cheyenne County
A dense chronology from Cheyenne County lists events in November and December 1969 including Duane Pope facing murder charges in Chappell, bank deposits totaling about 20 million in area banks, a 60 percent United Fund drive, school and depot issues in Sidney, weather-impacted farming, redistricting decisions, and local civic acts such as Kiwanis packages to Viet Nam and new county officials.
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Sidney High School
Sidney
Novy
Duane Pope
Chappell
United Fund Drive
Lions
Ogallala
Baron Goodwin
James Brumfield
Sidney National Bank
Cheyenne County
Daryl Conger
State
County Agricultural Board
Ivan Liljegren
March of Dimes
Mike O/Holloran
Cheyenne
Potter
The
Telegraph
Breakins
Potterami Gurley
Kiwanis Club
Viet Nam
J. B. Pankau
Dalton
Commissioners Oay
Sunol
Sidney Depot
Oshkosh
Panabaker
Heart Fund
Welfare Board
Dalton Hospital
Wes
Health Tips From Nebraska Doctors On CO Dangers
A Nebraska State Medical Association warning explains carbon monoxide risks as cold weather returns. It urges keeping car exhausts leak free and vents closed in traffic, and to open a window if fatigue or sleepiness appears on the highway.
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Nebraska
Understanding Causes and Help for Stuttering in Children
The article links stuttering to emotional causes and urges calm. it notes boys stutter more than girls, begins early in childhood, and describes tense hesitation and sound repetition. It advises seeking medical advice and maintaining patience to help a child reduce stuttering.
Burlington Railroad Played Cupid in 1872
The 1872 Burlington and Missouri River Railroad prospectus by land agent George S. Harris argued for western lands as marriage opportunities for frontier women. It noted male shortages and suggested daughters from the East rarely return across the Missouri, with a Romantic tone about Rochester women seeking husbands and settling on hillside homes.
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Mississippi
Molly Wood
Owen Wister
Santa Fe
Harvey House
Burlington and Missouri River Railroad
George S. Harris
Nebraska State Historical Society
Europe
Massachusetts
Nebraska
Missouri River
Ruth
Boaz
Scholarship Established For Pfizer Families
John E. McKeen, former Pfizer chairman, creates a family scholarship for children of Pfizer and Co. employees. Administered by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation, it awards six four year college scholarships each year starting September 1970. Funding comes from a personal $100,000 contribution by McKeen. Eligible children are those with at least one year of continuous service with Pfizer.
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New York
John E. McKeen
Pfizer
Charles Pfizer and Co., Inc
National Merit Scholarship Corporation
McKeen
Crossword puzzle and notes from AP News features
The page mixes crossword clues with brief notes on scholarship eligibility for the National Merit Qualifying Test, Pfizer hops plant in Sidney, guitar string history, a Mississippi teen’s world record corn yield, and uses of corncob and cob dust including livestock feed mulch and chemical uses.
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Mississippi
Nebraska aging population grows faster than overall
A year end report from the State Advisory Committee on Aging notes Nebraskans 65 or older constitute 12.5 percent of the population and will rise from about 187 000 to nearly 233 000 by 1980. Nebraska ranks third in senior proportion behind Florida and Iowa.
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Nebraska
Ron Jensen
State Advisory Committee On Aging
Florida
Iowa
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Panhandle
United Fund
Nebraska State Medical Association
Burlington Railroad
United States
Columbus
Fortune Teller Caravel
Trainmen’s Car
Lyric
Twitch
Genuine
Canvass
Peeress
Raz
USDA
Boothia Peninsula
Canada
Northwest Territories
North America
Baldwin Organ
Ron Barker
Npr
Harlan’s Bakery
Jackson
Donald
Scott Apparel Foam
DWALO
OYS’ Wints To
TER Coats
Imaots
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