Panhandle Weather in 1968 Mostly Near Normal
Scottsbluff weather bureau reports 1968 in the Nebraska Panhandle stayed near normal with March warmer than usual and December colder. Sidney recorded 20 inches moisture, Alliance 20, Chadron 16.4, Scottsbluff 12.9, and 148 growing days, 39 thunder days, seven hail days, 115 clear days, 105 partly cloudy days, and 146 cloudy days.
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Sidney
Scottsbluff
Chadron
Panhandle
Alliance
Scottsbluff Weather Bureau
Bureau
Eleven Vehicle Inspection Stations Approved In Cheyenne County
The State Motor Vehicle Director's office announced eleven official vehicle inspection stations approved in Cheyenne County with eight in Sidney and one each in Dalton Potter and Lodgepole. Licenses start decals and inspections can be done early, though mandatory March start remains.
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Lincoln
Cheyenne County
Sidney
Dalton
Potter
Lodgepole
Emmett J. Dennis Jr
Nebraska
Dennis
Farm Plan Urges Cheyenne Farmers to Bring Questions to ASC Office
Farmers in Cheyenne County urged to visit the Sidney ASC office for questions on USDA price support, storage facility loans, and conservation cost-sharing programs. Raymond Davis noted ASC handles guidance and referrals to Extension, Farm Home, and Soil Conservation agencies, with emphasis on informing farmers about programs. George W. Sizemore 55, former Sidney resident, funeral Tuesday after dying January in Berthoud, Colo. Funeral at Gehry and Son with military rites. interment Greenwood Cemetery. Survivors include widow Grace, two sons, one daughter, mother, three brothers, and one sister.
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Cheyenne County
ASC
Sidney
USDA
Raymond Davis
Davis
Cooperative Extension Service
Farmers Home Administration
Soil Conservation Service
ASCS
Nebr
Mr. Davis
Lester Runge
Robert Rexroth
George W. Sizemore
Berthoud
Colo
Sizemore
Gehrig and Son
Max Kors
Christ Episcopal Church
Greenwood Cemetery
George Washington Sizemore
Casper
Wyo
Dalton
Pacific
Sterling, Colo
Grace Kurz
Episcopal Church
The
Veterans of Foreign Wars
American Legion
David
Russell
Nancy
Alze Sizemore
Marvin
Scottsbluff
Lawrence
Denver
Doyle
Loveland
Fred
Mabel) Mauser
Four Automobile Accidents Occur in Sidney
Sidney Police investigated four vehicle accidents over the weekend. Friday at 4:20 p.m. a parked car owned by Michael Fager was struck by Sophia Simpson of Sidney. no damage reported. Friday at 7:47 p.m. a parked Wayne Henzl car in front of 1017 Illinois was backed into by Merle Bobo. no damage reported. Sunday at 4:53 p.m. Victor Lambert of Sidney struck Eileen Jensen’s car while backing from a Fix Pharmacy lot. no damage reported. Monday at 7:55 a.m. J L Nienhuser, 39, of Sidney collided with Velora Morris, 46, of Sidney at 9th and Jackson. no damage reported.
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Sidney
Michael Fager
Sophia Simpson
Simpson
Fager
Wayne Henzl
Los Angeles
Calif
Ilinois
Merle Bobo
Victor Lambert
Eileen Jensen
Fix Pharmacy
J. L. Nienhuser
Velora Morris
9Th and
Jackson
Area Clinic Moves Soon in Panhandle
The Panhandle Mental Health Clinic in Scottsbluff plans to move into its new facility north of St. Marys Hospital by month end. Funded by several western Nebraska counties including Cheyenne, the building cost about $144000 and mostly lacks finishing touches such as carpeting and draperies. Dr. Noel Haukebo leads the clinic serving 11 Panhandle counties.
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Panhandle
Scottsbluff
St. Mary’s Hospital
Nebraska
Cheyenne
Noel Haukebo
Haukebo
St Patrick Schools Close for Funeral Services
St Patrick's elementary and high schools will close all day Thursday to attend the funeral services for Very Rev Vincent J Pelster WVF. The closure was announced by Sister M Renee, principal of the high school.
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St. Patrick’s
Vincent J. Pelster
M. Renee
Farmers Told Vital Records For 1969 Census
Cheyenne County farmers and others nationwide are urged to keep careful records for 1969 as the Census Bureau prepares a mailed agricultural census. The 1969 census will rely on mail questionnaires in January 1970, after year-end closes, with data kept confidential. It will tally farms, acres, land value, harvested land, irrigation, crop areas, and major livestock counts.
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Cheyenne County
Bureau of the Census
Former Local Youth Killed In California
Sidney friends report the death of 13 year old Jeff Pearce son of Warren and Mrs Pearce formerly of Sidney now in Woodland California He died after a mini bike collision with a car surgery could not save him Funeral two o clock Tuesday at Mc Nary Funeral Home Woodland memorials to Woodland Presbyterian Church Surviving parents a brother Mike a college senior the family address 406 Buena Terra Drive Woodland California
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Sidney
Jeff Pearce
Warren Pearce
Woodland
Calif
Jeff
McNary
Woodland Presbyterian Church
Pearce
Hughes Tool Co
Mike
Pearces
Buena Terra Drive
Weather Panhandle Forecast Mostly Cloudy With Light Precipitation
Panhandle forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies this afternoon with very light snow or rain. Tonight and Tuesday show variable cloudiness with a high around 35 to 45 this afternoon and a low near 20 to 30, tomorrow's high in the 40s. Precipitation chance is 40 percent this afternoon and near zero tonight and tomorrow. Five day outlook: temperatures Tuesday through Saturday average 2 to 10 below normal with frequent and occasional large shifts. Highs near 30, lows zero to 10 above.
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Panhandle
Decker Seeks State Liquor License Hearing
The Nebraska State Liquor Control Commission will hold a public hearing on Monday January 20 at 2 15 p m in Lincoln. Bob Decker of Sidney applies for a package retail license at his Sidney supermarket site. The Sidney City Council previously recommended denial. The meeting is on the fourth floor of the Nebraska Education Building.
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Nebraska State Liquor Control Commission
Lincoln
Bob Decker
Sidney
West
State Liquor Commission
Nebraska Education Building
Gottschalk Named Daily Nebraskan Managing Editor
Lynn Gottschalk a junior in the University of Nebraska journalism school will become managing editor of The Daily Nebraskan starting in the second semester. She has been serving as news editor and is daughter of Mary Jane Gottschalk co-publisher of The Sidney Telegraph.
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Lynn Gottschalk
University of Nebraska
Daily
Nebraskan
Miss Gottschalk
Mary Jane Gottschalk
Sidney Telegraph
Sidney
Lincoln
Traffic toll likely higher for region after I 80 opens
Nebraska Safety Patrol reports Cheyenne Deuel and Kimball counties ended 1968 with four five and zero traffic fatalities respectively. Three-county area saw 306 accidents with 1967 totals of two three and two deaths and 345 accidents. Names of deceased incl William Chichester Jackie Kurz Francis Thompson and Robert Anderson. Patrol predicts 1969 will bring continued high traffic volume and more accidents west of Big Springs due to terrain and no passing zones. more officers expected to slow speeds.
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Cheyenne County
Nebraska Safety Patrol
Deuel County
Kimball
Dever County
Kimball County
William Chichester
Dalton
Jackie Kurz
Sidney
Francis Thompson
Robert Anderson
Chicago
Ill
Mel Busekist
Scottsbluff Patrol
Big Springs
Chappell
Deuel-Cheyenne-Kimball County
Former St Patrick's Priest Vincent Pelster Dies In Icy Crash
The Very Rev. Vincent J. Pelster 51, a longtime Sturgis parish priest, died in a highway crash north of Grand Island when his car struck an embankment on an icy dead end at 12:30 a.m. He was en route from Wood River to St Paul. Funeral services are planned in St Paul and Sidney with prayers in Sidney. Pelster, born 1917 in Dalton, is survived by his parents, two brothers, three sisters, and 21 nieces and nephews.
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Dalton
Sidney
Vincent J. Pelster
V. F
Grand Island
Father Pelster
St. Paul
Wood River
Associated Press
St. Paul and
St. Peter and Paul
Gehrig and Son Funeral Home
St. Patrick’s
Ben and
Elizabeth Reicks Pelster
Rushville
St. Patrick’s Academy
St. Francis Seminary
Milwaukee
Wis
St. Patrick’s Parish
St. Peter and Paul Parish
Alfred
Eugene
Dolores Hecht
Roswell
N. Mex
Rosemary Meier
Ovid, Cole
Patricia Hruska
BOYPOWER 76 Aims to Grow Boy Scout Reach
The Wye Braska Area Council launches an eight year plan through 1976 to broaden Boy Scout membership and ensure a quality program with trained leaders. The slogan America’s Man power Begins with BOY POWER highlights developing responsible citizens, self confidence, service to others, and teamwork.
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Wye-Braska
Boy Scouts of America
Boypower 76
America
Congress
United States
Accident Near Sunol Area Damages Car
Nebraska State Patrol investigated a Friday 1 40 p m accident on a county road two miles east and seven miles north of Sunol. A 1965 model car driven by Lola M Frerichs 42 of Sidney northbound lost control and mounted a ditch causing about 750 dollars in damage. The driver sustained a bump on the head.
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Nebraska State Patrol
Sunol
Lola M. Frerichs
Sidney
Frontier Air Chief Quits After Fast Growth Costs Job
Denver reports that Lewis W. Dymond resigns as Frontier Airlines chair and CEO amid differences with majority holder RKO General after merger with Central Airlines and ensuing losses. E. Paul Burke named interim CEO. Dymond remains on the board. He joined Frontier in 1962 from National Airlines and oversaw rapid expansion to 100-plus cities and a 51-aircraft fleet including eight Boeing 727s.
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Denver
Lewis W. Dymond
Frontier Airlines
Dymond
RKO General, Inc
Frontier
Central Airlines
RKO General
E. Paul Burke
National Airlines
Kansas City
St. Louis
Las Vegas
Denver- Phoenix
Former Dalton Resident Holt Jr. Dies at 56
Mathies Charles Holt Jr., 56, formerly of Dalton, died January 3 in Red Cloud Nebraska. Born March 8 1912 at Ball Missouri, he lived in Wayne before farming near Dalton and later Lebanon Kansas. Surviving relatives include siblings, a daughter and a stepdaughter with six grandchildren. Funeral services were to be held in Red Cloud with burial in Wayne.
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Dalton
Mathies Charles Holt Jr
Red Cloud
Neb
Wayne
Mr. Holt
Ball
Helen Hansen
Lebanon
Kaw
Gladys L. McMann
Yankton
S. C
Arthur
Sidney
Leo
Omaha
Amanda Schnieder
Portland
Ore
Mary Horstman
Esther Parker
Gary
Onna Mae) Worrell
Hooper
Howard
Andra) Kurth
Hog And Cattle Prices Firm At Sidney Auction
Sidney market shows strength for hogs and cattle with top hogs at 18.25 for 230 pounds. Cattle trading steady to higher including 15 black steers at 318 pounds for 32.10 and Holstein, whiteface, and black cattle across multiple weights with prices ranging from the upper twenties to about 33 dollars per hundredweight. The first 1935 sale is planned for next Saturday January 11.
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Sidney
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High Plains
St. Pat
California
Decker
Daily Nebraskan
Vincent Pelster
Frontier Air Chief
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