Historic events and birthdays for January twelfth, 1976
A bulletin lists World War II and political milestones on this date including the Battle of the Bulge retreat in 1945, Warwick founded in 1643, John Hancock born in 1737, and Hattie Caraway's senatorial election in 1933. It notes Lyndon Johnson’s 1964 pledge, welfare cut rulings in 1975, Steelers’ 1976 Super Bowl win, James Farmer's birthday, and a Bicentennial note on trade talks opened in Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgium
Warwick
R.I
Samuel Gorton
Massachusetts
John Hancock
Braintree
Mass
U.S. House of Representatives
Hattie Caraway
Zanzibar
Jewish Defense League
Meir Kahane
New York
Lyndon Johnson
United States
South Vietnam
U.S. Supreme Court
New York State
Pittsburgh Steelers
Minnesota Vikings
New Orleans
James Farmer
Marlene Dietrich
Continental Congress
Philadelphia
Panhandle forecast shows warm today with snow risk tonight
Weather forecast from the Associated Press calls for partly cloudy skies and warm highs in the 40s, tonight mostly cloudy with a slight chance of snow, and Tuesday cooler with more snow chances. Winds shift from northwesterly to northerly. Extended outlook colder midweek to Friday with subfreezing lows and several inches of snow possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle
Deaths of Arthur E Wright and Ella Durnell in Sidney
Arthur Earl Wright a Sidney businessman and civic participant died at his Sidney home after a life as owner of the Sidney Creamery and later a food service director. He was born February 4 1891 in Sundance Wyoming and married Lillie Pease in 1913. Burial at Greenwood Cemetery with services at First United Methodist Church. Ella Durnell 83 died at Memorial Hospital. She was born July 29 1892 in Potter and married Clarence L Darnell in 1913. Burial at Greenwood Cemetery with memorials requested to Holy Trinity Lutheran Church and Memorial Hospital and Nursing Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Earl Wright
Sidney
Sundance
Wyo
Alfred
Ella Start Wright
Lillie F Pease
Central City
Nebr
Sidney Creamery
Methodist Church
Sidney Board of Education
Sidney Lions Club
Sidney Elks Lodge
Masons
Sidney Country Club
Jean Carlson
Cheyenne
Richard
California
First United Methodist Church
Rodney Wilmoth
Gehrig and Son Funeral Home
Greenwood Cemetery
Memorial Hospital
Nursing Home
Gehrig and Son
Ella Durnell
Harlan Brei
Potter
Edsin
Ellen Viken Haugen
Clarence L. Darnell
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
Lennie
San Leandro
Calif
Harold
Vivian) Miller
Doris) Scriber
Clarence Haugen
Lebanon
Ind
Gilbert Haugen
Lillie Ridge
Berthoud
Colo
Court actions in district court criminal cases
Judge Alfred Kertam presided as Jan state versus Steve Dreher received two years probation for breaking and entering an automobile with restitution to be set by the probation officer. State versus Lonnie Rocontes delayed sentencing on possession with intent to deliver and possession of a controlled substance. A 90 day evaluation at Lincoln DOC begins Thursday and bond remains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Alfred Kertam
Steve Dreher
Lonnie Rocontes
Department of Corrections
Lincoln
Bond
Independent Cable honors winners and notes long service
The article reports Joe Flores Jr receiving a $100 savings bond for naming the plant newsletter Reel to Real News at Independent Cable. It also notes two employees, Ken Payne and Larry Sherfey, earning two years of continuous service, with details on their roles and start dates, and lists major upcoming Nebraska land and agricultural events including the 1776-1976 bicentennial exposition and water management topics by the Nebraska Land Improvement Contractors Association and Nebraska Agricultural Exposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Flores Jr
Independent Cable
Paul Grisham
Flores
Reel To Real
Eltra
Dewey Meick
Ken Payne
Lodgepole
Larry Sherfey
Sidney
Meick
Payne
Sherfey
Improvement Contractors Association
NLICA
North Platte
Leonard Mostek
St. Paul
Holiday Inn
Doyle Lund
Omaha Civic Auditorium
Omaha
Robert L. Anderson
Nebraska Grain and Feed Dealers Association
Nebraska Fertilizer Institute, Inc
William E Peters
Nebraska
Richard Crow
Cook Industries-Grain Division
Memphis
U.S. House of Representatives
D.B. Warner
University of Nebraska
R.R Johnson
Agrico Chemical Company
Anderson
Admitted and Dismissed Names Listed in Chappel Area
The report lists admitted individuals Barbara Hawkins Willard Pfingston Lora Masur Simmons Cook Fern Hecker CHAPPELL June Jarman LODGEPOLE Alvina Sanders PEETZ Angela Fehringer and dismissed names Floyd Cartwright Robert Fahey Kenneth Wickstrom Donna Richards Bryce Cloud Clark Marsh Barbara Hawkins Viola Cheney Joe Rudolph Will Frederickson CHAP PELL Georgianna Knerr Mildred Swanson GURLEY Kathy Wolff KIMBALL Beulah Wistrom PEETZ COLO Carolyn Adams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Barbara Hawkins
Willard Pfingston
Lora Masur
Simmons Cook
Fern Hecker Chappell
June Jarman Lodgepole
Alvina Sanders Peetz
Angela Fehringer
Sidney Floyd Cartwright
Robert Joseph Fahey
Kenneth Wickstrom
Donna Richards
Bryce Cloud
Clark Marsh
Laurie Gordan
Geraldine Fisher
Brent Streeter
Barbara Hawkins
Viola Cheney
Joe Rudolph
Will Frederickson Chappell
Georgianna Knerr Dalton
Mildred Swanson
Gurley
Kathy Wolff
Kimball Buelah Wistrom Peetz
Colo
Carolyn Adams
Car collisions accumulate in Sidney area Friday to Sunday
A series of mainly minor crashes occurred Friday through Sunday around Sidney and nearby Westminister. Vehicles involved include a 1968 Plymouth driven by Steven Sonily, a 1967 Chevrolet owned by Anton Franssen, a 1968 Chevrolet driven by Wyona Emberick, a 1974 Plymouth driven by Charles Ott, and others. Damages ranged from 5 to 900 dollars with cars including a 1971 Dodge and a 1963 Ford sustaining impacts. No injuries are reported.
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Plymouth
Steven Sonily
Sidney
Chevrolet
Anton Franssen
Sonily Auto
Frannesen Auto
Wyona Emberick
Charles Ott
Westminister
Colo
Ott Auto
Dodge
Raoul Nelson
Brandin’ Iron
Ford
Michael Amen
Robert Mason
Mason Auto
Amen Auto
Lyle Vanmess
Bruce Grimbly
Bernie Foran
Mercury
Katherine Melchior
21St & Hickory
Foran Auto
Melchior Auto
Michael Niemeller
Rock Post
V.W
Rodney Wills
Bryce Ahalstead
Dix
Wills Auto
Birth of Timothy Jay Stricklett announced in Sidney
Mr and Mrs Randall Lee Stricklett of Sidney announce the birth of an eight pound eight and one half ounce son Timothy Jay at 9 26 a m January 8 at Memorial Hospital Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Raymond Stricklett of Waterloo and Mr and Mrs Ronald Carman of Pleasanton Great grandmother is Mrs Bertha Carman of Pleasanton
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timothy Jay Stricklett
Randall Lee Stricklett
Sidney
Timothy Jay
Memorial Hospital
Raymond Stricklett
Waterloo
Ronald Carman
Pleasanton
Bertha Carman
Sterling men sentenced for Brownson robbery
Two Sterling men, Roger Haller and Theodore Sobott, were sentenced in Cheyenne County District Court by Judge Alfred J Kortum for robbery and felonious assault linked to a Brownson party on August 31. Haller received three years for robbery and two for felonious assault, to run concurrently, while Sobott drew five years for two robberies and two years for felonious assault, also concurrent. A third defendant, Chris L Carpenter, had been sentenced in November to three years for robbery and fined $300 for malicious destruction of property. The case involved about 2 Sidney area youths attending the party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat Cole
Brownson
Cheyenne County
Alfred J Kortum
Scottsbluff
Roger Haller
Theodore Sobott
Sterling
Nebraska
Lincoln
Kortum
John Knapp
Sobott
Chris L. Carpenter
Knapp
Sidney Area
Careered classes to start at Chadron State and Project HELP
A series of career education seminars sponsored by Chadron State College and Project HELP Mt Rainier National Park in Washington begins Tuesday. Dr Rodney Freeman coordinates the seminars for graduate credit. Registration is at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Sidney High School cafeteria. For more information call 254 2736.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chadron State College
Project Help
Mt. Rainier National Park
Washington
United States
Rodney Freeman
Sidney High School
Project Help Office
Sidney Public Schools outlines free meals and milk policy
The Sidney Public Schools announced a policy for free and reduced price meals and free milk under the National School Lunch program. Eligibility depends on family size and income, with specific thresholds up to twelve members. additional allowances exist for unusually high medical or shelter costs. Applications are sent home, confidentiality is promised, and eligibility decisions are made by the school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Public Schools
Nudes upset man at Joslyn Art Museum
An unidentified man damaged William Adolphe Bourguereau's Return of Spring at the Joslyn Art Museum in Omaha claiming the painting was filthy because it showed nude figures. The assailant struck the canvas five times with a 50 pound object before guards intervened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Joslyn Art Museum
William Adolphe Bourguereau
France
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Bulletin Board
Petion
The
Associated Press
Ella Rose
Darnell
Arthur Earl
Wright
Nebraska Land
Nebraska Oil and Gas Con
Kimbark Operating Company
Caribou Four Corners
Warren J. Hancock
Thienhardt
Banner County - Vowers Field
c-Exeter Drilling Northern, Inc
Carl
Morrill County
Bridgeport Field
C- Exeter Drilling Northern, Inc
State Phoenix
Wildcat
J’ Sand
Colossal
Scotts Bluff County
Chandler and Associates, Inc
Kimball County
Aue-Griffith
Devon Corporation
Miller & Christensen and Gear Drilling Company
Grubbs
Banner County
Grubbs Field
c-Gear Drilling Co
R.D Brew and Triangle
Oil Company
Maxwell Estate
Hendricks Field - O- Gear Drilling Co
Big Piney Oil and Gas Company
Mack
Richardson County
e-Mendenhall Drilling Co
Hunton
Deer Creek Exploration Inc
Devon Corporation and Banner Drilling Company
Worthman, Et al
Wildcat - e-Banner Drilling Co
Grishman
National Newspaper Association
Ak-Sar-Ben
Illinois Street
Sidney Telegraph
Larry E. Beyer
Frank Partsch
EnaSemple
Henry Meysenburg
Cheryl Schoenever
Dee Havorka
Jan Headley
Sidney Newspapers, Inc
Nebraska Press Association
Haller
Henry Block
Reesor
Purina
Rete
East Ill
P.O
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