Dalton Town Board pledges crackdown on vandalism
Angered by repeated acts of violence including a shotgun shooting of a local business during Christmas, the Dalton Town Board announces immediate action. It cites town ordinances and state law with penalties up to 500 dollars and five years in prison, urges citizen alert, promises protection, and appeals for reports of vandalism to county law enforcement.
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Dalton Town
Dalton
Cammel
R.E.A
Area Men On Enterprise Safe After Ship Fire
Two local sailors on the aircraft carrier Enterprise escaped injuries after a fierce fire caused extensive damage. AE-2 Leslie Flohr sprained an ankle. AMHAN Robert Battle reported no injuries. Parents recount anxious moments as crews fought flames on the flight deck and endured powerful explosions.
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Enterprise
Fred Flohr
Dalton
Leslie Flohr
Doyle Lund
Sidney
Amhan Robert Buttle
Flohr
Navy
Oak Harbor
Whidbey Island
Wash
Flohrs
Lemoore
Calif
Gurley
Ranger
Thompson Heads Sidney Savings and Loan Board
Dr. George Thompson was elected president of the Sidney Federal Savings and Loan Assoc board at its annual meeting Thursday night. He succeeds X. W. Ladegard, named director emeritus. Tom Kokjer becomes vice president, Gerald Matzke re elected secretary, Jim Payne re elected treasurer and executive vice president, Mrs. Jack Patterson re elected assistant secretary, and Marius Christensen was re elected to a three year term. A unanimous resolution thanked Ladegard for his years of service.
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George Thompson
Sidney Federal Savings and Loan Assoc
X. W. Ladegard
Dr. Thompson
Tom Kokjer
Gerald Matzke
Jim Payne
Jack Patterson
Ladegard
Marius Christensen
A C Buck Bale Dies After Long Lodgepole Life
Alvin C. Buck Bale 78 longtime Lodgepole contractor dies Thursday morning at Memorial Hospital. Funeral set 2 p.m. Monday in United Methodist Church Lodgepole with burial in Pleasant View Cemetery. Survived by widow Mary Jenik Bale, six sons Glen Vernon Sheldon Warren Gordon Jack, one daughter, one brother, 20 grandchildren, four great grandchildren. Memorials to United Methodist Church Lodgepole.
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Lodgepole
Alvin C
Buck) Bale
Memorial Hospital
Henry Hoffman
United Methodist Church
Pleasant View Cemetery
Craig-Holechek
United Methodist Church of
Alvin C. Bale
Kosta
Iowa
Masonic Lodge No. 306
Oklahoma City
Okla
Sheldon
North Platte
Warren
Hitchcock
Texas
Gordon
Teheran
Iran
Jack
Anchorage
Alaska
Ernest
Ruthven
Social Plans At Weekend Meeting
The district Elks Lodge clinic in Sidney features meals and a dance over the weekend. Saturday steak dinner costs $3 and dance $1.50 per person. Sunday breakfast is $1 and noon luncheon $2.50. At least 200 Elks and their wives are expected. Sidney Elks and Does urged to participate.
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District Elks Lodge
Sidney
Sidney Elks and Does
Three Hurt In Thursday Highway 30 Crash Near Sidney
A two car collision at 2 30 Thursday afternoon on Highway 30 six and a half miles west of Sidney injured three people. Ruth Dolph Reading California suffered multiple fractures and possible back injuries, Emil Lampinen Wallace Michigan leg injuries, and M W Osborn Sidney facial cuts and bruises. Dolph driving a 1963 Volkswagen attempting a left turn into Brownson Cafe collided with a 1968 Plymouth driven by Lampinen 76 who was passing. The Volkswagen rolled over one and a half times, knocked down a stop sign and was a total loss. The Michigan car sustained about 600 dollars in damage. The injured remain hospitalized. Osborn was a passenger in Dolphs car.
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Ruth Dolph
Brownson
Bud Gehrig
Oren Cox
Sidney
Memorial Hospital
Reading
Calif
Emil Lampinen
Wallace
Mich
M. W. Osborn
Rites Planned Monday for Mrs DeMers of Sunol
Mrs John DeMers Sr a Sunol resident 74 died Thursday night at Memorial Hospital after a year and a half of poor health Services are set for 2 pm Monday at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church officiated by Rev Harlan Brie Burial will be Greenwood Cemetery Gehrig and Son Funeral Home in charge Memorials may be sent to Cancer fund or Memorial Hospital Merle Marie Francis was born August 6 1894 at Schuyler Nebraska She married John DeMers June 30 1917 in Denver Colorado Surviving are her husband two sons John Jr and Donald a daughter Joyce Jallan nine grandchildren and one great grandchild She was predeceased by her son Raymond killed in 1944 serving in World War I
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Sunol
John DeMers Sr
Memorial Hospital
Holy Trinnity Lutheran Church
Harlan Brie
Greenwood Cemetery
Gehrig and Son Funeral Home
Cancer Fund
Merle Marie Francis
Schuyler
Nebrtoler
Lottie Quick Francis
Denver
Colo
John DeMers
American Legion Auxiliary
John Jr
Donald
Sterling
Joyce Jallan
Brownson
Charles Francis
Santa Paula
Calif
Raymond
Florence Smith Dies Suddenly at Fort Sidney Hotel
Florence Lorraine Smith 45 a lounge worker at Fort Sidney Motor Hotel died around 1 am after leaving work and walking outside with friends for a cab home. Survived by husband Floyd of Sidney and mother Mrs Marge Hiscott of Milwaukee. Rites pending at Geh Rig and Son Funeral Home. obituary to follow.
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Florence Lorraine Smith
Fort Sidney Motor Hotel
Floyd
Sidney
Marge Hiscott
Milwaukee
Wisc
Rig and Son
Vandalism investigations span at Cabela's building
Sidney Police probe vandalism at the Cabela's Inc building with basement windows smashed by rocks on Wednesday and Thursday, detailing damage and ongoing inquiries.
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Sidney
Cabela’s, Inc
Boss Night Nominees Are Announced
The Sidney Jaycees reveal five annual Boss Night awards for this Saturday at Yendis Cafe with Dean Larabee as chair. Nominees include Larabee Olds Cadillac and KSID Radio Station for Business of the Year, Stan Larabee and others for Boss of the Year, and Ben Belden for Distinguished Service along with other nominees. Lloyd Carr to speak.
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Sidney Jaycees
Dean Larabee
Larabee Olds Cadillac
Foster Lumber Co
KSID
Union Pacific Railroad
Stan Larabee
E. W. Jimerson
W. E. Henke
Bronze Key
Jaycees
Gerald Tremain
Larry Franke
Silver Key
Norm Cogil
Bob Roderick
Ron DeVier
Ben Belden
John Gottschalk
Rotary Club
Jack Flohr
Kiwanis Club
Lloyd Carr
Overland Air Service
Ray Hartzler
Belden
Mike Hartzler
Bill Folkerts
Moore
Willis Lenz
Snow Blanket Covers Area With Snow and Frost
A Panhandle forecast shows partly to mostly cloudy skies with occasional snow tonight and Saturday, highs 25 to 35 and lows 15 to 25. Snow chances rise to 50 percent tonight and Saturday, with 1 to 3 inches already observed in the southern Panhandle. Roads are slick, with U.S. 30 hazardous near Potter and warnings issued for travel out of Sidney.
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Panhandle
Frontier Airlines
Mother Nature
Federal Aviation Agency
Frontier
Sidney
Lincoln
Grand Island
Beatrice
Nebraska Safety Patrol
Potter
Wamsley Reelected President Of Sidney Hotel Corp
L. E. Wamsley was reelected president at the Sidney Hotel Corp annual meeting. Officers include G. F. Bush as vice president Gordon Tobin treasurer Dr Marvin Sherrerd secretary. Board members elected are Bush Lowe Clark Taylor Wamsley and Story with Tobin Story and Bush forming an operating committee. Wamsley reported rapid progress on facility repair and maintenance.
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L. E. Wamsley
Sidney Hotel Corp
G. F. Bush
Gordon Tobin
Marvin Sherrerd
Mr. Bush
Jack H. Lowe
Robert L. Clark
George Taylor
Dennis Wamsley
C. A. Story
Tobin
Story
Bush
Wamsley
Icy Highway Crash Near Sidney Nebraska
A Friday morning crash on Highway 30 west of Sidney, Nebraska, involved a 1968 semi truck trailer driven by Russ Pierce of Salt Lake City and a 1967 Dodge sedan driven by Mrs. Amanda T. Sterett of Potter. The semi slid into the eastbound lane after an attempted stop, but no injuries were reported. Estimated damages: $50 to the semi and $250 to the car.
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Highway
Sidney
Ron Gusman
Nebraska Safety Patrol
Russ Pierce
Salt Lake City
Utah
Amanda T. Sterett
Potter
Derailment Sets Old Union Pacific Freight Ablaze Near Sidney
A 159 car Union Pacific freight derailed on the east edge of Sidney, with three cars going off the rails. All west bound cars were empty. About 1:30 AM the pileup occurred from slack action, ten cars from the end. Two cars were moved back by mid morning. a third burned in a ditch after being damaged. Traffic delay was minimal and no injuries reported.
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Union Pacific
Sidney
W. E. Henke
Henke
North Platte
Missiles Upgrade Plan Hits Nebraska Colorado Wyoming
The Minuteman Missile modification program will start in July with 125 to 150 workers in western Nebraska northeastern Colorado and southeastern Wyoming. A second phase from 1971 to 1973 could employ at least 1,000. Boeing will handle initial work with total project cost around 50 million dollars. Housing needs rise in phase two, including trailer courts, as cities like Kimball Scottsbluff and Sidney expect population and economic gains.
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Nebraska
Colorado
Wyoming
Warren Air Force Base
Cheyenne
Boeing Co
Air Force
Kimball
Scottsbluff
Sidney
James Grafton
Seattle
Joel Bradle
Boeing
Minot
N. C
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Savings, Loan
A.C. (Buck) Bale
Mrs. DeMers
Florence Smith
Boss’ Night
Hillside Golf Course
Mid- Nebraska
U.P
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