Aircraft Missing Sparks Wide CAP Search Across Nebraska
Sidney Civil Air Patrol units joined a Nebraska Wing search for a missing four person Cessna 182. The operation centered at Sidney airport with 14 planes, spanning eight counties until visibility forced cancellation. Pilot Dennis Zea of Gillespie California and three others were aboard the California craft that left San Diego Thursday.
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Sidney Civil Air Patrol
Nebraska Wing Cap
Akron
Colo
Sidney
M. E. Marymee
Sidney Cap
CAP
Nebraska Wing
Omaha
San Diego
Calif
Gunnison
Rapid City
S.D
Nebraska
Richards - Gebaur Air Force Base
Colorenc
Colorado
Southakota
Milder Weather Seen in 30 Day Forecast
The Weather Service forecasts near normal precipitation and temperatures for western Nebraska and northeastern Colorado through mid February. After a January deep freeze, mild temperatures and melting snow are easing conditions with daytime highs in the sixties and snow remaining mainly on stubble fields and windbreaks.
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United States Weather Service
Nebraska
Colorado
Panhandle
Weather Service
Midwest
Sidney
Frank Clinton 89 Dies in Sidney Memorial
Frank Clinton aged 89, lifelong Sidney resident, died Saturday at Memorial Rest Home where he had lived 31 months. Funeral at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church Tuesday at 9 a.m., Rosary tonight at 7:30. Interment in Greenwood Cemetery. He was born Sept 12, 1881, in Sidney, married Jan 14, 1913 to Mary Mikkelsen, who died in 1965. Survivors include two sons, three daughters, a sister, 21 grandchildren, and two great grandchildren. Memorials to St. Patrick’s Church.
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Sidney
Frank Clinton
Memorial Rest Home
St. Patrick's
Edward Flinn
Greenwood Cemetery
St. Patrick's Church
Holeciek
Mr. Clinton
Thomas H
Catherine Bartcell Clinton
Mary Mikkelsen
Union Pacific Railroad
L. M. Clinton
F. H. Clinton
Puyallup
Wash
Virginia Hiett
Frances Beyer
Fort Collins
Cole
Geraldine Lewis
Aurora
Colo
Catherine Wellman
Roseburg
Ore
State oil output declines prompt Nebraska push for 1971 discoveries
Nebraska produced 915 117 barrels of oil in November averaging 30 504 barrels daily and down from October. Industry observers seek to surpass one million barrels monthly in 1971 while December active drilling included 17 exploratory and five development permits before cold weather slowed activity. Sleepy Hollow Fields in Red Willow County still accounts for about one third of state production at 9 537 barrels daily in November.
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Nebraska
Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
Sleepy Hollow
Red Willow County
Were No One Set On NET Nebraska Huskers Tribute
NET sets a 90 minute special titled Were Number One to air January 20 at 9 p m on Nebraska Educational Television. It features highlights of the Cornhuskers season and Nixon appearance plus segments from the Extra Point Club banquet in Lincoln and Orange Bowl game clips hosted by Dick Perry.
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Nebraska Educational Television Network
Nebraska
Cornhuskers
Richard Nixon
Lincoln
Ken Johnson
NETN
Pershing Auditorium
Cornhusker
Panhandle Forecast Shows Mild Variability Through Tuesday
Forecast calls for variable cloudiness and changeable temperatures through Tuesday with highs of 35 to 45 and a low around 15 to 25. Precipitation chances stay near zero. Extended outlook for Wednesday to Friday shows a chance of snow, colder Wednesday, with highs of 30 to 40 and lows of 10 to 20.
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Panhandle
Frontier Airlines
Rites set for Herman Jurgens at Holy Trinity
Herman John Jurgens 70 of Sidney died Sunday at Memorial Hospital after two days there. Funeral at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church with Rev. Harlan Brei. Holechek Funeral Home in charge. He farmed in Weyerts area before moving to Sidney in 1951 and later to Denver before returning in 1970. Surviving wife Henrietta, son Dennis, daughter Marcelyn Joy, three grandchildren, his mother, five sisters, three brothers. Memorials to Holy Trinity Lutheran Church.
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Herman J. Jurgens
Cheyenne County
Memorial Hospital
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
Harlan Brei
Greenwood Cemetery
Holechek
Herman John Jurgens
Weyerts
John C
Mary Jurgens
Henrietta Eigenberg
Sidney
Denver
14Th
Dennis
Marcelyn Joy
Walter
Louis
Gurley
John
Cheyenne
Wyo
Mayme Ahlm
Lorena Rose
Hannah Harms
Esther Puffer
Eva Longpre
Laramie
Bluffs May Increase Its Electric Rate
Scottsbluff Nebraska residents face higher power costs as Nebraska Public Power District analyzes two options to offset rising natural gas rates. The choices are raise electrical rates for extra revenue or give NPPD a larger share of current revenues under the existing arrangement. BPPD supplies power and energy for Scottsbluff's electric system.
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Scottsbluff
Nebraska Public Power District
NPPD
Kansas-Nebraska Natural Gas Co
BPPD
Scottsbluff Electric
Bargain Ski Lessons Promote Weekend Trip to Steamboat
The Sidney Telegraph and Midwest Divers sponsor a five Sunday ski lesson package at the Happy Jack area under Joe Jankovsky's ownership. The $65 package includes lessons and a Steamboat Springs trip or $30 for lessons only, with the first Tuesday session free. Enrollment runs through January 23.
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Sidney Telegraph
Midwest Divers
Central School
Bob Clark, Jr
Happy Jack
Joe Jankovsky
Steamboat Springs
Colo
Mt. Werner
Clark
The
John Gottschalk
Sidney
Cheyenne
Laramie
Wye
St Patrick's School to Cut Six Grades in Cutback
Rev Edward Flinn announced St Patrick's elementary will close six grades at term end due to financial pressures and shifting priorities. The plan preserves the remaining six grades and pledges an enhanced Confraternity of Christian Doctrine program to replace lost religious education while the school structure's disposition remains undecided.
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St. Patrick's
Edward Flinn
St. Patrick’s
Father Flinn
The
Telegraph Today
CCD
Paschang
Father Button
St. Patrick's School
Flinn
St. Patrick's Elementary School
Electric Rate Not Going Up
Sidney to avoid immediate retail rate hikes after a 26 percent rise in natural gas costs from Kansas Nebraska Natural Gas Co effective January 1. City Manager John Baudek notes interruptible accounts prevent short term projections, predicts no rate increase for at least three years as monthly statements unfold. The city links its electric system to a Bureau of Reclamation substation to buy energy off the line, avoiding further plant expansions.
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Sidney
John Baudek
Kansas-Nebraska Natural Gas Co
Baudek
Bureau of Reclamation
Auction Prices Firm Fat Hogs Are In Demand
A strong market at The Western Plains Auction Co sale on Saturday set top prices across cattle groups led by steer calves at 41 50. Heifer calves sold 34 to 37 and yearlings 28 50 to 33 50 with cows 16 50 to 30 while hog buyers pursued more hogs ahead of brighter prices. For next Saturday officials list 125 to 150 Holstein steers 400 to 500 pounds and 80 Wyoming bred cows calving late February among other consignments. snow clearance may affect pickups.
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Western Plains Auction Co
Sidney
Western Plains
Sale
Wyoming
Educators Criticize Exon School Aid Stance
Nebraska educators react to Governor Exon’s proposal to hold state aid to schools at 35 million dollars annually. John Lynch of the Nebraska State Education Association criticizes the plan as a poor start for future school financing amid possible tax exemptions and shifting board membership affecting 1971 73 budget requests.
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J. J. Exon
Nebraska State Education Assn
NSEA
John Lynch
Nebraska Education News
State Board of Education
Clark Says Legislators Hoard Time in Short Session
Sen. Robert L. Clark of Sidney says Nebraska lawmakers are conserving days under a 90 day limit in the 1971 annual session. Public hearings begin Tuesday and will move faster. Clark, on the budget committee, expects heavy budget scrutiny and potential department cuts from Gov. Exon. He notes Interstate 80 progress and possible reapportionment changes to the 47th District amid limited time for new bills.
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Robert L. Clark
Sidney
Sen. Clark
J. J. Exon
Nebraska
Sen
Clark
Exon
Hostettler Funeral Set On Tuesday
Edith Hostettler 98 died after eight weeks as a rest home patient. Funeral services Tuesday at 2 p.m. Gehrig and Son Funeral Home with Rev. Max Kors officiating. Burial in Greenwood Cemetery. She was born Edith Kimball in Aurora Nebraska December 7 1877. Survivors include son Royal Denver daughter Marie Runge Sidney Lillian Gelvin Phoenix and 13 great grandchildren.
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Edith Hostettler
Memorial Hospital
Gehrig and Son Funeral
Max Kors
Greenwood Cemetery
Edith Kimball
Aurora
Neb
John and
Acenath Mathews Kimball
Gering Hosts New NFO Special Committee Office
The National Farmers Organization opened a special committee service office in Gering to coordinate efforts for better markets for edible beans and potatoes. Joe Kielian of Lodgepole named Mrs. Marcella Lewis of Scottsbluff as office chairman. the work covers Nebraska, Wyoming and Colorado.
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Gering
National Farmers Organization
NFO
Nebraska
Wyoming
Colorado
Joe Kielian
Lodgepole
NFC
Marcella Lewis
Scottsbluff
Oshkosh Honors Midwee on Salute to Midwee Day
Oshkosh plans a Salute to Midwee Day with an open house 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the new Highway 26 plant opened in October. Midwee employs 160 at 30,000 square feet, operates another plant in Scottsbluff, and makes telephone equipment for major telcos.
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Oshkosh
Midwee Electronic Corporation
Oshkosh Chamber of Commerce
Midwec
Floyd Ferrell
Drs
A. B. Albee
Willard Long
William Brune
Richard Farlow
Oliver Jenkins
Marvin Romig
Midwee
David K. Townley
R. John Townley
U.S
Scottsbluff
Tel
Bell Telephone
General Tel
Rochester Telephone
Robert Buckheim
Southwestern Research Corporation
Phoenix
Arizona
Carl Curtis
Roman Hruska
Dave Martin
James Waldron
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Morrill
Banner
Scotts Bluff
Box Butte
Sioux
Dawes
Dennis Zea
Gillespie
Ralph Dial
Long Beach
Kari Lin
Dick Perry
HH. Jurgens
Herman Jurgens
Sidney Academy
Hostettler
Gering Office
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