Omaha couple found dead in carbon monoxide car
A 51 year old man Billy P Bordeaux and his 60 year old wife Margaret L Bordeaux were found dead in a car 10 miles west of Sidney in an apparent double suicide. A vacuum hose connected to the exhaust, blankets sealed crevices and the vehicle blocked from view by a lower field were noted by Sheriff W W Schulz and County Attorney John Peetz Jr. The discovery was made around 9 a.m. by Wesley Stevens a Potter farmer who spotted the car.
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Omaha
Billy P. Bordeaux
Sidney
John Peetz Jr
Union Pacific Railroad
Wesley Stevens
Omaha couple linked to double tragedy at SOTC
Authorities reported a double death by self harm involving Mr. and Mrs. Bordeaux near Fitzgerald Real Estate in Omaha. Mrs. Bordeaux had moved there to join her husband, a SOTC trainee and instructor candidate. Relatives were being sought as investigators considered possible motives and carried out inquiries.
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Peetz
Bordeaux
Fitzgerald Real Estate & Insurance
Omaha
SOTC
Joe Schaf
Sidney Industrial Corp Sees Chance of Gear Plant
Leo Krieger heads Sidney Industrial Corp which reports encouraging talks with a Minneapolis gear maker about locating a gear producing plant in Sidney. He notes potential $500000 equipment needs and possible funding via Nebraska Industrial Development Act revenue bonds. A meat packing plant prospect also shows promise, while another Denver lead remains lukewarm.
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Sidney Industrial Corp
Minneapolis
Leo Krieger
Industrial Corporation
Sidney
Krieger
Industrial Council Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Ft. Sidney Motor Hotel
Denver
Nebraska
State Defense Meeting Set for Lincoln Officials
Col. Cyril Williams of Sioux Army Depot announced that State Education representatives from Lincoln and Defense Department delegates from Washington will visit January 27 and 28 to negotiate conveying properties for a state voted school on the military base. The talks aim to determine property availability for school use, a prior obstacle to starting classes this year, with first sessions planned for next September.
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Cyril Williams
Sioux Army Depot
State Department of Education
Lincoln
Defense Department
Washington D. C
Highway Relocation Plans Tied to I-80 Interchange
Phil Gottschalk and Lloyd Carr in Lincoln report State Engineer John Hossack outlined Nebraska plans to relocate State Route 19 east of town to widen the interchange with U.S. Route 30. The last I-80 segment to be built will run Sidney to the Wyoming border, making Sidney the western terminus temporarily. The state also contemplates two complete interchanges on I-80 at Sidney, one southeast and one southwest.
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Phil Gottschalk
Lloyd Carr
Lincoln
John Hossack
Nebraska
Sidney
Nebraska-Wyoming
Here
Wyoming
Town
Huddle Sought On I-80 Interchange Plan
Ken Noteboom urged the Chamber of Commerce and city to arrange a noon meeting next Thursday with Hossack Coffey Nutter Phillips to renew talks on placing an interchange directly south of town. City Manager George Felsch said he would contact the highway department about attendance at the luncheon.
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Ken Noteboom
Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Hossack
Don Coffey
State Department of Roads
Charles Nutter
Bridgeport
del Phillips
Sidney
George Felsch
Highway Department
Community Betterment entries to include Sidney and Cheyenne County
R S Thailing leader of the Cheyenne County Centennial Committee says the group will enter Sidney and Cheyenne County in the 1966 Community Betterment contest. He adds that further details will be developed later.
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R. S. Thailing
Cheyenne County
Sidney
Kimball Rec Area Advances
Kimball city county recreation area project clears state and regional approval and heads to Washington for final action. Leo Daly and Co. of Omaha drafts final plans. The three phase program spans one year intervals, with ball diamonds golf tennis and archery in phase one and later facilities including trap range administration nursery and pool in later phases.
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Kimball - Kimball
City County
Regional Bureau of Outdoor Recreation
Washington
Harry Meister
Recreation Area Committee
Federal Bureau of Outdoor Recreation
Leo Daly and Co
Omaha
New Library Opens in Sidney with Modern Facilities
Sidney opens a new city library despite cold weather. The rambling building east of the city hall offers ample space and accessible design with 23 volumes on shelves, a two-bay garage for two Bookmobiles, a duplicator for page photographs, and a two year trial TVX teletype linking nine Nebraska city libraries. A grand opening and dedication are planned for late February or early March with Governor Morrison as guest speaker.
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Sidney
New City Library
TVX
Nebraska
Frank Morrison
Meat Plant in Sidney Closes Under Rath Order
The Nebraska Meat Packers plant in Sidney was shut down after orders from Rath Packing Co of Waterloo Iowa. Rath leased the property from The Gold Packing Co of Los Angeles, with the lease running to August. Manager Arnold Montieth and plant superintendent Paul Fishels will stay in Sidney to oversee the shutdown, while sixteen workers were affected. The plant had operated at a loss and the facility was old and inefficient.
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Nebraska Meat Packers, Inc
Sidney
Arnold Montieth
Rath Packing Co
Waterloo
Iowa
Rath
The
Gold Packing Co
Los Angeles
Montieth
Paul Fishels
Deadline Nears for Same Auto License Numbers
County Treasurer Mable Jorgensen reminds Cheyenne County residents that to keep their previous vehicle license number, they must apply by Jan 31. The current number is held until then, after which it goes to the public. The deadline for 1966 licenses is March 1.
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Mable Jorgensen
Cheyenne County
Weather Panhandle Forecast For Weekend Warmth Dip
The Panhandle expects fair skies and slightly warmer conditions tonight and Saturday with lows near zero to minus ten and highs around 20 to 30. The five day outlook shows temperatures 2 to 11 degrees below normal through Wednesday, a small weekend warmup, then colder Monday with highs 25 to 35 and lows at zero to minus ten. Snow is forecast after the week begins, with recent totals and cold readings detailed for Potter Gurley and Lodgepole.
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Panhandle
Frontier Airlines
Mercury
Potter
Gurley
Federal Aviation Agency
Flight Service Station
Sidney
Dave Ells
Lodgepole
George Emanuelson
Earl Lessig
Safety Patrol
Nebraska Panhandle
Alliance
Chappell
Northwestern Bell to Build 300-Foot ETV Microwave Tower
Northwestern Bell plans a 300-foot microwave tower three miles north of Gurley linking a future Channel 13 ETV transmitter near Angora to Lincoln originated programs. Construction starts next month with a fiberglass repeater hut on a six and one half acre site. The network aims to connect seven Nebraska educational stations and serve Sidney Community TV subscribers.
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Gurley
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co
Lincoln
Nebraska Educational Television Network
R. S. Thailing
NWB
Sidney
Peetz
Angora
Northwestern Bell
Nebraska
Sidney Community TV
Ron Tighe
Semi jackknifes on 385 to block traffic Thursday
Public help is asked in ending a rat problem in Sidney. City Manager George Felsch urges residents to cover trash cans and old barrels, offering free pickup for barrels at the city dump. A 1963 Kenworth driven by Danny H Ansbach collided with a stalled semi after jackknifing on icy Highway 385, causing about 860 dollars in damage.
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Sidney
George Felsch
Felsch
Dalton
John Trenerry
Nebraska Safety Patrol
Trenerry
Russell Cook Jr
Springfield
Mobile
Kenworth
Danny H. Ansbach
Kearney
Sidney Business School Announces Its First Graduate
Deborah Kniss is named the first graduate of The Business Institute of Sidney after completing Junior Secretarial training. She enters Atkins Ferguson Nichols in Scottsbluff. 80 wpm typing and 140 wpm shorthand mark her skills. Miss Kniss attended Bayard High School, lived with the Ludwigs, and was named student of the month by the Sidney Women’s Club.
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The
Business Institute of Sidney
Deborah Kniss
Jim
Navy
Paula
Miss Kniss
Bayard High School
Business Institute
Atkins, Ferguson, and Nichols
Scottsbluff
Sidney
Lump Sum Settlement Approved in Smith v Gollobith
District Judge John H. Kins approved a $2100 lump sum settlement in the case of Floyd B. Smith Jr. versus Roy Gollobith and Fidelity and Casualty Co of New York. The amount, agreed by all parties, compensates back injuries Smith sustained while employed at the Log Cabin.
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John H. Kins
Floyd B. Smith Jr
Roy
Safflower and Soybeans Topic at January Clinic
University and Extension Service plan the safflower conference at Ft Sidney Motor Hotel on January 26 starting at 9 30 with soybeans on the discussion panel. Crop experts from Colorado State University Pacific Oil Seeds Inc and Pacific Vegetable Oil Corp will join the program featuring irrigation yield tests cultural experiments and weed control in safflower and soybeans.
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Ft. Sidney Motor Hotel
University of Nebraska and
The
Extension Service
Sidney Safflower
University and
Colorado State University
Ft. Collins
Pacific Vegetable Oil Corp
Pacific Oil Seeds, Inc
California
Montana
Walter F. Peterson
Nebraska
Charles Fenster
USDA
A. Lee Urie
Laren Robison
Pacific Oilseed, Inc
Les Leininger
Jim Williams
Colorado
Chet Swinbank
New Cook-Baker Class Opens Monday at SOTC
A cook-baker training course under the Manpower Development and Training Act will begin Monday at the Sidney Occupational Training Center at Sioux Army Depot. Coordinator Joe Schafan said six students are assigned by the Department of Labor with eight to ten more possible. the program can train 60 students a year. A second group will join on February 7, and the course will run 16 to 48 weeks per student. Applications are taken through the first week of February at local employment service offices.
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Sidney
Sioux Army Depot
Joe Schaf
Departement of Labor
Schaf
Cross Between Wheat And Rye Gets Research
Triticale, a cross between wheat and rye, has attracted attention as a new feed grain. In early experimental stages at the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, winter durum wheats show the best performance. Nebraska wheat scientists Dr John Schmidt and Dr Virgil Johnson caution that extensive testing is needed to assess Nebraska value, with seed not yet available.
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University of Manitoba
Winnipeg
Canada
University of Nebraska
Nebraska
John Schmidt
Virgil Johnson
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Lucille Pearson
Tim Haberkompeft
John Robarchek
Huddle
Kimball
ETV
Sidney Business School
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